Re: Just curious...

2005-07-19 Thread Terry Holtrey
I have a few Outbounds. They came out before the Portable. They were advanced with detachable Keyboards and the Isobar mouse and you can even use VHS camcorder batteries in them. Half the size and weight with real hard drives. Never figured out how Apple could release the portable as an answer

Re: Just curious...

2005-07-19 Thread Dr . O . M . Betz
Am 19.07.2005 um 21:31 Uhr schrieb Terry Holtrey bei PowerBooks: No color quickdraw on the machine. Color support came along with the SE30. Hard to believe that anyone would want one of those machines. Nobody really wanted them when they were new. Oh, I remember a congress in Hamburg-Eppendor

Re: Just Curious...

2005-07-19 Thread Brian Mahoney
Ian Nixon wrote: No. Apple didn't use VGA output until LONG after the Mac Portable's day. In fact I think the Blue&White G3 was the first to offer a VGA output. Well, in the pictures the seller sent me, there's a monitor port on the rear, and it has the three rows of pins, just like today

Re: Just Curious...

2005-07-19 Thread Fabian Fang
On Jul 19, 2005, at 5:38 AM, Ian Nixon wrote: I found a Mac Portable for sale (locally), and plan to buy it. I know it's a little old (:-P), but was wondering two things - 1) Is the monitor port on the back the standard port for all VGA monitors? For complete technical specifications of

Re: Just Curious...

2005-07-19 Thread Ian Nixon
No color quickdraw on the machine. Color support came along with the SE30. I wasn't looking for color support...just a bigger screen. Hard to believe that anyone would want one of those machines. Nobody really wanted them when they were new. The Powerbook 100 was so much better in every way.

Re: Just Curious...

2005-07-19 Thread Terry Holtrey
No color quickdraw on the machine. Color support came along with the SE30. Hard to believe that anyone would want one of those machines. Nobody really wanted them when they were new. The Powerbook 100 was so much better in every way. On Jul 19, 2005, at 12:28 PM, Ian Nixon wrote: Mac Portabl

Re: Just Curious...

2005-07-19 Thread Ian Nixon
Mac Portable, as in the very first, weighs-as-much-as-a-Mac-Plus, Mac Portable? Cool! Yes, the light-enough-to-fit-on-a-raft-in-a-pool-with-a-swimmer Mac Portable (cover of MacUser - Nov. 1989) No. Apple didn't use VGA output until LONG after the Mac Portable's day. In fact I think the Blue&

Re: Just Curious...

2005-07-19 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jul 19, 2005, at 5:38 AM, Ian Nixon wrote: I found a Mac Portable for sale (locally), and plan to buy it. I know it's a little old (:-P), but was wondering two things - Mac Portable, as in the very first, weighs-as-much-as-a-Mac-Plus, Mac Portable? Cool! 1) Is the monitor port on t

Re: Just Curious...

2005-07-19 Thread Ken
My Reply follows quote. On 19/07/2005 05:38 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >I found a Mac Portable for sale (locally), and plan to buy it. I know >it's a little old (:-P), but was wondering two things - > >1) Is the monitor port on the back the standard port for all VGA >monitors? VGA? Hmmm. The "b

Just Curious...

2005-07-19 Thread Ian Nixon
I found a Mac Portable for sale (locally), and plan to buy it. I know it's a little old (:-P), but was wondering two things - 1) Is the monitor port on the back the standard port for all VGA monitors? and 2) How much would it cost to rebuild a battery? Thanks!!! Ian -- PowerBooks is spo