Anonymous Freak
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Alright, in my cleaning effort, (nearly) all of my PowerBooks have been dug out.
I have found the following:
Macintosh Portable, Backlit: Dead. Documented in my sale thread. (Although I have decided to keep it.)
PowerBook 100: Dead. Documented in my sale thread.
PowerBook 140: 4 MB RAM, dead hard drive. Boots to floppy, no disk utilities see the hard drive.
PowerBook 180: 14 MB RAM, MB hard drive. Works perfectly.
PowerBook 520c: 20 MB RAM, MB hard drive. The hinge-front piece (the one that covers the microphone,) has a broken retention tab, so it doesn't stay put, and the lid latch is broken off, so it doesn't auto-sleep. But it functions perfectly.
PowerBook 520c: with 133 MHz PowerPC Upgrade! 12 MB RAM, MB hard drive. Works perfectly.
PowerBook Duo 230: Dead. Documented in sale thread.
PowerBook Duo 230: MB RAM, MB hard drive. Works perfectly.
PowerBook Duo 280c: 24 MB RAM, MB hard drive. Works perfectly.
PowerBook Duo 2300c: ? MB RAM, ? MB hard drive. The last one in storage, couldn't quite reach it.
PowerBook 5300: 8 MB RAM, MB hard drive. Works perfectly (albeit insanely slowly, thanks to the pitiful amount of RAM.)
PowerBook 5300c: MB RAM, MB hard drive. Split hinge, loose power connector, as with many 5300s. Otherwise works perfectly. This one is likely to be in my next batch of sales.
PowerBook 5300c: MB RAM, MB hard drive. Works perfectly.
PowerBook 5300c: MB RAM, MB hard drive. Works perfectly. (Yes, I have three 5300c's.)
PowerBook 5300ce: MB RAM, MB hard drive. The screen is dead. I dropped it a few years ago
The screen will function normally if you are actively applying a ridiculous amount of torque to two opposing corners. As soon as you let go, the top third 'freezes' with what was last shown, and over the course of a minute fades to white; while the bottom two thirds freezes with what was last shown, and just stays that way. I think I disconnected the data connection in the panel itself... Works perfectly on an external display.
PowerBook 1400c/133: with 183 MHz 603ev NewerTech Upgrade: 64 MB RAM, MB hard drive. Trackpad button is permanently stuck 'down'. (It's the underlying button itself, not the plastic top piece.) Otherwise works perfectly.
PowerBook 1400c/166: See sale thread for fuller description of this and the previous.
PowerBook G3 Lombard: See sale thread for fuller description.
PowerBook G3 Lombard: See sale thread for fuller description.
iBook: Original 'Tangerine' model, 512 MB RAM, 20 GB hard drive. Works perfectly.
PowerBook G4: 12" Aluminum Rev A, 867 MHz, 640 MB RAM, 40 GB hard drive, Combo Drive. Works perfectly.
MacBook Pro: 15" Rev A, 2.0 GHz Core Duo, 2 GB RAM, 100 GB hard drive. My primary machine. Upgraded with Apple 802.11n card.
MacBook: Rev A, 2.0 GHz Core Duo, 2 GB RAM, 60 GB hard drive. My wife's primary machine.
And, I have a bunch of PowerBook accessories:
Portable:
Original carrying case, original power brick.
100-series:
Three power bricks
Battery charger
Three batteries (Two Apple-branded, one generic. One of the Apple-branded claims to hold a charge, but doesn't; the other Apple and the generic don't even claim to hold a charge.)
Two battery cases. One is a hard side 'snap closed' case, the other is a thin plastic 'velcro closed' case.
500-series:
One power brick
Three batteries (two fail "Intelligent Recondition" outright, one goes quite a ways before failing. I'm sending two out to be rebuilt.)
One PCMCIA cage, rev B. Works in the non-PowerPC model.
One battery bay cover.
Duo:
One power brick
Two type II batteries, one holds a small charge, the other is completely dead.
One type III battery, claims to hold a charge but doesn't.
Two battery cases.
Two floppy docks, with two floppy drives.
Two Microdocks, one Apple stock, one E-Machines EtherDock.
Two full-size docks, one original, one with Color lid upgrade.
5300:
Five or six power bricks
Seven or eight batteries. A few hold some small charge, a couple are completely dead, one holds over an hour's charge. All but one are Apple-branded.
One floppy-bay PCMCIA card holder/weight saving device.
1400:
One power brick
Three batteries, two dead, one holds a charge.
One floppy drive
One CD-ROM drive, missing bezel.
One 'black/stock' BookCover
Two clear BookCovers, with one full set of supplied inserts.
G3-series:
Two batteries, both dead. (One isn't even recognized, one claims to hold a charge but doesn't.)
Two CD-ROM drives, one with a broken (but present) bezel.
One "weight saving device".
Non-specific:
One old Apple laptop bag, probably from the same age as the 5300-series.
One Apple PowerCD, with base. (I use it as my primary PowerBook CD drive.)
Two Panasonic portable 4X CD-ROM drives. (Run off either six AA batteries or small power brick, uses standard Mini-Centronics-50 SCSI port, came with PowerBook-to-MC50 cable; so I don't need to use an adapter like with the PowerCD. Also a lot smaller, only marginally bigger than a standard portable CD player.)
One Sony portable 4X CD-ROM drive. Runs off either custom LiIon battery (which I don't have) or small power brick. Uses custom SCSI connector (I have the cable for it somewhere.....) Smaller than the Panasonic, but I can't find the data cable, and don't have a battery, so it's rather useless at the moment.
PCMCIA Cards (That are commonly used with my PowerBooks):
Lucent WaveLAN IEEE Gold card - Yup, the standard old WiFi card. I've had this since 1999.
Dayna CommuniCard Ethernet card - With drivers, of course. Uses custom dongle that has its own RJ-45 plug, so if it's not long enough, you have to use a coupler and another cable to extend it.
Global Village PowerPort Mercury - Combo 33.6 Modem/Ethernet. Uses custom dongle to provide jacks of each, so you use your own cable.
SanDisk 32 MB ATA Flash Card - Ah, the original use of PCMCIA. This is a 32 MB flash drive that appears to the computer as if it were connected via IDE, since that's what the PCMCIA slot was originally for. I have a stripped down Mac OS 7.6 install on it right now.
Sony Memory Stick to PC Card Adapter - I use it similarly to the SanDisk Flash Card. I have one 256 MB "MS Select" (meaning it's really just two 128 MB cards in one, and you have to move a switch to pick which one you want to use,) in it right now. 7.5.5 on one side, 7.6 on the other.
I have found the following:
Macintosh Portable, Backlit: Dead. Documented in my sale thread. (Although I have decided to keep it.)
PowerBook 100: Dead. Documented in my sale thread.
PowerBook 140: 4 MB RAM, dead hard drive. Boots to floppy, no disk utilities see the hard drive.
PowerBook 180: 14 MB RAM, MB hard drive. Works perfectly.
PowerBook 520c: 20 MB RAM, MB hard drive. The hinge-front piece (the one that covers the microphone,) has a broken retention tab, so it doesn't stay put, and the lid latch is broken off, so it doesn't auto-sleep. But it functions perfectly.
PowerBook 520c: with 133 MHz PowerPC Upgrade! 12 MB RAM, MB hard drive. Works perfectly.
PowerBook Duo 230: Dead. Documented in sale thread.
PowerBook Duo 230: MB RAM, MB hard drive. Works perfectly.
PowerBook Duo 280c: 24 MB RAM, MB hard drive. Works perfectly.
PowerBook Duo 2300c: ? MB RAM, ? MB hard drive. The last one in storage, couldn't quite reach it.
PowerBook 5300: 8 MB RAM, MB hard drive. Works perfectly (albeit insanely slowly, thanks to the pitiful amount of RAM.)
PowerBook 5300c: MB RAM, MB hard drive. Split hinge, loose power connector, as with many 5300s. Otherwise works perfectly. This one is likely to be in my next batch of sales.
PowerBook 5300c: MB RAM, MB hard drive. Works perfectly.
PowerBook 5300c: MB RAM, MB hard drive. Works perfectly. (Yes, I have three 5300c's.)
PowerBook 5300ce: MB RAM, MB hard drive. The screen is dead. I dropped it a few years ago
The screen will function normally if you are actively applying a ridiculous amount of torque to two opposing corners. As soon as you let go, the top third 'freezes' with what was last shown, and over the course of a minute fades to white; while the bottom two thirds freezes with what was last shown, and just stays that way. I think I disconnected the data connection in the panel itself... Works perfectly on an external display.PowerBook 1400c/133: with 183 MHz 603ev NewerTech Upgrade: 64 MB RAM, MB hard drive. Trackpad button is permanently stuck 'down'. (It's the underlying button itself, not the plastic top piece.) Otherwise works perfectly.
PowerBook 1400c/166: See sale thread for fuller description of this and the previous.
PowerBook G3 Lombard: See sale thread for fuller description.
PowerBook G3 Lombard: See sale thread for fuller description.
iBook: Original 'Tangerine' model, 512 MB RAM, 20 GB hard drive. Works perfectly.
PowerBook G4: 12" Aluminum Rev A, 867 MHz, 640 MB RAM, 40 GB hard drive, Combo Drive. Works perfectly.
MacBook Pro: 15" Rev A, 2.0 GHz Core Duo, 2 GB RAM, 100 GB hard drive. My primary machine. Upgraded with Apple 802.11n card.
MacBook: Rev A, 2.0 GHz Core Duo, 2 GB RAM, 60 GB hard drive. My wife's primary machine.
And, I have a bunch of PowerBook accessories:
Portable:
Original carrying case, original power brick.
100-series:
Three power bricks
Battery charger
Three batteries (Two Apple-branded, one generic. One of the Apple-branded claims to hold a charge, but doesn't; the other Apple and the generic don't even claim to hold a charge.)
Two battery cases. One is a hard side 'snap closed' case, the other is a thin plastic 'velcro closed' case.
500-series:
One power brick
Three batteries (two fail "Intelligent Recondition" outright, one goes quite a ways before failing. I'm sending two out to be rebuilt.)
One PCMCIA cage, rev B. Works in the non-PowerPC model.
One battery bay cover.
Duo:
One power brick
Two type II batteries, one holds a small charge, the other is completely dead.
One type III battery, claims to hold a charge but doesn't.
Two battery cases.
Two floppy docks, with two floppy drives.
Two Microdocks, one Apple stock, one E-Machines EtherDock.
Two full-size docks, one original, one with Color lid upgrade.
5300:
Five or six power bricks
Seven or eight batteries. A few hold some small charge, a couple are completely dead, one holds over an hour's charge. All but one are Apple-branded.
One floppy-bay PCMCIA card holder/weight saving device.
1400:
One power brick
Three batteries, two dead, one holds a charge.
One floppy drive
One CD-ROM drive, missing bezel.
One 'black/stock' BookCover
Two clear BookCovers, with one full set of supplied inserts.
G3-series:
Two batteries, both dead. (One isn't even recognized, one claims to hold a charge but doesn't.)
Two CD-ROM drives, one with a broken (but present) bezel.
One "weight saving device".
Non-specific:
One old Apple laptop bag, probably from the same age as the 5300-series.
One Apple PowerCD, with base. (I use it as my primary PowerBook CD drive.)
Two Panasonic portable 4X CD-ROM drives. (Run off either six AA batteries or small power brick, uses standard Mini-Centronics-50 SCSI port, came with PowerBook-to-MC50 cable; so I don't need to use an adapter like with the PowerCD. Also a lot smaller, only marginally bigger than a standard portable CD player.)
One Sony portable 4X CD-ROM drive. Runs off either custom LiIon battery (which I don't have) or small power brick. Uses custom SCSI connector (I have the cable for it somewhere.....) Smaller than the Panasonic, but I can't find the data cable, and don't have a battery, so it's rather useless at the moment.
PCMCIA Cards (That are commonly used with my PowerBooks):
Lucent WaveLAN IEEE Gold card - Yup, the standard old WiFi card. I've had this since 1999.
Dayna CommuniCard Ethernet card - With drivers, of course. Uses custom dongle that has its own RJ-45 plug, so if it's not long enough, you have to use a coupler and another cable to extend it.
Global Village PowerPort Mercury - Combo 33.6 Modem/Ethernet. Uses custom dongle to provide jacks of each, so you use your own cable.
SanDisk 32 MB ATA Flash Card - Ah, the original use of PCMCIA. This is a 32 MB flash drive that appears to the computer as if it were connected via IDE, since that's what the PCMCIA slot was originally for. I have a stripped down Mac OS 7.6 install on it right now.
Sony Memory Stick to PC Card Adapter - I use it similarly to the SanDisk Flash Card. I have one 256 MB "MS Select" (meaning it's really just two 128 MB cards in one, and you have to move a switch to pick which one you want to use,) in it right now. 7.5.5 on one side, 7.6 on the other.
