cocoadelica
Member
Hello everyone,
I'm a new member, though I've been a vintage Mac collector for many years. Most of my collection has come and gone and currently due to space limitations I'm focused on some specific portable models I like.
I recently got a lovely PowerBook 2400c/180 on eBay that is in good shape but needs some love. I have a few questions I thought people might be able to help with...
1. OS Choice - It currently boots from a CF Card/PCMCIA adapter running 9.1. I've a soft spot for 7.6.1 but I understand that the 9.2.x update, using OS9 Helper, has some great improvements in Finder and Open Transport. Thoughts?
2. Hard drive/media - I've ordered a PATA SSD which I've used successfully before in some PowerBook and Thinkpad projects. I'm going to partition it into multiple smaller volumes. Anyone had any experience or difficulties?
3. Networking - I have an Orinoco Silver card currently, but does anyone know of a card that supports WPA authentication or is that a software limitation in the OS?
4. Rear port door - Should I just keep scouring eBay or is there an alternate source for parts like this?
5. RAM - What exactly is the type of RAM that's installable? From research it *appears* to be a fairly standard 144-pin SO-DIMM 60ns module. I gather there's a hard limit of 112Mb addressable including 16Mb on the board so I can add up to 96Mb. I've found some 64Mb modules online but no 96Mb ones. Would a 128Mb module that's otherwise compatible work and just address the supported memory space?
6. CPU - Looking in vain so far for a G3 upgrade card, if anyone here is selling one let me know
Great forum otherwise, can't believe I didn't find it before. Look forward to hearing from people.
I'm a new member, though I've been a vintage Mac collector for many years. Most of my collection has come and gone and currently due to space limitations I'm focused on some specific portable models I like.
I recently got a lovely PowerBook 2400c/180 on eBay that is in good shape but needs some love. I have a few questions I thought people might be able to help with...
1. OS Choice - It currently boots from a CF Card/PCMCIA adapter running 9.1. I've a soft spot for 7.6.1 but I understand that the 9.2.x update, using OS9 Helper, has some great improvements in Finder and Open Transport. Thoughts?
2. Hard drive/media - I've ordered a PATA SSD which I've used successfully before in some PowerBook and Thinkpad projects. I'm going to partition it into multiple smaller volumes. Anyone had any experience or difficulties?
3. Networking - I have an Orinoco Silver card currently, but does anyone know of a card that supports WPA authentication or is that a software limitation in the OS?
4. Rear port door - Should I just keep scouring eBay or is there an alternate source for parts like this?
5. RAM - What exactly is the type of RAM that's installable? From research it *appears* to be a fairly standard 144-pin SO-DIMM 60ns module. I gather there's a hard limit of 112Mb addressable including 16Mb on the board so I can add up to 96Mb. I've found some 64Mb modules online but no 96Mb ones. Would a 128Mb module that's otherwise compatible work and just address the supported memory space?
6. CPU - Looking in vain so far for a G3 upgrade card, if anyone here is selling one let me know
Great forum otherwise, can't believe I didn't find it before. Look forward to hearing from people.