Franklinstein
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With the purchase of this curiosity, I feel that it may be time to re-think the whole eBay thing.
This machine was advertised as a Duo 280. I figured cool, I don't have one of those yet, go for it. $15 plus $15 for shipping later, it's here, and it's not a 280. Sure, the bottom says 280, but it's not. This thing would make Victor Frankenstein cringe. It has:
Bottom case and hard drive from a 280
Logic board from a 230
keyboard and display from a 210
The display hinges are weak, and the keyboard is the worst example of a Duo I've ever used. It's never a good thing when one must pound or continually press the hell out of a key to get a response from it. Otherwise, it functions well enough, and came with a power supply. It's going to be a part donor when I get home, though; no sense in keeping this monstrosity in one piece. I already used the 320MB hard drive to upgrade my 540c, and I'm sure I can find a use for some of the case parts.
This is the worst machine from eBay since the "fully loaded" Lombard in "great cosmetic shape" that was missing the processor heat shield and hard drive caddy, had a half-functional keyboard with half of the key caps rubbed off, an "X" carved into the display plastics (probably by some kid), a dead battery, and a flaky CDROM instead of the advertised "combo" drive. Jerks.
Okay, enough negative. I bought a Buffalo WLI-CB-G54S today, and, with AirPort 4.2 under 10.3 on my Lombard (don't know about 10.2, I'll try my WallStreet later), it works flawlessly with no extra drivers. Now I can use my aged PBG3's on wi-fi under OS X. Great choice for 802.11g on any CardBus-compliant Mac, except it won't work under OS 9 (but no 802.11g, even Apple's own AirPort Extreme, works properly (or at all) under 9).
I already have three older Buffalo WLI-PCM-L11GP that I use on older machines. If you find any of these older cards, I suggest buying them. They work wonderfully on any Mac with PCMCIA cards, under System 7, OS8 or OS9. I can run my PB190cs wirelessly if I had it here with me. OS X needs drivers to use this card, though, which is one reason I bought the WLI-CB-G54S.
No other cool Mac acquisitions. There's a place downtown where I could buy a couple of Amiga 500's, so I've been mulling over the thought of doing that eventually. I don't have any Amigas yet.
This machine was advertised as a Duo 280. I figured cool, I don't have one of those yet, go for it. $15 plus $15 for shipping later, it's here, and it's not a 280. Sure, the bottom says 280, but it's not. This thing would make Victor Frankenstein cringe. It has:
Bottom case and hard drive from a 280
Logic board from a 230
keyboard and display from a 210
The display hinges are weak, and the keyboard is the worst example of a Duo I've ever used. It's never a good thing when one must pound or continually press the hell out of a key to get a response from it. Otherwise, it functions well enough, and came with a power supply. It's going to be a part donor when I get home, though; no sense in keeping this monstrosity in one piece. I already used the 320MB hard drive to upgrade my 540c, and I'm sure I can find a use for some of the case parts.
This is the worst machine from eBay since the "fully loaded" Lombard in "great cosmetic shape" that was missing the processor heat shield and hard drive caddy, had a half-functional keyboard with half of the key caps rubbed off, an "X" carved into the display plastics (probably by some kid), a dead battery, and a flaky CDROM instead of the advertised "combo" drive. Jerks.
Okay, enough negative. I bought a Buffalo WLI-CB-G54S today, and, with AirPort 4.2 under 10.3 on my Lombard (don't know about 10.2, I'll try my WallStreet later), it works flawlessly with no extra drivers. Now I can use my aged PBG3's on wi-fi under OS X. Great choice for 802.11g on any CardBus-compliant Mac, except it won't work under OS 9 (but no 802.11g, even Apple's own AirPort Extreme, works properly (or at all) under 9).
I already have three older Buffalo WLI-PCM-L11GP that I use on older machines. If you find any of these older cards, I suggest buying them. They work wonderfully on any Mac with PCMCIA cards, under System 7, OS8 or OS9. I can run my PB190cs wirelessly if I had it here with me. OS X needs drivers to use this card, though, which is one reason I bought the WLI-CB-G54S.
No other cool Mac acquisitions. There's a place downtown where I could buy a couple of Amiga 500's, so I've been mulling over the thought of doing that eventually. I don't have any Amigas yet.
