I thought I had finished my accumulation phase, but...
Tipped off by Byrd, I bid for a lot of Powerbooks on ebay, located in Canberra, Australia. Since freight is often a prohibitive cost for me, I jumped at this. Nobody else jumped, so I got the lot for $20 and picked it up myself.
1 A G3 Wallstreet loaded with MacOS8.6 and a bunch of period software, no CDROM or cables, broken right hinge.
2 A 190CS untested, no PSU
3 A 160, untested, no PSU
4 A Syquest SCSI 270Mb tape drive with a heap of tapes, no SCSI cable
I'll need to sort out power pinout for the 68k models and start from there. They will be companions to my 68k desk models.
Also need to find HDI SCSI connector, in due course, to get the Syquest drive hooked up just for the heck of it.
First though, pleased to report successful hip repair for the Wallstreet G3. Once I got the display open, it was pretty clear that the hinge had broken at a point of critical design weakness. The axel of that hinge takes all the leveraged weight of the display when open, but is secured only by a very thin band of steel bonded onto the brittle cast-alloy hinge base. I bet this is a common point of failure on these models.
It was also easy to repair. The hinge base is fixed vertically in the case by two machine screws. I cut and shaped a piece of thin tinplate to make a hoop splint that wraps the broken parts of the hinge together. I fixed it first with superglue, but the real strength is that both ends of the hoop are held firmly by those machine screws that hold the original part of the hinge base.
PSU from my Clamshells works fine with the Wallstreet, and battery seems in pretty good nick.
This machine looks pretty versatile and makes a good companion for my other G3s, though it so far hasn't seduced me with any particular charm factor.
Rick
Tipped off by Byrd, I bid for a lot of Powerbooks on ebay, located in Canberra, Australia. Since freight is often a prohibitive cost for me, I jumped at this. Nobody else jumped, so I got the lot for $20 and picked it up myself.
1 A G3 Wallstreet loaded with MacOS8.6 and a bunch of period software, no CDROM or cables, broken right hinge.
2 A 190CS untested, no PSU
3 A 160, untested, no PSU
4 A Syquest SCSI 270Mb tape drive with a heap of tapes, no SCSI cable
I'll need to sort out power pinout for the 68k models and start from there. They will be companions to my 68k desk models.
Also need to find HDI SCSI connector, in due course, to get the Syquest drive hooked up just for the heck of it.
First though, pleased to report successful hip repair for the Wallstreet G3. Once I got the display open, it was pretty clear that the hinge had broken at a point of critical design weakness. The axel of that hinge takes all the leveraged weight of the display when open, but is secured only by a very thin band of steel bonded onto the brittle cast-alloy hinge base. I bet this is a common point of failure on these models.
It was also easy to repair. The hinge base is fixed vertically in the case by two machine screws. I cut and shaped a piece of thin tinplate to make a hoop splint that wraps the broken parts of the hinge together. I fixed it first with superglue, but the real strength is that both ends of the hoop are held firmly by those machine screws that hold the original part of the hinge base.
PSU from my Clamshells works fine with the Wallstreet, and battery seems in pretty good nick.
This machine looks pretty versatile and makes a good companion for my other G3s, though it so far hasn't seduced me with any particular charm factor.
Rick
