no...it really isn't. i own a 500MHz Pismo and i can safely assure you that anybody who would buy that over a G4 or newer intel machine as an everyday laptop is a fool.
I didn't say I knew anyone who bought one over a G4. I said I knew people who bypassed the G4 entirely and kept their existing Pismo until the Macbook was released. With all the reports of G4 machines that stop powering up or that stop recognizing half their RAM, I feel better with a rock solid G3 Powerbook with upgrades.no...it really isn't. i own a 500MHz Pismo and i can safely assure you that anybody who would buy that over a G4 or newer intel machine as an everyday laptop is a fool.
Like my PB 3400c/240 with the ram maxed out? [] ]'> [] ]'>This thread makes me want to go even older than the Pismo and pick up a working 3400c or something. Something purely for Classic without the distractions of OS X.
and agod awful guiThis thread makes me want to go even older than the Pismo and pick up a working 3400c or something. Something purely for Classic without the distractions of OS X.
Hi. Found this discussion while googling for info re. the expansion bay hard drive for Pismos. Am always interested in Pismo info.not a bad price really. i sold my pismo for $350 a few months back it was a 500mhz/1gig ram/60gig hd/dvd-crdw combo drive/3 batteries/1 expansion bay 12gig hd/floppy drive/ac adapter
That's what I have a 540c with 7.6.1 on, and soon I'm getting a Duo 2300c to haul back and forth to school with meThis thread makes me want to go even older than the Pismo and pick up a working 3400c or something. Something purely for Classic without the distractions of OS X.
Does the HD appear in Disk Utility? Have you tried installing the HD in the PowerBook internally?Opened up the case of the Xcaret HD and everything inside seemed connected okay. No internal HD noise, even to indicate the HD was failing.
Any ideas?
Hi.Does the HD appear in Disk Utility? Have you tried installing the HD in the PowerBook internally?Opened up the case of the Xcaret HD and everything inside seemed connected okay. No internal HD noise, even to indicate the HD was failing.
Any ideas?
I've got one of these things, and I recently used it to upgrade from my 40 GB drive to a 120 GB drive without a problem. I was running OS X 10.4, so I don't think there are any problems with the Mac OS not recognizing expansion bay hard drives...
If I had to guess, I would guess that either the drive isn't set to master/slave/CS correctly or that the drive has already failed.
First, though, see if Disk Utility recognizes the drive. If it doesn't, try putting the drive in the PowerBook internally and booting from a CD/DVD - then, if Disk Utility still doesn't see the drive, you can be sure that the problem isn't the Xcaret expansion bay module but the drive itself. If the reverse is true, the problem is with the expansion bay module's interface card somewhere.
Peace,
Drew