Which 'books to keep?

[MrMacintosh]

Hi all -

I have too many Powerbooks that I've accumulated over the past year or so, and I need to thin down. Here's the herd:

PB 100: I'm keeping this guy, period. I love it.

2x PB 160: Keep one or get rid of them both? Both work, but are rarely used.

PB 190c: I like this machine a lot, and have a lot of batteries for it. Sweet for games, although I rarely play them or use the machine.

PB 5300c: It's display is broken and the PB is in pieces. I don't have a video adapter to even properly play with it.

2x PB1400c: 117MHz and a better model (133 or something). One with a nice working battery, the other dead. Both machines work, but are rarely used. Should I keep either?

PB 3400c: Nice machine, okay for internet, low on RAM. It occasionally makes horrid screeching noises when plugged in to power, but has nice batteries. Rarely used as well.

PB 2400c: Keeping this one, of course. I have wanted one for years. Hasn't arrived yet, but might need an HD.

Now, I would like to make a game machine for my sister, as one of the PPC machines would work pretty nicely to play her non-online games. Any input there?

Any input or help sorting through this would be great - I just don't have time for all of them and don't see much point in having a representation of almost every Powerbook (except the 500 series).

 

[Patrickool93]

Dunno what you would get rid of, but if you decide to get rid of a color PB tell me.

 

[LCGuy]

Hang onto the 100, 2400, 3400 and one of the 1400s, and a 160.

 

[Dan 7.1]

if you want i'd be interested in purchasing one of the 160's. i have one now but its motherboard doesn't seem to want to behave and...work.

 

[Temetka]

RE: 5300

How much RAM is in this unit?

 

[TheNeil]

Nah. You want to sell the 2400c to a UK based collector who's user name includes the letters 'T', 'h', 'e', 'N', 'i' and 'l'

That's definitely what I'd do

 

[MrMacintosh]

So I received the 2400, and it's in good physical shape. It came with a 6GB internal drive, which was loose in the case - not connected. It's a Toshiba. I popped it in the 'book, and it didn't spin up at all. So I put the drive in an external case and formatted it on OS X, where it worked very well. But back in the 2400, it doesn't spin up at all.

I even put a drive from a 5300 in the 2400, and although too big to close the case physically, it did not spin up either. What should I do? Any idea what may be wrong?

BTW - I can't seem to get the 'book to respond to a PRAM reset.

Thanks,

Kyle-

 

[antoine64]

My museum could always use older powerbooks or parts. at this point my 3400 took a dive so parts for it would be nice. also the pb 160 is one I don't have. problem is that I don't have much money to put into my collection so I couldn't offer much.

as far as your 2400 is concerned, is the screen lighting up? Also, make sure to plug in the drive with the correct pin on the correct side of the connector. os x format may not work with a pre-osx machine like the 2400. you should format it with a system 9 or older computer.

regardless of the condition, a pb2400 will probably be a collectors item due to it being rare in this country. my 2400 is from japan. I got tired of waiting for one to come up on ebay.

 

[MacMan]

You can never have too many PowerBooks! }

But yeah, I would agree with LCGuy on this one if you're looking to thin out the collection.

 

[Anonymous Freak]

Hi all -I have too many Powerbooks that I've accumulated over the past year or so, and I need to thin down.

If you have the space, then no need to get rid of any. If you want to save space, I'm only commenting on the ones to get rid of.

2x PB 160: Keep one or get rid of them both? Both work, but are rarely used.

Get rid of one. Don't need them both.

PB 190c: I like this machine a lot, and have a lot of batteries for it. Sweet for games, although I rarely play them or use the machine.
PB 5300c: It's display is broken and the PB is in pieces. I don't have a video adapter to even properly play with it.

The 190c and 5300c have the same case. You can take the guts of the 5300c and put it in the 190c to make one slightly-higher-end system. (Although for some games, the native 68k will be faster.)

2x PB1400c: 117MHz and a better model (133 or something). One with a nice working battery, the other dead. Both machines work, but are rarely used. Should I keep either?

The 1400c is an interesting model, I'd swap parts to have one high-end, and dump the other.

 

[Unknown_K]

For laptops I think you should keep the models you have spare parts available for (donor machines), if you use them they will eventually break.

Since they are easy to store I would not junk any unless 1: You don't like the model much 2: Its not working and you don't have another to get parts from.

 

[Bunsen]

If you're determined to thin the herd, here are my suggestions:

• 160s - sell
  5300 - keep as a parts donor for the 190
  1400 - beef up the best of the two with bits from the other, sell one, get a G3 upgrade. This will make a useable internet machine.
  3400 - depends how the 1400/G3 goes on the net.