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I have a new lust object for my Pismo(s) - the 40gb price is out - $99 bucks. Has anyone bought one of these yet? The speed bump looks like...a thing of great beauty. http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/internal_storage/Mercury_Extreme_SSD_Sandforce...

Thanks for the quick replies - guess I will do it that way - a little extra Pismo surgery to get it done, but not too bad, and I'd rather be safe than sorry.

Happy Monday, all. I need to update the Lombard (w/512mb RAM)Powerbook that my mother "uses" so I can get Tiger running on it, along with more updated browsers for her. I'm wondering whether the best thing is to use ExPostFacto to intstall 10.4.6 on the Lombard directly, or use one of my...

Thanks, PB. I will try a higher version of Stuffit (I think the app on that 'book is 3.x) and see if I can get it to go. I know I did this successfully once, because one of my 1400s is running 8.1. But I just can't remember what I did (exactly) to get there. I'll also try the changes on disk...

I am having a heck of a time - I have the OS 8.1 update as an .smi file, but I cannot get it to open or expand in OS 8. I have Stuffit Expander on the machine. I tried downloading Disk Copy, but I cannot get that to open properly - it wants all image files removed before it can open. Anyone have...

jp, I'm just curious, where did that Mac come from or where had it been? It is always so weird to me to think of items that were that expensive (back in the day) never getting use at all...?

Nice looking unit! Now, you need to add one of the boxier mice...

Yeah, I have a bunch of those little Apple RAM cards, I got them for free once from a fellow hobbyist. If anyone needs one, let me know, I can dig them out. I was all excited until I realized they were for the other connector.

Ditto. I have been on the hunt for more memory for mine for a long time at a reasonable price. I have seen exactly one standalone card on eBay in that time, and it was just a 24mb one. Look for parts machines where the RAM is specified. Most of the later machines had a 8mb 'starter' card and...

Oh yes, and I echo the advice re the 12x drive. Quite easy to do the drive swap on that model, you just have to find the right drive to implant and then the swap can be done in about 15 minutes. The dang front betzel is the tricky part - very thin plastics around the screw holes, use extreme...

There also are 2nd party 1400 batteries still available for the 1400, though at a high cost. Probably the best deal out there are the ones that Wegener Media sells. They go for around $45 (see URL below). While they are new old stock, if you cycle them well, they will give about 45 minutes to an...

Huh, I unzipped it on my Win XP machine and then loaded the .app file just fine. Weird. Something about .zip files that is locked down in OS X?

When I try and unpack that .zip file, I get an "operation not permitted" dialog box (header is 'archive utility'). But I did this before, on another Pismo, with no problem. How do I work around that?

Successful logic board transplant yesterday...took me about two hours all told, and it would have taken less, but I put the lower case back together and then realized that I had left out the alum shield that sits over the ports in the rear. I am now in the process of upgrading that transplanted...

Thanks for the tips, Dennis, exactly the kind of 'inside info' I was looking for!

Thanks, all. I've got a firewire cable coming, needed one of those for some time. I doubt tho that I will be able to see the HD as I am pretty sure now that the main board ATA controller is what's fried. I found a used mainboard for just $23 shipped, so I am going to attempt a 'full Pismotomy'...

Update - I fear it might be a mainboard issue after all. I tried a total swap of changeable parts - known working hard drive, 400mhz CPU, RAM, airport card. Can start an installation from CD, but it sees no destination drive. When I try to force a boot from CD, it goes back to the installation...

I think I've got it...disconnected the HD and now I do get the ? folder on screen. SO it looks like this HD is bum and I just need to get a new drive plugged in there and re-loaded...

Hey 68k/PPC experts, I need a "next thing to check out" point in the right direction... Bought a parts Pismo to add to my fleet. It was missing the HD, processor guard and CD. Since I have many other Pismos, I thought I might be able to get this one going again and only have to pop for a new...

Biz - I saw a 5300cs go for $120 on eB the other day, with some software and extras. Wegener was selling 5300s for about $50 for a long time, they may still be. I would say a good condition 190 with a battery and power supply would go for between $30 to $60, generally. But that 5300 price may...