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I found that stacking cr2032 or similar cells, I can make my own replacement dc pack to get an old camera working. An attempt to stack LR44 cells to come up with a pram battery was "mostly" successful. The power drain rendered it dead in less than a year. Rechargable vl2330 cells are 3v and...

So, I decided to revisit the mSATA <-> IDE adapter from Ablecomm with the "red" board. What I found out is that the Ablecomm board "likes" Samsung PM851 and PM871 mSATA ssd drives (500GB or less)... it really HATES Toshiba branded mSATA boards. I'm going to see if this board with mSATA...

I can send you the contact info for a guy who did my G3-> G4 cpu swaps on my Pismos boards. I have a 400MHz and 500MHz G3 cpu boards that I upgraded each one to the MPC7410RX500LE (BGA). Could not be happier with the results... 100% reliable after upgrading the rom with OS updates.

I have 7.6 and 8.1 on my 5300cs and 5300ce and they run just fine. As far as suggestions, I would look at 8.5, but, I think 8.6 will require 30+ MB of RAM to be of any use. I had it working on my 5300ce with a full 64MB and SSD and is "acceptable", but, nearly as snappy as 7.6. Regards...

If you look inside the Pismo battery, there is no circuitry for a "counter".  I have taken a factory battery and recharged it at least 30 times and the counter is not changed.

Never mind... I see that it was a 4GB mSATA. I don't recognize the brand, though. but, if the CF solution is working, then use that.

What size msata did you have in it on your 5500? On my older powerbooks, pre-Pismo/Lombard, I can only use it with <= 64GB mSATA drives, and only SanDisk or Toshiba brand. I find the 16GB SanDisk mSATA SSD is cheap and flexible. (but, I also backup to my A2SERVER network drive...) There is...

If anyone comes across a vintage BookEndz for a Pismo (no-SCSI) please let me know. I've been searching high and low, but, with no success. This is the one thing that has eluded me for nearly 15 years. I really wish I had snagged one when they were $99 as I was gifted my first Pismo from a...

I don't think I have ever seen a Pismo battery "bulge" from age/elements like I have the "flat" cells in more modern powerbooks/macbooks. The round cell design tends to be more reliable, historically, but holds less power storage/in^3, which is why macs went away from the format years later. I...

I've had VERY poor results with "new" 4/3 cells lasting any length of time. Tenergy are craptastic. Yeah, AA cells are "less" but easier to find/source and the smaller size gives you some extra room to work with.

My NOS Pismo batteries tend to last about a month on their own, but, need to be plugged in the night before use. I have a pair of NOS 5300 packs. One holds a charge for a week (but runs for 4 hours under normal use) and is then useless. The other lasts 20min and then is "dead". both have...

I've had great success with SpeedDoubler on some stuff in the past. I've never really used RamDoubler. SpeedDoubler works excellent on my 5300, and even though it has 56MB of RAM, the use of disk cache with the mSATA setup makes it a very nice notebook. Word 6 runs like 2x faster during spell...

The other option would be to use a "donor" 16MB card and grab the chips and resistors/capacitors from it. I've heard of this being done with Toshiba notebook RAM modules in the late 90s.

I have started to refer to all those metal framed mSATA adapters as "Red Bastards" or "Red Headed Stepchild". I've not gotten ANY of them to work in my 5300, Pismo, or even older PATA based notebooks. This is the one and only mode that I have had ANY success with, and it works 100% of the time...

Depends. Pismo and older books could take new(er) cells just fine as there were no "counters" on the logic board. I did "recell" a battery for my PB 5300ce (contacts were bad, so, the job was more of a "proof of concept").

What I would really love is a 3D printed face plate for more modern IDE slot loading DVD drives (i.e. pre-SATA Macbook Pro) for the Lombard/Pismo. That would be my Holy Grail right now. I'm still researching how to make a 3D printed battery for NiMH AA cells to work in my 5300cs and cse. I...

Seeing this on the 9500 *almost* makes me regret dumping mine on Fleabay a few years back. 1.5GB of RAM and SCSI2IDE bridge adapter for both CD and hard drive made this a very useable machine until 10.4 came out.  (I could never get it stable with the hacks... and 10.4 was required by Office...

You have to use VL Panasonic cells which are rechagable. For the Pismo, you can get by with just 2 of them in series with a center tap and use the thicker higher capacity cells. I used very thin brass sheet and held it together with conductive adhesive like you buy at the auto parts store for...

I had bad luck with the idea ssd devices and have standardized on Toshiba mSATA with jmicron chipset adapters. Just wish they would drop the voltage into the mSATA to 4.5vdc instead of full 5vdc. It would run a bit cooler. I drilled several 1/4" holes into my last adapter case before putting it...

I used to take short lengths of Trylene fishing line then swab 2-part clear epoxy (Elmers brand) over it carfully and I got moving parts like trays and such to function again.