Pismo - $100 - Jump?

[paws]

Lombard is nice, especially if you have older non-network, none-PCI macks around - I've used mine for getting stuff from USB sticks to Zip disks that my LC III can read, for instance.

 

[WorkgroupServer]

Score! Typing on it right now.
It was actually a Lombard, but I got the following for $80:

400mhz G3

256mb RAM

6GB HD (might upgrade), 10.3.9

DVD Module, zip drive module, two imation "superdisk" modules.

Power adapter

WORKING battery (I am amazed -- it's the original battery as far as I can tell and the menu bar estimates 3 hours with a full charge -- ive been running it battery only for about 45 minutes so far and its at 77%

No Airport card but im considering buying a 3rd party one.

Overall, a success!

Just FYI you can't install an airport card in the lombard... it doesn't have the slot...

You can, however, use a 3rd party card...

 

[Bunsen]

That's an impressive haul for $80, especially with all those addons.

 

[sambapati87]

Yep I'll have to buy a third party one. Can someone point me in the right direction for those, what to search on eBay, etc. Would "PCMCIA airport card" work (I found my PCI wireless card that way for my G4 -- i only looked at ones advertised as being airport compatible).

What I am most impressed with is the battery!!

 

[Cory5412]

for Mac OS X, Linksys WPC54G, Revision/Version 3 is the type I have.

For OS9, it pretty much has to be a Lucent WaveLan, or compatible card. If you plan on dual-booting, i'd go ahead and buy both cards, because it's not as easy [as it should be] to get one working in both.

And, unfortunately, the Linksys card flat-out will not work on OS9, at all.

Congrats on the Lombard though, still definitely a decent machine.

 

[Unknown_K]

That machine would make one hell of an OS9 machine, any reason it must run OSX?

 

[sambapati87]

That machine would make one hell of an OS9 machine, any reason it must run OSX?

It doesn't have too -- I grew up on 7, then 8, then 9, then X like most people here, but I'd like a reasonably modern browser, Apple's Mail.app, and Adium, as well as the easy networking capabilities with my other OS X macs. It runs Panther very well. I'd have to upgrade the RAM before putting on Tiger though, I think.

 

[sambapati87]

for Mac OS X, Linksys WPC54G, Revision/Version 3 is the type I have.

Found it on Buy.com for around $40 -- doesn't list it as being OS X compatible -- does it show up as an Airport card or are there special drivers?

 

[russman]

I bought a cheap lombard on ebay, kind of a shot in the sark because i dont know much about if, we'll see if it works, just waiting for her to come in the mail.

http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=180257777105&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=008

 

[Quadraman]

That machine would make one hell of an OS9 machine, any reason it must run OSX?

Because it can? A G3 400 or 500 will run Tiger, although Panther would probably be better. My Wallstreet runs Jaguar nicely so I don't see why a Pismo wouldn't be a good OS X machine. I have seen reports of Leopard with a G4 upgrade, but I think that's really pushing it with the weak graphics.

 

[techfury90]

Tiger ran decently on my 500 Pismo with 512 MB of RAM...

 

[Cory5412]

for Mac OS X, Linksys WPC54G, Revision/Version 3 is the type I have.

Found it on Buy.com for around $40 -- doesn't list it as being OS X compatible -- does it show up as an Airport card or are there special drivers?

In both 10.3 and 10.4, it showed up as an Airport card, and was able to connect to wifi-G networks, use all the cool types of security, etc etc. no special drivers needed.

Also, on the "why X?" topic -- it was discovered this was a lombard, so 10.3 might be your limit without hacking an install disc, or using XPostFacto.

 

[sambapati87]

Just bought a CardBus airport card and am bidding on 2 x 256mb sticks of RAM.

As a side note, I very much reccommend the seller "the-la-guy" on ebay -- he has generic PCI/Cardbus airport cards specifically advertised as AirPort compatible. I bought a PCI one for my Sawtooth and it works perfectly -- I also just bought a cardbus version for my Lombard -- I'll let you know how it goes.