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That's good for metropolitan and/or urban areas where WiFi is common, but out here in rural California, WiFi hotspots are practically non existent (except for our house and a couple neighbors), so if we want a wireless phone, it has to be cellular (i.e., something that uses either CDMA or GSM signals to do its thing).
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Out here in the country [
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As for Sprint, well, I don't know if it's available here, but we have the other four (US Cellular, AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile).
Our TracFone works splendidly, so we'll stick with that for now. I want to try using an iPhone 3GS on their network, so we'll see how that goes.
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Bought a dead Plus off of Craigslist today. Guy said it would boot to a blinking floppy, I get it home and it just keeps beeping. Opened it up and found the entire lower half of the computer's chassis was rusted. Stuck with it and can't do anything with it. I hope the guy feels good about ripping me off.
I wish. There was a set on CL for trade, a Plus upgrade. Couldn't tell if it was a 128/512/512kE, but it was YELLOW. Came with keyboard and mouse. The guy was creepy as hell though, and kept changing his mind on what he wanted. I just dropped it and went for the one I have now. I tried using the keyboard and mouse from the 512kE.
This is odd. The Plus' serial is not showing up in the chipmunk.nl database. It is showing a build date of 2004.
Can anyone give me more info? Compared to other Plus serial numbers, mine seems rather long. Also, thought it was worth mentioning, it is a Plus 1MB.
Serial: F90796PM0001A
Can anyone give me more info? Compared to other Plus serial numbers, mine seems rather long. Also, thought it was worth mentioning, it is a Plus 1MB.
Serial: F90796PM0001A
Manufactured in: F => Fremont, California, USA
Year of production: 1989
Week of production: 7
Production number: 96P => 10631
Modell ID: M0001A => Macintosh Plus
Your Macintosh Plus was the 10631th Mac manufactured during the 7th week of 1989 in Fremont, California, USA.
http://myoldmac.net/FAQ/Mac-Serialnumber-decoder-e.php
Year of production: 1989
Week of production: 7
Production number: 96P => 10631
Modell ID: M0001A => Macintosh Plus
Your Macintosh Plus was the 10631th Mac manufactured during the 7th week of 1989 in Fremont, California, USA.
http://myoldmac.net/FAQ/Mac-Serialnumber-decoder-e.php
Picked up a nice PowerBook G4 12" off of eBay! I have been wanting one for so long. Paid $75 for it since the seller mislabeled it as a "11 inch PowerBook G4". This one seems to be in great shape, although there is some scratching on the back right corner and a dented front corner on the left side. Some light scratching on the bottom and some scratches on the top. Everything seems to work great. Pics to come. Here are the specs:
1.5GHz G4
512MB of RAM (256MB soldered, 256MB SODIMM)
60GB 5400rpm HDD
10.3.9 Panther (currently upgrading to Tiger until I get some more RAM, then bump to Leopard).
1.5GHz G4
512MB of RAM (256MB soldered, 256MB SODIMM)
60GB 5400rpm HDD
10.3.9 Panther (currently upgrading to Tiger until I get some more RAM, then bump to Leopard).
Turns out that 1 USB port on the PowerBook is dead, thanks to the former user either forcing something in or out, as the 2 middle pins are pushed back and up into the plastic (what I call pallet) inside the port. It will need a logic board replacement to correct the problem, otherwise no other issues. Turns out that this is the lower-end Rev. D model, with a Combo Drive. I have already swapped some RAM sticks with the iBook G4 to max out the PowerBook, since I plan to use it a real secondary computer and not a backup. The iBook now has 768MB of RAM (good enough for Leopard) and the PowerBook has 1.25GB. Went ahead and upgraded to Leopard.
In the coming weeks I plan to swap the logic board and replace the Combo drive with a Superdrive and upgrade the original 60GB 5400 rpm Hitachi HDD (shivers recounting the problems he has had in the past with Hitachi). I'm looking into a small SSD, but PATA SSDs aren't cheap at all.
One day, one day....
In the coming weeks I plan to swap the logic board and replace the Combo drive with a Superdrive and upgrade the original 60GB 5400 rpm Hitachi HDD (shivers recounting the problems he has had in the past with Hitachi). I'm looking into a small SSD, but PATA SSDs aren't cheap at all.
One day, one day....
After inspecting it further, the damage seems to be worse. It looks like the entire port was actually forced back, and probably damaged the connections to the logic board. I will have to inspect it, but a used logic board with a 14 day return policy on eBay is only $35. I have $10 sitting in PayPal and probably another $10 coming in from one of those online survey websites.
