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Not 68K but Kinda Cool. Factory Refurb 5300

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emaq123 Junior Member USA 258 Posts	Posted - 10 May 2003 : 06:42:30 Just got me a new notebook. A powerbook 5300cs, brand new factory refurb! I paid a bit much for it but it's a local apple dealer I like to support. The beast has a 90 warranty from Apple. It's a bit old and slow and I wish it had an internal cd, but I think it will hold me until I can get a 12" ibook with combo drive. Besides, it is the first powerbook with a powerpc cpu. emaq123 SE/30 and system 6.0.8 Now we're talking POWER!
maclover5 LC Doctor/Hot Rodder Australia 5830 Posts	Posted - 10 May 2003 : 06:54:20 Cool! Try and see if you can locate a CD ROM from a PowerBook 3400. Should work. -------------------------- Give your dreams a chance.™ - Apple in the mid '90s Warrior maclover5 68k Macintosh Liberation Army Number of 68ks Liberated: 7 Number of Contraband (PPC) Liberated from the Dumpster: 1
emaq123 Junior Member USA 258 Posts	Posted - 10 May 2003 : 07:20:45 No room for a CD. The bay is a 3.5". The good thing is that it has 2 pcmcia slots. I just upgraded to OS 7.6.1 by booting from a Compact Flash card. I'm thinking of getting a wi-fi ether card for it so I can hit the web anywhere in the house. emaq123 SE/30 and system 6.0.8 Now we're talking POWER!
G4from128k Full Member USA 873 Posts	Posted - 10 May 2003 : 07:34:59 Congrats on the brand new Powerbook. I also agree with you about supporting local dealers. As for CD-ROM, you can always get an external SCSI CD. And once you get your iBook, then the 5300 can become a cool hacks project. You could always turn the machine into an ultra-compact fileserver by installing a massive IDE laptop drive and an ethernet PCMCIA card. Or go diskless by booting from a Compact Flash card. Enjoy your non68k! G4From128k by Day: Mild-Mannered Engineer and Trapeze(tm) Artist by Night: Colonel of Truth, Justice, and the Macintosh Way Reserve Officer in 68kMLA Cantankerous Coot Contingent EDIT: LOL! you beat me to it on the booting from a CF card. WiFi surfing is fun, although I have not been able to get Appletalk file sharing to work over my WiFi setup on my 190cs. Edited by - G4from128k on 10 May 2003 07:37:15
cory5412 68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms USA 4679 Posts	Posted - 10 May 2003 : 12:19:47 Take off the screen and use it with a large external monitor for presentations and junk like that... PodiumMac! Official 68k videographer Official MLA TourGuide "I'm just a normal computer geek who somehow landed a social life"
emaq123 Junior Member USA 258 Posts	Posted - 10 May 2003 : 13:43:36 quote: Take off the screen and use it with a large external monitor for presentations and junk like that... PodiumMac! Maybe with a beatup one. This one is going into the collection once I stop using it. emaq123 SE/30 and system 6.0.8 Now we're talking POWER!
Gothikon Full Member Australia 537 Posts	Posted - 10 May 2003 : 17:05:19 You could always set it on fire for that trule authentic 5300 look -------- LC 2, LC 3, Q605, Perf 638, Colour Classic (160 603e) 6100, 7200, PTP 225 (Quad 604), PM 9600, G4 Cube
maclover5 LC Doctor/Hot Rodder Australia 5830 Posts	Posted - 10 May 2003 : 17:15:50 Har har har! -------------------------- Give your dreams a chance.™ - Apple in the mid '90s Warrior maclover5 68k Macintosh Liberation Army Number of 68ks Liberated: 7 Number of Contraband (PPC) Liberated from the Dumpster: 1
cory5412 68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms USA 4679 Posts	Posted - 10 May 2003 : 17:57:57 LOL! well I'm going to see if I can't make a PodiumMac sometime... :GRIN: HACK IDEA!!! Official 68k videographer Official MLA TourGuide "I'm just a normal computer geek who somehow landed a social life"
emaq123 Junior Member USA 258 Posts	Posted - 10 May 2003 : 18:37:21 quote: You could always set it on fire for that trule authentic 5300 look You light three batteries off in the shop and you'll never live it down. This one appears to have all the refit markings and should be unlikely to flame on. Speed has been ok so far. I can't get it on the net yet so that still needs to be checked. It seems to be a nice book 24 hrs after. emaq123 SE/30 and system 6.0.8 Now we're talking POWER!
Christophillis Forums Squadron Commander USA 688 Posts	Posted - 17 May 2003 : 20:07:02 quote: You light three batteries off in the shop and you'll never live it down. This one appears to have all the refit markings and should be unlikely to flame on. Thirty seconds after posting this it erupts into a flaming laptop of death *MEDIC!* 68k Macintosh Liberation Army Recently Rescued from Deep within Enemy Lines: Christophillis- Lt. Colonel Newton Squadron Commander Total 68k Macs Liberated: 6.02x10^23 or just 4 Edited by - Christophillis on 17 May 2003 20:08:34
maclover5 LC Doctor/Hot Rodder Australia 5830 Posts	Posted - 17 May 2003 : 20:11:44 hears ambulance siren roaring as ambulance passes house on the way to emaq's poor 5300 -------------------------- Give your dreams a chance.™ - Apple in the mid '90s Warrior maclover5 68k Macintosh Liberation Army Number of 68ks Liberated: 7 Number of Contraband (PPC) Liberated from the Dumpster: 1
redrouteone Junior Member USA 226 Posts	Posted - 17 May 2003 : 22:26:07 http://www.projectvulcan.net/oldpv/images/hibachi.gif Life is like Jeopardy you have all the answers, you just need the questions.
emaq123 Junior Member USA 258 Posts	Posted - 17 May 2003 : 22:35:03 Hey now... My notebook has shown no signs of becoming a fireball. I am having a problem with the battery indicator giving a false reading, but no flames. emaq123 SE/30 and system 6.0.8 Now we're talking POWER!
Gothikon Full Member Australia 537 Posts	Posted - 17 May 2003 : 22:51:28 Don't you know thats the first sign of iminent meltdown?? -------- LC 2, LC 3, Q605, Perf 638, Colour Classic (160 603e) 6100, 7200, PTP 225 (Quad 604), PM 9600, G4 Cube
maclover5 LC Doctor/Hot Rodder Australia 5830 Posts	Posted - 17 May 2003 : 23:07:42 How about we drop the 5300 jokes RTF now? -------------------------- Give your dreams a chance.™ - Apple in the mid '90s Warrior maclover5 68k Macintosh Liberation Army Number of 68ks Liberated: 7 Number of Contraband (PPC) Liberated from the Dumpster: 1
cory5412 68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms USA 4679 Posts	Posted - 18 May 2003 : 17:47:39 aww...! I wanted to make 5300 jokes what about all the confusion what with the PowerBook and the PowerMac 5300 models?? well... since we're not allowed to have 5300 jokes I'll start with the ML5 Jokes!!!! .ME waits for someone else to begin Official 68k videographer Official MLA TourGuide "I'm just a normal computer geek who somehow landed a social life"
maclover5 LC Doctor/Hot Rodder Australia 5830 Posts	Posted - 18 May 2003 : 17:57:04 ut oh! But yeah, about the 5300, well, remember that they only caught fire in the testing lab. The firey 5300s never made it to consumers. pictures prototype Macs going up in flames gasps -------------------------- Give your dreams a chance.™ - Apple in the mid '90s Warrior maclover5 68k Macintosh Liberation Army Number of 68ks Liberated: 7 Number of Contraband (PPC) Liberated from the Dumpster: 1

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