Hey everybody!I introduced myself to the MLA in the 68k Conquests forum so if you want the more detailed story, look there. Thanks. Moving on.
The short story is that I work at a Mac store and a coworker got a 180 and 190 from a customer. So he heard of my love for the 68ks and he gave me the 180.
Now that it's sunk in my head that I own it (I love saying that), I've booted successfully into OS 7.1. The previous owner has not deleted anything so I get a couple of programs I'll keep but otherwise it's just someone's business crap.
But hey! It's all there, the happy boot, the no-dead pixel screen. Good start.
Moving on to hardware. Immediately we have problems; no vertical response with the trackball. Left and right is super smooth. Too bad about that vertical. Next, the floppy works great. Wonder if I can get the swappable CD-ROM?
Before I move on, I'll mention that I've since found a replacement trackball/button unit so that's cleared.
So how much RAM? How big's the hard drive? 10 and 80 MB. I got a 500 MB HD which is going in with a fresh install of OS 7.6.1, the maximum OS the 180 will handle.
So we're getting there, almost done. The keyboard has some messed keys so I'm fixing that already. What else.. oh yea, the serial port for the printer. This is alright cause I've got a second port which is freely assignable just like the printer port.
That's it for the hard stuff. Oh, except the battery. That's good too amazingly. OK now I'm done. :)
Now I've got to finish off the trackball and keyboard repairs, probably test them on the old HD then swap the 500 MB in and start fresh. I'm going off now to compile a list of apps, tools, and games I want/need. And I'll see what I can do about maxxing the RAM. Just 4 MB to go! *chuckle*
The fun has only just begun!
<l3VEr>
Edited by - Golgo on 25 Jul 2003 22:46:08
My PB 180 : From getting to gutting.
Posted - 25 Jul 2003 : 20:19:58
68k of the Week: kastegir's PowerBook 180.