Powerbook 5300I have just aquired this immaculate powerbook but a. it has a flat battery and b, I don't have any software at all can anyone assistview more
Powerbook 180c Display Screen TroubleshootingHello, I'm trying to repair at least one, and maybe two of my old standby 180c laptops. I do have a CD showing the physical take-apart illustrations. I'm looking for help in troubleshooting the Interconnect, Inverter,...view more
powerbook 150 wont recognize floppy discI inserted a windows (dos)formatted floppy disc into my newly acquired powerbook 150, it does not show on the desktop and I cannot eject it anymore. Any suggestions appreciated.view more
PB 540C to MacbookHello, Can these two talk to each other? I've got an ethernet cable going between the two and nothing's working. Any ideas on settings for TCP/IP etc? The PB has 7.5 on it. The MacBook has 10.5.8. Thanks for your ...view more
Overheating, harddrive failingI have a a G4 powerbook that overheats and locks up. The lower bank of RAM has failed. When it it cool, I am able to boot it up with internal hard drive. After about 15 to 20 minutes it will stop functioning. I am try...view more
Powerbook Duo 230 PasswordI just bought this mac at a thrift store. it is password protected (after it says it is loading) an i dont know the password. how i can i bypass this? it has no disk drives.... if it makes any difference it is a japan...view more
Startup Trouble with PowerBook 170I still love and use my 1992 vintage PowerBook 170 nearly every day for word processing (Word 5.1a). The black & white screen is easier on my tired old eyes than my newer color PowerBooks and it keeps me from surf...view more
Powerbook 1400C/166 harddisk problemes.I have a 1400c whit a dead harddisk. Now i have a 6.4 gig and some 30/40/60 gig harddisks. I want to install the 6.4 gig (enough space for 8.6) but the disk got not recognized by the system. Also the 30/40/60 gig are ...view more
PowerBook 100Hello all, I have had a PowerBook 100 for a while, but I've been studying it recently (because I just found the floppies to start it up). The Lead-Acid main battery is shot (this computer spent 10 years in a basemen...view more
PowerBook 1400cs System DisksI found Apple's website with the System 7.5.3 floppies (all nineteen of them), but now I'm in a predicament. My Mac doesn't have a floppy drive... however, I do have two machines, a Windows XP [Dell] and an Ubuntu [...view more
Powerbook 100I know it's probably a silly question, but I have to ask anyways. I just dug an old Powerbook 100 out of a friends basement and looking it over I can't find out how to turn it on. I've checked online with no answer fo...view more
PB 540 with dark corners on the screenHello, after being turned on for about 20-30 minutes the corners on the screen gets darker and darker. The computer has not been turned on for atleast a year but seems otherwise to work ok. What causes this problem ? ...view more
Thread Powerbook 5300c & booting from CF cards (PCMCIA & as IDE drive)
Powerbook 5300c & booting from CF cards (PCMCIA & as IDE drive)Hi all, I'm trying to "upgrade" my vintage PB 5300c and replace the internal noisy slow HD to using CF cards via the IDE-CF card adaptors. in theory, this should be pretty easy.. format the CF card as HFS, install O...view more
PB 540C - two questionsHello - I need to get the data off my old 540C and I've thought of a couple solutions. 1) Use a thumb drive...but there is no USB port on the 540C. Does anyone know if there is an adapter or some way to get a thumb ...view more
Thread Where can I get a driver for an AppleCD 600e?
Where can I get a driver for an AppleCD 600e?Hi! I have a PowerBook 2400c running OS 9.1, which boots up with no problem. I also have a cosmetically perfect AppleCD 600e that seems to be in good working order. Since I can't play Myst or Riven on my Mac Mini, I ...view more
Powerbook 540c questionsI recently came across a Powerbook 540c on Craigslist. 32 MB RAM, 320 MB Hard Drive, Floppy drive, has the network cable and comes with a external SCSI CD-ROM. Runs system 8.1. This guy wants 40 for it and all I want ...view more
Thread Deleted the whole hard drive accidently and i dont have mac os 9
Deleted the whole hard drive accidently and i dont have mac os 9Deleted the whole hard drive accidently and i dont have mac os 9 and i only have mac os x 10.2 upgrade. its not able 2 be read anymore and i cant install it. what should i do when there is no program installed in the ...view more