What are these ports and how do I use them?? (PowerBook 2400c)
Yesterday I got what's undoubtedly one of the cutest and coolest Apple laptops ever made (right up there with the clamshell iBooks, in fact). It's a PowerBook 2400c/180 that's in perfect condition. The battery even still holds a couple hours worth of charge. This thing is so tiny I can carry it in my purse (I couldn't even do that with a MacBook Air)! It came with OS 8 and a ton of classic software I used to use when I was in elementary school (Clarisworks and Kidpix!!). Anyway, as much as I love the PowerBook, it has me utterly and completely confused. Apparently it was the inspiration for the MacBook Air in that it doesn't have any kind of disk drive built into it (originally they came with a matching external floppy drive, but I got the computer as part of a massive lot of used Apple laptops and there were no floppy drives to be found). There is no USB port, no ethernet port, no firewire port, and, even though there are two airport card slots in the back, nothing happens when I put an airport card in it (the whole networking thing isn't being helped by the fact I'm too young to remember how to use pre-X operating systems in any meaningful way). This is a fascinating design in that it apparently leaves no possible way to get information on and off the laptop without the original floppy drive.
On the back of the computer there are a handful of ports. One looks like a monitor port (it may not be, but that's sure what it looks like), two look like PS2 ports, but aren't (these two round ports actually aren't quite the same as each other either), and there's a big square one with holes for a lot of pins that my Mom said is something called a 'scuzzie' port (a what???). If someone asks, I can post a picture of the port configuration so you know what I'm talking about.
Basically what I need the PowerBook to do is network with my Lime so I can transfer documents and programs, and also somehow connect with my USB printer (oh, and load the printer software). I don't care about using it on the internet or anything like that.
On the back of the computer there are a handful of ports. One looks like a monitor port (it may not be, but that's sure what it looks like), two look like PS2 ports, but aren't (these two round ports actually aren't quite the same as each other either), and there's a big square one with holes for a lot of pins that my Mom said is something called a 'scuzzie' port (a what???). If someone asks, I can post a picture of the port configuration so you know what I'm talking about.
Basically what I need the PowerBook to do is network with my Lime so I can transfer documents and programs, and also somehow connect with my USB printer (oh, and load the printer software). I don't care about using it on the internet or anything like that.
iBook clamshell lime SE 466, Mac OS X (10.3.x)
