Kanga- Did I pay too much?

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Kanga- Did I pay too much?

Hi. I just bought a Powerbook 3500 with a 250MHz processor, a 7Gig Hard drive, a 20X cd drive, an AC adapter, a bookendz docking station, and 64MB of ram for $26.00 + $20.00 shipping. Did I pay to much for this machine?

Also, I have a few questions.

the battery is dead, where can i get a new one for cheap?

does it have an ethernet port, or just 56k?

and what kind of ram does it use? i cant settle for 64MB.

Power Mac G3, Mac OS X (10.3.6), 300MHz, 256MB Ram

Posted on Jul 3, 2006 2:22 PM

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Answer 1

Jul 3, 2006 5:09 PM in response to MasonS247

You did not pay too much, you got too much. At least 100 too much. You specified 3500. Do you mean you got a PowerBook 3400? The specs for that model are here:

112393- Macintosh PowerBook 3400c/180: Technical Specifications

The 10BaseT Ethernet port is listed as optional on the /180 model, standard on the rest.

You can't get a new battery for cheap. Any battery made by Apple is now quite old. You may be able to get a serviceable used battery for cheap. You will have to shop hard for aftermarket RAM and batteries.

RAM is available here (battery, too):

Data Memory Systems 3400/180

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MasonS247 Author

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Jul 3, 2006 5:33 PM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

here is the link http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=001&item=110002260477&rd=1&sspa gename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&rd=1

it says it is a powerbook 3500 kanga g3

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Answer 3

Jul 3, 2006 6:32 PM in response to MasonS247

Oh. That's this more modern one:

http://everymac.com/systems/apple/powerbookg3/stats/powerbook_g31st.html

112429- Macintosh PowerBook G3: Technical Specifications

That's a much nicer Mac. 32 MB on board, 160 MB max. 10BaseT Ethernet.

Data Memory Systems PowerBook G3 memory

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Sagesse

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Jul 3, 2006 8:23 PM in response to MasonS247

I have one of these. I'd say you did good.

Is the 64 MB of RAM total, or 64 + the 32 MB that is soldered on? Anyway, everything over 32 MB is on a single daughterboard placed under the keyboard. You can get daughterboards in 32 MB, 64MB and 128 MB. 128 is the biggest giving you 160 MB total.

Also, you can swap most parts with a PowerBook 3400, but not memory. You have to get memory specific to the 3500/Kanga. (I found out the hard way.)

I found eBay was much cheaper than sites that sell the daughterboards oughtright. YMMV

It does have an ethernet port. You can plug either a phone line or an ethernet cable into the jack in te back. There is even a little adapter that you can get that allows you to have both phone and ethernet plugged in at once.

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