Joe, that's a good offer, you should take it :O Best,
Sean On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 2:45 PM, Brent Hilpert <hilp...@cs.ubc.ca> wrote: > Yesterday I sent a power book 5300 to recycling. > The display hinge was quite broken, it was given to me a while ago and I > didn't see accomplishing anything with it. > > What's still kicking around here is: > - the funky special HDI30-to-SCSI-DB25 adapter to get from the > 5300 to normal SCSI > - SCSI DB-25 to SCSI 50 cable > - SCSI CDROM drive in case w power supply > > Also still have: > - the 5300 power adapter/charger: Model No. M3037(APS-76) > > I think the following also came with it (pile of stuff came jumbled > together): > > - Global Village/teleport 56 fax/modem model A8245 (mini-DIN-8 > connector) > > - PowerPrint adapter: mini-DIN-8 to Centronics parallel > - PowerPrint software on floppies > > - MS office and MS word on about 30 floppies > > Might be some other software as well. > > Any or all is free for shipping if you like. > Location is Vancouver BC Canada. > Might be able to ship from the Washington border if you're patient. > > I plugged the bare CD-ROM drive in (i.e. no SCSI bus connection). > Powers up, door opens and closes, LED flashes, spins with a random disk > inserted but doesn't seem to come ready - not sure what one would expect > with no host on the bus. > > > > On 2015-Aug-21, at 8:30 AM, Joe Giliberti wrote: > > > I guess I'll be trolling ebay for a bit for a drive. Thanks Guys! > > > > On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 10:59 AM, Zane H. Healy <heal...@aracnet.com> > wrote: > > > >> > >>> On Aug 21, 2015, at 7:45 AM, Joe Giliberti <starbas...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >>> > >>> Greetings! > >>> > >>> I know that many of my posts to this list tend to be on the fringes of > >> what > >>> is normally discussed here. I apologize in advance if this is too new > for > >>> the group. > >>> > >>> I am trying to get my Powerbook 5300 up and running as a usable word > >>> processor (with portable printer) for school and for email. It is > >> currently > >>> running System 7.5.2. The machine is capable of supporting MacOS 9.1, > but > >>> my goal is 8.6. I see them talking on lowendmac that upgrading the OS > >> makes > >>> the machine more solid, but it doesn't explain how to do it. The > machine > >>> only has a floppy drive and no networking. Were there any system 8.6 > >>> install floppies? I can't think of another way to get it on there. > >>> > >>> TIA > >>> Joe > >> > >> If I remember right your limited to CD. Even on my 520c, I was able to > >> attach an external SCSI CD-ROM drive. It was pretty much a requirement. > >> I'd say, definitely get it onto 8.x. > >> > >> I'm not sure how this is on the fringes for the list, as the system is > >> nearly 20 years old. > >> > >> Zane > >> > >> > >> > >
