[geeks] Old Powerbooks available

[Gregory Leblanc]

On Tue, 2005-06-21 at 13:39 -0400, velociraptor wrote:
> On 6/21/05, John Lee <j.benlin.lee at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I'm pretty sure the 1400cs won't run OS X, if only because it is a
> > NuBus machine. I've heard stories of Linux being run on it, and
> > MkLinux definitely will. NetBSD doesn't support the machine.
> >
> > I'm tempted to get the machine myself, but upgrading doesn't seem like
> > a very viable option. The Sonnet G3/466 upgrade costs $300, and for
> > that money, it seems better to save up for a Pismo, or try to find a
> > Wallstreet. In any case, I shouldn't be accumulating computers. :-) I
> > have enough space issues as it is.
> 
> For $300 you should be able to find a used iBook--I paid $250 for
> a 500Mhz (1st Gen) w/CD-RW, 10GB, and Airport.  The only real
> downsides were the iffy battery and stock (128MB of RAM).

There's at least one person on this list who has dissected several
batteries and replaced dodgy cells.  Not too terribly hard, except that
finding good LiIon cells for a good price is near impossible.  I'm happy
to do rebuilds for folks, if you source the cells.
	Greg