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| Click here to select a new forum. | | Pismo - $100 - Jump? | Posted by: paws on 2008-07-11 12:02:28
Lombard is nice, especially if you have older non-network, none-PCI macks around - I've used mine for getting stuff from USB sticks to Zip disks that my LC III can read, for instance.
| Posted by: WorkgroupServer on 2008-07-11 12:27:53
Score! Typing on it right now.
It was actually a Lombard, but I got the following for $80:
400mhz G3
256mb RAM
6GB HD (might upgrade), 10.3.9
DVD Module, zip drive module, two imation "superdisk" modules.
Power adapter
WORKING battery (I am amazed -- it's the original battery as far as I can tell and the menu bar estimates 3 hours with a full charge -- ive been running it battery only for about 45 minutes so far and its at 77% 😎
No Airport card but im considering buying a 3rd party one.
Overall, a success! Just FYI you can't install an airport card in the lombard... it doesn't have the slot...
You can, however, use a 3rd party card...
| Posted by: Bunsen on 2008-07-11 12:34:22
That's an impressive haul for $80, especially with all those addons.
| Posted by: sambapati87 on 2008-07-11 12:39:51
Yep I'll have to buy a third party one. Can someone point me in the right direction for those, what to search on eBay, etc. Would "PCMCIA airport card" work (I found my PCI wireless card that way for my G4 -- i only looked at ones advertised as being airport compatible).
What I am most impressed with is the battery!!
| Posted by: Cory5412 on 2008-07-11 15:35:35
for Mac OS X, Linksys WPC54G, Revision/Version 3 is the type I have.
For OS9, it pretty much has to be a Lucent WaveLan, or compatible card. If you plan on dual-booting, i'd go ahead and buy both cards, because it's not as easy [as it should be] to get one working in both.
And, unfortunately, the Linksys card flat-out will not work on OS9, at all.
Congrats on the Lombard though, still definitely a decent machine.
| Posted by: Unknown_K on 2008-07-11 16:25:28
That machine would make one hell of an OS9 machine, any reason it must run OSX?
| Posted by: sambapati87 on 2008-07-11 20:07:48
That machine would make one hell of an OS9 machine, any reason it must run OSX? It doesn't have too -- I grew up on 7, then 8, then 9, then X like most people here, but I'd like a reasonably modern browser, Apple's Mail.app, and Adium, as well as the easy networking capabilities with my other OS X macs. It runs Panther very well. I'd have to upgrade the RAM before putting on Tiger though, I think.
| Posted by: sambapati87 on 2008-07-11 20:19:55
for Mac OS X, Linksys WPC54G, Revision/Version 3 is the type I have. Found it on Buy.com for around $40 -- doesn't list it as being OS X compatible -- does it show up as an Airport card or are there special drivers?
| Posted by: russman on 2008-07-11 23:47:41
I bought a cheap lombard on ebay, kind of a shot in the sark because i dont know much about if, we'll see if it works, just waiting for her to come in the mail.
http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=180257777105&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=008
| Posted by: Quadraman on 2008-07-12 01:18:14
That machine would make one hell of an OS9 machine, any reason it must run OSX? Because it can? A G3 400 or 500 will run Tiger, although Panther would probably be better. My Wallstreet runs Jaguar nicely so I don't see why a Pismo wouldn't be a good OS X machine. I have seen reports of Leopard with a G4 upgrade, but I think that's really pushing it with the weak graphics.
| Posted by: techfury90 on 2008-07-12 04:11:51
Tiger ran decently on my 500 Pismo with 512 MB of RAM...
| Posted by: Cory5412 on 2008-07-12 07:41:03
for Mac OS X, Linksys WPC54G, Revision/Version 3 is the type I have. Found it on Buy.com for around $40 -- doesn't list it as being OS X compatible -- does it show up as an Airport card or are there special drivers?
In both 10.3 and 10.4, it showed up as an Airport card, and was able to connect to wifi-G networks, use all the cool types of security, etc etc. no special drivers needed.
Also, on the "why X?" topic -- it was discovered this was a lombard, so 10.3 might be your limit without hacking an install disc, or using XPostFacto.
| Posted by: sambapati87 on 2008-07-12 08:43:23
Just bought a CardBus airport card and am bidding on 2 x 256mb sticks of RAM.
As a side note, I very much reccommend the seller "the-la-guy" on ebay -- he has generic PCI/Cardbus airport cards specifically advertised as AirPort compatible. I bought a PCI one for my Sawtooth and it works perfectly -- I also just bought a cardbus version for my Lombard -- I'll let you know how it goes.
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