My new toy! A PowerBook 140
Well this is my new toy sporting 4MB of ram a 40MB harddrive and a 16mhz processor.
What can i do with this machine? I updated it to system 7.1 and i want to take it to 7.6.1 (i don't think it can hadle any higher) but i have yet to find a download. It came with MS word 5.1.
What software should i be looking for? and where can i find 7.6.1?
Also does anyone know what kind of ram i need to buy to upgrade this machine (i want to max it out at 8MB) and how much it would cost.
Any other comments r appreciated
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The Apple help pages (KBase) say that the type of RAM used in the 140/160/180 series is 100 or 85ns Apple proprietary RAM. They don't give any kind of specification numbers, and I spose ebay would be your best bet for new RAM (<a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2000887022" target="_blank">here's</a> an auction for a 6MB module (only $0.99 so far!).
<a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2000768739" target="_blank">This</a> might be the easiest way to get a 7.6.1 update. You'd have to attach a CD-ROM drive somehow, or put the installers onto disks, though.
Have fun with your new piece of hardware
Word 5.1 is a great start; it's the best version of Word, ever. Another application to look for is PageMaker 4.1, by Aldus (sp?), before it was bought by Adobe. Wow, isn't amazing how small application were?
..the days before a trackpad...
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I broke into lap tops with a PowerBook 100, actually built by Sony and even had an Acid battery. What a baby it was, but it was small, light, and very easy to use, but just had too little disk space, so I began to fiddle with it and finally messed it up, forcing me to move on to the PB 5300. I passed mine on to a niece with writing ambitions and she only put it aside a year ago for an iBook. I wish I had it back to take photos! Never thought to do that.
The 140 is fun and it is a real Apple! <img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" />
The link to the 7.6.1 update is there. And as I always say, any PowerBook is better than no PowerBook. There's tons you could do with that machine!
-Y
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Can someone tell me the differances between 7.1 and 7.6.1? I don't know older mac os very well, considering i was 7years old when this machine was released. :-) I know 8-10.1.2 quite well, but the only thing i remember about pre os 8 is playing with kid pix on my old LC 475.
Also would instlaling that ram be difficult?
Edit: Just a mention, don't be surprised when you click and let go of a menu and it disappears. Part of the fun of Pre-OS 8 systems was trying to navigate through nested menus without messing up.
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thats such a ****ing good Idea...I'm not a fan of touch pads...but I love trackballs!
wow! that would be a cool BTO feature...but it would be a niche thing(most people just say"i'll buy a mouse" or "I'll adjust to the touch pad"
I love seeing old as compouters that WERE totally amazing back in the day....I also Love finding really old webpages made when the internet was only a few years old(mass internet) when a 14 .4 kbps modem was insane!
Running old Macs really gives you a huge nostalgic kick
Oh, man.. this i sweet..
There really should be more threads like this, instead of the neverending G5 threads..
I might post some pictures of my old machines.. just.. gotta.. get.. home.. from.. school.. argh!
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Running old Macs really gives you a huge nostalgic kick
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That's how I feel everytime I turn on my IIe.
<strong>hey, you can OC that sucker up to 25mhz. the equivalent of a pb170. i had a 140, the person i bought it from had it oc'ed, i dunno where to look for the hack, but i know it's out there. good luck. btw, how do you like the modem?</strong><hr></blockquote>
here is the only Mac Overclock - "How to" site that I know of... no info on PB140 though
<a href="http://www.bekkoame.ne.jp/~t-imai/maine.html" target="_blank">http://www.bekkoame.ne.jp/~t-imai/maine.html</a>
Blizaine