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PowerBook Pismo
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I've personally tried two 512mb PC133 sticks in a Lombard, and they both read as 256mb, for a max of 512mb. Those same sticks are now in my G3 Pismo, running correctly at 1GB.
But as others have said before, it's not really Ram which makes a difference for daily performance – nor even the CPU. It's upgrading to an SSD that makes the biggest noticeable difference – faster boot times and data access.
But as others have said before, it's not really Ram which makes a difference for daily performance – nor even the CPU. It's upgrading to an SSD that makes the biggest noticeable difference – faster boot times and data access.
If it's a Pismo, why not just use an Apple Airport card for wireless? Then you can save the PCMCIA slot for USB 2.0 or another expansion.
AirPort 1.0 doesn’t support modern WPA password standards and won’t work on most contemporary routers/Wi-Fi networks… original AirPort cards are basically useless these days unfortunately!
Airport is still excellent - all you need is one of these- they’re cheap:
All you do is set it up as a wireless repeater of your network but with a WEP encryption, and boom- your airport card can connect to that wirelessly.
I have been using one for a year now, it’s awesome.
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All you do is set it up as a wireless repeater of your network but with a WEP encryption, and boom- your airport card can connect to that wirelessly.
I have been using one for a year now, it’s awesome.
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That is a really good idea! Will definitely add that to my list! I actually have an old AirPort card in a drawer... the Pismo might be getting some love!Airport is still excellent - all you need is one of these- they’re cheap:
VONETS VAR11N-300 Portable WiFi Router 2.4GHz WiFi Bridge Wireless Repeater WiFi Hotspot to Ethernet WAN/LAN 2 RJ45 Ports(10/100Mbps) DC/USB Powered for Hotel IP Printer Network Devices
1.Professional WiFi bridge/repeater/router three-in-one.Support WiFi WAN in router mode;PPPoE, Dynamatic IP, Static IP, L2TP, PPTP; DDNS Client; 2.Support Multi-SSID bridging allowing Multiple VLANs to be supported; 3.Dedicated designed parallel DC power outlet /DC power cable and USB ...www.amazon.com
All you do is set it up as a wireless repeater of your network but with a WEP encryption, and boom- your airport card can connect to that wirelessly.
I have been using one for a year now, it’s awesome.
As an Amazon Associate, MacRumors earns a commission from qualifying purchases made through links in this post.
The problem is that your whole network slows down to its weakest link if you use repeaters. At least, that is my understanding as I haven't run speedtests on that.Airport is still excellent - all you need is one of these- they’re cheap:
VONETS VAR11N-300 Portable WiFi Router 2.4GHz WiFi Bridge Wireless Repeater WiFi Hotspot to Ethernet WAN/LAN 2 RJ45 Ports(10/100Mbps) DC/USB Powered for Hotel IP Printer Network Devices
1.Professional WiFi bridge/repeater/router three-in-one.Support WiFi WAN in router mode;PPPoE, Dynamatic IP, Static IP, L2TP, PPTP; DDNS Client; 2.Support Multi-SSID bridging allowing Multiple VLANs to be supported; 3.Dedicated designed parallel DC power outlet /DC power cable and USB ...www.amazon.com
All you do is set it up as a wireless repeater of your network but with a WEP encryption, and boom- your airport card can connect to that wirelessly.
I have been using one for a year now, it’s awesome.
As an Amazon Associate, MacRumors earns a commission from qualifying purchases made through links in this post.
When i want to connect some old Macs with old airportcard (rarely), i usually set my macmini G4 to share internet via his airport card, setting a wep password. Works quite well, and sure wep is insecure, but i usually don't keep that sharing on for long.
I see you have a iMac G4, you can share internet from there the same if it has an airport card.
I see you have a iMac G4, you can share internet from there the same if it has an airport card.
This isn't true in my experience. The repeater acts like a network of its own. You can connect your 2.4 and 5ghz wireless to your regular network, and your old airport Macs to the repeater network via WEP.
Unfortunately none of my PPC Mac's have AirPort Cards. My Power Mac G4 has a more recent WiFi PCI that supports modern password protocols though... so I could hook that up over ethernet and share its connection potentially!
Oh yes, if it runs OS X tiger or Leopard, super easy to setup.
Anyway, I've finished my ultimate 90's desktop on that Pismo 500Mhz of mine :
Obviously, I don't have your photography talent
But have an obsession with NeXT/WindowMaker/GNUstep...
I have ordered a new HDD (went for a 5400rpm mechanical drive, to keep it vaguely true to its age and reduce costs), and an additional 512Mb of RAM. Until that arrives I decided to play with what I have (6Gb and 128Mb respectively) and have installed Mac OS X 10.1 on the Pismo.
Played with 10.0 for a few minutes. Blimey I had forgotten how rough that was around the edges!
question, would a faulty ide controller cause a pismo not to boot past the initail gray screen? i reset pram, disconnected the pram battery and i get the same result. now if i take out the hard drive with it's cable, it boots normally. i have tried different hard drives and 2 different cables that i bought brand new and it hangs.
Sounds strange unless there's a short somewhere. Have you tried booting with the cable in but no drive? Can you try with holding Opt down for the boot selector screen?
pismo boots with no cable attached, can get into boot selector and boot from cd.
pismo boots with cable attached, can get into boot selector and boot from cd.
pismo doesn't boot properly with hard drives attached to either cable, can get into open firmware and dance around in there all i want, but once i try to boot into boot selector, boot from cd holding C key or just a regular boot, i get an os9 style gray screen. thats it thats all. no mouse cursor, nothing else on the screen. keyboard caps light lights up when i press it
So it boots from the CD drive. And that's a IDE interface I think ... So the controller sees that one at least.
Not that it helps you much, sorry...
Strange.
Sorry if I'm being dense here. Are the drives blank or do they have something installed on them?
Drives are blank, all the drives are seen in a mac mini g4 and a powerbook titanium. I have a 40 gb apple drives, (they have the apple logo on them), a 60 gb apple drive, an 80 gb apple drive and a 120gb ssd
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I even tried different jumper settings on the drives too for master, slave and CS just in case it was a bus issue. Even tried the original dvd rom booting from cd with the hard drive combinations and still nothing
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I even tried different jumper settings on the drives too for master, slave and CS just in case it was a bus issue. Even tried the original dvd rom booting from cd with the hard drive combinations and still nothing
By CS, did that mean not jumpering them at all? From what I can remember, all the driver settings should be done internally via the drive cable. The only jumpering I can remember for any Powerbook was for a replacent CD drive for the Powerbook 1400. Apple used a nonstandard wiring to set master/slave so you had to short two pins if you were using a third party CD drive.