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January 12th, 2009, 09:29 PM
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 Powerbook 520c Idea
I have 3 Powerbook 520c's that don't have working hard drives. I was wondering if I could make one into a digital calendar? Could I run completely off floppy? I have one IBM hd that will fit but it needs a different board. Give me all of your questions, comments, and statements.  |
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#2
January 13th, 2009, 07:03 AM
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Yep you could run it off of a floppy easily, as long as your running something like System 7. I ran my PowerBook 1400 off of a floppy and it worked fine. Plus a calendar doesn't really take up any space at all. I would go for it.
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January 13th, 2009, 08:05 AM
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The problem is that my PB requires System 7.1.1 or later. Can anyone recommend the System Software version and calender program?
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#4
January 13th, 2009, 11:25 AM
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Well, thats what I meant, System 7.1.1 is fine. As for a calendar program that runs on that old of systems, I don't know, so you'll have to google it.
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January 13th, 2009, 12:02 PM
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The problem with 7.1.1 is that I don't have a copy. I only have 7.1 and 7.5.
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January 13th, 2009, 12:34 PM
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The first version a Mac is shipped with is always a hardware specific build, so the best to do would be to find the install discs for that particular model of PowerBook - not any random 7.1.1. Of system 7 I'd probably go with 7.6.1 but I don't remember offhand how much space that would take. If not that, then at least 7.5 - the engineering t-shirt for that update says it all.
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January 13th, 2009, 04:29 PM
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I've installed the freely available 7.5.3 and then updated it to 7.5.5 with the updater from Apple. Runs very snappy and is relatively stable.
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January 13th, 2009, 04:39 PM
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The problem is that I have to run off of a floppy. I would use 7.5.3 but I can't run it off floppy.
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