Enterprise

Submitted by doug-doug the mighty on February 23, 2019 - 2:17am

Type : PDQ PowerBook G3 Series II

Processor : 500 MHz PPC G4

OS : OS 9.2.2 - CarbonLib 1.6

RAM : 512 MB SDRAM (256 MB lower / 256 MB Upper)

Graphics: ATI Rage LT Pro

 

 

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#|----- Monitor -----|----- Connection -----|----- Notes -----
1|(unused)|VGA port|...
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.|------------ ATA -------------|--------------- Location ----------------|-------- Notes --------
M|60GB Fujitsu|internal bay|Recovered from my long-dead IceBook/Powerbook G4
S|(unused)|internal bay|These fancy, newer, slimmer drives can actually allow two devices to go in there but the mobo connector is pre-set to "master" rather than open/cable select as other Powerbook model seem to be.
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#|--- Expansion Bay Modules ---|--------------- Model -------------------|------------ Notes ------------
1|Floppy Drive|Apple 825-4156-A|.
2|Zip 100 Drive|VST ZIPG3|.
3|SuperDisk Drive (LS120)|VST LSG3|.
4|DVD ROM (2x)|Apple M4743|Matshita-DVD SR-8182
#|------------ PC Cards -------------|--------------- Model -------------------|------------ Notes ------------
1|DVD-Video PC Card|Apple M5163|.
2|Iogear 4-Port USB 2.0/Firewire Cardbus (GUF202)|.|.
3|.|.|.
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================================ Fun Notes ================================

1. My early attempts to have the same dual hard drive CF solution as Enterprise A failed. For a long time I could not figure out how to get around this. I stumbled across a random web comment somewhere that clued me in to the fact that the mobo was set to only recognize one drive and apparently the connector was hard-wired to run as primary/master. I will not try to override that as it is not worth it for me and I lack the info to do it right.

 

================================ Issues ===================================

1. Playing CDs works just fine but trying to pull music into iTunes is failing, with the app crashing.