PB 500 mods

[Vic...@aol.com]

OK, I've promised myself (and a few of you) some neat mods and end-of-
life-cycle things for PB. I have 2 good units I'll use to show off
some of these things. First off, I will show off the ultimate Max. mod
for a PB 540c (couldn't get a 550) which will be 183 MHz chip, with at
least 32 Meg. RAM running system 9.1 and/or 8.6 and iTunes and a nice
flash-RAM based HD.

Second I'll show the mod to turn a PB into a nice video picture
frame.

Victor

[lawl...@gmail.com]

Sounds interesting :D
I can't imagine OS 9 would run all that well on a 540c, though, when
it barely runs on my Wallstreet (it actually runs slower than OS X),
although I'm likely wrong.. I should buy a PPC upgrade for my 520c (I
know that's easier said than done)...
Also, the video picture frame idea is cool. I might try that sometime.
-John

[Victor Nazarian]

Yes, 9 is slow on a 500, (even the high speed PPC) but it give access
to modern use-ability. I've done both 9.1 and 8.6 on a 500 just to see
if it would work.

As to a wall street. Because they are slow running X I've started to
convert mine to a video picture frame.

By the way John (and the rest of you), the list has really just been
poking along. I haven't relly had the time to invest keeping it really
active and vital, just alive. I know that as soon as I get a couple of
ducks in a row I would like to show off some more interesting things
with my 'blackbiard' but for the last 24 months I've had to focus on
life a bit more and tech. a bit less.

we'll see.

Victor

On Aug 28, 2007, at 8:24 AM, lawl...@gmail.com wrote:

> Sounds interesting :D
> I can't imagine OS 9 would run all that well on a 540c, though, when
> it barely runs on my Wallstreet (it actually runs slower than OS X),
> although I'm likely wrong.. I should buy a PPC upgrade for my 520c (I
> know that's easier said than done)...
> Also, the video picture frame idea is cool. I might try that sometime.
> -John

Victor Nazarian
Vic...@aol.com
301-461-4732

[lawl...@gmail.com]

> By the way John (and the rest of you), the list has really just been
> poking along. I haven't relly had the time to invest keeping it really
> active and vital, just alive. I know that as soon as I get a couple of
> ducks in a row I would like to show off some more interesting things
> with my 'blackbiard' but for the last 24 months I've had to focus on
> life a bit more and tech. a bit less.

Understand how that is... Last year was pretty chaotic for me, my
grandma died unexpectedly in September.
Luckily, things have slowed down, but school starts next week :S
Like i said earlier, I'm amazed the list is alive at all. If I were
still in charge of it it would certainly be dead by now >.>
Back on topic, i would convert my Wallstreet to a video picture frame,
but it's my newest working laptop.. I have a PC laptop that's a few
years newer but both hinges are broken and the AC jack has a solder
joint that has repeatedly failed, so it's not very useable.
-John