Hello guys and gals! So, I received this vintage laptop from my moms ex-boyfriend around 3 or 4 years ago, and it sat for literally years untouched until about a month ago I decided I wanted to play retro games on it after watching Lazy Game Reviews channel where he restores vintage computers and plays games on them on YouTube.
The specs are as follows: 800x600 10.4" color active-matrix display with a 117 MHz PowerPC 603e processor, 48 MB of RAM, and a 1.2 GB hard drive running Mac OS9.
The power port is totally trashed, so I need to resolder it on, already rebuilt the ac plug from the adapter to the pc, which was a total headache to do but now I get power to it better, but I need to fully resolder the port on the mobo. The battery was also busted open so it was a complete and total loss. However most of the case is in good condition for a 22 year old laptop. Save for the screen bezel issue.
Also, does anybody have any tips for trying to fix the plastic bezel around the bottom of the screen from separation as they tend to do after years of use? I don't want to have to buy an all new screen for it when this one works perfectly, it just catches on the plastic and separates when opening or closing the screen.
I have ordered a pcmcia to sd card adapter so I can easily move files from my Windows 10 PC to it(still hasn't arrived in mail yet). I have no floppy drive or disks, and don't plan on getting an external CDRom drive. I am wanting to know how I can install Mac OS 8.5 and upgrade to 8.6, as I am told it is the absolute optimal OS for this machine. It is really struggling with OS 9, and it is absolutely filled to the brim with apps from around 1999 or so when it was a Texas Tech University laptop.
I am wondering how I can make an SD card as a boot device, and how should I go about formatting an sd card with an install disc of OS 8.5? Also, does anybody know where I should be able to find all the drivers for this machine?
I should also let you folks know, I have never owned or really messed around with Mac's before, so as a PC guy this is going to be a fun wonderful experience for me to get acquainted with some of the awesome history of Macintosh. So please forgive me if I don't understand a few things yet.
I did learn a few important things from this old post here, but as it was a 2005 thread, I thought it best not to necro-post and create a new modern thread that might help others in the future with one of these laptops looking to restore it.
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/powerbook-5300.149689/
Sorry for the super long post, but just trying to show this little laptop the respect it deserves so I can fully bring it back to working order.
Regards, Anthony
P.S. Does anybody know where I could find an affordable Apple Pippin controller to mod back to ADB connector for this since I want to use it as a gaming machine, might as well use it like a souped up portable Pippin. XD
The specs are as follows: 800x600 10.4" color active-matrix display with a 117 MHz PowerPC 603e processor, 48 MB of RAM, and a 1.2 GB hard drive running Mac OS9.
The power port is totally trashed, so I need to resolder it on, already rebuilt the ac plug from the adapter to the pc, which was a total headache to do but now I get power to it better, but I need to fully resolder the port on the mobo. The battery was also busted open so it was a complete and total loss. However most of the case is in good condition for a 22 year old laptop. Save for the screen bezel issue.
Also, does anybody have any tips for trying to fix the plastic bezel around the bottom of the screen from separation as they tend to do after years of use? I don't want to have to buy an all new screen for it when this one works perfectly, it just catches on the plastic and separates when opening or closing the screen.
I have ordered a pcmcia to sd card adapter so I can easily move files from my Windows 10 PC to it(still hasn't arrived in mail yet). I have no floppy drive or disks, and don't plan on getting an external CDRom drive. I am wanting to know how I can install Mac OS 8.5 and upgrade to 8.6, as I am told it is the absolute optimal OS for this machine. It is really struggling with OS 9, and it is absolutely filled to the brim with apps from around 1999 or so when it was a Texas Tech University laptop.
I am wondering how I can make an SD card as a boot device, and how should I go about formatting an sd card with an install disc of OS 8.5? Also, does anybody know where I should be able to find all the drivers for this machine?
I should also let you folks know, I have never owned or really messed around with Mac's before, so as a PC guy this is going to be a fun wonderful experience for me to get acquainted with some of the awesome history of Macintosh. So please forgive me if I don't understand a few things yet.
I did learn a few important things from this old post here, but as it was a 2005 thread, I thought it best not to necro-post and create a new modern thread that might help others in the future with one of these laptops looking to restore it.
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/powerbook-5300.149689/
Sorry for the super long post, but just trying to show this little laptop the respect it deserves so I can fully bring it back to working order.
Regards, Anthony
P.S. Does anybody know where I could find an affordable Apple Pippin controller to mod back to ADB connector for this since I want to use it as a gaming machine, might as well use it like a souped up portable Pippin. XD
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