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Powerbook CD-ROM Problem
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<blockquote data-quote="pigoo3" data-source="post: 1483849" data-attributes="member: 56379"><p>Yes this is a BIG problem on such an old Apple laptop. Four ideas:</p><p></p><p>1. Go the external CD-ROM route as "louishen" was suggesting/alluding to earlier with the photo of the external SCSI drive cable.</p><p>2. Remove the SCSI hard drive from the Powerbook 1400...and either:</p><p></p><p>- install it into another computer with a working CD-ROM drive to do the OS install (this computer would have to be about as old as the 1400 to work)</p><p>- install the Powerbook 1400's hard drive into an external hard drive enclosure...and plug it into another computer externally to do the OS install (again this 2nd computer would have to be pretty old to work).</p><p></p><p>3. Send the hard drive to me...and I'll install the OS (9.1) for you.</p><p>4. Install the original OS (7.5.3) via floppy disks (I think that they were still on floppies)...even OS 8.0 was on CD-ROM.</p><p></p><p>- Idea #1 is going to require that you purchase the cable & an external CD-ROM drive compatible with a 1996 Apple laptop computer. </p><p>- Idea #2 is going to be VERY complicated & difficult...since there are probably not may folks that could even do this due to not having access to the 17 year-old hardware to do it.</p><p>- Idea #3 would involve shipping the computer both ways...costing some $$$.</p><p>- Idea #4...very hard to find those floppies...could be expensive...and due to the "volatility"/degradation of magnetic floppy disks...they might not even work.</p><p></p><p>* Nick</p><p></p><p>p.s. Also remember that any one of these idea simply may be futile...since the CD-ROM drive may be dead.</p><p></p><p>Long story short...you may still need to source a replacement Powerbook 1400 CD-ROM drive via e-Bay.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pigoo3, post: 1483849, member: 56379"] Yes this is a BIG problem on such an old Apple laptop. Four ideas: 1. Go the external CD-ROM route as "louishen" was suggesting/alluding to earlier with the photo of the external SCSI drive cable. 2. Remove the SCSI hard drive from the Powerbook 1400...and either: - install it into another computer with a working CD-ROM drive to do the OS install (this computer would have to be about as old as the 1400 to work) - install the Powerbook 1400's hard drive into an external hard drive enclosure...and plug it into another computer externally to do the OS install (again this 2nd computer would have to be pretty old to work). 3. Send the hard drive to me...and I'll install the OS (9.1) for you. 4. Install the original OS (7.5.3) via floppy disks (I think that they were still on floppies)...even OS 8.0 was on CD-ROM. - Idea #1 is going to require that you purchase the cable & an external CD-ROM drive compatible with a 1996 Apple laptop computer. - Idea #2 is going to be VERY complicated & difficult...since there are probably not may folks that could even do this due to not having access to the 17 year-old hardware to do it. - Idea #3 would involve shipping the computer both ways...costing some $$$. - Idea #4...very hard to find those floppies...could be expensive...and due to the "volatility"/degradation of magnetic floppy disks...they might not even work. * Nick p.s. Also remember that any one of these idea simply may be futile...since the CD-ROM drive may be dead. Long story short...you may still need to source a replacement Powerbook 1400 CD-ROM drive via e-Bay. [/QUOTE]
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