Powerbook 1400 bus error (with extensions) error type 10 (without ext.)

Question

i have a powerbook 1400. bus error (with extensions) error type 10 (without extensions)
no cd. floppy is dead
the computer i put os 9 on it was a friend's 3400 witch is dead. i will see if i can get his hd.
there are no pc cards in the slots and it has os9 so removing all the ram possable including the factory ram (i only have 16 mb noram in the expansion slot eather) it will not boot. (sad mac)
the 1400 is my favorite computer
I only have a dead pb 165 (no video only sad mac sounds) and a dell (i dont like pcs so i really need to get the 1400 working) and the dell has a very bad keyboard. it likes to repeat keys alot
powerbook 1400cs/117   Mac OS 9.0.x   i want a newer mac

Answer 1

macintosh lover
It isn't what you believe that you need in the Mac so much as what its ROM tells the 1400 that it should have. Its software is integrated with what the Mac 'thinks' of itself as being, whether you use video mirroring, HDD spindown, persistent RAM Disk or any other feature that applies to PBs rather than to DTs. Why handicap the machine by omitting parts of its persona? It will be less stable, be given to unpredictable episodes of petit mal, and be downright unreliable as a result, especially if it also lacks the physical parts of its person that you mention. That is why it needs a System for its kind of PowerBook.
Grant has outlined the best method of getting a handle on the PB, which will be much aided by its having a working HDD, a functional trackpad and so on.
Apple IIe; 68K: 11DT + 4PB; PPC: 5DT + 3PB; G3: 6DT     System 6.0.8 to OS 10.4.x