Oh Lord, I have a Powerbook 520c!!

While tossing out old electronic stuff, I discovered that I still have a PowerBook 520c, complete with that wild 4-prong power adapter. Heavy little sucker! I have no idea what is on it, but I'm sure it still works. It looks pretty cherry to be honest, just, well, old.
If it is worth anything to collectors, I'll sell it for what the market dictates. If it is a give-away, I have a lot of stuff to do getting ready for a cross-country move. If it is a give-away, I'll toss it.
Any ideas? I live, for the moment, in Chicago, BTW. Moving to LA at the end of Sept.
Thanks -
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It's almost certainly not going to be worth much. There were far too many of them produced to be any sort of collectors' item. eBay showed a bunch available with no bids; the only ones showing as sold went for ca. $15 - $25 plus shipping. Perhaps someone through a local Mac user group would want it. There are several in the Chicago area:
http://appleusergroupresources.com/find-a-group/
Otherwise, I'd suggest just recycling it. You can do that through Apple for free:
http://www.apple.com/recycling/gift-card/
Regards.

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I have a powerbook 520c with a floppy drive. When I plug the ethernet into my network, the server doesn't assign it an IP address. Also, there is no browser to use once the connection is up and running.
Is there any way to connect to my iMac via ethernet and connect to the internet via its airport connection? Is there a way to copy files from the iMac to my 520? The iMac is running 10.4.

Yes to all.
Older versions of the MacOS only request an IP address (and indeed, turn on TCP/IP) when an application tries to use TCP/IP. So if you don't have any TCP/IP apps, you'll never have TCP/IP turn on.
As for web browsers, your best bet is iCab (http://www.icab.de) It's the most modern 68040-compatible browser out there.
For getting it on the 'net in the first place, if your iMac connects via AirPort, and you want to plug the 520c in to the iMac, you'll need to turn on Internet Sharing. It's in the 'Sharing' pref pane, under 'Internet'. Tell it where to share the connection from (AirPort,) and where to share it to (Built-in Ethernet.) Then click 'Start'. Finally, plug the Ethernet cable in to both the iMac and the PowerBook.
How to copy files? Well, you need to enable AppleTalk on the iMac (Network pref pane, 'Configure' your adapter that will connect to the PowerBook, go to the 'AppleTalk' tab, and check off 'Make AppleTalk Active'.) Then you'll need to tell the PowerBook to use Ethernet for AppleTalk (Either the 'AppleTalk' or the 'Network' control panel, depending on if you're using 'Classic' or 'Open Transport' networking,) finally, enable file sharing on one of the computers. (I find it easier from the newer Mac,) and connect from the other one.
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My daughter has a Powerbook 520c which we would like to connect to my lan network running Linux and winxp (if at all possible). She has a farallon adaptor to connect the cable but we have no idea where to start or even if we have the software installed to do so. Can someone please tell me step by step what I need to do and where I can find the software if I dont have it? I dont even know what version of mac it is running - our knowledge of macs is VERY limited (almost none exsistant)
I know its an old machine but if its possible we would like to try.
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Antony
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I assume you will try to connect Mac with XP.I don't know how this should work with OS 7.5.3. I've got some info about using Appletalk with XP,though,from Abdulfattah,see list.
Java for download:
For OS 7.5
http://www.info.apple.com/support/oldersoftwarelist.html#netcom
Java 1.5.1
For OS 8.1 -thanks to Don Archibald:
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List of info connecting PC to Mac:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=19652
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=31318
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=43070
http://macwindows.com/netbasic.html
http://macwindows.com/netbasc2.html
http://www.kan.org/networking/quicknet.html
http://www.everythingcomputers.com/home_network.htm
XP OSX
http://www.ifelix.co.uk/tech/3000.html
http://www.joelshoemaker.com/computer/mac/wxpfs.html
MACWINDOWSFILESHARING
http://homepage.mac.com/william_white/smbdoc.html
DAVE
http://www.thursby.com/
PCMacLan
http://www.miramarsys.com/
You will get to a site -new with PCMacLan to buy.
Abdulfattah Abdulrahim
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=614035#614035
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=613991#613991
Win 2000Professional
http://www.windowsnetworking.com/j_helmig/win2k.htm
FileSharing MAC OS
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=43015
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106658
HTH

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I recently resurrected an old PowerBook 520c from my back shed. I was on the verge of binning it but tried installing some software for it. Could not find the original 7.6 disks it came with. But managed to find a Performa 7.5.1 CD which by SCSSI was able to connect it to my LC630.
To keep this post short the PowerBook boots up fine but I think i am missing something vital for it to "see" the modem. Just out of curiosity I tried dialling in to my ISP but no luckk. "Serial port is used by another application" or something along those lines.
I downloaded MacPPP on my current PowerBook G4 in the hope of "kick starting" the modem .
I vaguely using Config PPP in the old days. What do I need to tell the PowerBook there is a modem in there and that it isn'[t really a Performa. Do I need to download Global modem software. If so, any ideas where I may get it from.
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JoeYou feel that i should get hold of the OS specific for the PowerBook, huh.Not quite. PBs 5x0 can run Systems/OSs from 7.1.1 to 8.1, but the latter requires the full complement of RAM (36MB) to run 8.0/8.1 elegantly. I don't know of a PB 5x0-specific CD, so your need is for a 'full install' set of floppies or a 'retail' CD. Just be prepared for the fact that the 7.5.3 download is 19 floppies. (Guess why CD-ROM was 'in' thereafter.) If you can attach a SCSI CD-ROM to your PB, using a CD (say one of OS 7.6.1, or 7.5.5, which do exist) will save your hair.
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The way i have been getting CD roms thru to the PowerBook has been by SCSI the Performa with CD to the PowerBook.This sounds like SCSI disk mode, which, for all the reasons mentioned above, is NBG for the purpose of System/OS installation onto the PB.
For some reason the PowerBook won't SCSI with my external CD Rom which I used to use all the time in the mid 90s with my 475!Ah! That's because the PB is an older PowerBook. Very genteel. Very stylish. And utterly maddening. It has a compact HDI-30 SCSI port, not the DB-25 port used by desktops. It needs either a special HDI-30 (with only 29 pins and a light grey jacket) to CN-50 adapter, or a switchable 30/29-pin adapter and conventional peripheral CN-50/CN-50 cable, to connect successfully to the CD-ROM. Hold fast to the idea that it can be done (I use it often). There must also be a pass-through terminator between the CD-ROM and the PB. Fortunately, the CD-ROM, if it is one of Apple's, will supply termination power to the daisy-chain, and be terminated on the remote side.
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Powerbook 520c Screen problem.

Hi, I am turning an old Powerbook 520c into a digital picture frame.
The screen has a problem where the bottom half is still visible, but covered in verticle RGB lines. They go BGR, BGR, BGR, BGR, etc.
Heres a picture: http://conorkirkpatrick.com/images/macos8.JPG
I have another fully working PB520c that I can scrap for parts.
Another question: What was the earliest version of Mac OS that came with Speakable items and will this computer run it? A voice activated picture frame sounds cool :P

you can download system 7.5.3 from Apple. It comes in 17 parts, so do I need 17 floppies?
The North American English download (link above) consists of nineteen files. The same is true for the British English version (here). Twenty files for the International English version (here).
French and German versions come as seventeen files. However, speech recognition is probably limited to English. In dubio, try the North American English system software first.
Each downloadable file is small enough to (just) fit onto a 1.44 MB diskette. Please note that you are supposed to transfer the files to the hard disk of the PowerBook 520c. You could use separate floppies, or erase one disk over and over again.
Some reports seem to indicate that less space than normal could be available on disks originating from USB floppy drives connected to Mac OS X computers. If this is a real problem, you could alternatively use a PC for the download (and PC-formatted floppies for the transfers). In this case it is important not to decode the MacBinary (.bin) until on the PB 520c.
Use StuffIt Expander to decode the .bin (on the PB 520c). Place ALL the decoded files (one .smi and eighteen .part for the North American English download) in one common folder. Please note that the hard disk has to be formatted HFS (Standard) for System 7.5.3, not HFS+ (Extended).
It is wise to have a startup floppy (the Network Access Disk 7.5 here). You can create this disk in Disk Copy 4.2 (the Make A Copy button) on the PB 520c before installing a new system.
Start from the Network Access floppy. Double-click on the first (.smi) file to mount the total disk image. The installer will be found in the mounted image. See steps 7 and 8 in this document for information about how to perform a clean installation (it is not necessary to update to 7.5.5). Neither Disk Copy nor any other disk image utility is used with the System 7.5.3 files.
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Jan

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