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ibook clamshell

  1. AphoticD

    HOW TO Use a G3/G4 Power Adapter on a Clamshell iBook / Pismo / Wallstreet / Lombard / PDQ / PowerBook G3 / 1400 / 3400

    As discussed in another thread (What chargers work with iBook G3 clamshell?) I have now confirmed it is possible to use a simple headphone jack adapter to step-up the size of the center-pin on the G3 / G4 Power Supply for the more common White iBook G3 / G4 and PowerBook G4 series. I found a...
  2. juanstdio

    IBook G3 Clamshell : Restored and being revived

    Hello All! I wanted to share my latest victory with my first iBook G3. I bought it about 3 months ago in a local site (Mercadolibre, the Argentine Ebay), payed for it about $10 plus shipping. This pictures where in the post of the seller: it came in this state in a champagne box: No...
  3. mectojic

    Squeezing the Blueberry: 3.2GB HDD Clamshell OSX Tiger installation / guide

    Yes, the title is a shameless rip-off @Dronecatcher's YT channel name. I’ve recently picked up a beautiful Blueberry iBook Clamshell – 300MHz RAM with the tiny 3.2GB hard drive*. It’s the original Clamshell in terms of specs; 32MB soldered ram. I did a quick check on serial-number-decoder.com...
  4. ultrasaw

    Which version of OS X for a decked out 300mhz G3 Clamshell? (10.2, 10.3, 10.4)

    Hi, new to the forums here so my apologies of this is something that's already been discussed at length. I'm getting my hands on an iBook G3 Clamshell, the original 300mhz model specifically. I'm already decided on the idea of running OS X alongside or outright instead of OS 9 on this machine...
  5. B S Magnet

    The Project “Gemini” clamshell iBook

    This opened iBook clamshell has turned up today [note to mods: this is not my auction], and it got me to look into at what project Gemini was. Then I found a short video clip [content note: music] demonstrating the Assistive Touch Technologies Gemini (basically, a clamshell iBook iPad), and it...
  6. HowieJ

    Clamshell iBook OS 8 restore

    Hi, I attempted to return my orange clamshell iBook running is 9.2.2 to its original state with the os restore / install discs os 8. Now on startup I get as far as a flash of the desktop and it shuts down. Same for booting from CD. Any thoughts?
  7. AL1630

    iBook g3 clamshell airport

    I bought a first generation iBook g3 clamshell running os 9.2.1, and when I open the airport setup application, I can connect to my Netgear router, but when I open classilla, it can't connect to any pages. Is there anything I can do to fix this?
  8. AmazingHenry

    The G3 Challenge

    UPDATE: Trying to get the software installed now. Unfortunately, I seem to have terrible luck when it comes to things like this, so I'm getting error messages. But I figured it out before, so there must be a way! So, I have decided that, starting Tuesday, I am going to try and use my G3...