So, as some of you know, I've been thinking about building a Pismo completely from scratch. I think it will be a cool project. Of course, I need a parts list and some general guide. Other than that, any suggestions and/or comments?
As a shamless Pismo lover (I use mine instead of my G4 1.2 GHZ iBook) I am very interested, what, exactly do you mean? Part by part, to build a stock/upgraded Pismo or using the Pismo case with more modern "guts"?
Do you have any parts yet? I can give you a good list to start with at least, just from memory:
Top Case inc. Trackpad and Speakers; Bottom Case; Front Screen Bezel; Rear Screen Bezel; Logic Board; Battery Charge Board; AC/Sound Board; CPU Module & Heatsink; PCMCIA Card Cage; Airport Card Cable; LCD Panel (There are two different ones, they might use different displaycables); Display Cable; Inverter Board; Inverter Cable; Modem Board & RJ11 Cable; Airport Antenna Cable; Microphone & Cable; Keyboard; Optical Drive Module; Hard Drive Cage & Cable; Battery; Hinges; Clutch Cover with Power Button; PRAM Battery; Port Cover (usually with the bottom case); Heat Shield; Fan; Rib Frame (often found with bottom case on eBay);
Obviously you will need a hard drive, RAM (PC100 or 133 SDRAM) and your choice of optical drive to fit in the module. And screws to hold it all together. If I have missed out any parts, they will mostly be included with one of the other parts on my list.
Upgrade Options are as follows: G4 CPU up to 550MHz or so; G3 up to 1GHz or so; RAM up to 1GB; Hard Drive up to 128GB I suspect; Will happily run a DVDRW; PCMCIA Expansion; Not sure if you can overclock the Rage128 GPU or not; High-Capacity Battery;
Should get you started at any rate.
Probably would be too pricey at the moment, and the biggest one I found was only 1GB, but I have been wondering about using a PCMCIA flash card to boot OS X on an older PowerBook. I figure 8GB of flash would give you a nice big, fast scratch disk.
As a shamless Pismo lover (I use mine instead of my G4 1.2 GHZ iBook) I am very interested, what, exactly do you mean? Part by part, to build a stock/upgraded Pismo or using the Pismo case with more modern "guts"?
I mean part by part, sir. All the way!
Pretty daunting, but I think it will be fun. I'm going to be asking for everybody's help on here because, in all honesty, I've never touched a Pismo but I love them to death...
Thanks for the list. I'll make that my starting point. Right now I'm cruising on eBay and comparing part prices. I want this to be as cheap as possible.
Eventually, I want it completely upgraded. It would be cool if I could get the now defunct G3/1GHz, but they're super rare and super expensive. I would like that to be an eventual goal. If not, I'll get the G4
1.9mhz for a Pismo? Havent heard of that. I know that there is such a cpu for Tibooks. I have had great success with a FastMac G4. Now if I could get around to getting another battery.
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Originally Posted By: "maestro"
1.9mhz for a Pismo? Havent heard of that. I know that there is such a cpu for Tibooks. I have had great success with a FastMac G4. Now if I could get around to getting another battery.
you're right. its for the tibook. wasn't thinking..
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