Posted by: johnodd4
And so The mod begins: Powerbook G3 Pismo sketch mod - 08/29/08 12:11 AM
Well i received a nice gift from one of my friends at my local mac users group.
A g3 powerbook Pismo.
So i began the sketch mod called the powerbook pismo sketch mod.
So i had to do some interesting things.
First thing being i had to get it running.
Once i figured out how to i created this youtube video to help others in my same situation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXxIQlz98eM
Now i have this.
Powerbook pismo Edition.
G3 400 Mhz powerpc processor
384 Megs of Ram
40 gig Hard Drive
Running:
Mac os 9.2.2
Mac os 10.4.11
Ilife 05
Cool i thought i have a nice laptop i can use for my photography work.
But i didn't like the apple Logo.
So began this video on youtube.
Part 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjyvrEWE8TM
Part 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf5ApQc4zQ8
Then while at my local RE/PC store here in seattle washington I ran into the most loudest addon for my powerbook.
Powerbook g3 zip drive worlds loudest drive??
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXPuvwLLFWE
So now i have this.
A powerbook g3 pismo
8x dvd drive
zip 100 drive
40 gig hard drive
384 megs of ram
Airport Card
running:
mac os 9.2.2
mac os 10.4.11
ilife 05
Now my next mod steps should be to paint the rear of the LCD i am thinking about doing a white top with a anime or even a nice tastefully done lady on the back side and will post more on this soon anything else i can do with this unit.??
A g3 powerbook Pismo.
So i began the sketch mod called the powerbook pismo sketch mod.
So i had to do some interesting things.
First thing being i had to get it running.
Once i figured out how to i created this youtube video to help others in my same situation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXxIQlz98eM
Now i have this.
Powerbook pismo Edition.
G3 400 Mhz powerpc processor
384 Megs of Ram
40 gig Hard Drive
Running:
Mac os 9.2.2
Mac os 10.4.11
Ilife 05
Cool i thought i have a nice laptop i can use for my photography work.
But i didn't like the apple Logo.
So began this video on youtube.
Part 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjyvrEWE8TM
Part 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf5ApQc4zQ8
Then while at my local RE/PC store here in seattle washington I ran into the most loudest addon for my powerbook.
Powerbook g3 zip drive worlds loudest drive??
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXPuvwLLFWE
So now i have this.
A powerbook g3 pismo
8x dvd drive
zip 100 drive
40 gig hard drive
384 megs of ram
Airport Card
running:
mac os 9.2.2
mac os 10.4.11
ilife 05
Now my next mod steps should be to paint the rear of the LCD i am thinking about doing a white top with a anime or even a nice tastefully done lady on the back side and will post more on this soon anything else i can do with this unit.??