Looking for Macintosh parts...

[Randall Hofland]

I recall that the CD-ROM driver in MacOS 7.6.1 runs any CD-ROM drive while many
later versions don't. Then again, isn't the 5300 series using ATA drives? Either
way, Mark will know. He'll be back from vacation tomorrow or Thursday, so just
email him.

But I do know that you'll want to upgrade the 8.5 to 8.6 and that used to be
a free upgrade from the Apple website.

>I wasn't the original poster,  kgleason at ma.ultranet.com was.
>
>On Tue, 25 Dec 2001, Randall Hofland wrote:
>
>> Try MCPerkins7 at aol.com. Mark is a Boston Mac specialist that can answer all
those
>> questions. I just hope I got the address correct, if not write me back!
>> 
>> >On Sun, 16 Dec 2001, kgleason at ma.ultranet.com wrote:
>> >
>> >> I have been given an early present...a Macintosh PowerBook 5300cs
>> >> (Used). Only one problem, no OS nor CDROM. Does anyone know where I
>> >> can get the required components/software to get this fella going? Is
>> >> Macintosh still selling these components? Who is?
>> >
>> >I have several versions of MacOS.  I think the latest I have is 8.5  Of

>> >course, you'll have to get the CDROM first...
>> >
>> >I'm not sure if that model is one of them or not, but some models of Macs

>> >will only talk to one or two brands of CDROM drives without a third-party

>> >program to bypass this behavior.
>> >
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