This hack shows how to add a compact flash memory card to an Apple Powerbook 150 using an adaptor board that allows the card to be plugged into a standard IDE bus. Pretty cool if you are nostalgic about breathing life back into your old laptop-turned-doorstop.
Replacing the Internal Disk of a Powerbook 150 with a CompactFlash Card - Link
Posted by Jonah Brucker-Cohen |
Oct 9, 2007 04:58 AM
Computers |
Permalink
| Comments (5)
| Email This |
| Digg this!
Oldest comments listed first.
Subscribe to MAKE Magazine!
Subscribe today, save 42% and get web access to MAKE free. MAKE Digital Edition is available only to subscribers.
$34.95 / 1 year
(4 Quarterly Issues)
Check out all of the episodes of Make: television
 |
MAKE on Facebook Visit our Facebook page and become a fan of MAKE! |
 |
MAKE on Twitter Follow our MAKE tweets! |
 |
MAKE on Flickr Join our MAKE Flickr Pool! |
Why advertise on MAKE?
Read what folks are saying about us!
Click here to advertise on MAKE!
Gareth Branwyn
Senior Editor
Phillip Torrone
Senior Editor
| AIM | Twitter
Becky Stern
Associate Editor
| AIM | Twitter
Marc de Vinck
Contributing Writer
| AIM | Twitter
John Park
Contributing Writer
| Twitter
Sean Ragan
Contributing Writer
| Twitter
Matt Mets
Contributing Writer
| AIM | Twitter
Dale Dougherty
Editor & Publisher
| Twitter
Shawn Connally
Managing Editor
| Twitter
Goli Mohammadi
Associate Managing Editor
Kip Kay
Weekend Projects
| AIM | Twitter
Collin Cunningham
Contributing Writer
| AIM | Twitter
Adam Flaherty
Contributing Writer
| AIM | Twitter
More contributors: Mark Frauenfelder (Editor-in-Chief, MAKE magazine), Kipp Bradford (Technical Consultant/Writer), Chris Connors (Education), Diana Eng (Guest Author), Peter Horvath (Intern), Brian Jepson (O'Reilly Media), Robert Bruce Thompson (Science Room)
Weekend Project: Beetlebot
Simple robot from your parts bin that avoids obstacles. Thanks go to Jerome Demers for the original article in MAKE, Volume 12. To download the Beetlebot video, click here or subscribe in iTunes. Check out the complete Beetlebot article...
More...
www.flickr.com
|
www.flickr.com
|
Help | Write for MAKE | Contact Us | Subscribe | Advertise with Us | Privacy Policy| About MAKE | FAQ
© 2009 O'Reilly Media, Inc.
All trademarks and registered trademarks appearing on makezine.com are the property of their respective owners.
RSS
From the title, I thought this was going to be Apple II related...
Stuff from the 1990s is considered a relic now? I feel old now.
Reply to this comment
IIRC, the 150 was the first Powerbook with IDE instead of the traditional SCSI.
Later PBs like the 1400 series have PC Card slots that allow booting from CF memory in an adapter card.
Reply to this comment
I too, thought someone worked out a fairly simple way to increase the maximum amount of RAM an old Apple could access, perhaps even an old compact Mac. If I recall, my old SE/30 maxed out at 128MB (great for BSD), but that model was an anomaly. Granted, the HDD is a form of memory, but in common usage 'memory' refers to RAM.
Now, the board that the OP created is very interesting. I've come across a number of CF cards that won't boot but it was always easier to just grab a different make/model, but after reading the write-up, it makes sense. This fix may be applicable to much more than just Macs; I'm going to start looking into whether a PC BIOS uses that bit also (anyone know offhand?)...
One final comment/question...is there a way to convince the Mac OS to run from ramdisk and only occasionally flush to CF, a la Puppy Linux?
Reply to this comment
Yeah, memory usually means RAM.
Reply to this comment
Not to burst the MAKE bubble... but a much nicer description of this exact hack has been on LOWENDMAC.COM for literally months.
Check it out here:
http://lowendmac.com/macdan/07/0529.html
Reply to this comment