- 1. OS9 Retail CD and Update must not be confused
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- Many Clamshell Owners don't posess the original Software installation and restore CD (orange or grey) any more. If you plan to install OS9 (some say they best OS ever) keep an eye out for the orginal ...
- 2. German Plastics Museum: Plastic components of the iBook
- (Trivia)
- A Blueberry iBook is on display in the German Plastics Museum in Oberhausen in the virtual collection "Plastic Icons", which is also on tour as an exhibition. We learn that polycarbonate, acrylonitrile ...
- 3. The leaf is missing
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- A common deficiency in used iBooks is the lack of the leaf near the large colored Apple on the top case. You will hardly notice when it gets lost. I had a good looking Blueberry iBook, which i preperred ...
- 4. Sales
- (Uncategorised)
- ... Firewire) used, tested - 20 Euro 366 Mhz Logicboard (Firewire) used, tested - 30 Euro Case Part: Top Housing with Trackpad+Cable, inidigo or blueberry, used, tested, 10 Euro Please contact me ...
- 5. Clamshell LG TFT 800x600 - 1024x768 from iBook G4
- (Hardware hints)
- ... LP121SA 800x600 LCD panel (15% of total number, IBM and Samsung were used more often) How do you find out? The software switchresx 3.8.7 (for 10.4 Tiger) will help, you only have to run it once. ...
- 6. OSX Panther customized installation
- (Software hints)
- ... which has at least 128 MB RAM - the performance breaks in compared with OS9 however strongly. Anyone who can afford it may install a 256MB module in the RAM slot for more speed. 2. When you buy a used ...
- 7. New battery won't charge - PRAM capacitor problem
- (Hardware hints)
- ... the red power and reset buttons and is used to keep the date and time for a short while when the battery is changed. When it is not longer working it disturbs the charging process. The PRAM capacitor ...
- 8. Interior View: YoYo power adapter
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- The YoYo power adapter was customized for the Clamshell iBook. The housing has been agglutinated, so you will find no screws to open it. I used two solid scrapers to crack it open.
- 9. How to identify the display panel: LG, Samsung, IBM
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- ... were used: IBM, Samsung and LG. Each one had a different cable connector, so you have to stick to your original manufacturer of the display if you don't plan to switch the whole display/cable combination. ...
- 10. iBook spare parts
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- After Apple cancelled the hardware support for the Clamshell iBook which means that new parts are no longer produced, there are only a few sources of supply left. The first parts you have to replace are ...
- 11. iBook Clamshell Product Placement: Film Good Advice
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- Apple used to promote its products via Product Placement in major TV-Series and Cine films. A paradigm is "Good Advice" (2001) with Charlie Sheen and Denise Richards. A Blueberry iBook shows up right after ...
- 12. iBook AirPort Card - AirMac Card
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- Sometimes you will find AirMac Cards that come in the same design as the original Airport Card. They are indeed identical wireless cards , which Apple sold in Japan. The japanese company I-O Data owned ...
- 13. Film: Thriller The Glass House featuring Tangerine iBook
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- "The Glass House" is a Thriller directed by Daniel Sackheim and was released in 2001. Young Leelee Sobieski, Diane Lane und Stellan Skarsgard had the leading parts. The girl used a Tangerine iBook with ...
- 14. First Apple computer with Airport
- (Accessories)
- ... from of Lucent Technologies (not to be confused with the Airport Extreme card, which does not fit into the Clamshell) can be placed underneath keyboard and is also supported by all MacOS versions from ...
- 15. The integrated modem
- (Hardware hints)
- The integrated modem has a standard RJ-11 connection Performance data: Modem bit rate up to 56 Kbps (V90 standard) Fax modem bit rate up to 14.4 Kbps The modem is recognized as a serial connection, standard ...
- 16. The Barbie iBook
- (Trivia)
- ... that the design and color of Clamshell iBooks has caused some mockery stimulated by a comment the PC Magazine columnist Dvorak. Until today some people call the iBook by the nickname "Barbie purse" - which ...
- 17. Clamshell Unboxing Part 1: The covering box
- (Trivia)
- More than 12 years have passed since Steve Jobs unveiled the original iBook in July 1999. Most of the used Clamshell iBooks you can buy today have lost their original packaging and accessories. If you ...
- 18. Beep Codes at startup
- (Hardware hints)
- If you hear several beeps instead of the startup-chime - this is an error code: 1 one beep: There is no RAM installed 2 Two beeps: a EDO-RAM module installed The iBooks only works with SDRAM SO-DIMMS. ...
- 19. 466 SE Indigo "Cybook
- (Hardware hints)
- ... Bezel (BB iBook) Clear Palmrest (BB iBook) Custom switch Driven Relay Kit for BT& LEDs LED Mod: 14x Ultra Brite Blue LEDS 20-22Ga Wire (I used old phone cord) SPST Switch(I used a ...
- 20. 1024x768 TFT in a Clamshell
- (Hardware hints)
- ... approx. 120 euro is to count - if one decides for a used display. Correct fitting of another display in into the Clamshell housing will surely require much intuitive feeling. There is still a problem with ...