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Apple Powerbook 145B--Internet Possible?

A customer brought in a Apple Powerbook 145B that's older than dirt by about 10 years. She want's to know if there is a glimmer of hope for Internet use on it. I haven't seen any Internet-browsing capabilities in the OS, but the laptop itself has a phone modem. Does this modem mean that it might get dial-up Internet, or is it for old-school dial-up networking?
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--Ben

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Owen Rubin

There are devices for Ethernet over SCSI, and I have used these devices on older Macs, but never tried a 145. They have worked on a PB 180, so I suspect the 145 will work.

In fact, here is a link that shows a Classic with Ethernet. I have sold several of these on eBay, and perhaps you can find one as well. Basically the plug into the Ethernet, and come with a drive for the OS. I believe you may need OS-7.1 or better however.

See an example here: http://telcontar.net/About/Classic/

And while this is not my item, here is one on Ebay now. I do not know if this will work for sure, but this is what I have used in the past: http://cgi.ebay.com/Asante-Mini-EN-SC-10T-SCSI-Ethenet-Adapter-Powerbook_W0QQitemZ9705211904QQcategoryZ80061QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

(Sorry if posting these links is against the rules, I could not recall, and they do answer the quesiton.)

-Owen-

Owen Rubin

Correction on above: These devices plug into the SCSI port and give Ethernet and Scici over the device. Sorry for any confusion.