Building a Perfect PowerBook 540c (PowerPC Upgraded!)

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Published on October 23, 2021 2:00:22 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Syf5zAhe30M

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Thanks https://PCBWay.com - At VCF East this year, I rescued a pretty beat up PowerBook 540c, which just so happened to have a PowerPC upgrade and maxed-out RAM! Today, let's combine my two 540c's to make one perfect one, and test out the PPC upgrade to see if it's really as mind-blowing as 1994 Apple claimed it to be.

🍎 Install 8.5 (and apparently, 8.7 Beta) on a PPC upgraded PowerBook 5xx: https://web.archive.org/web/20020220131218/http://www.macnn.com/contributions/osppcinstall.shtml

🍎 More info on installing 8.5+ MacOS on PPC-upgraded 68K Macs: https://www.jagshouse.com/OS8.5On68KMacs.html

🍎 The amazing RaSCSI: https://www.tindie.com/products/landogriffin/rascsi-macintosh-version-kit/

Thank you PCBWay for sponsoring today's video! Check out PCB Way's new advanced PCBs! https://www.pcbway.com/high-quality-pcb.html

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