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From: Glen Labah on 10 May 2010 00:39

I have a relative that has a PowerBook 1400 running OS 8.6 that does
pretty much everything she needs, so there really isn't any particular
reason to upgrade the thing.

Except, over the past few weeks, she's gotten a few things that she
would like to print out.

She happened to have an old HP Deskwriter C lying around, and that has
the old-style Mac serial connector on it.

I was able to find extensions for the printer for OS 8.6 (the original
install disks are for 7.5) but the computer does not appear to
communicate completely with the printer.

The 1440 only has one serial connector in the back, but the chooser
makes you select between the modem port and the printer port, which is
not how PowerBooks of that era were built.

Or should I just upgrade the whole mess and get a new printer for her?
Maybe something along the lines of an old Powerbook G4 that would run a
fair amount of new stuff, and not be too big a transition? If so, any
suggestions for a reasonably priced, but still decent quality printer?

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From: Geoffrey S. Mendelson on 10 May 2010 00:59
Glen Labah wrote:

> The 1440 only has one serial connector in the back, but the chooser
> makes you select between the modem port and the printer port, which is
> not how PowerBooks of that era were built.

It's one or the other, should not take a lot of effort to try them both.
I seem to remember that the port is a printer port, if you wanted a modem,
you used a PCMCIA (card slot) one.

Somewhere I still have some 1400s, I plan to pass on to a more loving home,
which a vareity of external interfaces, such as a modem, modem/ethernet
combo and 802.11b wifi.


> Or should I just upgrade the whole mess and get a new printer for her?
> Maybe something along the lines of an old Powerbook G4 that would run a
> fair amount of new stuff, and not be too big a transition? If so, any
> suggestions for a reasonably priced, but still decent quality printer?
>

At this point $100 should get you a G4 capable of running Leopard, although
if she wants to keep her old apps, she would have to stay with Tiger (or
use Sheepshaver).

There are plenty of printers around, the choice would depend upon if you
choose Leopard or Tiger. You can also get cheaply ($50-$100) a combination
unit with color printer, scanner and if you want it fax.

Geoff.


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