Powerbook 150 (old) Questions

[Mr Embed]

So I was cleaning out Gimpy's room with him the other day and we came across this:






He said I could have it so I was wondering if any of you computer guys out there could help me out. I like the thing, okay!? I'd like to put a couple of old Mac Games on it but first of all I need a place to get them from or if any of you have some or know of a site I can get them from. Also, I'd need a rundown of precisely how to get the games from my crappy HP Pavillion a230n to my even crappier Powerbook 150. It has a floppy drive, that's it. I'm accepting any and all help.

Thanks, that is all,

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[Dutton]

What games? Also, the games have to be cross-compatable to transfer them from the HP to the Powerbook. A floppy will not work because Macs and PCs operate on different storage types. But, you can network the computers (using cross-over cables or if you have a CD Burner you can go that route, too.

[Zeke]

I take it that is new enough to have a color screen. I wouldn't advise it but it kinda has to be done first too. Mac's aren't the best gaming stuff even for the old stuff. Their is the possibility that it might not have a video card or if it does chances are its like a 32 MB card. As for moving games from your Pavilion, good luck I don't know what to advise you with here other then saying "This is comparing a PC to a MAC." So good luck. If you can get internet on that, go to this website.. www.macjoy.com/?gclid=CIfNk96znoYCFTcrIgod037nug They might have stuff you can run on it. Good luck man, and if you have no luck with it, part it out, one of my friends turned his old Sony Vaio laptop screen on hinges and mounted on top of his PS2 ran the wires and changed a few cables and it is now a 14 inch PS2 Monitor.

[GeneralB]

well you cant get games off the internet for free, like on windows running systems, thats the big + of Macs, no viruses because mainly everyone runs on windows, like it was said, if you burn your files/games and change to the appropriet format then that is the best way to go, not all games are capable of being converted though. Mac's are differnt in almost every way. storage, the way they play games/files/vid/pic, the bottom line is my opinion is try to convert what you need onto your powerbook, and just leave the other stuff on your pavilion, use the appropriet computer for what your doing, and for web browsing I'd use the mac, they are just less virus prone, nothing wrong with using two computers.

[Dutton]

generalb said:

no viruses because mainly everyone runs on windows

That is no longer true, sadly. And trust me, I work on the Macs in my school district, and we have over 600 computers in EACH school, and there are 6 schools in my district, so....We actually just started putting Norton's on all the district computers, starting with our new MacBooks, Powerbooks, G5 Quads, and Powermac G5s

[Mr Embed]

The whole purpose of this little thing is to have fun. i'm not seriously going to put files on it or anything. I want the good ol' games like missile command and stuff. It already has one game called "Crystal Quest" on it and you control a little spaceship and collect crystals without being shot by enemy ships.

As for the color screen comment.. No. It's a black and white screen. Only shades of grey and black.

Also, what good will a CD Burner do if I can't run CD's on my powerbook..

I posted this same thread on MIA and it seems that Enkidu provided the crutial tutorial link I needed. It tells you all sorts of stuff. My brother has a new iBook G4 that I can most likely get files from and write them to a floppy and then put them onto my Powerbook.

[Dutton]

For older type games, you may want to look into getting a Mac compatable emulator, such as an Atari Emulator, NES Emulator, SNES, or Sega Emulator, then all you have to do is get all the ROMs for the games. Let me know if you want to go that route and I can hook you up with some Emulators, and I have several ROMs for my SNES emulator.

[Zeke]

Mr. Embed, If you ever do get a virus on it which I doubt you will, you got the laptop for free. So no loss there. And I still can't believe the laptop is that old.