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PowerBook Buyer's Guide
PowerBook 5300
by Steve Hildreth
The 5300-series were the first PowerPC PowerBooks. Introduced with much fanfare, they were the most anticipated 'Books since the 500-series. Unfortunately, moderate performance, bland styling, and quality-control problems quickly blemished their reputation, and sales of PowerBooks tanked for the first time ever. This was not to be remedied until the introduction of the greatly improved 1400-series. The grayscale 5300 was the cheapest of the 5300-series, and it was also the lightest at only 5.9 pounds. It is a good choice for the mobile warrior who doesn't mind working in grayscale and who really wants a lightweight full-featured PowerPC PowerBook at a relatively cheap price.
Rating
At the time: B
Ports
1 serial
ADB
audio in
audio out
video out
HDI-30 SCSI
IR
1 expansion bay
2 PC card slots
Display
Passive-matrix 16-level grayscale
9.5"
640x400 resolution
Weight
5.9 pounds
Apple's Specifications:
| Logic Board |
Ports |
Power |
| Processor: |
603e, 100 MHz |
| PMMU: |
integrated |
| FPU: |
integrated |
| Data Path: |
64-bit, 33.3 MHz |
| L1 Cache: |
32K |
| L2 Cache: |
none |
| 2nd Processor: |
none |
| Slots: |
2 Type II PC Card (1 Type III) |
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| ADB: |
1 |
| Video: |
mini-15 |
| Floppy: |
none |
| SCSI: |
HDI-30 |
| Geoports: |
none |
| Ethernet: |
none |
| FireWire: |
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| Mic Type: |
Line in |
| Other Ports: |
Printer, Speaker,
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| Max Watts: |
45 |
| Amps: |
1.88 |
| BTU per Hr: |
153.9 |
| Voltage: |
100-240 |
| Freq Range: |
50-60 Hz |
| Battery Type: |
PB5300, NiMH |
| Soft Power: |
yes |
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| Memory |
Video Memory |
| Logic Board: |
8 MB |
| RAM Slots: |
1, PB53xx |
| Min - Max RAM: |
8 MB - 64 MB |
| Min RAM Speed: |
70 ns |
| RAM Sizes: |
8-56 MB |
| Install in Groups of: |
1 |
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| Resolution |
Video Memory
built-in LCD screen
(built in) |
| 512 x 384 |
n/a-bit |
| 640 x 400 |
n/a-bit |
| 640 x 480 |
4-bit |
| 800 x 600 |
n/a-bit |
| 832 x 624 |
n/a-bit |
| 1024 x 768 |
n/a-bit |
| 1152 x 870 |
n/a-bit |
| 1280 x 1024 |
n/a-bit |
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| Physical |
Software |
Storage |
| Introduced: |
8/25/1995 |
| Discontinued: |
n/a |
| Form Factor: |
PowerBook 5300 |
| Gestalt ID: |
128 |
| Weight (lbs): |
5.9 |
| Dimensions (in): |
2 H x 11.5 W x 8.5 D |
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| Addressing Modes: |
32-bit |
| Orig SSW: |
7.5.2 |
| Orig Enabler: |
PowerBook 5300 Enabler |
| ROM ID: |
$077D |
| ROM Ver: |
$27 |
| ROM Size: |
4MB |
| AppleTalk Ver: |
58.1.6 |
Mac OS
Supported: |
7.5.2
7.5.3
7.5.5
7.6
7.6.1
8.0 |
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| Floppy Size: |
1.44MB |
| Floppy Inject: |
manual |
| Min. Int HD Size: |
500MB |
| Int HD Interface: |
IDE |
| Orig CD Speed |
n/a |
| Int CD Support: |
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