I recently scored a good amount of PowerPC stuff, including a 7500/100. Originally DOA, I found the cause of the problem to be a lack of ram and hard disk. To m…
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Found one at a local thrift store with the power supply and assembly manual for $10. Took me a while to figure out how to open it. EDIT: Would be nice to get a …
My G3 iMac is running Tiger OS X from an external FireWired drive. The G3 has a built in CD only reader/burner. I connected an LG external FireWire burner to th…
I picked up an untested acrylic Apple Studio Display (ADC connector) last week that was advertised locally for a small sum, brought it home and plugged it into …
Anybody have a preference for "newer" DVD+/-RW drives for G4 towers? Any of them bootable? I ordered a SAMSUNG SH-S222A from Newegg hoping it works on a G4 Quic…
So, I have this box here. I'll spare you the full back story but in a nutshell, I gave some old 2.5" IDE hard drives to my co-worker in the Service Department f…
I just got os x server 1.2 (rapsody os ver 5.6) on my G4. now that i have been playing around with it i have some questions: 1: USB flash Drive support? does it…
I just got a hold of MacBench 4.0 CD on ebay. I can't wait to get it to test out stuff. like upgrades and the like on my systems
I have a B&W G3 that is currently used headless for iTunes playback. It was a free alternative to AirPort Express. I simply use ARD to control the G3 fr…
http://www.google.ca/search?q=AKB-UATA133-PCI This card uses a Silicon Image 0680 chipset! They are incredibly common in the PC world and often very cheap! I ne…
I was wondering if anyone has one of these. I recently became aware of it's existence and I have to say that it looks AWESOME - a more modern Q950!
I’ve got a MDD with the Ati 9000 Pro graphics card. I picked up a dead MDD with a nVidia GeForce 4 Ti. Is there any advantage of one over the other if I’m not i…
Went to the recycling center today, and they had a lot of macs there, including an LC II and Mac IIsi, but all I took to keep was a //GS, which I have yet to te…
About a month ago my old 7600 decided it was time to die, so I began my search for another PCI based Power Macintosh to replace it. Luckily a fellow member of o…
I was admiring my new 5500 board yesterday and noticed the NEC PQFP VRAM chips. They look just like the Samsung KM4132G512 chips I have on hand. So I checked th…
Looking for instructions ( with pictures ) : how to replace a hard drive in my iMac G3 500 Mhz Blue jellybean. Help please.
I know that the Bondi Blue iMac uses SO-DIMM cards for memory, but is there a specific speed/type of memory that I must buy? And what is the maximum allowed mem…
I've been asked to plan a new Macintosh Lab here in Seattle, with Macs setup for use by studio photographers. I have been searching high and low for a program s…
I got a copy of mac os x dp1 and I tried to install it on my Sawtooth G4 and it won't let me. I will how ever work on my B&W G3 that has a G4 processor.…
I've never ran linux on a ppc mac before and I was wondering what would be the best distro for a 500mhz imac with 256-512mb of ram. For the time being it won't …
Got this today from a coworker, 450 mhz Cube with some tiny amount of RAM and 20GB hard drive, DVD-ROM and Airport. Popped in 1.5GB RAM, 120GB hard drive, ATi 7…
I got my first Mac, a Power Macintosh G3 AIO off of craigslist for $10 (Plus $5 for gas). It was just the computer so I bought the keyboard, mouse and a modem (…
I snagged 4 Power Macintosh G3 "for all-in-one computers" OEM OS CD's. SSW Version 8.1, CD Version 1.1, 691-2043-A along with the OEM manuals. Was wondering is …
I have a Powe Tower Pro (Mac 9500) running the NewerTech G3 processor card. Is it worth to replace the G3 with G4 CPU if there is an option? How much gain do yo…
I think I am in some variant of Stuffit hell. Here is the situation. My IIci arrived today and it works great. My only other computer is a 12" Powerbook G4 (run…