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What can be done with a NUBUS DSP card besides speeding up Photoshop? Anything? I've heard that they will speed up JPEG operations. Are there any other operatio…
· 44 posts · started 17 May 2012 - 03:48
Troubleshooting
Last year I got an Apple PC Compatibility card without the cable, so I can't do much with it. This evening when I was walking around (an about to leave, again) …
· 8 posts · started 21 Apr 2009 - 13:52
OS 8
Will switching to nubus scsi controller give any boost over the onboard one? Found one made national instruments wondering If nubus would be quicker
· 18 posts · started 20 Sep 2014 - 03:07
Networking
I bought what turned out to be a matched pair of extremely basic Farallon AAUI adapters, unlabelled with any kind of model number either inside or out, off eBay…
· 37 posts · started 7 Jun 2015 - 08:52
Networking
So I read and was told that a FastPath 4 can be upgraded to the 5.1 ROM just by swapping out the PROMs inside. I opened mine up and it's version 4.1, but they a…
· 23 posts · started 4 Jun 2013 - 00:29
Peripherals
Usually my Craigslist is sort of misses, just newer stuff and Power Mac G4s. The other day I saw a listing for an original Macintosh and jumped on it. Even more…
· 23 posts · started 25 Sep 2011 - 02:05
Hardware
Hi there, over the years, I've seen several cases of 68k Macs with leaking PRAM batteries. Many of them didn't really leak slowly - instead they seemed to have …
· 146 posts · started 12 Apr 2012 - 21:48
Troubleshooting
After about 15 minutes of prep/soldering, I bumped up my Pismo to 500Mhz from 400Mhz. so the setup is: PowerBook G3 500Mhz/1MB L2 100Mhz FSB 768MB RAM (256MB lo…
· 25 posts · started 26 Jul 2011 - 22:18
Hardware
What are some high end video cards I can run in a 6400? Specs? And does anyone have pictures of these cards?
· 35 posts · started 24 Dec 2007 - 10:36
68k
I wanted to check some 5.25" floppies. I found a 5.25"Apple drive model #A9M0107. I plugged it into the back of my Classic II running O.S. 7.0. The floppy drive…
· 10 posts · started 25 Sep 2008 - 03:47
Hardware
After recapping my powerbook adapter and nearly finishing recapping a Powermac G4 PSU and a macintosh plus board I started a bigger project. My iMac G3 died rec…
· 18 posts · started 28 Aug 2013 - 19:19
Troubleshooting
Has anyone used this compact flash SCSI card? It's an Adtron S25CF card. Picked it up recently as a "total shot in the dark" purchase to replace a SCSI hard dri…
· 176 posts · started 7 Oct 2013 - 23:38
PowerPC
Anybody have the software for this card? Digital Voodoo went bust and www.archive.org didn't mirror their site. Seems like all the links for software were to th…
· 5 posts · started 19 Dec 2012 - 07:55
Hardware
I just bought myself a nice condition PB 520c which was said to be working. When I powered it on, it only showed white picture, so I guessed that the contrast m…
· 6 posts · started 29 Jan 2015 - 16:12
Hardware
Went on my weekly visit to a local thrift and found a pair of AppleDesign Powered Speakers. Marked at "UNTESTED" and $4.95 I thought it was worth the risk. Appa…
· 15 posts · started 25 Jul 2013 - 22:53
Hardware
Hey everybody. I picked up a SE/30 the other day. When powered on, it wouldn't chime, but I did get some horizontal lines on the monitor. Great, this problem is…
· 60 posts · started 9 Aug 2013 - 05:22
68k
Hi, Is it True that you cannot use 2 or 3 chip 30 pin simms in a Plus or a SE? Has anyone successfully used them in a Plus or SE? Thanks, Everett
· 12 posts · started 9 Nov 2014 - 07:36
Troubleshooting
http://www.metamage.com/code/MacRelix/ MacRelix is a Unix-like environment that runs on Mac OS, formerly called Lamp (Lamp Ain't Mac POSIX). MacRelix supports t…
· 11 posts · started 24 Feb 2013 - 08:16
Troubleshooting
If you were to buy a Mac SE/30, is it better to get one with everything original inside than the souped up one? (such as IIsi ROM, hard drive, old capacitors, e…
· 27 posts · started 1 Oct 2010 - 03:33
Hardware
I found several posts on forums on what to do, I found its really easy so i just made a simple graphic, and because google loves 68kmla so much it will probably…
· 45 posts · started 10 Oct 2012 - 18:02
Hardware
. . . or at least swapping its DeclarationROM out for a better one? TylerEss approached me about this in PM and it turned out to be very interesting indeed! Way…
· 19 posts · started 17 Oct 2012 - 06:05
Troubleshooting
Has the true root cause of this ever been determined? It doesn't appear to be caps, nor the backlight. Is it a manufacturing defect of some kind? Is there any w…
· 168 posts · started 21 Aug 2013 - 21:48
Troubleshooting
Any words of wisdom on how to resize a window when the bottom right hand corner is off the screen? I have run into this problem a number of times on my SE/30 an…
· 12 posts · started 13 Nov 2011 - 02:50
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