I tried using Silverlining version 5.5, and when I try to "Select Drive..." from the File menu, I get... "SCSI bus is not responding. Check that devices are connected and powered…

Hi, Some of them will require integer basic or maybe Dos 3.2 to boot up. I am surprised that they still have them. They usually purge old things in favor of newer items. Where abo…

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Incase you have not seen it http://forums.macnn.com/73/mac-modification/305763/clamshell-ibook-questions-lcd-cd-logic/

Either way, the stock 24X CD-ROM is a complete dog and deserves to go, I've spent hours troubleshooting a few Clamshells only to find the reason I can't install OS X is because the…

I'd say the capacitors have gone on the Classic II motherboard...you can either replace the caps yourself and keep using the Classic II, or trade/give the machine to someone else o…

I've rebuilt many Clamshells over the years, and have found OS X 10.3.9 to be more than passable due to the 4X AGP graphics card - it makes things like Expose smooth, once you have…

Definitely 9.2.2. OSX on 800x600 is horrifying to use.

I just checked my AIM version and I'm using 4.6. Granted, it's nowhere near the level of iChat as far as refinement is concerned, but for basic conversations it works fine. It also…

Yes, swapping out one of the floppy drives is really simple. Every Mac SE has an internal SCSI port on the motherboard for an internal HD, you just need a mounting bracket (heck, y…

Today while I was doing some stuffit-expanding on my 5300cs, I went for a game of Maelstrom. I turned it off before I lost a life. That's how horrible the screen is.

Now that I've got a long Torx-15 screw driver, I'm having a lot more fun in the repair shop with my old Macs. I finally got to see why my Classic II was presenting only a Simasi-M…

I often think to myself that I'd like to get a 5300 or a 190 just to play around with. Then my common sense gets the better of me and I realise that there's nothing I could really …

Unless you need to run OS X software, go with OS 9. As Scott said, for web browsing, Classilla is available now. For AIM access, AIM 4.3 should work, though I haven't used it in qu…

I say Dual-boot. And don't overclock it. Nice conquest too.

Actually, I find OS 9 perfectly fine for doing "real work" provided you use the right applications. I have a tangerine clamshell (300MHz, 192MB RAM) running 9.1. I run Word 98, Ph…

If you want "as fast as possible," then that rules out OS X. Click to expand... If you want to get real work done, that rules out OS 9. Click to expand... What shoul…

If you want "as fast as possible," then that rules out OS X. Click to expand... If you want to get real work done, that rules out OS 9.

If you want "as fast as possible," then that rules out OS X.

I found an iBook G3 clamshell on Craigslist today for $50 which said it was "locked" and needed to be "unlocked". What they meant was they didn't know the admin password. I had no …

Awhile back, someone posted a message on comp.sys.apple2 asking if anyone had made an archive of the Public Domain Software On File collection: NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 03 Ma…

The Macintosh that is being referred here is in this case, your Macintosh SE/30. Now, you will be able to read PC-formatted disks on your Macintosh SE/30. Then, download the Supe…

The SCSI port of the Plus needed an HDD formatted for 1:3 interleave, ie a drive slowed down in data acquisition rate. Silverlining 5.8.x gives more control over such matters as b…

Owning a 5300 and 2 190s I would have to agree that they are both pretty bad. The 5300c works for the amount I have tested it but I have not noticed any failure issue yet. I have…

Boot from a floppy and run SCSI probe to have a look at the bus and see if it's advertising itself. You have two problems... 1. As I understand it the Mac Plus requires drives th…