Yes I found it. When I put the 'bad' set of RAM in I get a normal chime but then nothing happens (the OS never loads). When I stick a good set in the other bank I get the chimes …

and the other 4 appear to be bad (the Mac won't boot with them in), but I assume they're also 1MB sticks. Click to expand... If the RAM is bad, the Mac should make a death chim…

BTW, what was new in Finder 7.1.3 is that it supported AppleScript as well as drag & drop.

What is the voltage supposed to be? I am reading 3.06v and 3.04v.

Well I finally got the IIfx working. Turns out both of my SuperDrives are bad (not sure if they're fixable) but I had a spare working HD so I was able to get it to boot into Syste…

Humm tough decision. New truck or an Apple I. Think I'll go for the Apple 1..... Not.

You know, not having the quote button is too inconvenient. { "lightbox_close": "Close", "lightbox_next": "Next", "lightbox_previous": "Previous", "lightbox_err…

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On a recent trawl for documentation on the 6100 DOS card, I found this (on the Houdini card FAQ): The DOS card can share one monitor attached to both cards via a Y cable or it ca…

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System 7 seemed somehow "tuned" to run really well on the IIci. Click to expand... Yep, it is the first Mac with the new universal ROM that has 32-bit QuickDraw, Gestalt, and m…

I booted your IIfx from an external hard drive without a terminator at all Tempest. I think it depends a little on your drive too. Terminators are tricky and unpredictable as to …

I just vacuumed the psu fan without even opening it and the case fan while I was at it, and the G4 is now quieter than it has ever been!

sounds like the fan, so yea try blowing it out, and worst case you can replace the fan fairly easily

Today, my Mystic G4's power supply started making an out-of-the-ordinary noise instead of the typical. With the unusual noise, the case slightly vibrates as well. I could tell it w…

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You will need the Newton Interconnect Dongle whatever cable you use (though there were very rare ones, I seem to recall, that had the dongle built-in). I do, however, have the cabl…

This site seems to be selling a new battery with a case and contacts compatible with the Macintosh Portable. Click to expand... Upon further investigation, that company wants y…

They appear to be saved as resource fork icons, which makes extracting them a bit of a pain. This method seems to work: Get info on the file in the Finder. Click on the icon in …

Thanks for the reply. Aside from a 2100<>localtalk cable there's also a 2100<>RS232 cable right? I don't have any mac at the moment (unless there would …

Can you give some links of the 6v lead acid battery I should buy and exact specs?I understand nothing regarding electonics and electricity! Click to expand... I've come up with…

I've got the icons...how do I convert them to PNGs, saving the transparency levels?

I love my Ataris, but they have been put away for most of the past year while I have been slowly moving my music setup around. I've got a box of Dr. T's software which is all amazi…

Regarding the dead PMG4: The reason it isn't responding, powering up or waking from sleep is due to the Power Management Unit getting a bit screwed up. To fix the problem, I woul…

Can you give some links of the 6v lead acid battery I should buy and exact specs?I understand nothing regarding electonics and electricity! Click to expand... I'm looking to ad…