Newton serial cable http://www.jksalesinc.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=25_37_48&products_id=86 Add a DB-9 to MiniDIN-8 adapter to connect to a Mac serial port.

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…

if I look off the network settings for the G5 Tower that auto-connects, is there a way i could manually enter that info in on the G4 MDD? Click to expand... If I recall, in aut…

Yeah, I wouldn't doubt. I think that was the initial reason it was disconnected in the first place, I guess I just "happened" to revive it for a few months. And I've had an AWEFUL …

The power supplies on that model are known to fail, so that may be what died. As for ethernet, sometimes the computer won't autonegotiate a suitable connection with the central hub…

One utility you may want to track down is called System Picker. I'm not sure off the top of my head who developed it or what its license was (freeware, shareware, proprietary, etc)…

To "unbless" a system folder you need to remove either the System file or the Finder. One easy way is to create a folder inside the system folder called "Finder Hide" or some such …

yea it should not be hard to add the termination, but resistors alone do nothing for noise, you need a rc network by the time you figure out what noise is present and do the math …

I haven't looked at the specs, but it's probably not a big deal to change out the internal terminator packs with the "proper value" of resistor to create an on-board Black Terminat…

Do you use two (3.1V) or three (4.65V) to replace a 3.6V PRAM battery? Or are you referring to replacing the 4.5V square PRAM batteries as pictured above?

It is possible to hack/ add a localtalk port just next to the Newton Interconnect port (that little square piece of plastic comes right out when you disassemble the thing), for dir…