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good LCDs to hack with — #6

The upshot is that the only practical way to do this is to find a complete, small LCD monitor with a VGA interface (bonne chance, mon ami). Click to expand... I have an lcd, ap…
68kMLA Hardware by geeko Tue, 23 Feb 2010 - 23:33

good LCDs to hack with — #5

I've looked into this on the SE/30. In that case one would want a display approximately 7.25" X 5.25" or something a little larger and then to use less than the full display area…
68kMLA Hardware by trag Tue, 23 Feb 2010 - 23:25

good LCDs to hack with — #4

not unless you screen shot your desktop and slide show it on the frame :-/ Click to expand...
68kMLA Hardware by tomlee59 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 - 21:58

Assembling the Fastest OS 9 Machine — #51

ClassicHasClass said: " What graphics card is in your overclocked MDD? ” A standar Mac Radeon 9000 Pro 64 Mb. ClassicHasClass said: “... It's interesting that the Shading wa…
68kMLA Hardware by Tron Tue, 23 Feb 2010 - 21:51

good LCDs to hack with — #3

not unless you screen shot your desktop and slide show it on the frame :-/
68kMLA Hardware by Osgeld Tue, 23 Feb 2010 - 20:39

good LCDs to hack with — #2

This is a topic that's been discussed in detail in several different places. The upshot is that the only practical way to do this is to find a complete, small LCD monitor with a VG…
68kMLA Hardware by tomlee59 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 - 20:24

good LCDs to hack with — #1

I was strolling through Walmart the other day, and happened to notice the 10" LCD picture frames. 800×600 resolution is not bad. Of course, the first thing that pops into my head…
68kMLA Hardware by ChristTrekker Tue, 23 Feb 2010 - 19:26

DVD in a Quadra? — #1

Is it possible to install a DVD ROM or DVD RAM drive in a Quadra?
68kMLA Hardware by Quadraman Tue, 23 Feb 2010 - 18:30

IIfx Won't boot — #38

have any clue what voltages the power supply is putting out Click to expand... Yea I suspected as much on page one :scrambled: seemed simpler to just test the power t…
68kMLA Hardware by Dennis Nedry Tue, 23 Feb 2010 - 16:46

IIfx Won't boot — #37

Your +12V is bad! We now have a much more narrow set of possible problems. There is probably a problem with your power supply. Try unplugging the power supply from the logic boar…
68kMLA Hardware by Osgeld Tue, 23 Feb 2010 - 15:45

IIfx Won't boot — #36

Ok I can try this tonight. What do you mean by this though? The black wire? 3. Touch the black probe to a pin of the power supply connector that is connected to a black wire. Ho…
68kMLA Hardware by Tempest Tue, 23 Feb 2010 - 15:21

Assembling the Fastest OS 9 Machine — #49

Ummm...there were CPU upgrades for MDD/Xserve http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Sonnet%20Technology/XG4D1800/ That's the Sonnet one and I am sure there was another I saw a while bac…
68kMLA Hardware by Quadraman Tue, 23 Feb 2010 - 06:56

Portable Backlit (not backlit) — #9

The cell used in the portable's battery is here: http://search.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?Detail&name=842-1002-ND There are three of them in series. You can c…
68kMLA Hardware by H3NRY Tue, 23 Feb 2010 - 05:23

Downclocking PM8100/100 or 110 — #3

There is no point to downclocking the CPU - the G3 upgrade is independant of the existing CPU itself (that is, it is not used), nor are you going to "cook" the existing 601 CPU (it…
68kMLA Hardware by Byrd Tue, 23 Feb 2010 - 04:20

Downclocking PM8100/100 or 110 — #2

Hmmm... That's not going to be easy unless you have an 8100/80 to look at. The multiplier on the 100 and 110 MHz machines is three, so if you change the oscillator to 40 MHz, the C…
68kMLA Hardware by johnklos Tue, 23 Feb 2010 - 04:11

Downclocking PM8100/100 or 110 — #1

Calling all experts... Has anyone of you ever done this or have any inside info on how to do it? What I would like to do to the above mentioned machines is: 1. Install 40 MHz os…
68kMLA Hardware by ojfd Tue, 23 Feb 2010 - 03:31

IIfx Won't boot — #35

How to test the power supply: 1. Turn on the Mac IIfx. 2. Set your volt meter to 20V range DC 3. Touch the black probe to a pin of the power supply connector that is connecte…
68kMLA Hardware by Dennis Nedry Tue, 23 Feb 2010 - 02:51

Calculator Construction Set -- SHRINKWRAPPED!!! — #1

I finally found a copy of Cliff Joyce's masterpiece "Calculator Construction Set" thanks to waynes.com. I haven't tried it yet (I really don't want to unshrinkwrap this rarity!) bu…
68kMLA Software by Scott Baret Tue, 23 Feb 2010 - 02:04

IIfx Won't boot — #34

2. I also tried to boot from the hard drive the was in my SE (it had System 6.0. 8) , also a no go. I didn't even hear it spin. Click to expand... AHA! Your +12V is bad! We no…
68kMLA Hardware by Dennis Nedry Tue, 23 Feb 2010 - 01:44

IIfx Won't boot — #33

Ok got some testing done, not good news. 1. AfterMAc's drive is good (tested on my SE), but the IIfx just gives me a disk with an X when I plug it in and try to boot from a disk (…
68kMLA Hardware by Tempest Tue, 23 Feb 2010 - 01:28

Free: Original 128K upgraded to 512K — #1

For anyone interested here's a link to a Lemswap post for a free 128K Mac, upgraded to a 512K. NOT my sale. http://groups.google.com/group/lemswap/browse_thread/thread/4e81c78c9e…
68kMLA Hardware by mac2geezer Mon, 22 Feb 2010 - 23:57
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