Green/White powder around, probably leakage from the original PRAM battery. Weird... I was bored and keep on pressing the PMU Reset button but it still ignoring me, so I closed th…

Here is a page with a 12 volt mod. However, keep in mind that I have seen it suggested that the Digital Audio G4s do not recognise the L3 cache of Quicksilver processors. However,…

When you say a mess around the battery, what do you mean? Corrosion? White powder? Can you post a picture?

have a look around xlr8yourmac.com

Finally I grabbed the PowerBook at HK$111. Pretty cheap as a parts machine. I tried to power it on but it appears the GLOD or Click of the Death. So I opened it and had a look an…

I have been reading about how you can use a Quicksilver CPU in a Digital Audio powermac, but it has to have a 12 Volt connection, anyone here know how to do that or know of a guide…

I've just installed it. No registering reminder and no WEP problems. Maybe it's been opened up with the latest download? My 20 meg storage card turned up today, works like a cha…

Thanks Finally I placed HK$111 (~US$15) and will get the mac this evening Hope it's easy to fix...

I wish that the driver was totally free and WEP worked no matter. Also, that little slip that comes up every time I soft reset telling me to register gets annoying. WPA would be n…

HK$99 to current exchange rates is AU$14.56, or US$12.67. I'd jump on it.

Hello all :b&w: I saw a dead PowerBook 2400 floating around a local auction website and starting price is just HK$99. The seller should be an experienced Mac collector and…

Finally got my MP 2000 online using a Lucent WaveLAN silver card. 3 hours it took me to work out the settings! Kudos to the Japanese guy for writing the drivers. Click to expa…

Ah yes, it may be null modem. But the way I have the Apple II set up, I have a 25 pin male to 9 pin female serial cable off another older external modem, so if this is a "null mode…

Just remembered (cleaning up the other day) I think I've a Diamond 56K external modem at my parents with the right mac serial --> DB9 connector; will report back soon JB

Any ideas? Click to expand... You may be inadvertently using a null-modem, or may need to use a null-modem to swap the TX/RX wires over. Years ago there was a common little th…

yeah, it's a prolific based USB to serial adapter, got it at microcenter for $30 after seeing the price of the keyspan twin serial adapter ($80!!! ). I was surprised this works wit…

Here: http://www.unna.org/view.php?/apple/software/Internet

I've a Lucent Wavelan Gold but the driver installed doesn't work. I assume I need to find the Newton Internet kit, but am having difficulty working out where it can be found? Tha…

Funnily enough, I did the exact same thing last night and had the exact same problem - Newton 2100 - Prolific PL2303 chipset based USB ---> serial adapter - Mac serial…

hey guys, I am trying to get my beloved eMate 300 synced to my desktop. I recently bought a USB to DB-9 serial adapter with mac drivers. It works flawlessly with my Apple II, so I …

Finally got my MP 2000 online using a Lucent WaveLAN silver card. 3 hours it took me to work out the settings! Kudos to the Japanese guy for writing the drivers.

trying to argue that the designers are [stupid/selfish/greedy/etc] / Yes, they are selfish - it's called capitalism. However, they are presumably trying to help people with the pro…

I still get annoyed that greeks invented the steam engine thousands of years ago and just used it for a toy, if they had figured out a way to make a motor out of it the industrial …

I could be wrong, but gunpowder was invented at a time China was unified and not fighting wars with their neighbors. Europe was busy fighting endless wars so they were busy looking…

Kind of odd some western people are going to design a product, make it in china, and sell it in china that the chinese never thaught of needing themselves. Click to expand... T…