About 10 years ago someone was selling an LC prototype case. It had two floppy drive slots. An LC with two floppies. Click to expand... All original LCs have two floppy drive…

Yea ok I think I may upgrade the hard drive as-well as the ram and if it does not have an air port card I will get one and install it, Does 10.3 have annoying dash bored? I just ne…

The best version of OSX for the clamshell is 10.3.9 for speed and overall usability. If you want newer versions of software (like Safari 4) then you'll need to run 10.4 on it. I …

Go figure. I'd have more success eating cashews through a straw than attempting that, especially considering I have very few resources to throw at it. I'll have to think about thi…

Anyone know if this capacitor will work to fix my barreled video problem? It currently has about a 2" black border, I wanted to stretch it out more. Looks a little weird. http:/…

I do not have it yet, and she does not know, I am geting it on the weekend after i fix her mac book and upgrade it, as she mac book is on 10.4 and she wants 10.6 so I am offering i…

First off, how much RAM? That could be why OS 9 is choking.

What colour? That will tell you the specs. My blueberryBook has 576MB of RAM and runs 9.2.2 verrrrrry well.

Hey Guys I'm geting a I-book G3, the owner told me it's screen goes black and they have to restart the computer to get the screen to work. I plan to use this G3 for school work a…

Hi, I posted awhile ago about a non working Power Mac 8500. The problem was that it had no video out. Fortunately, it was just the adapter that didn't work, and I found a new Mac …

Monitor repair FAQ - has lots of info

My 7300 also boots NetBSD "native" with no MacOS installed. The only trick was figuring out the OpenFirmware string for its Tempo Trio drive, and it was too long to fit into NVRAM,…

iTunes? yuck. I already use it as my programming machine anyway.

I still use my 350MHz iMac Summer 2000 "Fireball", with its upgraded 320MB RAM. The 6.99GB Quantum Fireball is a bit limiting though. Click to expand... Use it as a satellite …

I was curious if anyone had electrically modified the power and CRT circuitry to take signals from another source. Like... if I were to install a TV tuner in the base, could I rig …

(or see if anyone on here has a rom flasher and is willing to make some for you) Click to expand... I have a rom burner, but no blank proms or originals

Well gots me the 350MHZ Zif and will see if it works. I'll call it turkey if it works. Because I worked fixed it around Thanksgiving. I gotta start naming my machines.

I can provide an after screen shot when I get home. I'll definitely have before & after pictures when apply some Retr0Bright to the computer case, keyboard, and mouse. …

About 10 years ago someone was selling an LC prototype case. It had two floppy drive slots. An LC with two floppies. Click to expand... All original LCs have two floppy drive…

I have an eMac 800. Much louder than my fanless iMac "Fireball. The only noise it makes is the Quantum Fireball 6.99GB harddrive

Congratulations on a hack well done, comrade! . . . you have a good plan in place for both fixes and you've earned you battle scars! :rambo: Why, in this day and age, do peo…

Well, it's certainly a good candidate for a mod. Considering how many Mac Pluses there are out there, I would suggest that it won't be missed. Throwing it away is a waste though. L…

I use a MIDI Timepiece (original) by Mark of the Unicorn (MOTU). I think even the modern versions have an 8-pin serial port for older Macs. MOTU's own FreeMIDI software works good.…

I reseated everything one last time, and it turns on now! :scrambled:

Its actually pretty simple. You just install Netbsd on a machine with OF 1.0.5 and it does all of it for you. One thats done, you set your boot device to /path/to/:0 and it works. …