If you had another system with native IDE support, why didn't you just format it with that system in the first place? Click to expand... maybe because I have not thought about …

If you had another system with native IDE support, why didn't you just format it with that system in the first place? Click to expand... maybe because I have not thought about …

If you had another system with native IDE support, why didn't you just format it with that system in the first place?

FWB is the still not so free formating utility, right? To use this a few times a year, I'm not sure it is worth it! I used Lido for a while and it has been working fine. I heard a…

I'm on installing OS 8 on this machine. The HD utility in OS 8 does not recognize the HD as an Apple drive, so I used Lido again. Strangely Lido detects the drive as 78 gig, while …

There could be a less-sinister explanation: Some recyclers were actually just shipping off old computers to poorer countries, and it was an environmental nightmare. And it sounds l…

Have thick gloves handy in case the dents have damaged safety devices and the battery gets hot and you want to remove it. See Table 8.0.1 in http://www.duracell.com/OEM/Pdf/others…

This website has all you need to get that card working Click to expand... thanks, the problem was a old firmware in the card, so i downloaded the last and work nice. thanks for t…

For every recycling company that might have a contract with Apple, I'm sure that 10 others don't. I only purchase regularly from one recycler, but I could probably get stuff from …

3 pizzas with the lot! Lovely scores.

When you think about it, it would make perfect business sense for Apple to back the crushing of older Macs. The fewer used Macs out there on the market, the higher the price, and …

I can't really advise. The question is whether the internal cells are damaged or not. Unlike Lithium cells, they're not likely to burst into flames, but I wouldn't know what the …

I've always liked the pizza box styled LC475's. I used to own one and man, it was a wonderful little computer.

Sounds like BS to me. Apple doesn't care. These "recycler" jerks just want the money they get from selling the scrap metal. It drives me insane how they can have these "drives" lik…

I think it would have to do with them having a contract with Apple - Apple is very serious about recycling these days, and if I'm correct they actually have contracts with a lot of…

leosadv, Specifically which Mac OS are you trying to use this card under, Mac OSX 10.3 or Mac OS 9.2.2? If it's 9.2.2, you could try and see if the card is compatible with the Or…

Can't offer him a bribe? If the books did not list them and no employees remembered seeing them... Then Apple would never know.

This website has all you need to get that card working

I think it has something to do with Steve Jobs return back in the day. I believe I heard that he had staff clear out all the old macs they had sitting around their offices. This …

Dearest comrades in the quest to liberate 68k Macintosh computers, Today there was an electronics recycling drive in my town (Lexington, MA) and I brought a CRT and some old cell …

I'm on installing OS 8 on this machine. The HD utility in OS 8 does not recognize the HD as an Apple drive, so I used Lido again. Strangely Lido detects the drive as 78 gig, while …

Hi! I got a really cool lombard, running 10.3 and 9.22, ethernet connection works perfect, but i can't use the wifi card, it's a aironet 350series in any OS, the system just hang …

I thought this was interesting also. Click to expand... China would be an Apple collectors dream. Free keyboards and shiz. Inb4 environmentalists, think of the children, etc.…

I thought this was interesting also.

Well... I mean... if you're gonna leave stuff out on the curb (i.e. trash) what do you expect is gonna happen? If you really "cared" about it you wouldn't have trashed it, imo. …