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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

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

IIfx Won't boot — #32

Actually I swapped the chips out of a dead Superdrive unit so it should function as a 1.44MB drive. Tempest Click to expand... Even better!
68kMLA Hardware by aftermac Mon, 22 Feb 2010 - 23:53

IIfx Won't boot — #31

Actually I swapped the chips out of a dead Superdrive unit so it should function as a 1.44MB drive. Tempest
68kMLA Hardware by Tempest Mon, 22 Feb 2010 - 23:46

1400 keyboard connector pinout? — #14

I think it would be more interesting to convert it to USB (same thing, just new chip which can be found pretty much everywhere) course I think old keyboards on new systems are jus…
68kMLA Hardware by Osgeld Mon, 22 Feb 2010 - 23:38

Dual versus Single CPU in Mac Os 9 Real test — #6

Your English is fine. Thankyou for the extra information. Dual have 2MB L3 cache per processor.Single have 1MB L3 cahe per processor. Click to expand... I would expect …
68kMLA OS 9 by Bunsen Mon, 22 Feb 2010 - 22:29

IIfx Won't boot — #30

I'll crack open my spare SE tonight. Not only does it have two floppy bays (which means I won't have to take the other one out), it also has a good working HD installed. I can kil…
68kMLA Hardware by aftermac Mon, 22 Feb 2010 - 22:10

IIfx Won't boot — #29

I'll crack open my spare SE tonight. Not only does it have two floppy bays (which means I won't have to take the other one out), it also has a good working HD installed. I can ki…
68kMLA Hardware by Tempest Mon, 22 Feb 2010 - 21:33

IIfx Won't boot — #28

My guess at this point would be a lack of power to the drive. You should be able to hear it do *something*. Click to expand... The drive must be receiving +5V because of the X …
68kMLA Hardware by Dennis Nedry Mon, 22 Feb 2010 - 19:48

Titanium 1GHz and OS9 — #7

I managed to land a gigger, though I'm "still" using my 867MHz G4 for most of my portable OS 9 needs. The 1400, bless its heart, just doesn't have the battery life to take it on th…
68kMLA OS 9 by ClassicHasClass Mon, 22 Feb 2010 - 19:34

Assembling the Fastest OS 9 Machine — #48

Sorry for the lag, I was away from my workstations this weekend. The second image you posted, Tron, works fine. Here are the numbers: CINEBENCH 2003 v1 **************************…
68kMLA Hardware by ClassicHasClass Mon, 22 Feb 2010 - 19:29

Blueberry iBook Clamshell £21 on eBay — #14

Right, the Blueberry is finished, with 10.4.11 on a 10gb hard drive and the USB wifi dongle. Taking apart and upgrading etc took far less time than before, just a couple of hours..…
68kMLA Hardware by Hugh Mon, 22 Feb 2010 - 18:46

Dual 604ev @ 300MHz? — #5

You sometimes find those oddball clones on the European ebay sites, because most of them were sold there. I have yet to find a Maxxboxx for sale,though, and I want one.
68kMLA Hardware by Quadraman Mon, 22 Feb 2010 - 18:36

IIfx Won't boot — #27

Dennis, to answer a couple of your questions, yes the drive is auto-inject, but it's not necessarily known working. It was working when it was pulled quite a while ago, but I did n…
68kMLA Hardware by aftermac Mon, 22 Feb 2010 - 16:30

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