Well, I'm happy to report that I'm posting this from my freshly-renovated Beige G3! I scrounged eBay and found a nice Rage128/16 card, a 500MHz G3/ZIF chip, and a set of overclock…

...which is completely dead... Click to expand... So see if one cell is shorted, eliminate it, then reconnect the remainder and try. Also, complete assemblies of unknown quali…

Hi, As per my Conquests post, I've built up one "good" Lombard Powerbook G3 from two, which is specced as: - 333 @ 433Mhz (did this once before, and it's rock solid yet again!), …

In answer to your initial question, yes! The 1400 is a great early PPC portable which is suitable for many retro tasks, and has the benefit of being able to run System 7, 8 and 9. …

1400s never came with a card installed at the factory. Apple made video and ethernet cards, as did NewerTech, but the only way to buy a 1400 brand new with a card was to buy from a…

No, no, they were completely different physically: the 5300 had a ~12x4cm card whereas the 1400 took a fairly square ~6x4cm card. Of course, they were the same electrically, more …

The ports on the 1400 are the same as the 5300, except for the fact that the 1400's expansion slot could hold either video or Ethernet solutions Click to expand... The 1400 exp…

Shot in the dark mode: Have you tried the adapter with anything else? If the battery was dead and the adapter didn't work that would explain it. Unlikely but possible.

The reset button on PowerBooks essentially IS a CUDA switch - actuating the reset button on a portable Mac has the same effect as depressing the CUDA reset on a desktop; its effect…

That's quite unfortunate. All of mine have worked when their replacements arrived. To that end, I've had three machines fail to GLoD, all resurrected. One was fixed by replacing a…

The "plug issues" typically plague only the 190/5300-series, mostly because of the tiny plug (which could break easily) and receptacle (whose solder joints would often break loose …

As my PowerBook 150 has bitten the dust I no longer have a portable computer. I have been reading Wikipidia articles and websites about the PowerBook 1400. I am used to the cruddy…

....in my kitchen having a glass of chocolate milk Click to expand... so that was the magic ingredient.

Hey I would be glad to! I installed 8.1 again, but this time I formatted the Hard drive as Mac OS Standard. Then I install a minimal 8.1. I boot into that and put my 7.6 CD into th…

Thank you so much! I now have a working OS 7.6 system Click to expand... (a) Can you tell us how you got out of your pickle? It would be nice to know what the problem really wa…

Thank you so much! I now have a working OS 7.6 system

Motherboard fuses - there are about six that need checking/replacing ... see the 2400c mailing list on info regarding this, let me know if you have difficulty finding the posts, I'…

2) Booted from 8.1 CD, installed 8.1 Click to expand... Good, you have a working state you can get back to. Put this back on so you know you having a working system and can the…

Yep - held the reset button in for 30 seconds with power applied, power not applied, battery in, battery out etc. but nadda, zip, nowt, nothing...just the ever glowing green light …

Okay, 1) Had 9.1 on it. 2) Booted from 8.1 CD, installed 8.1 3) On mac mini made 7.6 CD. 4) Installed 7.6 from 8.1 5) Went to boot, says " Cannot use this system disk on this …

I'm lost. I can't work out what you have done and what you are trying to do. What was 8.1 running on? Normally to install an OS you have to have booted from a different device t…

I can view the files on my Mac mini. And I've booted (recently) 8.1 and had that install, but I installed 7.6 from the 8.1 install and it says on boot " This system disk cannot be …

Not all OS disks are bootable. 1. can you view the contents on a another mac? 2. can you boot the 1400 with a disk tools disk?

Hello all, I have a .toast file with Mac OS 7.6 on it. I know the file works because it was tested before being sent to me. I burn it in Toast ( 7.1 ) and go to boot up my 1400, I …

For old Macs (and aged electronics in general), some machines are best dealt with by removing all power (including PRAM) and letting them sit for a week or two. Others can be reviv…