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Performa 6300 Takeapart Procedure? — #2

So you want to install a bigger hard drive? You will need: - 1 Phillips screwdriver - 1 flathead screwdriver - 1 40 pin IDE hard drive, any should do, even one scavenged from a…
68kMLA OS 8 by LCGuy Tue, 19 Jan 2010 - 02:04

asking for opinion: WGS 8150 vs. Radius 81/110 — #11

If you have the SA4 Protools Audio Card installed then yes, it will only connect to the 442 interface and not the 888. If you have the even older SoundTools audio card, then the o…
68kMLA Hardware by ppuskari Mon, 18 Jan 2010 - 23:24

asking for opinion: WGS 8150 vs. Radius 81/110 — #10

I have started the upgrade, almost finished but ran into a snag. I can not get it to recognize the G3 card and when installed it will only startup with extensions off. The card i…
68kMLA Hardware by trag Mon, 18 Jan 2010 - 18:48

Hooper Parts Source? — #8

I ordered a new keyboard for my Kanga from powerbookguy.com. They seem to have a pretty good inventory of Kanga/3400 parts.
68kMLA Hardware by MattB Mon, 18 Jan 2010 - 17:11

Performa 6300 Takeapart Procedure? — #1

I can't seem to find anything on the correct procedure on taking apart a Performa 6300CD (or 6320CD). Splitting Mac OS 8.6 and Debian between a 1.2GB HDD is quite a squeeze. Could…
68kMLA OS 8 by CoreDuo Mon, 18 Jan 2010 - 16:20

Need some help with a Kanga — #7

Based on the other Kanga I have, I've determined that this one's issue has to be the backup battery. One Kanga boots from battery and keeps proper time. The other one does neither.…
68kMLA Hardware by MattB Mon, 18 Jan 2010 - 04:27

LC 520 burning question... — #4

Installed version 4 but the LC520 ( OS 7.6.1 ) does down when Toast 4 is launched. Is there a Toast 3 or 2 somewhere ?
68kMLA Hardware by macguy Mon, 18 Jan 2010 - 01:06

LC 520 burning question... — #3

Should work just fine. Just make sure you use Toast 4 or earlier, as it's the last one that works with a 68k processor. But, to answer your implied subject-line question: No, you…
68kMLA Hardware by macguy Sun, 17 Jan 2010 - 08:10

LC 520 burning question... — #2

My LC520 has external scsi and running OS 7.6.1. ( At one time i had an external hard drive via scsi but that external drive and it's replacement had a horrible death. RIP dear dr…
68kMLA Hardware by Anonymous Freak Sun, 17 Jan 2010 - 07:16

LC 520 burning question... — #1

My LC520 has external scsi and running OS 7.6.1. ( At one time i had an external hard drive via scsi but that external drive and it's replacement had a horrible death. RIP dear d…
68kMLA Hardware by macguy Sun, 17 Jan 2010 - 05:55

Portable woes. — #7

Update: After storing it with both batteries removed for a couple days, I have gotten a little further: So before, when I had all power unplugged for a few minutes, it would start…
68kMLA Hardware by Anonymous Freak Sun, 17 Jan 2010 - 02:07

Need some help with a Kanga — #6

Sorry, I missed the Kanga part somehow and had it in my head that it was a 3400c. Still, for $12 you can't go far wrong. Click to expand... For almost all intents and purposes …
68kMLA Hardware by MattB Sat, 16 Jan 2010 - 23:41

Need some help with a Kanga — #5

Sorry, I missed the Kanga part somehow and had it in my head that it was a 3400c. Still, for $12 you can't go far wrong.
68kMLA Hardware by beachycove Sat, 16 Jan 2010 - 23:11

Need some help with a Kanga — #4

It's been left plugged in for several days and exhibits the same behavior (and consistently loses date/time settings, which is pretty much a guaranteed sign of PRAM battery failure…
68kMLA Hardware by MattB Sat, 16 Jan 2010 - 22:43

Need some help with a Kanga — #3

Erratic and observable power-related behaviour is characteristic of backup battery failure in nearly every single iteration of the PowerBooks, though the early ones (1xx series) se…
68kMLA Hardware by beachycove Sat, 16 Jan 2010 - 22:36

Need some help with a Kanga — #2

One more problem...the battery holds a good charge, but the machine won't boot from it after sitting unplugged for a half hour. However it will boot from the battery if I unplug th…
68kMLA Hardware by MattB Sat, 16 Jan 2010 - 18:28

Need some help with a Kanga — #1

I've got a Kanga G3 Powerbook which I picked up recently for essentially nothing. It's running 9.1 and its RAM is maxed out. The battery even holds a 2+ hour charge. I've got it co…
68kMLA Hardware by MattB Sat, 16 Jan 2010 - 17:15
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