Make a waterproof, airtight case. Then fill it with liquid helium. Overlock the SE to a few hundred MHz and make it the fastest SE on the planet.

wont make a difference

I can scrounge up 384MB of RAM. You think 256MB to be enough for X.3?

I have a 400mhz pismo with 512MB RAM also and is running 10.4.11. It is quite quick all things considered. For net surfing I had to dump safari as it was too slow compared to fir…

Thanks for the advice so far,It wasn't chiming before so i put a new battery in but that changed nothing. So I soldered the cap back in, using 2 short wires but it is still the sa…

Thanks for the advice so far, It wasn't chiming before so i put a new battery in but that changed nothing. So I soldered the cap back in, using 2 short wires but it is still the …

My just-new one with 512k RAM and a 400ghz processor runs Tiger quite nicely. Only trouble I've had is with Word 98 running in classic mode - had to get something to word process i…

My just-new one with 512k RAM and a 400ghz processor runs Tiger quite nicely. Only trouble I've had is with Word 98 running in classic mode - had to get something to word process i…

Fremont Fry's also has 1/2 AA 3.6v batteries. San Jose Fry's does not carry them.

Beachycove, I have a Pismo (see signature) running OS X 10.4.11 perfectly fine. It performs quite well with Tiger, although I'm planning on dropping it down to Panther (10.3.x) d…

Can't wait for the images

If anyone has a link to a document chronicling the secret recipe for speaking to an HD-20 it might be an apropos time to trot it out. Click to expand... We've been begging for…

How well does a Pismo function under X? I have two Pismo parts machines and am pondering spending some money ($100 or so) on a battery and memory to make a single low-end (probably…

As everyone has said, it's always the battery. You'll get the startup chord, but nothing else until the battery has been replaced.

Thank you. Click to expand... De nada, comrade! ) Maybe you can give me some feedback on my notions for a new home for my plastic fish! :?: Methinks it's time to start…

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[] ]'> Yep, it'd be even easier than doing the CRT/bezel interface. Just make a plaster cast of the insides of the Compact and then smooth everything perfectly, no need for …

Anders, That's a very generous offer - and I may very well take you up on it. I'll see about buying the caps off Trag first though. It's be nice to get my SE/30's going again - e…

They're "copy protected" in the sense that you can't make additional copies outside of a personal backup. Since the software isn't sold anymore, it's perfectly legal to extend cop…

On the battery thing, johnklos is right. If you get a chime, then the system is ready to load. However, as JRL said, switch it off and back on right away and see if it boots. Whe…

Dude you just hit it out of the freaking park. That is the most concise explanation of the 400/800KB drive I have read. Even the biography is an excellent source of information. …

I keep looking at my iMac G3 and getting ideas, but I don't have injection moulding gear handy so to speak... Click to expand... Perhaps the Vacuum molding procedure mentioned …

Anders, That's a very generous offer - and I may very well take you up on it. I'll see about buying the caps off Trag first though. It's be nice to get my SE/30's going again - e…

and since it's just two leads, it'd be hard to screw up. Click to expand... not that hard, that capacitor is polarized, so it needs to go the right way in, its also smt which c…

Could you post some piccies of the SE in the Plus body?