Yeah I agree. I have decided quite easily to make this now my main desktop machine and as you can see, cleared the desk for it. I am quite impressed just how easy it is to make thi…

Well, it kinda depends on if you want to run Classic, or just OSX as a "modern" computer.

So its not worth installing 10.5.x on a G5?

Well, since the newest G5s (including the Quads) were released well before Leopard was released, contemporary versions of Tiger ought to work, and indeed, EveryMac says that they s…

Yes - I did find that out last night as well. My G5 came with 10.5.8 installed.

Yes you can but the only supported version of 10.4 on a G5 (at least quad core) is 10.4.11. Anything else crashes and creates panics. Don't waste your Saturday like I did trying to…

You can run Classic Mode in OS X on a G5, correct?

with dual LCDs for $100. I may have been able to find a better deal, maybe I got screwed Click to expand... A pretty good deal, the dual screens are worth the $ 100 anyway

Hello everyone. I really love this site and often lurk on here kinda living vicariously through all of you my love for retromac computing. I still have my Lombard, MDD, and a fe…

Quadraman said: Why did Steve Jobs have to be such a jerk when it came to cooling fans? Most of the issues with these things are the result of overheating leading to parts fa…

Why did Steve Jobs have to be such a jerk when it came to cooling fans? Most of the issues with these things are the result of overheating leading to parts failing. 

It screams of power supply issues. You have no way to say the PSU is in good condition until you are positive the voltage rails are good under load and there is no excessive curren…

I had a similar problem with a /// that went away when reseating (and pushing down) the RAM daugtherboard and all its RAM chips.

True Techknight. But such areas are not always written unless a virus hits the system. The directories are a weak point as they are constantly updated with every file write. but th…

When in doubt, check voltages. If those are OK and stable, then next thing is system RAM. 

I recently bought an Apple /// (256k model), Monitor ///, Disk /// external drive, manuals, and software. All of the units are cosmetically in amazing condition (no yellowing, no k…

Here is the problem with bad blocks in flash. Any flash memory that has a block that is bad, will be corrupt with no chance of error recovery or anything. its just corrupt, marked,…

I've had this setup for about 5 months. I got the Compact Flash card from ebay. It's Amicore brand. This is what it looks like.

It's worth investing in industrial Compact Flash units. They're far more reliable.

SRAM cards in CF format would be great. Too bad they only come in PCMCIA format. But would it solve some problems with CFs? I'm not pointing a finger of blame to anyone here, SSDS…

the compact flash card is starting to go bad.  I have 3 compact flash cards myself, and they are riddled with nothing but problems. They really arnt designed for what we are putti…

About 9 days ago, my 1400cs froze while I was using it so I restarted it and it would no longer boot. I booted off the OS 9 CD and it offered to initialize the disk. I declined and…

snuci said: Looks like this one? { "lightbox_close": "Close", "lightbox_next": "Next", "lightbox_previous": "Previous", "lightbox_error": "The requested …

La Niña, La Pinta y La Santa María de la Inmaculada Concepción . . . . . . OK, I guess you can call the triplets a fleet, they never really had names before now. But that last has…

haha jt is sitting on 3 of em.   he has all the good stuff,   and a whole fleet of Quadra 700's i bet too!