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asking for opinion: WGS 8150 vs. Radius 81/110 — #2

The Radius is the greater rarity. WGServers are no different than ordinary Macs of the day, though both (?) machines likely have an extra large L2 cache. If it's 1MB, the chip alo…
68kMLA Hardware by beachycove Sat, 2 Jan 2010 - 22:17

Boxed Quadra 605 and 14" Apple CRT! — #9

I put the new 128MB module into my LC 575 and it registered fine, so I'll post the link if anyone else is interested. It's a darn good price, but there are only three left: http:/…
68kMLA Hardware by olePigeon Sat, 2 Jan 2010 - 21:30

asking for opinion: WGS 8150 vs. Radius 81/110 — #1

I have both of these, but only enough parts to max out one of them. The positives I see: Radius has internal fast SCSI and integrated video. WGS 8150 has a tape drive, is a bit …
68kMLA Hardware by rbbrchckn Sat, 2 Jan 2010 - 21:22

G3/500 vs. G4/400 in B&W — #7

(I waited to post this until after I got back from vacation and could do some troubleshooting.) Just before leaving for CA, I received the G4, installed it in the B&W, and…
68kMLA Hardware by jruschme Sat, 2 Jan 2010 - 15:15

Scored a Perfect iMac G4 800MHZ — #14

These are very nice machines. I got given one a few weeks ago. A mate was having a clean out and I got lucky. My machine has issues though, the pro speakers won't work for some …
68kMLA PowerPC by AusNick Sat, 2 Jan 2010 - 14:02

Power Mac 7100 deassemble — #6

Here is a link of some pictures, that I took when I overhauled one of my 7100's. Although the pictures don't give you step by step instructions, they should give you an idea what…
68kMLA PowerPC by Damian Ward Sat, 2 Jan 2010 - 08:37

IIci - Bringing back my 1st Mac — #19

Any ideas on the spontaneous bootup and the lack of "influence" via the ADB? Could the power supply also have issues? I do have a spare but it is about the exact age as the other…
68kMLA Hardware by IIciNov90 Sat, 2 Jan 2010 - 04:36

Winter Warm Up 2010 — #26

most 10 year old game systems are 2 generations old, leaving them with (at best) small meg's of memory, and 10's of megahertz This rule does need to be revised, under the current r…
68kMLA PowerPC by Anonymous Freak Fri, 1 Jan 2010 - 19:29

Winter Warm Up 2010 — #25

The rule regarding games/pdas is the result of sheer laziness and ignorance on my part... there just isn't a convenient cut-off as there is with computers. If anyone has any ideas …
68kMLA PowerPC by luddite Fri, 1 Jan 2010 - 09:11

Workgroup Server 7350 Restore Disc? — #2

Oh, the WGS is the 'hub' of my new testbench. I have an AAUI-to-10BaseT adapter that has a built-in 3 port hub connected (so I don't need a dedicated hub on the testbench,) and ha…
68kMLA Hardware by Anonymous Freak Fri, 1 Jan 2010 - 08:53

Workgroup Server 7350 Restore Disc? — #1

So I just dug my Workgroup Server 7350 out of storage, and wanted to turn it into an actual production server again. Turns out the hard drive toasted itself. So I swapped in a ne…
68kMLA Hardware by Anonymous Freak Fri, 1 Jan 2010 - 08:43

A Tech Notice for all PCI-based Macintoshes — #3

Haven't noticed anything like that with my two 7300s. They see regular use, however (one is always running and the other is used a lot), so I don't know if that has anything to do …
68kMLA Hardware by ClassicHasClass Fri, 1 Jan 2010 - 08:04

Winter Warm Up 2010 — #24

most 10 year old game systems are 2 generations old, leaving them with (at best) small meg's of memory, and 10's of megahertz Click to expand... most 10 year old game systems a…
68kMLA PowerPC by Osgeld Fri, 1 Jan 2010 - 02:30

Winter Warm Up 2010 — #23

most 10 year old game systems are 2 generations old, leaving them with (at best) small meg's of memory, and 10's of megahertz This rule does need to be revised, under the current …
68kMLA PowerPC by Osgeld Fri, 1 Jan 2010 - 00:58

Winter Warm Up 2010 — #22

Beats me, mate. I don't write the song, I just sing it Still, if the 6100/66av were allowed, I'd resurrect mine in a heartbeat!
68kMLA PowerPC by conceitedjerk Fri, 1 Jan 2010 - 00:52

Winter Warm Up 2010 — #21

PPC ist verboten. Click to expand... If 10-year-old game systems make the cut, why not a 15-year-old computer? (Heck, a Quadra 840 may very well be faster for many tasks than …
68kMLA PowerPC by Anonymous Freak Fri, 1 Jan 2010 - 00:50

Winter Warm Up 2010 — #20

PPC ist verboten, mein freund: 2. In order to qualify, computer systems must use a pre-pentium processor... in general, this means 486 or below, 680x0 and pretty much everyt…
68kMLA PowerPC by conceitedjerk Fri, 1 Jan 2010 - 00:48

A Tech Notice for all PCI-based Macintoshes — #1

Hello, everyone! Just a friendly note to send to all of you whom own a Macintosh with PCI expansion bus. Just this past week, I've found that all the bus slots on my Power Mac 75…
68kMLA Hardware by phreakout Thu, 31 Dec 2009 - 20:32

IIci - Bringing back my 1st Mac — #18

I'd say your assessment is correct, but that the cleaning (which had to happen) not only helped establish that, but also helped establish that the machine may otherwise be just fin…
68kMLA Hardware by beachycove Thu, 31 Dec 2009 - 19:33

IIci - Bringing back my 1st Mac — #17

My motherboard looks absolutely beautiful and after waiting some extra days as advised I decided to go for it. I reassembled the IIci and it immediately booted up (spontaneously)…
68kMLA Hardware by IIciNov90 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 - 18:59
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