I think it was when I was swapping out the optical drive. I remember dropping a screw but I couldn't find it. I am actually typing on it right now, but I also think the bus for the…

Yeah doesn't sound good, i agree that something must have shorted out, how did that screw get in there?

Yes it is.

My guess is that the screw shorted out something on the motherboard when the system was powered on, delivering current or too much current to something not expecting it. Is the 70…

Well my dual450 G4 has been sitting for three weeks or so, and I am now going to use it during this when I sell my 20" iMac. I hit the power and I hear a sizzle and a single long b…

Am I the only one here who has ever actually loaded a program from a cassette tape? Click to expand... Nope, I started out with a Trash-80 (TRS-80) Model I Level II with all of…

Sure...just don't expect me to spoon. Click to expand... So I suppose a fork's out of the question. Click to expand... Not if I'm feeling frisky.

Ohyes. I can well remember doing tape loads and saves on an Australian clone of the TRS-80, among other machines. Sure...just don't expect me to spoon. Click to expand..…

... I had a Mattel Aquarius. Click to expand... Holy Cannoli !! lol Me too ! 8^ ] My grandmother pickd it up in a type of "Surplus Store" -- where some guy buys overstock of…

... I had a Mattel Aquarius. Click to expand... Holy Cannoli !! lol Me too ! 8^ ] My grandmother pickd it up in a type of "Surplus Store" -- where some guy buys overstock of…

This is up there on a 1-10 scale of geekdom.

Sure...just don't expect me to spoon. Click to expand... So, a full share of the rent then? Click to expand... OK, maybe a cuddle....I don't spoon so soon.

Uuuurgh... Unfortunately, yes. I have tried to load from cassette. It was horrible. Eventually I said screw it and recorded the cassette tape onto the computer - that worked much b…

Am I the only one here who has ever actually loaded a program from a cassette tape? Click to expand... I have a Realistic™ tape recorder specially designed for computer use (it…

Sure...just don't expect me to spoon. Click to expand... So, a full share of the rent then?

This is just edging me closer to buying an Apple I replica. Maybe we can be room-mates after the divorces ;-) Click to expand... Sure...just don't expect me to spoon.

Am I the only one here who has ever actually loaded a program from a cassette tape? Click to expand... Definitely not. I've done it as a kid on a Commodore CBM (don't remember…

Yeah, but what about a shameless plug for over the cassette port? The same audio processing applies.

Am I the only one here who has ever actually loaded a program from a cassette tape? Click to expand... Certainly not, ZX-81, ZX Spectrum 48k and CBM-64. The CBM-64 was the mos…

Am I the only one here who has ever actually loaded a program from a cassette tape?

This is just edging me closer to buying an Apple I replica. Maybe we can be room-mates after the divorces ;-)

Folks, I don't think you can get any geekier than this. Retro reverse engineering: Reconstructing Apple I BASIC from a Cassette Tape If my wife ever found out that I found this S…

from what I heard, those things caused a LOT of data corruption, mainly as the North-Bridge of the G3 was specifically made to only support 1 Processor per north-bridge from my und…

from what I heard, those things caused a LOT of data corruption, mainly as the North-Bridge of the G3 was specifically made to only support 1 Processor per north-bridge from my und…

i could always send you out one for cheap it you need one pm me.