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Apple IIe - Pop pop, fizz fizz — #4

Replacement power supplies aren't all that hard to come by, but they'll usually cost you more than a complete IIe. I've heard that long periods of disuse cause this... if you have…
68kMLA Hardware by luddite Mon, 14 Jul 2008 - 01:59

Apple IIe - Pop pop, fizz fizz — #3

As everyone knows, electronics run on magic smoke. When the magic smoke escapes, they don't work any more.
68kMLA Hardware by Bunsen Sun, 13 Jul 2008 - 20:00

Apple IIe - Pop pop, fizz fizz — #2

I sell lots of IIe's and this only happened to one customer, I think it was caused by the aging caps in it, I was not there so I can not say for sure, another power supply should f…
68kMLA Hardware by Patnukem Sun, 13 Jul 2008 - 10:14

Apple IIe - Pop pop, fizz fizz — #1

Well that's something no user wants to hear. I picked up my Apple IIe at a recycling event today. I powered it up for the second time ever. Got it all hooked up to the monitor, got…
68kMLA Hardware by funkytoad Sun, 13 Jul 2008 - 08:46

Dead G4 (Sawtooth) AGP — #6

all fixed now I had to press the magic reset button next to the pram battery and a phone call to macupgrades where I got the Sonnet 1.8Ghz prosessor and they advised to select the …
68kMLA Hardware by Retroman Fri, 11 Jul 2008 - 19:20

Jobs Super Computer Not So Super? — #7

What!?? Why did they do that? Click to expand... Control. The US government is scared of cryptography and hence they wanted the monopoly on machines that could decipher encodi…
68kMLA PowerPC by mac2geezer Fri, 11 Jul 2008 - 18:13

Jobs Super Computer Not So Super? — #6

What!?? Why did they do that? Click to expand... Control. The US government is scared of cryptography and hence they wanted the monopoly on machines that could decipher encodi…
68kMLA PowerPC by porter Fri, 11 Jul 2008 - 14:28

So, Beige G3's. — #33

... The longterm puzzle is to find a Gefen EXT-VGA-2-ADC adapter so that they can share a 17" ADC Studio Display. Click to expand... eBay's @#$%&* software fritzed on m…
68kMLA Hardware by equill Fri, 11 Jul 2008 - 11:51

Dead G4 (Sawtooth) AGP — #5

The PMU of the Sawtooth and later Macs is a little more all-encompassing than the PMUs of older PowerBooks. Newer PMUs are rather more wide-ranging, and Apple describes them as 'c…
68kMLA Hardware by equill Fri, 11 Jul 2008 - 11:18

Dead G4 (Sawtooth) AGP — #4

does that switch do the same or more ? Click to expand... Well, er, it didn't have a sign on it saying "Do not press this button".....
68kMLA Hardware by porter Fri, 11 Jul 2008 - 10:40

Dead G4 (Sawtooth) AGP — #3

I hit the reset button by the pram battery and it started to work ( well at least it's starting up now) I still got to figure out why Leopard is not booting what is that reset but…
68kMLA Hardware by Retroman Fri, 11 Jul 2008 - 10:32

Dead G4 (Sawtooth) AGP — #2

Start back tracking. My G3 B+W refused to start, I opened it up and there is a little reset switch on the motherboard, I pushed that and it burst into life. I disassembled the fro…
68kMLA Hardware by porter Fri, 11 Jul 2008 - 09:39

Dead G4 (Sawtooth) AGP — #1

I have G4 AGP (450Mhz) which I have just upgraded with a Sonnet Encore 1.8Ghz processor and I have been running it ok for about a week and a halve with tiger 10.4.11 with all the l…
68kMLA Hardware by Retroman Fri, 11 Jul 2008 - 09:26

Jobs Super Computer Not So Super? — #4

I remember that...brings back memories from Grade 9. (when the G4 first came out, and the US Govt prevented them from exporting it)
68kMLA PowerPC by LCGuy Fri, 11 Jul 2008 - 08:37

Jobs Super Computer Not So Super? — #3

Yikes. Power Mac G4 - the first personal computer classified as munitions and under export restriction because of its power. Click to expand...
68kMLA PowerPC by porter Fri, 11 Jul 2008 - 02:47

Jobs Super Computer Not So Super? — #2

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4182/is_19990907/ai_n10131702 Was the Powermac G4 a super computer? It depends whose definition you use. Click to expand... It was a gam…
68kMLA PowerPC by johnsonfromwisconsin Fri, 11 Jul 2008 - 02:31

So, Beige G3's. — #32

Gefen Click to expand... Griffin? with an 83MHz-rated Grackle and Rev. F ROM. So, it runs 416MHz on an 83MHz bus Click to expand... I wish I could find a beige wit…
68kMLA Hardware by Quadraman Thu, 10 Jul 2008 - 21:53

So, Beige G3's. — #31

I just caught up on this thread. I'm going to have to dig up some of my supposedly "dead" beige motherboards and try TechTool on them. Thanks for the tip Driverguru. Meanwhile: …
68kMLA Hardware by Bunsen Thu, 10 Jul 2008 - 15:12

Best Solution for modded G4 zif cooling — #17

Sonnet works (for instance, the 500 MHz Encore) from 8.1 to 10.4 with XPostFacto. Click to expand... But this is for the beige, right? Click to expand... Not just that. Thi…
68kMLA PowerPC by JRL Wed, 9 Jul 2008 - 15:51
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