Good luck to you. The first time I opened my 9500 I vowed never to do it again until I have enough parts collected to fill every slot and upgrade every component so I only have to …

It's an IBM DPES 31080. Apparently it doesn't do BUS or SCSI termination. Would hooking up an external drive with an terminator fix my issue or do they both have to terminated? …

Ok the system works fine with the external speakers, but it still refuses to sound the chimes of death. Could really caps be the cause for no chimes of death? Click to expand...…

Sonnet made upgrades for the 5400/6400 and 5500/6500 machines, but have been discontinued for quite some time, and are relatively hard to find. Click to expand... Thanks for th…

I have a Sonnet G3 PCI card that i removed from my 8500. Could i use that card in my Performa 6360 ? Click to expand... The Performa doesn't have a CPU slot. In order to upgrad…

It's amazing to me how many people left 7.5, 7.5.1, and 7.5.2 installed without upgrading. I've received several PowerBooks that were still running versions <7.5.3, and I b…

Sonnet made upgrades for the 5400/6400 and 5500/6500 machines, but have been discontinued for quite some time, and are relatively hard to find.

They are surprisingly durable machines, particularly the ones that went through the Apple refurbishing program to fix the power jack, etc. One thing - years ago, I purchased after…

It does need termination someplace. If the internal drive isn't terminated, then it won't work. You can test this by terminating the SCSI buss with an external drive, or even an em…

Ok the system works fine with the external speakers, but it still refuses to sound the chimes of death. Could really caps be the cause for no chimes of death?

I have a Sonnet G3 PCI card that i removed from my 8500. Could i use that card in my Performa 6360 ? Click to expand... The Performa doesn't have a CPU slot. In order to upgrad…

I have a Sonnet G3 PCI card that i removed from my 8500. Could i use that card in my Performa 6360 ?

I was thinking that maybe the Bourns network filter tied in with the internal and external SCSI ports cound be the issue. You could try either removing the filter or replacing wit…

When capacitors start to fail, audio is often the first thing to go.

It does need termination someplace. If the internal drive isn't terminated, then it won't work. You can test this by terminating the SCSI buss with an external drive, or even an em…

Honestly, if all you want to do is play classic B&W Mac games, a Mac 512k, Plus, SE or even a Classic running System 6 will serve you well. You see, a lot of those very ea…

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I just picked up a PowerBook 5300cs off of eBay. It just arrived today along with the manual. It is in near perfect condition and it is still running 7.5.2 and it had img files of …

It was on a iici if that helps.

I have an SE/30 that refuses to boot from the internal drive. I have a 1GB HD that is loaded with System 6.0.8 (SE/30 specific files) that will boot fine when placed in an externa…

I wish there was a list somewhere. I mostly play RPGs, Puzzle, and Adventure games, I wonder if any of the better known ones (Bards Tale, Wizardry, Ultima III, Fools Errand, Gunsh…

I did get a Chime of death via Earphones. Click to expand... I was unable to. Even with head phones I never herd it.

I did get a Chime of death via Earphones.

I can make one, but have no idea where to upload it.

Do the ATI OS 9 drivers properly support the 9700? I thought the 9200 (RV250) was the last card officially supported by ATI for OS 9, but I would be delighted to be wrong. Click…