There's some issues with it due to hardware incompatibilities (I think it's based off the SAM440ep install disc), but it'd be fun to at least get some form of AmigaOS4 running on a…

While you're trying out stuff, you could also give the hacked AmigOS 4.0 install CD that works on the G4 Mac Mini a go. See how well it works. I got it off your server so you shoul…

All you are doing is taking off the very thin layer of yellowed exposed surface, which after a few years will yellow again anyway. The bad part is you can expose blotchyness and mo…

Use to have this problem on CRT monitors when using certain adapters, or having the refresh rate set to a rate the monitor could not deal with. Problem was fixed by simply changing…

It really is worth it. Click to expand... I concur.

If you turn the computer on with the back removed in a darkened room, can you see a blue electrical discharge ("corona discharge") around the top of the EHT transformer? If so, th…

Follow-up in a year or two, and then maybe I'll consider if there's still no reports of brittleness or cracking. Click to expand... What's with the continued fears here? To me…

No, I haven't seen any evidence of that. The screen's bright and clear; there was no wobble at all, as far as I could tell. If a deaf man were to start up the Plus, he would perc…

thats not really fair, an extra year or 2 on already decomposing ~20 year old plastic Its just removing a thin film of chemicals that have already leeched out of the plastic onto …

For the skeptics and hold-outs... CAN RETROBRIGHT REALLY MAKE PLASTICS BRITTLE? If the plastic had become dangerously brittle due to RetroBright deyellowing, you would expect that…

Can't beat the price! If you end up with an empty 5x0 after all this, hands up for the shell. Click to expand... I would like to see a picture of your workshop, Bunsen. And a …

Depends on the nature of the "fizzling" sound. Could be a grounding problem. If the sound reoccurs, try opening it up and loosening and retightening the grounding plate screws and…

That's sort of the case with my Performa 578. Except, the fizzling sound stops when you have an active window open on the desktop - if you don't, then the fizzling sound returns.

It's catching! Click to expand... Sneeze into your bended arm, please.

While you're trying out stuff, you could also give the hacked AmigOS 4.0 install CD that works on the G4 Mac Mini a go. See how well it works. I got it off your server so you shoul…

PowerPCs do boot from USB. I have used an external DVD Drive and they all have booted perfectlty.

Hi all, I know at some point I've seen some youtube video of a problem like this, so I thought I'd run this by you guys. Last night I decided to turn on my Macintosh Plus. Howev…

Haha So I go and switch my 840av on... & the screen is about an inch off to one side! It's catching! .... You know, I have a pc lcd monitor & the monitor ada…

http://cgi.ebay.com/Quantum-SCSI-230MB-Hard-Drive-Vintage-MAC_W0QQitemZ310171670446QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item4837ac17ae&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14 http://cg…

it is confusing over here in Japan because there are various grades of Oxydol Click to expand... I think I may finally have a grasp as to why the Japanese require a license to …

Can't beat the price! If you end up with an empty 5x0 after all this, hands up for the shell.

Wouldn't be surprised if half the comrades don't get it and the other half prolly' don't give a rodent's rear about this kind of idiocy. Glad to have some support from the gang, co…

Picked up a stash of Mac gear yesterday, here is a rundown: - PowerMac 8600, looks complete, "purple" G3 233MHz upgrade as well as the original CPU card, unsure of RAM/HDD etc; -…

yeah...im about the worst ebay-searcher ever. I hate eBay's search. It has a wierd syntax

24.95+8.50 shipping Click to expand... Ew, not worth it. Let me dig up some cheaper drives.