Most old laptops were built to fall apart, Click to expand... But modern laptops are designed to have hardware failure after a couple of years. xx( Yes, it is from eBay. Hav…

Is the Thinkpad A20m a recent ebay purchase? I have been going nuts collecting old P1 and 486 Thinkpads lately (blame Cory5412 for getting me started). Most old laptops were buil…

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Anyway, yesterday I call my Grandpa (who had noticed that one of his friends had a couple old Apple ][gs, and I ended up getting one a while back), and tell him that I've gotten ar…

OK So both IIcis now chime. I forgot my Mac-VGA Adapter in NYC, but I will be testing the one with the radius card at NYC and report back with the results. The power supply on the …

OK So both IIcis now chime. I forgot my Mac-VGA Adapter in NYC, but I will be testing the one with the radius card at NYC and report back with the results. The power supply on the …

cseals3, I looked up the error code "0000000F" "00000002" in my copy of Macworld Mac Secrets, 5th Edition by David Pogue and Joseph Schorr. Staying focused on the "00000002" code…

So I have my 840av working.... it's running off've a 2gig external hard drive. I recorded some video and saved the file which then has to be converted, but when I try to save the …

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WE HAVE A CHIME!!!! I put in 4 sticks of Mitsubishsi RAM Starting with one near the HD.!!!

Sorry for another post, but I can't edit my last one. It turns out it was a loose RAM card, as it started happening every boot, and it was eight chords, so I popped it open, resea…

Alright, the operation is over, and a success!! Everything is working fine, the machine is running great, booted right up off the 1gb HD to System 7.6.1, but it seems to be a littl…

What about replacing with aluminum surface mount caps? Wouldn't an original 1-1 part be better than a substitute? --Rob Click to expand... They may work for a short time, but…

Oh in groups of 4?I was doing in groups of 2 will update with results Click to expand... Yep, that's the key. The reason why your Macintosh IIci's gave off a death chime is bec…

I remember reading Leopard would be capable on a B&W with a G4 upgrade. Do you think you could get Leopard on an AIO with a G4 upgrade? Just sayin'. Click to expand... …

I've always wanted a really nice first generation iPod. It seems like most of them would have been thrown away by now, because new iPods are so cheap compared to the first one.

So I was poking around craigslist yesterday, when I came across "First Gen iPod - $20." Interested, I clicked to find what appeared indeed to be a 1G iPod! E-mailed the girl, and w…

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I presume you'd be all over it, to do a CC mod with a mini Click to expand... Absolutely }

IIRC the LCIII tops out at 768k...you can put a 512k stick in, but from memory it will still only be recognised as a 256k stick.

One would think, but the tantalum capacitors are in fact electrolytic capacitors, like their can brethren the exhibit the same properties but are made with much more modern techniq…

What about replacing with aluminum surface mount caps? Wouldn't an original 1-1 part be better than a substitute? --Rob

Oh in groups of 4? I was doing in groups of 2 will update with results

The 400 MHZ G3 I bought on eBay has 1m cache but going to G4 like you said will be faster. Yes but xpostfacto runs into problems if you zap the pram or reet the nvram... Or if th…

I'm going to put Mac os 9.2.2 and then 10.2.8. I really don't want to use xpostfacto, too much of a pain. I'll be happy with the G4 and 10.2.8. with the G4 it should be a little …