So a while back, I received a bare Macintosh IIci motherboard. No RAM, and an old battery.
I replaced the old battery with a new one and put in x4 2 MB SIMMS.
When I turn the pow…
8-o 1.60$?!
I am hoping to do a freecycle Haul this weekend of Pre-G3 stuff and an iMac G3, by the guys description...
Awesome Conquest! I love the dimpled floppy drive of the L…
Today's haul: Macintosh LC 475, AppleCD 300e Plus, Apple Personal LaserWriter printer, a SCSI scanner, a Performa Plus CRT, and a bunch of cables. The LC and CD drive both work fin…
Um, did you clean the heads?
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I shouldn't have to clean the heads. If Goodwill had taken a few minutes to play a tape in the thing they probably would have s…
68kMLATroubleshootingby Mike RichardsonFri, 31 Jul 2009 - 09:45
Goodwill or any thrift store will have a hundered of them for 2 bucks each, turn around when your done and donate it back
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You need to be careful as they are …
68kMLATroubleshootingby Mike RichardsonFri, 31 Jul 2009 - 07:39
Hehe I know it's Nubus I'm not used to write Nubus, hehe
So you won't worry? A IIfx won't boot without good batteries?
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Most old world power sensing …
System 7.1 is a good idea. My Macintosh LC runs perfectly with it (not slow at all, especially if you have 10 MB of RAM)
BTW, just make a clean system reinstall the informal way. …
Could be the actual drive going out look up how to tweak the laser if you wanna try saving it (or you don't have an extra drive to swap in and test out).
Rebuild desktop? Sounds like the finder database is out of whack.
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Tried that. Fixed a few icons but that's about it.
Also tried 24 vs 32 bit addressing.
I …
68kMLAHardwareby Mike RichardsonThu, 30 Jul 2009 - 12:33
My Performa 400 has been mothballed for about a year, but I finally cleared some space today to set it back up.
The board was recapped before I put it away. It looks like one of t…
68kMLAHardwareby Mike RichardsonThu, 30 Jul 2009 - 10:56
Another poster has suggested a 9500 logic board as a replacement. Having recently tried this, blindly following a thread in these fora, I can report that transplanting a 9500 logic…
Hey thanks, Christopher. Using the OS' built-in burning feature was indeed my first suggestion in order to try to distinguish the issue between hardware and software, - and will be…
Another poster has suggested a 9500 logic board as a replacement. Having recently tried this, blindly following a thread in these fora, I can report that transplanting a 9500 logic…
Do you have to use Toast? It could just be having a software hiccup, try using the Finder's burning feature or Disk Utility. For shits and giggles, try repairing permissions. After…
He has another powerbook I do not think it is the 180c, but it looked identical so I assumed it was just a slower speed (I didn't inspect much further) no power adapter, but iirc y…
Greetings,
Wondering if anyone has experienced this, something similar, or any thoughts on the cause or a solution. At my wife's office, on an iMac G4, using Toast Titanium, the o…
He has another powerbook I do not think it is the 180c, but it looked identical so I assumed it was just a slower speed (I didn't inspect much further) no power adapter, but iirc y…