Unfortunately not all programmers have copyright over their own code in the first place. If they're developing to hire, their employer may own the rights, and if the employer fold…

Does anybody know how to set the processor clock on one of these? I have enough spare parts that I'd like to try upgrading the processor to a faster chip, like a 180 or 200MHz mode…

Unfortunately not all programmers have copyright over their own code in the first place. If they're developing to hire, their employer may own the rights, and if the employer fold…

http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/why-free.html

In spite of what I said above, I do think that if a programmer ceases support of a product they should either make an unprotected full version available for distribution or else co…

Yeah! Quit yer whinin' and get codin' Click to expand... The last time I did that, a computer howled in pain. And that was just six lines of code.

I have noticed very little "free" software for my newtons, most of it is shareware. Click to expand... How much software have you written and distributed for free? Click to …

This is a subject that has been picking at me for some time. I have noticed very little "free" software for my newtons, most of it is shareware. What is worse is the limitations th…

I have noticed very little "free" software for my newtons, most of it is shareware. Click to expand... How much software have you written and distributed for free?

They walk a very fine line in the current state as well. They need to prevent piracy and create funds to continue such niche software. But the moment they go under or are not utili…

Personally you can either track down the original developer through the internet and get the software registered, or just pirate it. I don't think developers are greedy pigs, if t…

You mean iSerial doesn't help?

That isn't a problem limited to the Newton. The Amiga shares it. MS-DOS shares it. In a sense, I would argue that our sense of entitlement is a form of greed. Though, on the wh…

Anyone have any thoughts or suggestions? Click to expand... ... and so began the quest of Richard Stahlman for free software. I doubt if many of those newton developers still …

This is a subject that has been picking at me for some time. I have noticed very little "free" software for my newtons, most of it is shareware. What is worse is the limitations th…

Well you're not going to believe this, but it seems to have come back to life again. I just sat down with it and tried various arrangements of CPU, motherboard and RAM. Eventually …

Yeah...the thing is, the other motherboard doesn't even chime. The motherboard thats in it now chimes, and comes up with an image, like I said, it just doesn't boot. (either it han…

Wait.... You tried switching RAM, CPU, and motherboard, running on an external monitor, yet it still fails? That strikes me as it MUST be something in the power supply. The only…

Sadly the tray loader pre-dates any sort of Apple Hardware Test CDs...IIRC they came in with the Summer 2000 imacs. I've noticed that in the months before it died, its been tak…

Have you run it through an apple diagnostics disk to have it check everything? I know it sounds weird, but a looping ASD has found many a tricky thing for myself. Also, even with …

Well last week I powered up my iMac to discover it had gone deadskies. It'd boot to the Apple logo (Jag 10.2. 8) , and then freeze, and display static. (like a bad digital TV pi…

I've just ordered a Panasonic UJ-841 DVD-RW for the Lombard. $AU55 inc shipping from the UK and with warranty

The original iBooks (and the later ones, to a lesser degree) were quite difficult to extract the hard drive from and leave the machine looking as it did before it went into surgery…

Update: Just did the RAM/HD swap in the iBook and installed OS 9 no problem. And then discovered all my OS X CDs are pooched. Ordering some new ones. Note to Apple: getting to …

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