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Pulled from the scrap heap: Powerbook 3400c — #13

If the US government states you need to overwrite a HD with 1's for so many passes, there is a good reason for it. I would asume the head of the drives reads a few magnetic particl…
68kMLA Hardware by Unknown_K Thu, 28 Jan 2010 - 05:53

Pulled from the scrap heap: Powerbook 3400c — #12

If you wipe a drive with one pass of zeroes then all the data is gone for good, whether you have a clean room and electron microscope or not. Click to expand... Has anyone pro…
68kMLA Hardware by ~Coxy Thu, 28 Jan 2010 - 05:05

eMac not turning on — #3

It also sounds like you could have a bad down converter in it. Put the drive in another computer and see if it spins up. If the down converter is going bad, the drive could just b…
68kMLA Hardware by kissmyash933 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 - 19:01

asking for opinion: WGS 8150 vs. Radius 81/110 — #20

I think the WGS may have started with 100, but the one I have is the "speed bump" 110. There is a "technically" faster point with the Radius; the internal SCSI buss is faster than…
68kMLA Hardware by trag Wed, 27 Jan 2010 - 18:10

B&W G3! — #1

Just got the A OK to take the B&W G3 in the lab home! I am going to combine both of them to make a great server! WooHoo!
68kMLA Hardware by Mars478 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 - 16:49

Sawtooth in a B&W case — #4

If you want to make a trip down to Deptford I have a B&W board with a 400mhz chip you can have for free. I have a power supply too if you want it. Click to expand... So…
68kMLA Hardware by jruschme Wed, 27 Jan 2010 - 16:26

Pulled from the scrap heap: Powerbook 3400c — #11

I would have to concur. I KNOW I have that document you are referencing SOMEWHERE in my collection picked up along my career as a performance engineer. Hmm.... IF most drives tha…
68kMLA Hardware by ppuskari Wed, 27 Jan 2010 - 05:22

Pulled from the scrap heap: Powerbook 3400c — #10

If you wipe a drive with one pass of zeroes then all the data is gone for good, whether you have a clean room and electron microscope or not. Click to expand... Has anyone pro…
68kMLA Hardware by Mike Richardson Wed, 27 Jan 2010 - 04:56

Pulled from the scrap heap: Powerbook 3400c — #9

If you wipe a drive with one pass of zeroes then all the data is gone for good, whether you have a clean room and electron microscope or not. The common misconception comes from a…
68kMLA Hardware by ~Coxy Wed, 27 Jan 2010 - 03:28

Braille processor made from Apple II — #9

back to the OP, no its not an apple 2 if you havent worked that out yet, but rather a output device stylized in a similar fashion, it just happens to resemble an apple ][, but it r…
68kMLA Peripherals by Osgeld Tue, 26 Jan 2010 - 23:52

Braille processor made from Apple II — #8

Ahem. That ain't an Apple 2. It's clearly metal. And if you read the listing: This item powers up and makes sounds when selected buttons are pressed. I have no interface boa…
68kMLA Peripherals by Mars478 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 - 18:23

asking for opinion: WGS 8150 vs. Radius 81/110 — #19

I think the WGS may have started with 100, but the one I have is the "speed bump" 110. There is a "technically" faster point with the Radius; the internal SCSI buss is faster than…
68kMLA Hardware by rbbrchckn Tue, 26 Jan 2010 - 18:22

Braille processor made from Apple II — #4

yea that's a project box for electronics, nothing apple related its too small, its the wrong shape (i know I sat infront of an apple II forever) the wrong accent moldings, the lid…
68kMLA Peripherals by Osgeld Tue, 26 Jan 2010 - 14:24

Pulled from the scrap heap: Powerbook 3400c — #8

those early Macs use drives that are specific to Macs and you can't use non-Mac drives in them. Yanking the hard drive and scrapping it renders the whole machine useless. Click …
68kMLA Hardware by Bunsen Tue, 26 Jan 2010 - 11:08

Braille processor made from Apple II — #3

I'm not remotely convinced that is made from an Apple II. That's a fairly common project case shape, and judging by the size of the buttons and the IEC power lead in the photo, it…
68kMLA Peripherals by Bunsen Tue, 26 Jan 2010 - 06:05

Need some help with a Kanga — #14

Goodness!!!!! Does that key hack work on the Quadra 950????? Mine takes forever and a day to start up since it's got the full 256 megs of ram installed. I wish I bought more ram…
68kMLA Hardware by ppuskari Tue, 26 Jan 2010 - 05:52

Offering of my services to the 68kmla community — #17

Any chance you work on IIFX motherboards that the idiot previous owners left to battery decay? I know there is at least one pad gone there and who knows what else. but the boards …
68kMLA Hardware by ppuskari Tue, 26 Jan 2010 - 05:49
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