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Wanting to get into Apple II stuff — #1

I posted an AD on craigslist for an Apple II system. So far I have 2 responses. 1) A nice looking Apple II+ with 2 5.25 disk drives, and a monitor. The person said "make me an off…
68kMLA Hardware by wood_e Tue, 9 Dec 2008 - 14:43

How to disable LCD on Tibook — #6

you did not say you wanted it permanent. I just looked at my old post and saw that I did not say place the magnet "on the trackpad". That is how I have my working without a case,…
68kMLA Hardware by jhvaughan2 Wed, 3 Dec 2008 - 21:44

Jaguar Probs on Pismo! — #19

Go into System Preferences, click on Spotlight, then click on the Privacy tab and drag your hard drive to the list. It stop indexing forever with that hard drive. Also making Spotl…
68kMLA Hardware by Christopher Wed, 3 Dec 2008 - 15:33

Jaguar Probs on Pismo! — #18

Yep, same reason I use it. I much prefer pre-spotlight searches, too bad there's no way to get those back. Click to expand... I don't use Spotlight, it seems to give me too muc…
68kMLA Hardware by Dennis Nedry Wed, 3 Dec 2008 - 15:08

How to disable LCD on Tibook — #5

I figured this out! For anyone with this problem in the future: there is a magnetic reed switch between the hard drive and touch pad on a ribbon cable. I cut a sliver off a flat…
68kMLA Hardware by Brooklyn Wed, 3 Dec 2008 - 06:27

Jaguar Probs on Pismo! — #17

Problem solved. I just installed Panther on the system and it boots past the upset screen I saw when on Jaguar. Very odd behavior as the last time I used Jaguar was on my Pismo (di…
68kMLA Hardware by Redjack Wed, 3 Dec 2008 - 04:18

Jaguar Probs on Pismo! — #16

I only use spotlight to search for programs. thats all its good for.
68kMLA Hardware by Christopher Wed, 3 Dec 2008 - 03:08

Jaguar Probs on Pismo! — #15

Yep, same reason I use it. I much prefer pre-spotlight searches, too bad there's no way to get those back. Click to expand... I don't use Spotlight, it seems to give me too muc…
68kMLA Hardware by Sludgedragon Wed, 3 Dec 2008 - 02:57

Jaguar Probs on Pismo! — #14

I think you guys may be right about a dud disk (THANKS Apple... actually I got it as a promo so it was technically free). But with the RAM, I still need RAM chips, I know I need to…
68kMLA Hardware by Redjack Tue, 2 Dec 2008 - 22:57

Jaguar Probs on Pismo! — #13

Yep, same reason I use it. I much prefer pre-spotlight searches, too bad there's no way to get those back. I don't remember any real hit in performance after upgrading from 10.3 …
68kMLA Hardware by Dennis Nedry Tue, 2 Dec 2008 - 17:57

Jaguar Probs on Pismo! — #12

Sounds like a bad disc. Try Tiger. It runs fine on my Pismo. Click to expand... I use Tiger because it supports modern things. [] ]'>
68kMLA Hardware by Christopher Tue, 2 Dec 2008 - 17:43

Jaguar Probs on Pismo! — #10

This is absolutely weird! I think maybe it IS the RAM because I just tried installing Jaguar 10.2.4 on ANOTHER Pismo this time with less RAM (64 MB) and it still does the video thi…
68kMLA Hardware by Redjack Tue, 2 Dec 2008 - 07:58

Jaguar Probs on Pismo! — #8

Here's a question. Has the L2 cache died on the processor card? See if you can get a utility that allows you to test it. It may be that the Cache died. Also, when bootin, hold d…
68kMLA Hardware by coius Sun, 30 Nov 2008 - 22:45

Jaguar Probs on Pismo! — #7

Well... strange! Two questions: - Is your Jaguar CD fine? Have you tested it in another machine? - Would another version of Mac OS X boot? Panther or Tiger?
68kMLA Hardware by superpantoufle Sun, 30 Nov 2008 - 20:19

Jaguar Probs on Pismo! — #6

I've no idea the quality of the RAM but I removed the RAM chip and to my dismay it wouldn't even boot the Jaguar installer disc.... The HD is 10GB not that big, ever hear of this …
68kMLA Hardware by Redjack Sun, 30 Nov 2008 - 20:16

Jaguar Probs on Pismo! — #4

I remember Jaguar doing that to me with my iBook when it had insufficient ram. Are you sure the ram actually works?
68kMLA Hardware by Christopher Sun, 30 Nov 2008 - 15:45

Jaguar Probs on Pismo! — #3

Yea actually, 384 MB to be exact...any ideas on what's going on? Reason is I want to update to Jaguar so I can use a USB Wireless (have one lying around) thought it'd be neat, nif…
68kMLA Hardware by Redjack Sun, 30 Nov 2008 - 13:01

Jaguar Probs on Pismo! — #2

Thing is, years ago, Jaguar worked fine on my Pismo (before it got stolen) so I'm stumped...is this a hardware issue? Hard drive issue? Compatibility issue? Click to expand... …
68kMLA Hardware by superpantoufle Sun, 30 Nov 2008 - 10:04

Jaguar Probs on Pismo! — #1

These forums are so great for help so here's a dilly of a pickle: I have a Pismo that I just got and initialized the HD and zeroed all data. I have a retail copy of Jaguar which I…
68kMLA Hardware by Redjack Sun, 30 Nov 2008 - 06:39

power r Universal Video adapter — #2

It might. I don't know what the + designates but here's some specs for the regular model. Model 3202 Video Adapter For Macintosh computers with external monitors. The Power R Mod…
68kMLA Hardware by waynestewart Fri, 28 Nov 2008 - 17:44

power r Universal Video adapter — #1

I have a Power R video adapter that is for the Mac II and LC. I have a IIGS ROM 3 that is using an old color monitor IIe and was wondering if I can use this adapter to connect a VG…
68kMLA Hardware by armymp11b Fri, 28 Nov 2008 - 03:13

Pondering a 700mhz Headless eMac Conversion — #13

I used a "molex" power connector to power up mine, which was very simple to wire up - and you could use either an ATX or AT power supply for this. The MacOS rumours link on making…
68kMLA Hardware by Byrd Thu, 27 Nov 2008 - 20:59
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