I found a 3300pf, 2kv capacitor at a component shop near my house. I soldered it on and it looks great. Only 1/4" black border now. Here's a screen shot, and I'll upload a pictu…

well most of my movies are just burned dvd's so it wont not need the decoder, and i think its on the dvd drive, if im not mistaken, I have herd of put squares of a disk under the …

I had a lot of difficulty trying to install NetBSD on my 7300 with OF 1.0.5. I'd get it to boot the kernel and then the machine would reboot. It would do it so fast I couldn't see …

I love red PCB's. Click to expand... I love 'em too! I've got a beautiful red Half-Length Radius NuBus VidCard in my MinimalistDuo230/PB100TestbedDock™.

EvilTim's other projects. Click to expand... IIRC he also converted a monochrome CRT to greyscale by feeding the intensity level into where the brightness knob used to be. Cli…

I don't plan to get rid of it anytime soon

They're hard to get rid of anyways.... I've never named any of my computers and I've still got 26 of them laying around here.

Ok, does any one know about this "black screen" problem? or could it just be the sofware? I do know on the g4 Ibooks this problem was dew to the gpu,also how hard is it to open the…

Just a little tidbit I thought I'd add; be careful naming your machines. Its kind of like naming a pet, in that once you name it you love the thing to pieces and its much harder to…

Sorry, I didn't mean to make it sound like other Macs or Mac clones couldn't accomplish this feat; As ClassicHasClass mentioned, you can indeed bootstrap OF from a floppy, But I pr…

Ok, does any one know about this "black screen" problem? or could it just be the sofware? I do know on the g4 Ibooks this problem was dew to the gpu, also how hard is it to open t…

The innards of that MacPro are gorgeous! I love red PCB's.

If you want newer versions of software (like Safari 4) then you'll need to run 10.4 on it. I don't know about the 466MHz models (they may actually be just fine) Click to expand…

About 10 years ago someone was selling an LC prototype case. It had two floppy drive slots. An LC with two floppies. Click to expand... All original LCs have two floppy drive…

Yea ok I think I may upgrade the hard drive as-well as the ram and if it does not have an air port card I will get one and install it, Does 10.3 have annoying dash bored? I just ne…

The best version of OSX for the clamshell is 10.3.9 for speed and overall usability. If you want newer versions of software (like Safari 4) then you'll need to run 10.4 on it. I …

Go figure. I'd have more success eating cashews through a straw than attempting that, especially considering I have very few resources to throw at it. I'll have to think about thi…

Anyone know if this capacitor will work to fix my barreled video problem? It currently has about a 2" black border, I wanted to stretch it out more. Looks a little weird. http:/…

I do not have it yet, and she does not know, I am geting it on the weekend after i fix her mac book and upgrade it, as she mac book is on 10.4 and she wants 10.6 so I am offering i…

What colour? That will tell you the specs. My blueberryBook has 576MB of RAM and runs 9.2.2 verrrrrry well.

Monitor repair FAQ - has lots of info

My 7300 also boots NetBSD "native" with no MacOS installed. The only trick was figuring out the OpenFirmware string for its Tempo Trio drive, and it was too long to fit into NVRAM,…

I was curious if anyone had electrically modified the power and CRT circuitry to take signals from another source. Like... if I were to install a TV tuner in the base, could I rig …

(or see if anyone on here has a rom flasher and is willing to make some for you) Click to expand... I have a rom burner, but no blank proms or originals

Well gots me the 350MHZ Zif and will see if it works. I'll call it turkey if it works. Because I worked fixed it around Thanksgiving. I gotta start naming my machines.