At least temporarily. Acard has flash update programs for Mac OS 9 (maybe 8.6, too), but not for OS X. However, the program to update the SATA-SCSI devices is apparently Windows on…

Ok I just had a look at the SE/30 manual: http://www.macheaven.net/MH_Manuals/macintosh_se30.pdf If you look at page 66 you can see that to get to the last screw on the right you …

I opened up a bondi blue iMac about a year ago and found that there was a fan hidden deep inside of it, which surprised me. Click to expand... Did it say "boo!"

I opened up a bondi blue iMac about a year ago and found that there was a fan hidden deep inside of it, which surprised me.

Hmm. That means I'm going to need a SCSI card for my Windows box? Is that how the firmware update is done?

hi all-as you may have become aware, i recently got a new(ish) iMac g3. however, it gets HOT! i did some research and found out it's cooled via convection, which seems unhealthy. i…

Oh, I remember, I drew a nice design with four PLCC parts on the same side of the board and realized that they'd be too close together for convenient hand soldering. Two need to …

Nope, I actually had to keep it low or they got really loud. I looked at removing the big metal bracket thing, but there's one screw that I can't get to because it looks to be und…

I'm pretty sure you need to slide out the motherboard (disconnecting all cables), and just the metal bracket inside housing the floppy drive and hard disk to get to the speaker. D…

Datasheet for the M5M27C101JK is here: http://www.io.com/~trag/DataSheet I thought I had it on my archive drive. I have a last modified date of 2003 on it. I think we're cove…

If there are no shorts, or failing caps (partially shorted) the battery should last another lifetime of the machine

Are these machines you guys had plugged in or just sitting around in storage? Click to expand... My Mac II had been sitting in storage for years... even before I got it... I've…

I read 10 years on the battery manufacturers site, but I'm guessing it's closer to 5-6 from what I've seen on my other computers. Tempest Click to expand... 10 years is the sh…

Are these machines you guys had plugged in or just sitting around in storage?

That's one nice pice-o-Sparcs!

I got 10 years from a Mac G3 battery that died just a few months ago. It was the original battery which held the manufacture date of 1998.

As of August 2007, My Mac II's original soldered on batteries were still holding 3.6v. I haven't checked it recently, though.

I read 10 years on the battery manufacturers site, but I'm guessing it's closer to 5-6 from what I've seen on my other computers. Tempest

I can confirm with all my certainty that those answers are either surely correct or incorrect.

I have to send my tax forms in. I'm going to have a nice refund coming for some conquests. There's quite a few things that have been on my list for a while like a type 4 keyboard a…

Those are two wildly disparate answers... Can anyone else confirm either of the above posts is correct?

5 - 10 years.

The ARS-2000SUP has different firmware than the ARS-2000SU. I had a problem where my ARS-2000SU units would not auto boot on m68k Macs or on Amigas when they had the ARS-2000SUP fi…

Hm. I spoke too soon. I can't seem to get the SSD to auto mount or to be the boot disk. Any thoughts? Partitioning worked fine with Apple SC HD Setup (patched), and I could cop…

If you are just storing the machine, remove the battery. Batteries in machines that are used a decent amount (are plugged into main power) should last 4+ years.