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Installing RAM in a 8500 — #8

Whoops, you're right; I meant an 8600. I get that and the 9500/9600 confused a lot. Even then, the 8600's logic board is a slightly different shape, and some of the connectors go a…
68kMLA Hardware by noidentity Mon, 8 Feb 2010 - 20:54

Installing RAM in a 8500 — #7

I happened to pick up a 9500 at a garage sale a while back, and find its design refreshingly easy to deal with. You just pop open the side panel, and you have access to the full mo…
68kMLA Hardware by trag Mon, 8 Feb 2010 - 20:38

upgrading Apple Colour Classic — #17

... My Macintosh TV logic board will drive the Color Classic at 648x480, without any special extensions, software or hardware hacks with any supported OS. Click to expand... No…
68kMLA Hardware by beachycove Mon, 8 Feb 2010 - 20:20

upgrading Apple Colour Classic — #16

Personally, if it were me doing it, I'd just remove the Colour Classic analog board and use one from an LC575 Click to expand... How hard is that to do, though? Click to exp…
68kMLA Hardware by Mac128 Mon, 8 Feb 2010 - 20:02

Need some help with a Kanga — #15

I am looking for a PRAM battery for my 3400c, where did you find those $12 batteries? I really could use a link to it. Mind you, I am in the USA, so it would have to be either c…
68kMLA Hardware by MattB Mon, 8 Feb 2010 - 18:26

A couple of Nubus cards — #3

I think the 10/100 cards are full duplex (send and recieve at the same time), so in server use they will be much faster then the old 10mb ones.
68kMLA Hardware by Unknown_K Mon, 8 Feb 2010 - 18:15

Installing RAM in a 8500 — #6

I am not usually one to preach about static, but it is winter time for most of us, and that stuff does fly around the air and seconded on you could hook back up the board before p…
68kMLA Hardware by Osgeld Mon, 8 Feb 2010 - 16:47

Installing RAM in a 8500 — #5

Yes, plan on RAM replacement being a 2+-hour affair. Some additions to the notes: - Use a grounded wrist strap, or try to keep one hand on something grounded, like the power suppl…
68kMLA Hardware by noidentity Mon, 8 Feb 2010 - 16:40

upgrading Apple Colour Classic — #15

Personally, if it were me doing it, I'd just remove the Colour Classic analog board and use one from an LC575 - chances are you're probably stripping an LC575 for its logic board a…
68kMLA Hardware by ChristTrekker Mon, 8 Feb 2010 - 15:47

Installing RAM in a 8500 — #4

And I vote once more from my own personal experience with this stupid case design that the 8500 gets a Road Apple award for user friendliness! Make sure you make your ram selectio…
68kMLA Hardware by ppuskari Mon, 8 Feb 2010 - 15:03

A couple of Nubus cards — #2

You'll love that Asante 10/100 card. I got extremely lucky about 5 years ago on ebay and bought like 10 of them for about a dollar a piece plus 25 shipping. I've got one in nearl…
68kMLA Hardware by ppuskari Mon, 8 Feb 2010 - 14:39

Assembling the Fastest OS 9 Machine — #26

The fastest OS 9 booting machines were the dual 1.25GHz 2002 FW400 MDD, or the "reissue" 2003 FW400 single 1.25GHz MDD Click to expand... What are the exact differences between t…
68kMLA Hardware by avw Mon, 8 Feb 2010 - 08:34

Installing RAM in a 8500 — #3

As Osgeld said, you have to remove the motherboard. From memory, the procedure to remove the motherboard goes something like this: - Shut down, unplug and open the machine - Remo…
68kMLA Hardware by LCGuy Mon, 8 Feb 2010 - 06:34

upgrading Apple Colour Classic — #14

I doubt it - to my understanding, no matter what you do with the sense pins or whatever, in stock form the analog board is only capable of running at 512x384. Click to expand...…
68kMLA Hardware by Mac128 Mon, 8 Feb 2010 - 00:05

Installing RAM in a 8500 — #2

you have to take the mobo out, its behind the power supply if i remember correctly so unplug and remove everything from the board, on the back side there will be some plastic latt…
68kMLA Hardware by Osgeld Sun, 7 Feb 2010 - 22:23

iPod 3G 40GB — #3

And I thought I was the king of the tip finds! Well scored there
68kMLA Hardware by Bunsen Sun, 7 Feb 2010 - 16:15

upgrading Apple Colour Classic — #13

I found a hint about changing the CC to VGA resolution with an unmodified analogue board. The result seems not to be fully satisfying, as of a black border around the used display…
68kMLA Hardware by register Sun, 7 Feb 2010 - 14:08

upgrading Apple Colour Classic — #12

I doubt it - to my understanding, no matter what you do with the sense pins or whatever, in stock form the analog board is only capable of running at 512x384. Personally, if it we…
68kMLA Hardware by LCGuy Sun, 7 Feb 2010 - 12:37

iPod 3G 40GB — #2

You found it in a SKIP? :O Great score, especially for free...while I prefer the 4G myself, for a long time a lot of people said that the 3G was the best iPod they ever made. As…
68kMLA Hardware by LCGuy Sun, 7 Feb 2010 - 12:33

upgrading Apple Colour Classic — #11

… The hardware mod is to drive the Color Classic's analog board and CRT at 640x480 … Click to expand... Recently I read about a hardware 640 x 480 hack without the need to cha…
68kMLA Hardware by register Sun, 7 Feb 2010 - 10:26

Performa 575 motherboard in a Color Classic? — #19

Funny thing... I found this thread while googling Color Classics and as I started reading in my head I kept saying "Just make it a CC II!"... Then about halfway through, it was su…
68kMLA Hardware by hotchalupa Sun, 7 Feb 2010 - 00:22

upgrading Apple Colour Classic — #9

thanks for the info i was going to 640x480 dose any one have a backup of http://www.stuartbell.dsl.pipex.com/PowerCC thanks
68kMLA Hardware by galaga Sun, 7 Feb 2010 - 00:17

G4 AGP Graphics — #4

The G4 tower has just been turned on after being cleaned up and allowed to dry out (necessary as the cleaning included a hosing of the power supply, which surely emitted enough ni…
68kMLA Hardware by beachycove Sat, 6 Feb 2010 - 22:44

upgrading Apple Colour Classic — #8

Be aware that with a 575 board, you will have to perform either a software mod or a hardware mod. The software mod is to fool the 575 board into operating at the Color Classic's 5…
68kMLA Hardware by Bunsen Sat, 6 Feb 2010 - 12:09
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