The wheel turns ever slow, and yet it doth turn... I'm typing this on the Lombard right now. It's got OS X 10.2.8, 512MB of RAM, the original 333 CPU and logic, a new 80GB 5400rp…

basically worthless Click to expand... [!] !]'> /me hugs Duo collection. No, don't cry my pretties, he didn't mean it

Impressions on speed and battery life. Speed: There are broadly comparable start-up times; the system, however, seems marginally slower in saving a file for some reason, but not …

I just love my iBook SE (366 Clamshell). however, the battery seems to be completly dead. The iBook was running OS X, so i installed Mac OS 9 to run the Battery Reset application…

Great! Love to hear your impressions on speed, battery life, etc

Following repeat problems, I replaced the ram chip, and now there is no trouble with Virtual Memory enabled or off. Ram must have been bad, though the particular component has give…

Driverguru, the "Nike" you're describing was a shipping product from not that long ago. It was an add-on to the iPod, not a custom MacOS portable device. And "Nike" wasn't a code…

On the other hand, what is it with beige motherboards dying? I replaced the one in mine twice over the years. Both times the symptoms were a non-booting OS X install, OS 9 bootin…

Thank, Frank. That should be easy to find. On the other hand, what is it with beige motherboards dying? I replaced the one in mine twice over the years. Both times the symptoms…

Oh, yeah...there seems to be a decent amount of interest in Apple prototype stuff but no "complete" database of information about these.

Where is in on the motherboard? Click to expand... If you're looking at the CPU ZIF socket, the Grackle is north a bit, between the ZIF and the drive connectors. In fact, the G…

Holy crap, I found it here: http://www.theapplemuseum.com/index.php?id=45'>http://www.theapplemuseum.com/index.php?id=45 Click to expand... That page is interesting but…

Where is in on the motherboard?

Yeah word. How do you identify which version of the Grackle IC you have? And Rev. F ROM? Never heard of that one. Click to expand... Rev. F? Must've been the "scientifically-pr…

Gefen Click to expand... Griffin? Click to expand... Nein. Gefen. Google it, and you may be much taken with some expensive but nifty gear. de

Gefen Click to expand... Griffin? with an 83MHz-rated Grackle and Rev. F ROM. So, it runs 416MHz on an 83MHz bus Click to expand... I wish I could find a beige wit…

Beige G3 DT and MT, both with Rev. C ROMs; 768MB of RAM; Sonnet G4/500MHz CPUs; AsantéFAST NICs; Rage Pro video cards; USB, FireWire or combo cards and 40-60GB of drive space in tw…

I wonder if anyone's tried mounting a G3 motherboard in an 8600/9600 case. Click to expand... I've considered it. I have a few spare beige motherboards and a dead 9500. The ot…

Mine: G3 MT 300 @ 500MHz now with a G4 768MB PC100 RAM 2 x 40GB Maxtor HD's Sonnett ATA/100 Card Rage Orion 32MB PCI Card Sonnett Tempo card w / firewire and USB LG 16x DVD,…

"The worst thing about the G3 towers is that Apple shortened the case (same layout as the 8600/9600) and removed those 2 bottom HD bays." I wonder if anyone's tried mounting a G3 …

You don't want to use swap file or virtual memory on flash cards on any operating system.

Virtual memory is, of course, on by default after an installation of OS8. On a hunch, I installed 8.5 again, booted with extensions off, opened the Memory Control Panel, turned vir…

Extensions Manager doesn't show all extensions or control panels. Try Symbionts if you can find it, or perhaps Conflict Catcher

I am trying to get 8.6 on it now, in the form of the "core" system only, so as not to waste time. I can repeat the experiment for a full install if it works. The way of doing this…

8.5 ... Any ideas? Click to expand... 8.6?