Just joined here after acquiring my IIci. My second mac, after a core duo macbook. Kinda fun to play around with. { "lightbox_close": "Close", "lightbox_next": "Next…

Doesn't it have clips on the under-side of the board? (All of the 5x00/6x00 machines I've had do).

No OS X? How can you stand it?! At LEAST upgrade to Panther!

A while back, I determined that the installation issues with my PM 5500/250 I had were due to dried CPU grease. I'm stuck on how to take out the heatsink and fan assembly though. A…

From personal experience, a Sonnet Tempo SATA card will boot just great to OS 9 or any version of OS X.

Trash don't do OS X Click to expand... You got dat right! :approve: I'll look into all the different SATA <-> whatever adapters and install one. It took over tw…

What's the best version of Word for Mac to run in Mac OS 10.4.11? I was going to poke around and see if I could find a used copy of Office 2003, but I want to make sure that's the …

Trash don't do OS X

If you're running at least Tiger, my experience is that almost any cheap-o USB 2.0 card for PCs will work just fine in a Mac. Virtually any FireWire 400 card will work fine.

What's the best version of Word for Mac to run in Mac OS 10.4.11? I was going to poke around and see if I could find a used copy of Office 2003, but I want to make sure that's the …

Thanks, Never, that is exactly the advice I was looking for. I do have Word 98 and it runs in classic mode on this Pismo, but I'm having odd trouble with key delay and repeating le…

Hi, I use a 20" G4 iMac and 12" G4 PowerBook both running Tiger's last update that you mention, 10.4.11, and running Office 2004 for Mac's Word, as well as Excel and PowerPoint. I …

It would only be piracy if you used the CD or DVDs to install the same software license on TWO machines at the same time. Click to expand... What if he installs Tiger on a Powe…

I dont know from a os-mac-ect perspective, but 2000, and 2003 are good office packages, 2007 is good too, if you get used to that (whatever they call it) interface and set all the …

What's the best version of Word for Mac to run in Mac OS 10.4.11? I was going to poke around and see if I could find a used copy of Office 2003, but I want to make sure that's the …

There's no USB2.0 support under OS 9. I'm not sure of the situation with SATA cards, but a little searching would probably turn up something. Try xlr8yourmac and the apple suppor…

. . . for a 466 DA runnin' 9.x and a Quicksilver 02 runnin 9.2.2? Any help would be greatly appreciated! TIA

i am considering buying a new battery and a 500mhz cpu for the pismo. 3 questions: 1) will i notice a considerable difference in speed between the 400mhz cpu and a 500mhz cpu (both…

I recently scored a ZIP drive for mine for $5! Click to expand... What is the deal with the price of Pismo ZIP drives? I've been looking off and on for one, but they seem to co…

i am considering buying a new battery and a 500mhz cpu for the pismo. 3 questions: 1) will i notice a considerable difference in speed between the 400mhz cpu and a 500mhz cpu (bot…

Um, thats a segmented cd image. I have a .dsk diskset of 7.6 and the 7.6.1 update, complete with disk tools disks. PMming

When I worked on ditabeardmemo's board, I made sure to check the battery out. It was reading about 3.67 to 3.68 Vdc. So his battery isn't the issue. I also reset the PRAM while …

Eh. Not like I'm gonna bother replaceing them... The only time i will do that is when I get a mac that needs them to startup. I'm cheap. $30 is the most I'd pay for an old mac.…

Hurrah! in time we will be crowned kings i tell ya! Remember folks the Winter Warm Up is just around the corner, take the tarps off those old systems and get them tuned up for th…

I have a Mac IIci with no ROM in the ROM slot, but it works fine. What's the ROM slot for? Does it provide any advantages? Click to expand... The advantages were only to Appl…