What socket is it? /eta/ I decided to follow my own advice : It's Socket M Swapping a Core Solo CPU

I'd love to add a 512MB DIMM for it but the cost is a bit prohibitive. Click to expand... Check out macsales.com. Their prices are usually pretty good. I went there after sco…

I wonder if I still have that. Click to expand... While searching for it, please also remember to keep an eye out for your MacDraw schematics.

I'm geting a indgo Ibook this week,Upgrade Plans 512ram 80Gb Hdd or 120GB hdd (I am geting the faster one) Air port Rebuilt batt, Might get a dvd-r burner (Upgrade from 3rd pa…

Just to make things interesting, Apple has a bunch of different floppy drives with different software interfaces which all plug into the floppy port / IWM / SWIM / IBM chips. There…

Did you know you can upgrade the CPU to a full Core Duo if you wish? Click to expand... 8-o News to me! Click to expand... Yep, you should even be able to go up to a Co…

What I would do is tell OS X that you would like to reinstall windows and when you boot from the disk and get to the set up part tell linux to install to the X partition but thats …

I'm geting a indgo Ibook this week, Upgrade Plans 512ram 80Gb Hdd or 120GB hdd (I am geting the faster one) Air port Rebuilt batt, Might get a dvd-r burner (Upgrade from 3rd …

Well about the time I pulled out the soldering iron I realized something. If I want to understand how the drive works it would be much better to spy on it while the Mac is using it…

I did some research and found that the SWIM and pretty close to the IWM. I took a look at the Linux Mac floppy driver code and apparently a command is sent to the drive it switch i…

I like IIcis so much that when I had the chance a couple years ago, I grabbed four of them. They had all been clustered together as some sort of server; I forget the specifics, but…

Did you know you can upgrade the CPU to a full Core Duo if you wish? Click to expand... 8-o News to me!

It probably isn't too difficult. You'll want to follow this guide, or one like it. http://blog.costan.us/2009/03/ubuntu-810-or-904-on-mac-mini.html It explains how to install an …

Did you know you can upgrade the CPU to a full Core Duo if you wish?

The PDS slot for the IIci and the LC PDS slot are two completely different interfaces, unfortunately. The Presto was also only made for the LC series.

I have a Presto 040 that came with an LC computer I bought. Were there two physically different cards for the LC and II series Macs? Or was it just one card, but had an adapter f…

I haven't tried installing any Linux on any Intel-based Mac just yet, but from what I've heard Ubuntu does use elilo as the boot loader on the Intel Macs. The only issues I've hea…

I've had a core solo Mini sitting around for a while, it's split between OS X & XP. I'd like to erase the OS X part and put Ubuntu on it instead. Is this possible? I've Goo…

I am trying to bring a Performa 200/M4150/Macintosh classic ii back to life. { "lightbox_close": "Close", "lightbox_next": "Next", "lightbox_previous": "Previous", …

I'd give them a call, that website looks as dodgy as hell (the "about us" doesn't even work). Unless you can confirm the place actually exists and has items in stock, beware. JB

Looks like they don't overcharge for shipping either. I'm getting a $7.50 shipping quote by mail to Australia for a Lombard DC/Sound board. Nice find!

If anyone has a link to a document chronicling the secret recipe for speaking to an HD-20 it might be an apropos time to trot it out. Click to expand... We've been begging for…

It is surely going to be as safe as any online store, and it's likely safer than going the eBay route, but as it's only a hard drive cable, how much do you stand to lose?

Anders, That's a very generous offer - and I may very well take you up on it. I'll see about buying the caps off Trag first though. It's be nice to get my SE/30's going again - e…

Dude you just hit it out of the freaking park. That is the most concise explanation of the 400/800KB drive I have read. Even the biography is an excellent source of information. …