Try downloading Sidetrack. You can set parameters for how much forgiveness it has for spurious trackpad signals.

Is there any place to get a slot loading bezel for a Lombard/Pismo expansion bay?

I have found that when this happens on my Lombard I can just put all four of my fingers on the track pad and rub the whole thing and it will stop jumping around. I have had this p…

The Rev A AlBook 15" models had the same problem due to pressure on certain sections of the LCD during shipping. I would hazard a guess that at some time the iMac had undue pressu…

Yeah. Crazy feds. But at least we've got a chance for some improvement coming up in the next couple months. On topic, what other systems marketed at regular consumers ever had thi…

I have disks that have Panther plus the 10.3.9 update. It will only install the update after I have installed Panther if I first copy the update to the HD and then open it from the…

Well, as a speculation, a temperature variation. In the Sharp Application Note on Mechanical Design Considerations for LCD Displays, "It is important to note that variations in te…

What would cause a bright spot about 2-3" across in the center of a G4 iMac LCD screen? The screen is still usable, just the center is brighter than the rest of the screen.

Multiprocessing on the PowerPC 7xx-series chips was difficult because, like the 603 they were based on, they lacked the proper cache coherency protocols and the like to support pro…

I've wanted one of those ever since I first saw them reviewed in MacAddict magazine so many years ago. If I had the opportunity to pick one of them up, I'd do it in a flash if the …

...I wonder though, whether the 1400 even has the Adapter Sense circuits mentioned. Click to expand... Excellent question. As I write this I have a PB1400 running and charging…

Got it, thanks. I wonder though, whether the 1400 even has the Adapter Sense circuits mentioned.

Note that refers to the Powerbook G4 15" and 17", which I believe take the newer, smaller (but similarly shaped) power connector. So it may not be relevant to a 1400. By "outer se…

Note that refers to the Powerbook G4 15" and 17", which I believe take the newer, smaller (but similarly shaped) power connector. So it may not be relevant to a 1400. By "outer s…

There is a somewhat obscure note on PowerBook power adapter sense circuits at http://developer.apple.com/qa/qa2001/qa1266.html which specifies clearly where the +24V and Gnd conne…

Thanks! great info.. i have the charger of my old stolen laptop. it is 24V, I must try the thing about using a 6.5mm plug

Ah, I see, RetroFloppy is the way to go! Thanks, David! Ben

I do not have any Apple equipment other than my iMac. I'm looking for hardware translation service for my old 5.25" floppies (formatted on Apple ][e). Cheers, Ben

REQUEST: Xfer data from old ][e-format 5.25" disks to modern files. Click to expand... Do you still have your Apple //e? If so, you could to connect it to your iMac via ADTPro…

Yesterday I installed the Airport extreme card in the iMac. I put it back together correctly and carefully. I booted it and nothing. It would make that spinning hard drive noise an…

Yeah 24 volt is right, just said 9 off the top of my head. I know a charger from a lombard will work though.

Howdy, 68kMLA-ers: REQUEST: Xfer data from old ][e-format 5.25" disks to modern files. BACKGROUND: Back in the day, my family cut its teeth on the digital age with a ][e. I used …

The chargers from the Powerbook Duo series will work also. They won't give you enough charge to both run the laptop and charge a flat battery at the same time, but you can do one …

The 'correct' charger is a Macintosh PowerBook 45W Power Adapter, M4896 (1996), 100-240VAC 1.2A in and 24VDC 1.87A out. The M3037 (1995) for a PB 5300 looks similar, and has a si…

I believe its 45 watts 9 volts but i am not completely sure, i know a charger from a lombard will work and i think a charger from a pismo will as well.