Actually, I got the keyboard working! (The contacts were a little dirty) Thanks for your help!

I don't even know if this would be, but hear me out: The newton handwriting recognition lives on in Mac OS X as inkwell. It only shows up when you plug in a graphics tablet. There…

Everyone I have asked says that they either don't have the original install CD or that it came with OS 9. All the copies of 8.6 floating around the net are March 1999 retail copie…

Just making sure, is the MachSpeed Control a cache enabler?

Slot A Pentium? /head explodes.

Agreed on keeping the original heatsink. However I did run into overheating issues on my Beige, so an additional fan could be useful. I got one of those small, about an inch tall o…

Drivers: It depends on the manufacturer. Apple OEM and most Sonnet ZIFs don't need drivers at all, they're totally plug-and-play. The only drivers one might need is the AltiVec cod…

the pentium Heatsink will be a bit hard, since the size of the heatsink is a bit awkward for the Zif Socket. I believe the original Heatsink will be fine. It was when I had my blu…

none. Unless it's a blue and white, and then you will need to download a firmware update: XLR8's G4 updater for the Blue and white

What type of drivers do they need? Can I use a Pentium heatsink with the ZIF?

I don't think the Lisa ever had enough focus to connect it back to the II line. The Mac, though, got an IIe-on-a-card functionality added later. Click to expand... Specificall…

I don't think the Lisa ever had enough focus to connect it back to the II line. The Mac, though, got an IIe-on-a-card functionality added later.

Did Apple ever create an emulator to allow the Lisa to run Apple II software, or had they already written off the II line by the time the Mac came along?

Thank you, almeath!

I've asked a bunch of people selling sawtooth G4s on eBay whether they're willing to sell me their original restore CD. Although it seems that most G4s ended up shipping with MacOS…

It doesn't work with the ROM from 9.0 I tried it.

Joo think it would work with the ROM from OS 9.0 Sawtooth CD?

Thanks for all the responses. [] ]'> The ROM on my B&W G3 CD is 1.4, and on the 'retail' CD it is 1.6. Unfortunately neither one will boot my G4. When running th…

I tihnk the ROM would do the trick here, hm? so generic OS8.6 install + 2.5.1 ROM would boot the sawtooth?

Got the 2.5.1 ROM? I searched hi and lo for it

According to Mactracker, the sawtooth did come with 8.6 originally, but later came with Mac OS 9.0. It also says it needs Mac OS ROM 2.5.1. I would love a sawtooth running 8.6 It …

Is there any way to get 8.6 running on the G4 using these CDs or am I basically screwed without the original? Click to expand... AFAIK, that's a version unique to the sawtooths…

Hm? My Sawtooth came with 9.02 (which crashes left, right and centre, BTW).

I recently purchased a first generation "Sawtooth" G4 - 400mhz model with AGP graphics. It was refurbished and came with MacOS 10.3 pre-installed, but the original MacOS 8.6 instal…

If you have another mac with firewire, you can also try booting it into target disk mode and running disk utility on the other mac. One thing to try if you get a boot-able OSX ins…