I don't have access to an external HDD.. (well I do, but its over 128GB..) Click to expand... That wont matter if it is an external HDD - If it is a firewire HDD then it could …

Thanks, I was thinking the HDD. The machine acts virtually normal when booted off the 9.2.1 CD. I don't have access to an external HDD.. (well I do, but its over 128GB..) so I don'…

The machine has the basic 64MB RAM, which would be the chip soldered. Nothing has been added. Would buying a RAM stick help? Click to expand... Adding more RAM at this point is…

Well im not sure what the problem is, I think you should throw it in the garbage tonight.

Thanks for helping me with this, I'd like to get to the bottom. I've reinstalled the OS (9.2) several times, with no avail. Last time I completely reformatted it and preformed a c…

After a complete reformat and reinstall of OS 9.2.2, it still won't launch Stuffit Expander (type 3 error.. save work & restart) and it won't let me open some system files …

Anyone still have any ideas why this Mac won't open applications? After a complete reformat and reinstall of OS 9.2.2, it still won't launch Stuffit Expander (type 3 error.. save w…

My keyboard works fine the only problem is that it is stiffer than hickory wood! { "lightbox_close": "Close", "lightbox_next": "Next", "lightbox_previous": "Previo…

I used a 300 Mhz Power Mac G3 to calculate Pi to 1 million digits, and IIRC, that took less than 3 hours. I should get that program and put it on the 8100.

I wonder if calculating pi to some long number of digits would use up a lot of RAM... Click to expand... Not unless you want it to. Just for the **** of it, when I first got my…

This happened to me with a Duo 280c that I placed a Revision F keyboard in. The keyboard worked fine in a 2300c, but not in that 280c. So I went back to the original 280c keyboard,…

All of my Duos have suffered from keyboard issues... though mostly a slow death rather than everything going at once. So I'd guess it's more likely a connection problem as H3NRY su…

Could be oxidation on the ribbon cable where it connects to the mobo. Unlatch the connector and wiggle the cable, then latch it again. Good luck. Yeh, the Duos are heavy as iBooks,…

The symptoms started after I added the RAM, which was about 2 weeks ago.

I think that some of the RAM might be bad, because the 8100 is now unstable. Click to expand... An X100 machine that old, there's a good chance that the heat sink grease is wor…

I did a handful recently, and uploaded them to the wiki. They look very nice at larger sizes. At 32px, I think I prefer the isometric view of the Icon Factory icons. YMMV. I'm …

Hehe I was waiting for someone to see the CD-ROM and go "wtf" Indeed it is by my own hand. On a poor resolution iPhone camera it looks like a decent job, however up close you can …

I have to agree with the consensus that the CD-ROM equipped IIsi is a hack. But one well-executed hack, at least from the outside. When I get my IIsi out of storage, I may have t…

That is weird. None of the Mac fan sites that I can find makes any mention of a IIsi coming with an internal CD ROM or of any upgrades from Apple or third parties to allow that. Yo…

Yep, that machine most certainly does have an internal CD-ROM...likewise I'd be really interested to see a pic of the guts of the machine.

Is it just me or does that IIsi have an internal CD-ROM? If so, how exactly did you go about putting that in?

Yeah, for the time they were tiny. By today's standards, not so much.

So, I finally took the 280c out of storage where it's been since renovating the home office. Unfortunately, it seems to have developed some kind of keyboard problem in the interim.…

I think that some of the RAM might be bad, because the 8100 is now unstable. I'm getting random Finder quits, hangs, and even a System bomb on startup (you know, the fun kind, wher…

I wouldn't mind doing that, but no this came from some dumpster diving.