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SUCCESS! Mac M0001 on the internet! — #4

And, just to top off the ironic-meter: the Linux box? It's a quad-socket, dual-core-per-socket, Itanium system, with 16 GB of RAM. This monstrosity has the same L1 cache as the M…
68kMLA Software by johnklos Mon, 15 Feb 2010 - 19:00

SUCCESS! Mac M0001 on the internet! — #2

Wow. Just wow. Congrats, man! If I may be so bold as to ask, how did you do this, electrically speaking, and was any special configuration required on the linux end to make it ac…
68kMLA Software by MidnightCommando Mon, 15 Feb 2010 - 11:47

Installing OS 9 on Clamshell iBook — #6

When I installed Tiger I unticked that box because I thought 'I won't need Classic", hence my problem. I think that's why I'm going to have to reinstall everything before I can up…
68kMLA Software by Hugh Mon, 15 Feb 2010 - 08:26

SUCCESS! Mac M0001 on the internet! — #1

Alright. The definition may be stretching it, but I just successfully got my M0001 to browse to the 68kmla! Then I discovered that the 128's keyboard, with it's missing arrow key…
68kMLA Software by Anonymous Freak Mon, 15 Feb 2010 - 07:29

Screen Adjust on a Mac Classic? — #23

Oh, okay. What I meant by "touching" was what to hold while rotating the yoke. Because he was asking what was "safe" to handle. If this is not the best thing to do. Thanks for warn…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by PowerPup Mon, 15 Feb 2010 - 05:54

Screen Adjust on a Mac Classic? — #22

BTW, the yoke doesn't carry high voltage, so it's safe to touch the coils if you have to to break it loose. Or since you know you're going to rotate it anyway, loosen the clamp and…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by tomlee59 Mon, 15 Feb 2010 - 05:51

Screen Adjust on a Mac Classic? — #21

The parts you want to touch are marked in red, they are white and made of plastic. Click to expand... No, no, no. Those are the very last things to play with. What Scott, I an…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by tomlee59 Mon, 15 Feb 2010 - 05:49

Installing OS 9 on Clamshell iBook — #5

Is there a certain reason you want Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X to be on separate partitions? Installing Mac OS 9 on the same partition would be the easiest way. Sounds like you shouldn'…
68kMLA Software by PowerPup Mon, 15 Feb 2010 - 05:30

Screen Adjust on a Mac Classic? — #20

(Edited for being a bad idea. ) Just follow Scott Baret's guide and you should be fine. (His steps describe exactly what I did. 8-o )
68kMLA Troubleshooting by PowerPup Mon, 15 Feb 2010 - 04:59

moving a file down to the bottom of a list of files... — #3

I use option-8, the "bullet" and it works great for what you're doing. Has anybody got the ASCII special character sort list handy to post? :?: Click to expand... Option + 8 …
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Dennis Nedry Mon, 15 Feb 2010 - 01:01

Good 640 X 480 LCD to use on IIci — #3

If you'd consider getting a newer LCD and using a Mac -> VGA adapter, a display with 1280x960 native resolution will produce a superb, unbelievably sharp image when set to 6…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Dennis Nedry Sun, 14 Feb 2010 - 23:48

PowerBook 5300c reborn — #3

You should be able to use that ORiNOCO card with OS 8.1, you just need version 6.3 of the ORiNOCO software, which you can get here.
68kMLA Software by LCGuy Sun, 14 Feb 2010 - 23:12

Installing OS 9 on Clamshell iBook — #4

Well systemrescue has always worked better than iPartition for me. I have a feeling that you will have to wipe the drive, though installing OS9 from another computer could work!
68kMLA Software by bhylak Sun, 14 Feb 2010 - 20:24

PowerBook 5300c reborn — #2

Congrats! The 5300c screens I once had were not quite as sturdy as the cs's, but that may just have been my bad luck. They are nice little machines and I agree, 8.1 is a good OS fo…
68kMLA Software by J English Smith Sun, 14 Feb 2010 - 20:22

Screen Adjust on a Mac Classic? — #19

The basic rule for working on hot electronics is keep one hand "in your pocket", meaning don't have both hands touching the machine. That way if you touch high voltage, you may get…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by H3NRY Sun, 14 Feb 2010 - 19:30

Screen Adjust on a Mac Classic? — #18

The manual says to twist the plastic ring, and not to grab the copper wires. Is this correct? Click to expand... What do you suppose usually flows through copper wiring?
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Dog Cow Sun, 14 Feb 2010 - 18:31

Installing OS 9 on Clamshell iBook — #3

Thanks, downloading SystemRescueCD PPC now in hopes, but I already have iPartition which has probably achieved all I can do in that direction. My partitionng is already done, it's…
68kMLA Software by Hugh Sun, 14 Feb 2010 - 18:22

Screen Adjust on a Mac Classic? — #17

Some people have asked what I'm talking about so I'll try and clarify. The picture on the screen appears to be slightly tilted. By this I mean the white bar at the top of the mai…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Tempest Sun, 14 Feb 2010 - 15:53

Installing OS 9 on Clamshell iBook — #2

Well from what I have done once it has Tiger it just won't go back. I suggest, before you go back, that you try this:http://www.sysresccd.org/Main_Page the PowerPC version. If tha…
68kMLA Software by bhylak Sun, 14 Feb 2010 - 15:43

Screen Adjust on a Mac Classic? — #16

Scroll down a bit on this page and it shows the best way to discharge the CRT: http://www.biwa.ne.jp/~shamada/fullmac/repairEng.html Click to expand... Actually, that site gives…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by aftermac Sun, 14 Feb 2010 - 14:16
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