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Wanted: Advice on performing 68040 upgrade for Q605 — #9

Don't try to pry one side out completely before the others. You'll bend some pins. You need to work around the CPU and try to pry all sides up a little at a time until it comes loo…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Quadraman Wed, 3 Feb 2010 - 15:49

SE/30 Common Fixable problems — #9

Geo, Glad to see you're getting some questions answered! Click to expand... Hello Aftermac, Yeah, the guys here are a big help. I been mostly asking technical questions about…
68kMLA Networking by jukingeo Wed, 3 Feb 2010 - 14:07

SE/30 Common Fixable problems — #8

Geo, Glad to see you're getting some questions answered! Speaking of writing software. Dos systems usually had a simple programming langauge called "BASIC". Did the Mac …
68kMLA Networking by aftermac Wed, 3 Feb 2010 - 01:14

SE/30 Common Fixable problems — #7

No. If you use a non-Apple hard drive, then you need to use a non-Apple utility to format the hard drive. Or the hacked Apple utility. So, Apple hard drive: use the Apple ut…
68kMLA Networking by jukingeo Tue, 2 Feb 2010 - 20:51

SE/30 Common Fixable problems — #6

So you CAN use a modern IDE drive with a SCSI adapter BUT you must have an Apple hard drive regardless otherwise it will not work, correct? Click to expand... No. If you use …
68kMLA Networking by trag Tue, 2 Feb 2010 - 20:01

SE/30 Common Fixable problems — #5

So you CAN use a modern IDE drive with a SCSI adapter BUT you must have an Apple hard drive regardless otherwise it will not work, correct? Click to expand... you just need har…
68kMLA Networking by jukingeo Tue, 2 Feb 2010 - 17:04

SE/30 Common Fixable problems — #4

So you CAN use a modern IDE drive with a SCSI adapter BUT you must have an Apple hard drive regardless otherwise it will not work, correct? Click to expand... you just need har…
68kMLA Networking by Osgeld Tue, 2 Feb 2010 - 15:08

SE/30 Common Fixable problems — #3

Hello Trag, The most common failure we're currently reading about in the forums for the SE/30 is leaking electrolytic capacitors on the logic board causing what is termed si…
68kMLA Networking by jukingeo Tue, 2 Feb 2010 - 14:58

SE/30 Common Fixable problems — #2

After my initial searches for the classic style Macs, it seems that one model, the SE/30 comes to the forefront because of the 68030 processor and 128meg upgradability for the RAM.…
68kMLA Networking by trag Mon, 1 Feb 2010 - 20:05

SE/30 Common Fixable problems — #1

Hello all, I am looking into getting a classic Mac to just 'play around' with in terms of games and I/O control. I never had a Mac before and I want something that is small and p…
68kMLA Networking by jukingeo Mon, 1 Feb 2010 - 14:43

Why was Mike banned? — #3

First things first, regardless of what you may hear from him, we don't hate him. There's no major vendetta against him, no conspiracy theories, or anything like that. Really, we wa…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by LCGuy Mon, 1 Feb 2010 - 12:39

Why was Mike banned? — #2

I think it is a fair considering Mike has been contributing to 68mla for over 2 years. A summary of the decision would silence all rumors and questions regarding the situation and…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Strimkind Mon, 1 Feb 2010 - 07:07

Why was Mike banned? — #1

Ok I am fairly sure I am crossing a line here. I don't mean any disrespect, but I am going to cross it anyway. I've been apart of this community getting close to 10 years now. In …
68kMLA Troubleshooting by redrouteone Mon, 1 Feb 2010 - 06:39

HD help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! — #3

never mind.........the someone changed the jumper setting to slave (I blame the computer gremlins) :lol: I can now breathe normally Click to expand... I LOVE your avatar! …
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Trash80toHP_Mini Sun, 31 Jan 2010 - 00:51

HD help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! — #2

never mind.........the someone changed the jumper setting to slave (I blame the computer gremlins) :lol: I can now breathe normally
68kMLA Troubleshooting by ken27238 Sat, 30 Jan 2010 - 17:35

HD help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! — #1

today i went to start up my powermac G4 and it didn't boot, so i zapped the pram and tried again...no dice. so took it out of my computer and put it in my B&W G3 and it did…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by ken27238 Sat, 30 Jan 2010 - 17:20

Radeon 7500 & G4 Cube — #7

You're right, a 6200 needs OS 10.4.3 or later. If yours works like mine, OS9 will give you 256 colors at the native display resolution, no choice. I have a 6200 in my Cube, and it'…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by H3NRY Sat, 30 Jan 2010 - 07:25

Radeon 7500 & G4 Cube — #6

I have a GF6200 256MB AGP in my Digital Audio. It will not work with my 10.4.0 disc (it is said that you need 10.4.3 IIRC) but works fine in the mid to later 10.4s and 10.5. In OS…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by MacJunky Sat, 30 Jan 2010 - 06:58

Radeon 7500 & G4 Cube — #5

Yes, the G4 Cube is 2X AGP at 100 MHz. I tried a couple of times to flash a PCI 6200 card for my B&W with Sonnet G4 500MHz. Both times, the card worked in the PC, flashed n…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by H3NRY Sat, 30 Jan 2010 - 06:45

Site works poorly with Classilla — #18

The contrast between the pixelated Mac image and the smooth anti-aliased, yet retro Chicago font is part of the unique unreproducible artistic expression.
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Mike Richardson Thu, 28 Jan 2010 - 01:39

Woo Hoo! Gonna fix my Wallstreet at last. :) — #7

a polite registered/receipt requested letter Click to expand... I'm pretty sure you mean certified. Registered is for maximum security (stocks, etc.) and costs $11.50. Certifie…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Sludgedragon Wed, 27 Jan 2010 - 13:25

need cases — #1

hey...middle of an art project, and I need some compact mac cases...between 5 to 20, and it does not matter if they are badly yellowed, etc...don't need the guts, just the case...…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by skeletor Wed, 27 Jan 2010 - 11:05

Site works poorly with Classilla — #17

You should AT LEAST do some basic smoothing. That'd look much better if you ran it through hq4x or something Click to expand... Sometimes, the pixelation is a desired part of t…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Anonymous Freak Wed, 27 Jan 2010 - 06:29
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