and a fairly decent understanding of electronics. Click to expand... Not this guy here. Thanks for the detailed/informative info because it really helps me. When i bought the L…

You can't use an LC580 board on an LC520 without performing some major major surgery - the LC520 (and LC550/575, and Colour Classic/Colour Classic II) use a different motherboard e…

Are you saying that i can install the LC580 board into my LC520 ?

If you find an LC 580, you can also watch TV on it.

yea thats a goldmine, too bad I am so far away

Woah.

Remember my post about 22 G3 iMacs? Turns out the seller has some older machines too. Besides the ones I've spoken for, they have: 3× 12" RGB monitor 1× LC Ⅲ 13× LC 580 3× 54…

Many thanks for your guidance and helpful instructions.

If you get an LC575 board, make sure you also get the back panel off an LC575, as the LC575 board has the Communications Slot, which the LC520 and 550 lack. While it should be poss…

Thanks for the clarification. Now, i guess, is the problem to find a working LC575 board . Perhaps someone in 68kMLA may have one .

Yes, it's a straight swap - double your speed in a matter of seconds. JB

Are you saying remove the LC520 board and just slide in the LC575 board ?

Upgrade to LC575 board with?

Upgrade LC520 accelerator with ?

Not sure, I haven't really used the DVD-RAM cartridge I have in an old mac. I should try it. I have an external enclosure and that PowerBook 3400c and see what it does. What OS a…

Hi ! I found a Novy Systems accelerator to use in a Mac SE and It seems to work, however, to populate the ram slots on it, you have to move jumpers around and there are no indicat…

Is is SCSI? Mine is (50-pin) Click to expand... Nice. So, IIRC, you can mount that on any old SCSI Mac and it appears as a hard drive?

Awesome. I feel like I'm connecting with long lost brothers or something. I get asked at least 3 or 4 times a month similar stuff about why on earth do I collect or tweak, or bu…

is this the drive that is slot-loading/cartridge loading? If it's that one (the one commonly sold with the G3's) it's probably not gonna work with the newer DVD-RAM discs. Is is …

Just got an original Apple-labeled DVD-RAM drive, thanks eBay! $30 shipped. What astounds me is how insanely heavy this bugger is. Easily triple the weight of the Blu-ray drive I…

Just got an original Apple-labeled DVD-RAM drive, thanks eBay! $30 shipped. What astounds me is how insanely heavy this bugger is. Easily triple the weight of the Blu-ray drive I…

Just got an original Apple-labeled DVD-RAM drive, thanks eBay! $30 shipped. What astounds me is how insanely heavy this bugger is. Easily triple the weight of the Blu-ray drive …

My original post was a bit confusing because of the talk of two machines. It is possible that the charge board is flaky, but the board (and entire machine) in question is the same …

I check batteries on 2 known working machines just to make sure the charging board in the one I first used isn't dead.

A Wallstreet battery that was bought new from China about 2 years ago, that worked only for a few months, and that had been boxed awaiting recycling, last night sprang to life on b…