Apparently, they all STILL require foolin' around waaay more than I want to do! BLEH! Click to expand... Only the machines with Old World ROMs. Anything B&W G3/Pismo an…

Not sure if anyone else has mentioned this directly, but the early Dual USB iBooks with Rage graphics did not suffer from the GPU problems that the later Radeon models did. In fact…

As much as I love Linux, my vote goes for 9.1. I'm getting old and just want my computers to work with minimal fuss. I don't really use OS 9 for browsing on an extended basis, ju…

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…

I've been a member here for three and a half years and have been a subscriber to the LEM lists off-and-on since the Compact Macs list launched about 11 years ago. I attribute the p…

Some of it is just the kids, who are just going to be constitutionally different that the 20-, 30- and 40-somethings among us. You youngsters are going to find that things are that…

Take off every "Zig".

Subject: Negativity on the forums. you had issue with what I said... Click to expand... And while your post may have been 'the straw that broke the camels back' for me, …

This forum has turned into a social site "aka community" where people who don't even own or use the equipment we are supposed to talk about here come to talk about everything but o…

I fail to see how a civilized conversation can take place when everyone feels like there needs to be a big gigantic touchy feeley opinion post every week (or to prolong one for as …

(Lounge topic) Some of the choices made lately have driven users to just full out insult mode. I can attest to doing it myself.... It's just really that nothing get's done here. …

I've noticed a bit of negativity on the forums recently. Not just commentary on things that are negative, but individual posts whose sole purpose is to degrade or dismiss another …

The typical 3-port MIDI adapter (that is 3 MIDI outs on the same 16 channels) is merely a 1 MHz crystal to provide the clock for the Mac's SCC chip to generate 31.25 kilobaud and s…

All decisions are final and should, under no circumstances, be the subject of open debate on the forums. Click to expand...

...IIRC, MR was banned for being pugnacious, unrelenting in his constant complaining about almost everything under the sun and, most especially, for his obstinant refusal to remove…

Actually, since I've been back, almost a year now, I don't think ANY thread of this type has EVER had EVERYONE say they don't like any individual change of policy/enforcement of ex…

I still fail to see how this helps anything though. All it does is make us press a differant button and make the layout make even less sense.

I'm just going to come right out and say it. If you feel the need to continually say that we are like a fascist regime, or if you feel the need to say something like... Stup…

Stupid crap like this is why I pretty much never visit here anymore. Click to expand... Interesting