Most likely the hard drive just croaked at that point.

I am trying to play AVI movies. I copied it to the HD and I still got a very jumpy picture. Not smooth play at all and I was only able to get it to run with quick time. I tried VLC…

This forum is ALIVE I like that. What software can I use apart from the ones mentioned. I know I succesfuly installed Cubase on the Powerbook...

And this is a good opportunity to remind ourselves to back up our data now, if we have been remiss in doing so. Click to expand... which is pretty much the reason i rarley stor…

what software do you use with the midi interface, and what hardware do you plug in? Click to expand... Last time I plugged in a MIDI setup is quite a while ago. The software …

So if I have it right, I plug the drum pads into the MIDI drum controler then into the mac serial interface and then into powerbook. I load an old version of cubase, and record th…

I tried the Target Disk Mode, but it didn't show up on the host (G3). When I start up the 'Book, I put my ear to the area where the hard drive is, and it can definitely hear it spi…

Target Disk mode makes the target (victim?) drive into an insensate appendage of the host computer, just as if it were physically installed as an internal drive of the host. Cli…

First, try transferring a movie from the stick to the hard drive to see if it plays better. You still haven't mentioned what file format you're trying to play. Overclocking: htt…

Mac MIDI goes to the serial port, not ADB. There are lots of designs out there for making your own interface, or you can hunt one up on ebay for not too many dollars. Forget ProT…

Target Disk mode makes the target (victim?) drive into an insensate appendage of the host computer, just as if it were physically installed as an internal drive of the host. If yo…

Thanks for reply, thats great news! german is no problem for me neither making my own pcb. Anyway what software do you use with the midi interface, and what hardware do you plug in…

Does the G3 need to have the same OS as the iBook when doing the Target Disk dealy? It has OS 8.6. I remember, the computer froze with the beach ball cursor, the hard drive cranki…

In case the data on your disk is precious consider to pay for a professional data recovery service. Such service includes the work done in a clean room, any needed software, techn…

I built two of Mac RS422 to MIDI interface devices using the description given in the c't magazine. This interface works very well (powered from serial port, 1 x MIDI in, 2 x MIDI …

Remove the drive, put it in an external USB case, and see if it's readable there. If not, try the cooling trick (it works by lowering the noise in the read channel, but the amount …

I was able to boot from the Tiger DVD, and I opened up Disk Utility, but no Hard Drives were listed. The only other Mac that has FireWire is a Beige G3. I don't know if that wou…

Hi, I´m going to build this project: http://www.electronics.dit.ie/staff/tscarff/Music_technology/8way_drm2/8way_drm2_1.htm It´s an 8-way velocity sensitive Midi drum pad. I wa…

I was able to boot from the Tiger DVD, and I opened up Disk Utility, but no Hard Drives were listed. The only other Mac that has FireWire is a Beige G3. I don't know if that wo…

Ok I know what the USB 1 and 2 were. I did not know what the pc card was for. I am a dunc. I see now what you were saying earlier. I thought the card had something to do with the v…

I have never heard of a USB2 PC Card What does that actualy do? Click to expand... USB 2 is a newer revision of the USB standard. Where USB 1 (built into the Lombard) will tra…

does it require mad soldering skills? Are you reusing resistors or do you have to get more? Do you have a link that can explain it step by step? If anything I will see if I cant do…

Will the 'Book boot from a CD/DVD, or a bootable external drive, or in target disk mode so that you can interrogate it from another Mac? What you describe could be a very proper r…

Is there an easy way to overclock like on pc or is it a physical thing you have to do? Click to expand... You physically have to remove and relocate a couple of tiny resistors …

I was on my iBook G4 tonight, when the machine froze up. I thought it was due to having a lot of tabs open in FireFox. I did the Command-Option-Escape command, but nothing came up.…