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Got myself an Apple IIe (Enhanced) today! — #6

Because of that I had to try out ADTPro's bootstrapping via cassette port, a slow but not terribly traumatizing scene. Only the thing is I did that even though, the fact had slippe…
68kMLA Hardware by luddite Sun, 2 May 2010 - 08:32

is my iMac on the verge of death? — #6

Maybe the system is just corrupt. I had a 10.4 install that gave out disk errors and took an hour to load with lots of spinning balls on a g4 mac mini. A reinstall fixed the prob…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Strimkind Sun, 2 May 2010 - 05:07

Kind of a Find-Ibook G4-800Mh — #3

128mb of ram / 10.4.11 and firefox and / office 2008 Click to expand... That's frightening. Does it run, uh, adequately?
68kMLA PowerPC by Bunsen Sun, 2 May 2010 - 03:49

Got myself an Apple IIe (Enhanced) today! — #5

Received it today via Fedex. Unfortunately I have a parallel straight through cable and a parallel to serial adapter, but not a gender changer. The adapter has a male DB-9 not…
68kMLA Hardware by Nathan Sun, 2 May 2010 - 01:44

is my iMac on the verge of death? — #5

and bunsen, to answer your question, no other programs i use experience it. just camino. also, when it happens, i get a complete system freeze!
68kMLA Troubleshooting by cjtmacclassic Sun, 2 May 2010 - 01:29

is my iMac on the verge of death? — #4

well that's another problem. when it happens, a spinning ball of death appears and i can't click anything!
68kMLA Troubleshooting by cjtmacclassic Sun, 2 May 2010 - 01:23

Emac and handycam! HELP! — #6

Try going to the camera through the Finder, rather than through any application. First, kill any applications. Then attach the camera. With luck, it will show up on the desktop …
68kMLA Software by Bunsen Sun, 2 May 2010 - 01:21

is my iMac on the verge of death? — #3

I've seen blotches before, it happened on a friends system about 2 weeks before the video subsystem blew. Our best bet was an overheat/thermal issue.
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Paralel Sun, 2 May 2010 - 01:11

is my iMac on the verge of death? — #2

"Dark blotches" around buttons is not a symptom I've ever heard of before. Does this show up in any other programs? Does the effect remain if you move the open window lower down …
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Bunsen Sat, 1 May 2010 - 23:32

New Retro Computing Magazine!! — #12

How big is your print run? Are you taking advertising? Any interest in retail sales? I know a zine shop local to me that would probably stock an issue or two.
68kMLA Software by Bunsen Sat, 1 May 2010 - 23:28

300 Baud Magazine Issue Two — #1

Can you believe it we managed to get issue two out! www.300baudmagazine.com Anyway- We have all original material, and now stand at 40 pages. Bigger better and glossier! WIN WI…
68kMLA Development by wgoodf Sat, 1 May 2010 - 22:56

Rise of the Fallen Soldier... — #24

I would ask in the Trading Post here, and also ask Mike Richardson. You can find him at mc68000.org. I bet he has a couple dead 6100s that he could pull from. From my experience…
68kMLA Hardware by Dennis Nedry Sat, 1 May 2010 - 21:28

mac mini :) — #7

Haha I like the botnet suggestion. My htpc machines can already double as emulator boxes. I love th kitchn idea and I might do I but the kitchEn is pretty small.
68kMLA PowerPC by zerotypeq Sat, 1 May 2010 - 20:43

is my iMac on the verge of death? — #1

Hi all- i have an iMac G3 slot loading with osx 10.2.8 installed. however, it's been acting very buggy lately. today it would not shut down until i removed power 2 hours later. al…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by cjtmacclassic Sat, 1 May 2010 - 20:36

Rise of the Fallen Soldier... — #23

Does anyone know the part number of this ROM SIMM? I parted out a 6100 a while ago and likely have one available.
68kMLA Hardware by stevep Sat, 1 May 2010 - 17:48

Rise of the Fallen Soldier... — #22

Apart from that little issue, the machines check out fine. Power supply works and is healthy, humming is audible through earbuds (so the logic board is getting power, for sure). Th…
68kMLA Hardware by iMac600 Sat, 1 May 2010 - 16:04

2300c Keyboard Voodoo — #2

You should just be able to use a "circuit pen" from most any electronics shop to do the repair. Typically, these have a conductive glue-like substance in them that you squeeze out/…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by beachycove Sat, 1 May 2010 - 13:12

Rise of the Fallen Soldier... — #21

I'm still convinced there's supposed to be a ROM SIMM in one of those slots. Click to expand... You're right. I just saw it in the Apple Service Manual. I have no recollectio…
68kMLA Hardware by Dennis Nedry Sat, 1 May 2010 - 10:38

Rise of the Fallen Soldier... — #20

but it doesn't matter, the 6100 has 8MB of onboard RAM Click to expand... OMG, I forgot about that. DOH! Do you hear the fan turn on in the power supply when you turn on the …
68kMLA Hardware by Dennis Nedry Sat, 1 May 2010 - 10:22
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