I agree, sounds like the optical drive went to hell.

The plug was ahead of its time, basically an analog version of HDMI.

I bought one of those monitors "back in the day" and I liked it too. The HDI45 connector was a bad idea for the 99% of the users who just wound up needing a clunky adapter, but fo…

Hello Carlo, I have the Hyperdrive software V3R1 as disk-images. Here a list with the files: Disk 1: Finder Manager V3R1 Scrapbook File System Disk 2: Spooler Install V3R1 …

Just a standard SVGA to DB15 adapter; the AudioVision adapter cable connects to it, and then connects in turn to the male HDI45 plug from the monitor.

The stock drives in early snow iBooks are notoriously bad, and I've experienced many weird errors installing OSes when they were on their way out. Can you try booting from an exte…

Thought I got some ideas about macs, as I own more than 10 of them, and using strictly MacOS 9 since 1999, i wanted to help a friend of mine to setup her iBook G3 500 in cool ways.…

Thanks Cory! I have tried IE5, but as you said it had quite a few issues displaying many web pages. I actually use it for the lighter stuff, but if I'm doing any forum browsing or…

I found a slightly higher-res version: http://www.manzzana.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/2204464029_031477491d_b.jpg

Congrats on that haul! The 6500/300 is definitely one of the nicer consumer computers from its era, and that subwoofer does fantastically, especially as it seems you've found out a…

Congrats on the AudioVision! They have long been one of my absolute favorite displays, and I've owned two or three of them at varying times over the years. In addition to working g…

A 14" AudioVision display from 1993-94 came to me in a lot around four weeks back, and I have just gotten around to cleaning it and hooking it up to test (via an included OEM adapt…

Thanks mars, I'm now trying web browsing on the 6500 using iCab. It's working pretty well (I'm writing this message on it) apart from iCab crashing every 10 minutes xx(

The great thing about the 6500 is that you can plug in an external set of speakers and then still make use of the sub-woofer. I'm running a pair of old 1994 apple speakers (came wi…

The speaker in the 6400/6500 (I have a 6500/225) is great for deep, rich sounds, but it really isn't that great for higher (or stereo for that matter, being one speaker) sounds. Th…

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 for the info. My Mac projects will have to be on hold for a bit as I approach graduation in mid May. I am very busy with that and preparing to find a job, plus the 6 class…

suspect that most of the solder is directly under the capacitor: the rest has been mostly corroded away. I do see some solder on the outside, but I can't tell if it liquefies when …

the tam (a local store had one on display for a long time) is about what you expect out of a tiny Bose system, good but nothing to get overly snotty about aside from the name or i…

Great. Keep us updated.

He's around and doing well, just doing other things, we're not too terribly worried about it as we still have 68kmla.org and all of the other domains (retrochallenge and one or two…

Lucky dude. I'd kill for someone to just hand/give me a lowball offer for a G4/G5 iMac that is capable of running Leopard.

So, as of right now, you have two perfectly working G5 iMacs? Click to expand... yes, and for a grand total of about $25 :rambo: :rambo: :rambo:

The 1.8GHZ / only problem with it is that it was Kernel panicking, which i have not yet been able to make it do Click to expand... So, as of right now, you have two perfectly w…

Here's the reason for my vote (try to fix the 1.8 ) :...Re-capping is not for the faint of heart, sure, so it's up to you. But aren't the problem caps on the G5 iMacs a relatively…