This is actually a relevant thread. If you look at all the free help offered on NTLK list over the years... in relation to all that free help in the Newton community, Newton devel…

it seems firewire external enclosures are a bit rare these days. Click to expand... could you clarify that for me

If you are using a SCSI -> IDE board then you can use an IDE -> CF board with an LED on it. Would have to remove the current LED and stick some wires on there but it …

Yes, I could have gone into more detail, but I was just meaning for his use and 98% of the PCI cards most people will use. If someone is buying/working with a 64bit card then they …

Ok, but you still have to get it out to make the cut. Some can be sunken into plastic/metal holes and you do not want metal dust getting everywhere.

HEY jt I beat you! Click to expand... ... That's still only 80*80, the original is 512*512 which is far more agreeable! Not to derail this nice tangent, but about the board? …

I have a couple brand EIDE cards, sonnet being one of them, that are bootable. Never seen the point of using SATA on an old powermac so I have no experience with them. I don't rec…

I also have a question along side tt. Do any of these flash drive solutions have an output for the LED? As you know, some vintage Macs like the SE/30 have an LED on the front cas…

His problem must be outside of the motherboard, the board works in another machine (perfect video, sound, scsi disk, floppy works, pram is 3.6v).

"5-Point Torx Driver Tamper Resistant Tool. Certification is required to purchase this tool. ".. Are you joking? /me goes to local hardware store and spends $10-$20. oops! C…

Is that second flash drive more than 4 gigabytes in capacity? That may be why. Also, OS 9.1 doesn't recognize OS X volumes natively. You need to make sure that you have a file e…

(It's in the second slot, BTW. I keep the original Rage 128 in the first slot.) Click to expand... You do know that in the B&W G3 and PCI GFX G4 the shorter slot is 66M…

Thanks bbraun, these results are encouraging. I am in the process of procuring hardware for the conversion. I am a little put-off about getting one of the IDE-SCSI adapters that …

I think when swapping cards like that, it erases the settings from the two cards. Glad it worked! |)

Marcio, Something in my logic tells me that you could be missing one critical extension. This one is called 'Mode32'. I say this only because you mention more RAM than what the …

It's here! He wasn't kitting about the growling thing, bearings in the hard drive are causing the noise. Thankfully I had a spare drive and it's installing Leopard nicely. All my …

Have you checked the PRAM battery, to see if it is at the correct voltage? It should read about 3.67 volts DC. You could also try zapping the PRAM. This is also a shot in the da…

A real puzzler. Have you tried a startup using the DVD installer for that iMac to determine if it makes the same "sound" at startup running the DVD driver ? In my way reasoning,…

I have an QS G4 ( 933 MHz) with two internal hard drives. Drive two is dedicated to Leo. Drive one ( original ) is dedicated to Audio/Video storage with a copy of OS 9.2.2 that w…

You can get ATA PCI cards and use EIDE drives (some boards have issues with stuttering on audio). Not sure if the SATA cards work (bootable) in PCI powermacs. Click to expand...…

Yep, Indigo...though some of the blue plastic has faded a bit. Working batteries seems quite uncommon with these. I have a half dead blueberry that i keep for parts...not sure ab…

Well, this is my first post here and I figured I'd start out by kinda introducing myself a little and posting my first two "new" and "semi-vintage" mac conquests . As for myself…

Now that the 7600 is ripping mp3 and surfing the wed I feel the need for a dvd burner any suggestions? I will soon get my atto ul2s installed I would like to pull the internal cd o…

I tried googling "AppleDesign," hit the "6 used STARTING at $168.00 at Amazon.com wall" . . . . . . and came to a rather abrupt stop. [xx(] ]'>

Here are some additional notes: The focus and cutoff controls share a common supply. If the cutoff adjustment has no effect, that supply voltage is the problem. If the cutoff adju…