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Powermac 7500/100 dead — #4

When you pulled the plug to shut it off, you probably just corrupted the Power Management Unit. It is a small computer within the Power Mac 7500 that controls power flow throughou…
68kMLA Hardware by phreakout Wed, 23 Dec 2009 - 19:54

System fan? — #7

yes, i have to use the control panel to dim the screen. it's a Macintosh Classic I. yes, it has a fan, but it doesn't come in contact with the processor itself. instead, it's place…
68kMLA Hardware by Mac128 Wed, 23 Dec 2009 - 19:18

My custom bezel for my Color Classic 575 — #15

I ended up using some C clamps to clamp down my dremel, then I used a stack of paper to adjust the height of my bezel. I ran it along a metal straightedge and rabbeted the edge. …
68kMLA Hardware by olePigeon Wed, 23 Dec 2009 - 19:13

Another PB G3 (this time a "101") — #5

the parts lombard is only missing the hard drive/cable/caddy, and has a smashed lcd screen. the clamshell ibook is the original teal/ blueberry model, and it is missing the cd dri…
68kMLA Hardware by geeko Wed, 23 Dec 2009 - 18:49

Powermac 7500/100 dead — #2

I have a powermac 7500/100 and when i was trying to use toast deluxe 4 to run some 'toast files' the computer was stuck many times. I was using the power button to turn the compute…
68kMLA Hardware by johnklos Wed, 23 Dec 2009 - 18:45

System fan? — #6

yes, i have to use the control panel to dim the screen. it's a Macintosh Classic I. yes, it has a fan, but it doesn't come in contact with the processor itself. instead, it's place…
68kMLA Hardware by cjtmacclassic Wed, 23 Dec 2009 - 18:44

System fan? — #5

hi all-as you may know, i want to prolong the life of my Macs to the fullest extent. examples of this are, if i walk waway from it, i dim the screen to min, check the temp of the p…
68kMLA Hardware by johnklos Wed, 23 Dec 2009 - 18:43

P6360 has a internet by phone port... — #4

Yeah, you can replace it with an ethernet card...the only other type of card ever made for the Comms Slot. Keep in mind, you'll need a CS2 card, rather than a CS1 card due to the s…
68kMLA Networking by macguy Wed, 23 Dec 2009 - 17:53

Hooper Parts Source? — #6

Got the 3400c unit last night - it is in quite nice condition for its age and did have a CD drive as well as floppy drive. I think it is a 180mhz early machine. 64 mb ram card in p…
68kMLA Hardware by J English Smith Wed, 23 Dec 2009 - 16:10

Another PB G3 (this time a "101") — #4

well, i got the rest of the computers and the time to work on them, and, combining all three i bought+ my pismo and my mom's clamshell, now i have this:> lombard/101-333mhz,…
68kMLA Hardware by jruschme Wed, 23 Dec 2009 - 15:40

P6360 has a internet by phone port... — #3

Yeah, you can replace it with an ethernet card...the only other type of card ever made for the Comms Slot. Keep in mind, you'll need a CS2 card, rather than a CS1 card due to the s…
68kMLA Networking by LCGuy Wed, 23 Dec 2009 - 15:29

Radeon 7500 & G4 Cube — #1

Well, Bunson has got me a-thinkin about a tinker with my G4 Cube again, with his reference to dual G4/500MHz cards in a Cube. I can get one of these shipped on eBay right now for a…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by beachycove Wed, 23 Dec 2009 - 14:35

P6360 has a internet by phone port... — #1

My Performa 6360 has a internet by phone port that i have never used since the day i bought this mac as a used unit about 5 years ago. Can i remove it without too much labour and …
68kMLA Networking by macguy Wed, 23 Dec 2009 - 09:07

Early Mac schematic — #13

Mac128, I know I have a problem somewhere. Even when I connect to my G4 Cube (booted into OS 9) via my iMac i7 (using Go > Connect to server > afp://192.168.24.52) i…
68kMLA Software by JDW Wed, 23 Dec 2009 - 08:39

Early Mac schematic — #12

booting my G4 directly into OS 9 and running MacDraw Pro from there. In that case, I was unable to generate a PDF from MacDraw Pro due to a crash. Click to expand... You said …
68kMLA Software by Mac128 Wed, 23 Dec 2009 - 08:33

System fan? — #4

can i install a fan on the poor old 68000 processor? ... i'm running a Macintosh Classic Click to expand... Ummmm, A Classic already has a fan in it. Are you sure you mean an a…
68kMLA Hardware by Mac128 Wed, 23 Dec 2009 - 08:25

Powermac 7500/100 dead — #1

I have a powermac 7500/100 and when i was trying to use toast deluxe 4 to run some 'toast files' the computer was stuck many times. I was using the power button to turn the compute…
68kMLA Hardware by Dimitris1980 Wed, 23 Dec 2009 - 07:39

Early Mac schematic — #11

JDW, thanks for your work. I usually make PDFs by printing to a file, which works on my 68K Macs without crashing. Then Preview makes PDFs after transferring to an OS X Mac. Sorry …
68kMLA Software by H3NRY Wed, 23 Dec 2009 - 05:15

Early Mac schematic — #10

Mac128, yes I "assume" it will work as you describe when creating a PDF via Classic. I did not try that, instead booting my G4 directly into OS 9 and running MacDraw Pro from ther…
68kMLA Software by JDW Wed, 23 Dec 2009 - 03:24

System fan? — #3

i'm running system 6.0.8 on a Macintosh Classic I. no external hardware ( aside from keyboard and mouse) Just an internal floppy and 40 mb HD
68kMLA Hardware by cjtmacclassic Wed, 23 Dec 2009 - 03:11

System fan? — #2

totally speaking out of my rear here, but I would think it depends on the machine the early compacts are designed for convection (cooling) airflow, adding a fan might disturb that…
68kMLA Hardware by Osgeld Wed, 23 Dec 2009 - 03:00

System fan? — #1

hi all- as you may know, i want to prolong the life of my Macs to the fullest extent. examples of this are, if i walk waway from it, i dim the screen to min, check the temp of the…
68kMLA Hardware by cjtmacclassic Wed, 23 Dec 2009 - 02:54
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