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G4 hangs permanently — #6

RAM can go flaky suddenly, though it's rare. Best memory test seems to be one called rember. You should also check the battery voltage, since if it's low that can lead to all sorts…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by H3NRY Thu, 19 Nov 2009 - 02:37

Why the unusual frequency? — #22

The RTClock / calendar / PRAM chip has its own 32KHz crystal. Everything else runs off the "16MHz" clock. If you don't care about serial baud rates, floppy read / write, or video s…
68kMLA Hardware by H3NRY Thu, 19 Nov 2009 - 02:15

Finally- a PISMO!!! — #16

i just looked no way am i gonna pay $230 for one! i can get an ibook g4 for that much { "lightbox_close": "Close", "lightbox_next": "Next", "lightbox_previous": "…
68kMLA Software by geeko Thu, 19 Nov 2009 - 00:50

Finally- a PISMO!!! — #15

Sweet. I have a 400MHz model and it's easily one of my favorite Macs of all time. The hot-swappable bays, Firewire, USB, PCMCIA, Airport...just a great machine! I recently score…
68kMLA Software by twocargar Thu, 19 Nov 2009 - 00:08

Finally- a PISMO!!! — #14

the cd/dvd drive works fine now, there was a piece of ?plastic? preventing the disks from going in correctly. i found the battery only to have about an hr of charge. I have a limit…
68kMLA Software by geeko Wed, 18 Nov 2009 - 23:25

Finally- a PISMO!!! — #13

A CD copy?*cough* BitTorrent *cough* Click to expand... This board does not support software piracy. Click to expand... Its not piracy if you own the dvd. Click to expa…
68kMLA Software by coius Wed, 18 Nov 2009 - 22:50

Finally- a PISMO!!! — #12

I love my new Pismo too. Not quite as good a deal as yours, but close.
68kMLA Software by J English Smith Wed, 18 Nov 2009 - 21:22

Finally- a PISMO!!! — #11

A CD copy?*cough* BitTorrent *cough* Click to expand... This board does not support software piracy. Click to expand... Its not piracy if you own the dvd. Click to expa…
68kMLA Software by Unknown_K Wed, 18 Nov 2009 - 21:18

Finally- a PISMO!!! — #10

Its not piracy if you own the dvd. Click to expand... It's a grey area at best. Apple never intended for anyone to keep the DVD afterward, by downloading the CD images you're e…
68kMLA Software by iMac600 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 - 20:59

Finally- a PISMO!!! — #9

A CD copy?*cough* BitTorrent *cough* Click to expand... This board does not support software piracy. Click to expand... Its not piracy if you own the dvd.
68kMLA Software by macgeek417 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 - 20:35

SCORE!!! Curb: PM G3 B&W!!! — #6

It has no other inputs though, it just is piggybacked onto the ATI 16MB Card. So now I am home and am going to power it up. I'll take a pic of the card for you.
68kMLA Hardware by Mars478 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 - 20:32

Mac Classic corpse — #8

The classic/II seem to be difficult to find info on. When I was killing mine I could not find too much info. Click to expand... Contrary to Mars478 post, Larry Pina's Mac Class…
68kMLA Hardware by Mac128 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 - 19:56

iBook G4 Problems — #4

actually the fix was the easiest thing ever.....the metal tab that is use to push down the on/off button on the bottom near the optical sensor was squished down!!!! a little bendin…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by ken27238 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 - 19:55

Three Free Macs — #11

Nice systems. The 9600 would have been better if it was a 604EV, but with a G3 upgrade it should rock anyway.
68kMLA PowerPC by Unknown_K Wed, 18 Nov 2009 - 19:45

SCORE!!! Curb: PM G3 B&W!!! — #4

So is that fast? If the Macally keyboard is still there when I am going back I will snag it. And I will strip the iMac as well of the Ram and (Hopefully!) Airport card. If I had a…
68kMLA Hardware by Mars478 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 - 18:24

SCORE!!! Curb: PM G3 B&W!!! — #3

[EDIT] OK here are the specs from the back of the machine, 400MHZ, 256MB (None there but I have some RAM), Modem, 9GB U2SC (?), Keyboard, DVD, ATI Rage 16MB. Click to expand... …
68kMLA Hardware by iMac600 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 - 18:21

eMac HD replacement - yikes! — #15

The fan should not be loud. It sounds like the fan has become un-lubricated. ~ A year later it started up again so I just lubricated it myself. Anyway... lubricate the eMac fan, …
68kMLA Hardware by iMac600 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 - 18:17

SCORE!!! Curb: PM G3 B&W!!! — #2

Seems like a RevB to me, I'll be able to stuff it with HDs and use it as a file server for my InsanelyWind projects. I can make a 68Kmla account on the FTP part of it if people wa…
68kMLA Hardware by Mars478 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 - 18:13

The Winners! — #6

Ah, thats awesome and horrible at the same time. Twitter on a 68K?!!?!
68kMLA Software by Mars478 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 - 18:12
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