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What should go in the third NuBus slot of my IIci? — #17

… Grabbing half a system "just in case" the other half turns up is the precipice of the slippery slope to crazy old coot compulsive hoarding hell … Click to expand... As compar…
68kMLA Hardware by equill Tue, 8 Sep 2009 - 15:36

What should go in the third NuBus slot of my IIci? — #16

@ Bunsen: WOW-I'd kill for one of those. Too bad they're probably really expensive if I can even find one. Click to expand... Try writing to Tom Owad, who wrote the article I l…
68kMLA Hardware by Bunsen Tue, 8 Sep 2009 - 15:31

What should go in the third NuBus slot of my IIci? — #15

Is this just for snits and giggles, or do you have purpose in mind for this machine? Now that it's been mentioned, I second the vote for the Jackhammer as a pure performance upgra…
68kMLA Hardware by Bunsen Tue, 8 Sep 2009 - 15:21

Difference Between Apple /// & IIGS? — #15

Who told u the IIGS used a 65802? IIRC the ppc chips have a real 68LC040@33mhz onboard. no software conversion at all. Click to expand... But, who told you the PPC chips have a…
68kMLA Software by Dog Cow Tue, 8 Sep 2009 - 14:22

iBook G4 — #17

I can't imagine the "heat gun" method (which I've tried to some success on an iBook 800 - nut need to do it again) would actually melt the solder on the BGA array, but rather sligh…
68kMLA PowerPC by iMac600 Tue, 8 Sep 2009 - 11:49

Flaky TiBook — #2

ifixit.com has nice step by step teardown instructions for your machine. There are 2 ways to fix this issue: 1. Remove the logic board entirely from the machine and clean it. 2.…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Temetka Tue, 8 Sep 2009 - 11:34

Difference Between Apple /// & IIGS? — #14

Who told u the IIGS used a 65802? IIRC the ppc chips have a real 68LC040@33mhz onboard. no software conversion at all. Click to expand... Typo. Had 65802 on the brain. :beige:…
68kMLA Software by barana Tue, 8 Sep 2009 - 07:27

Quadra 605, IIsi, and 68000 brethren — #5

Mostly it is because I have too much clutter in the house and I don't have a good place to set it up. I figured I would let another collector give it a good home, instead of just …
68kMLA 68k by redrouteone Tue, 8 Sep 2009 - 06:19

Disk drive woes — #1

After installing system 7.5 my machine actually works a lot better, I haven't been getting any weird startup issues or anything else of the sort but as of today my disk drive doesn…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by anothrgrnworld Tue, 8 Sep 2009 - 03:15

Quadra 605, IIsi, and 68000 brethren — #4

I picked them up on Sunday. Someone should go and get the LC II, LC, WGS 6150, Classic, and SE that I didn't have room for; I'm lucky my girlfriend isn't shunning me as it is, and…
68kMLA 68k by tyrannis Tue, 8 Sep 2009 - 01:53

Flaky TiBook — #1

I have recently acquired an 867MHz Titanium Powerbook G4. Since having it the past few days, I've learned this thing has got a huge set if problems. Most of these I think can be …
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Hrududu Tue, 8 Sep 2009 - 01:02

iBook G4 — #16

Yeah, they're really different beasts - Faulty iBook G4 chip: about ten legs, repaired easily enough - Faulty iBook G3 video chipset: about three hundred, inaccessible I can'…
68kMLA PowerPC by Byrd Mon, 7 Sep 2009 - 23:15

PowerBook 180 — #3

I just got 80 mins. charge from the formerly dead battery in the PB 180 while running Battery Amnesia (great utility). And that is with all power-saving features turned off, which …
68kMLA Hardware by beachycove Mon, 7 Sep 2009 - 21:57

Quadra 605, IIsi, and 68000 brethren — #3

Hey when were you there? I was there on Saturday and saw those items. I thought about picking up the Atari ST, but decided against it.
68kMLA 68k by redrouteone Mon, 7 Sep 2009 - 20:32

Difference Between Apple /// & IIGS? — #13

Who told u the IIGS used a 65802? IIRC the ppc chips have a real 68LC040@33mhz onboard. no software conversion at all. Click to expand... Typo. Had 65802 on the brain. :beige:…
68kMLA Software by Mac128 Mon, 7 Sep 2009 - 18:30

iBook G4 — #15

Nice work - hope it goes well!I have a few iBook G3 500MHz's to repair at some point - I don't know why I like the icebooks - I just do Click to expand... The G3 IceBooks use B…
68kMLA PowerPC by iMac600 Mon, 7 Sep 2009 - 17:06

iBook G4 — #14

Nice work - hope it goes well!I have a few iBook G3 500MHz's to repair at some point - I don't know why I like the icebooks - I just do Click to expand... The G3 IceBooks use B…
68kMLA PowerPC by Mars478 Mon, 7 Sep 2009 - 15:46

iBook G4 — #13

Nice work - hope it goes well! I have a few iBook G3 500MHz's to repair at some point - I don't know why I like the icebooks - I just do
68kMLA PowerPC by macgreg Mon, 7 Sep 2009 - 07:47

iBook G4 — #12

Posting from my phone so I'll keep this simple. The iBook is back from surgery, currently in intensive care but the procedure otherwise appeared to be a success. Just need to keep …
68kMLA PowerPC by iMac600 Mon, 7 Sep 2009 - 06:20

Difference Between Apple /// & IIGS? — #12

There was software that allowed it to emulate an Apple II but you couldn't run Apple II software without first running that emulation software. So in some ways that made it more li…
68kMLA Software by waynestewart Mon, 7 Sep 2009 - 05:24

Difference Between Apple /// & IIGS? — #11

Who told u the IIGS used a 65802? IIRC the ppc chips have a real 68LC040@33mhz onboard. no software conversion at all. Click to expand... 68K software on PPC machines runs in a…
68kMLA Software by ~Coxy Mon, 7 Sep 2009 - 04:51

Quadra 605, IIsi, and 68000 brethren — #2

If we could only get Houston ComputerWorks to do the same thing. I'm always seeing at least one old Mac in the back due to get chopped.
68kMLA 68k by Mike Richardson Mon, 7 Sep 2009 - 04:36

Quadra 605, IIsi, and 68000 brethren — #1

Goodwill ComputerWorks - Austin decided to resume selling older hardware. The result was an afternoon of 68k conquest: Quadra 605 LC III IIsi Atari 1040 STE unused - CIB Atar…
68kMLA 68k by tyrannis Mon, 7 Sep 2009 - 03:43

iBook G4 — #11

Will probably attempt the repair today. I have 2 chances to get this right (2 logic boards) but i'd like to get it right the first time around. Although we don't have the fine tip …
68kMLA PowerPC by iMac600 Sun, 6 Sep 2009 - 23:07
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