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Unix for 8-bit Apple — #21

I don't post. I just read the news on my site. See this topic: viewtopic.php?f=6&t=9839 Click to expand... Yeah I saw that thread. It looked like a simple way to check up…
68kMLA Development by magnusfalkirk Wed, 24 Jun 2009 - 23:55

3 hard drives in Rev 1 B&W — #10

Right. Rev 1 B&W G3 does NOT support booting from slave IDE devices because the on-board ROM for the controller does not understand how to access slave devices. OS …
68kMLA Hardware by alk Wed, 24 Jun 2009 - 19:36

Hard Drive upgrades for Sawtooth G4 — #10

Oh cool! Now does this just pretty much modify the NVRAM making it independent of the software once installed? Like i install it, turn it on, and i can swap out the hard drive with…
68kMLA Hardware by iMac600 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 - 14:23

3 hard drives in Rev 1 B&W — #9

Rev 1 B&W G3 does NOT support booting from slave IDE devices because the on-board ROM for the controller does not understand how to access slave devices. OS X overcomes th…
68kMLA Hardware by Hrududu Wed, 24 Jun 2009 - 03:53

266MHZ Beige G3 mini tower buildup — #35

ahh actually no. I have a rev a gossamer and it came with a SCSI drive and no IDE drive at all. we later added a 40GB IDE drive, but when time came to put OSX on it we had to buy…
68kMLA PowerPC by alk Wed, 24 Jun 2009 - 03:39

3 hard drives in Rev 1 B&W — #8

Rev 1 B&W G3 does NOT support booting from slave IDE devices because the on-board ROM for the controller does not understand how to access slave devices. OS X overcomes th…
68kMLA Hardware by alk Wed, 24 Jun 2009 - 03:34

Unix for 8-bit Apple — #20

What do you go by on there, since I haven't seen Dog Cow as a name on any messages. Dean Click to expand... I don't post. I just read the news on my site. See this topic: view…
68kMLA Development by Dog Cow Tue, 23 Jun 2009 - 22:16

iMac G4 Flat Panel Won't Recognize Drives — #4

You should be able to boot from a USB drive, as long as there is a known working OS 9 or OS X install on that drive. You will have to hold Option at boot with the drive connected. …
68kMLA PowerPC by joshc Tue, 23 Jun 2009 - 20:40

266MHZ Beige G3 mini tower buildup — #34

There were three revisions of the Beige G3 ROM: -A (LROG434-01/02), -B (LROG434-02) and -C (LROG434-03), and all with part no 820-0954. There are five subspecies of the Rev. A, but…
68kMLA PowerPC by trag Tue, 23 Jun 2009 - 19:28

Apple II internet — #3

You may also want to look at IPNetRouter on the Mac. http://www.sustworks.com/site/prod_ipr_overview.html It's $89 and you need a lot of patience and a degree in network technolo…
68kMLA Networking by luddite Tue, 23 Jun 2009 - 16:29

VST 100 zip drive PowerBook 3400c — #6

Ah yes, ye olde Zip drive problem! I too, have a 3400c and 100mb Zip module and indeed it does work fine under OS 8.6 as you mentioned, - perhaps because the Iomega drivers origina…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by NeverGoBack88 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 - 15:57

Apple II internet — #2

is there any way I can route the internet to the IIgs via a LocalTalk cable? Click to expand... I think so, but I think it's probably going to be more work than you want to do …
68kMLA Networking by david__schmidt Tue, 23 Jun 2009 - 11:51

266MHZ Beige G3 mini tower buildup — #33

ATA cards show up as SCSI devices to the system bypassing the IDE issues with OSX on a beige G3 (also means once they are formatted on that card they cannot be used on the built in…
68kMLA PowerPC by Unknown_K Tue, 23 Jun 2009 - 05:48

266MHZ Beige G3 mini tower buildup — #32

To get OS X on an IDE drive, it must be installed on the first partition of the drive and that partition must be 8GB or less. This can be overcome with the use of a Sonnet ATA/100…
68kMLA PowerPC by Temetka Tue, 23 Jun 2009 - 05:37

Apple II internet — #1

As some may know by now, I have a Apple IIgs that I'm getting set up. I already have my 3400c connected to the internet, is there any way I can route the internet to the IIgs via …
68kMLA Networking by MrMacPlus Tue, 23 Jun 2009 - 05:35

iMac G4 Flat Panel Won't Recognize Drives — #3

Thanks, Wackymacs, but I tried that, too. I get the screen with the refresh button on the left and the arrow button on the right, but no drives appear (with a good OS9 install disk…
68kMLA PowerPC by pvolkmann Tue, 23 Jun 2009 - 01:40

Unix for 8-bit Apple — #19

Thanks for the link, I'll check it out. I've seen you quite a few times on csa2 as well. UNIX on the Apple II is something that people have been talking about for over 20 years…
68kMLA Development by magnusfalkirk Mon, 22 Jun 2009 - 23:08

266MHZ Beige G3 mini tower buildup — #31

Your USB card should be one with the NEC controller chip on it. Then it will work in both Mac OS 9 (as USB1) and in Mac OS X (as both USB1 and USB2). I've heard, but not tested …
68kMLA PowerPC by dan_g Mon, 22 Jun 2009 - 20:56

3 hard drives in Rev 1 B&W — #7

I had 4 hard drives in my Gigabit G4. As long as jumper settings are set. It works. Sure I had no optical drive, but it worked. Click to expand... That's nothing special. The R…
68kMLA Hardware by joshc Mon, 22 Jun 2009 - 08:15

iMac G4 Flat Panel Won't Recognize Drives — #2

Power on the iMac, with a good known-working startup disc inserted, and hold Option. Wait, and a screen should appear showing the bootable options. When you can hear the hard drive…
68kMLA PowerPC by joshc Mon, 22 Jun 2009 - 08:12

Unix for 8-bit Apple — #18

I don't think that it does. I just read the manual last evening, and it looks like it's a bunch of BASIC scripts all tied together. It does have a task scheduler, though. Click …
68kMLA Development by Dog Cow Sun, 21 Jun 2009 - 21:20

iMac G4 Flat Panel Won't Recognize Drives — #1

I recently acquired an iMac G4 Flat Panel that will not boot. When turned on, you can hear the hard drive spin then stop, then the DVD combo drive spin and stop. I cannot get this …
68kMLA PowerPC by pvolkmann Sun, 21 Jun 2009 - 15:08

3 hard drives in Rev 1 B&W — #6

I had 4 hard drives in my Gigabit G4. As long as jumper settings are set. It works. Sure I had no optical drive, but it worked. Click to expand... I think the point of this thr…
68kMLA Hardware by MacJunky Sun, 21 Jun 2009 - 03:35

3 hard drives in Rev 1 B&W — #5

I had 4 hard drives in my Gigabit G4. As long as jumper settings are set. It works. Sure I had no optical drive, but it worked.
68kMLA Hardware by Christopher Sun, 21 Jun 2009 - 03:08
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