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Can't Eject PC card from PB 1400 — #4

Thanks for that, Wally. Your mentioning tape gave me an idea, attach a peices of tape to the outside end of the card, leaving tabs big enough to grasp so the card can be pulled if…
68kMLA Networking by AusNick Sat, 5 Jul 2008 - 05:58

Weird Sawtooth G4 Performance Issues... — #5

Man, you are totally right, paws. IGNORE ME! I guess I forgot "Yikes!". Maybe because it's an exclamation? But yeah, since my brain no workie today (I'm moving again and doing int…
68kMLA Hardware by Franklinstein Sat, 5 Jul 2008 - 04:41

Weird Sawtooth G4 Performance Issues... — #4

Your Sawtooth uses a 66MHz PCI video card (if it has AGP, it's not a Sawtooth) which is markedly slower, regardless of the fact that the two chipsets are virtually identical (both …
68kMLA Hardware by paws Sat, 5 Jul 2008 - 01:39

Weird Sawtooth G4 Performance Issues... — #2

Leopard may be part of your issue, as it's more processor-intensive than its predecessors. It's not even officially supposed to run on less than an 867MHz G4, if that's any indicat…
68kMLA Hardware by Franklinstein Sat, 5 Jul 2008 - 00:11

Weird Sawtooth G4 Performance Issues... — #1

Hello all, Just got a Sawtooth G4 - specs are as follows 500mhz 1GB RAM Leopard 10.5.4 / MacOS 9.1 on the same 120gb drive. stock 16mb rage 128 pro DVI For whatever reason, t…
68kMLA Hardware by sambapati87 Fri, 4 Jul 2008 - 22:54

Can't Eject PC card from PB 1400 — #3

Glad you got it out ok. I've seen this before: there is a mode where the eject mechanism does not seem to get cocked fully when the card goes in, so none of the usual ways does an…
68kMLA Networking by wally Fri, 4 Jul 2008 - 19:12

Can't Eject PC card from PB 1400 — #2

I got the card out. Turns out the eject mechanism for the lower bay doesn't work for reasons unknown, the card came out with no resistance. The upper bay eject works fine, howeve…
68kMLA Networking by AusNick Fri, 4 Jul 2008 - 19:01

Can't Eject PC card from PB 1400 — #1

Spewing. Got given some PC stuff a couple of days ago, and in amongst it there was a PC card ethernet adapter, I was quite excited, Mum was mad that I had yet more junk, so in an …
68kMLA Networking by AusNick Fri, 4 Jul 2008 - 17:53

Wish me luck! — #2

Ugh. A mobo swap in those is a long process. It is fortunately rather straight forward, and less blood drawing than an 8500. I wish you luck and much patience. TBird
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Da Penguin Fri, 4 Jul 2008 - 02:32

Wish me luck! — #1

A customer owns a Dual 1.8ghz PowerMac G5 that has issues. He also bought a stripped G5 containing a working mainboard. I get to take the non-functional mainboard from the origin…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by quinterro Fri, 4 Jul 2008 - 01:13

Apple II Cross Compiler for 68k Macs? — #9

Well I appreciate everyone's suggestions. I really didn't mean anything in particular. C, Pascal, Assembly... just curious what options exist. MPW and OrgASM or DASM looks inte…
68kMLA Development by magnusfalkirk Thu, 3 Jul 2008 - 23:34

Lombard & Tangerine — #46

Too much! Now I'm running Ubuntu 5 from the LiveCD [] ]'> Trackpad's a little tweaky and it's weird having to remember to use CTRL instead of the Apple key. But I'll sor…
68kMLA Hardware by Bunsen Thu, 3 Jul 2008 - 15:26

Power problem with iBook G4. — #6

Looks like liquid may have spilled onto the board at one time. I'd also replace that 5 pin IC next to that burned out IC, along with that capacitor between them. I small soldering …
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Forrest Thu, 3 Jul 2008 - 11:42

Lombard & Tangerine — #45

Now it has 9.2.1 on the third partition. Man does this thing fly in the Classic OS. I'm too excited for words. I've run Battery Reset after heebiejeebies put me on to it. I'll …
68kMLA Hardware by Bunsen Thu, 3 Jul 2008 - 10:48

Apple II Cross Compiler for 68k Macs? — #8

Well I appreciate everyone's suggestions. I really didn't mean anything in particular. C, Pascal, Assembly... just curious what options exist. MPW and OrgASM or DASM looks inter…
68kMLA Development by equant Thu, 3 Jul 2008 - 08:12

Apple II Cross Compiler for 68k Macs? — #7

On the other hand, maybe the original question implies a desire to program 6502 assembly on a mac? Click to expand... I discounted that, otherwise the term "assembler" would ha…
68kMLA Development by porter Thu, 3 Jul 2008 - 06:54

Power problem with iBook G4. — #5

Well, an update, though not one I'm happy about. I think I may have found the problem. I found a section of the logic board towards the very front, near the front latch, that loo…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by sjword Thu, 3 Jul 2008 - 03:52

Power problem with iBook G4. — #4

It's possible it has a grounding problem because my iBook clamshell did not have the ground wire screwed into the metal shield and I could not get a charge or use the power adapter…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Christopher Thu, 3 Jul 2008 - 03:29

Power problem with iBook G4. — #3

The iBook G4 may have been (relatively) free of the bad GPU issue, but it still had a fairly common issue: cracked solder joints, typically in the power section. There are some web…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by sjword Thu, 3 Jul 2008 - 03:21

Power problem with iBook G4. — #2

The iBook G4 may have been (relatively) free of the bad GPU issue, but it still had a fairly common issue: cracked solder joints, typically in the power section. There are some web…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Franklinstein Thu, 3 Jul 2008 - 02:49
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