Yep, not a problem. The PowerMac 8500 is supported by Apple to run any version of Mac OS from System 7.5.2 to Mac OS 9.1, including Mac OS 8.0, 8.1, 8.5, 8.5.1 and 8.6. (of course…

You mean Mac OS 8? Sure. A 9600 can even still do 7.x, the last Power Mac that could.

I was at SalVal today, and found a small leather bag which contained a fully functional AST 280M notebook. Specs: Cyrix (Ha! Remember them?) 200GXM CPU 32 MB RAM 8" 640x480 colo…

Ouch! A replacement CD cable from the computer recycler in Singapore that (apparently) bought all the unsold stock was $25! That one cable cost me 6 times what I paid for the com…

Does anyone have the pinout for the internal keyboard connector on the PB1400? The one that I had declared "dead" works just fine hooked up to external monitor and kb/mouse with th…

the old ones are pretty easy to develop for, so instead of killing people all day you could make math blaster for intellivision or maybe a telnet client on a atari 2600

games system wise - what would people be doing with them? playing space invaders for a month instead of call of duty?

Good advice always, Bunsen, thanks. I'll post a progress report when the patient is off the table...

That's certainly a cheap fix. Be patient with the teardown, and keep track of your screws. BTW, in case it wasn't clear from LC_Guy's reply above, the "Kanga" G3 Powerbook logic …

I would say anything pre 3d

I dunno- I think that's pushing it. Pre-Pentium sounds about right to me. As for game systems, make the cutoff be by bit count on the main processor. 8 bit, say. That would keep th…

If you want to make a trip down to Deptford I have a B&W board with a 400mhz chip you can have for free. I have a power supply too if you want it.

Thanks for everyone's comments. I think I'm ready to pull the switch on this! I will check and see if they have the 240mhz board; but for $20 + ship, the 200 may be the most cost-e…

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Thanks for all the info. Going to spend next weekend maxing out my Radius 81.

Good point, I had already tried it in the beige, though. It didn't seem break anything. I can't think of anything I did to mess up the B&W when installing the G4. When I w…

We'll see how the CPU swap goes before I decide on overclocking. I actually have a Q605 and an LC475 as well as two 68040 donor machines, so I have some room for error. My end goal…

another interesting open application http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macos/13986 that i had to use in my QS G4 when signed into OS 9 because i could not figure out how t…

stay tuned for more details

Ah yes, I forgot about the 240MHz model.

Haha, looks like I've been beat. Oh well, this thing is still quite a quirky toy. I've got a spare 80GB HDD and I figure, if I can ever find a cable for the external CD, I'll loa…

The other one I want is an early HP OmniBook 300. The early ones were fun, they had a 'pop-out mouse-on-a-stick' (the mouse was permanently attached via a moveable rod, it would s…

Or better yet, track down a board from a 3400/240, the fastest stock pre-G3 PowerBook ever. (or just track down a Kanga board)

While you have it apart, why not shoot for 225MHz? That would make it the fastest non-G3/G4 Powerbook ever

nb: 40MHz is not always stable though. A heatsink/fan for the 040 would be a good idea. http://homepage.mac.com/schrier/q605_40.html Output Enablers sell some useful parts. …