Welcome to the Cube club Bunsen! Mine is my primary Mac and I still think it's got a few good years left in it. Regarding suitable video cards, the Apple Radeon 7500 is a nice ch…

Thanks for hte info - something to try. The audio capacitors are the ones right before the pds slot hole, right? You wouldn't happen to know the uF ratings and voltages so I coul…

Sure thing. Thanks for the help! Click to expand... No thanks needed, it's for your own good.

It makes me wonder why, if Opera can turn out an up to date browser that does not require Tiger, why can't anyone else? Click to expand... Because they do.... Code: MAC…

I can second what Gil and LCGuy have written. The plastic HDD sled used by Apple for IDE (as they were, so long ago) was/is different in detail from that for SCSI HDDs. It has a …

What I do is use a flathead screwdriver on the tab, and use it to get some leverage. Even then, it takes a LOT of force, and you can end up breaking the tab. :-/

Screw the keyboard - Timbuktu it. }

What does the amplifier for the ball speakers take? I've got a "pair of balls" from my old iMac G4; it would be good if there were amplifiers available to use them with other devic…

Well, I got the new RAM, but the upgrade will be on hold for a bit. I can't find the original stick >.< Damn Apple and their stupid Interleaving thing! Yes, I know …

Yes, yes, you could.

I've had the HDD out of my 5260 (which uses the same shell) a couple of times..I can back up what Gil said...you have to REALLY haul on the HDD to get it out...be gentle, don't bre…

I'd say that the caps in the audio circuitry may have given up the ghost, as what seems to be happening to just about all the 68ks now.

Or you could just buy/find a keyboard. Head onto your local Freecycle and ask for an old ADB keyboard. Click to expand... ... Or i could just head onto Freecycle and ask for…

But you have no legitimate need for over 4GB...

Or you could just buy/find a keyboard. Head onto your local Freecycle and ask for an old ADB keyboard.

the imac is running OS X, and i have no keyboard. i could put Key Caps on a floppy....

I can't tell from the other side of the world...can you access the iMac from the LCIII?

i can select EtherTalk and the activity LED blinks a bunch. does it have the right drivers?

Yeah, it will. You'll want to make sure you've got the correct drivers for your ethernet card on it however.

Ok I finally used what little knowledge of UNIX I have to figure out what I was doing wrong and make a proper boot disk. Thanks to JRL for helping me get my computer to boot up ag…

Would a system 7.5 Network Access Disk work? i'm dd-ing one now.

Sure thing. Thanks for the help!

Man thats a sweet deal, I'd love to get a saturn at that price haha.

hmmm... now my adaptor isnt working again.

I mean I did exactly what the procedure in the link I posted above told me to do. It seemed to work fine, no error messages were displayed. What am I doing wrong?