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266MHZ Beige G3 mini tower buildup — #10

I have been able to use iBook disks on other macs. Thats the only ones that seem to be workable. Click to expand... The retail discs are model-agnostic. However, the discs that…
68kMLA PowerPC by tomlee59 Tue, 3 Feb 2009 - 02:04

3400 screen crapping out — #2

The standard things to check are the connectors, both at the motherboard and at the display panel itself. The latter in particular are somewhat infamous for developing poor contact…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by tomlee59 Tue, 3 Feb 2009 - 01:14

266MHZ Beige G3 mini tower buildup — #8

I have the install discs for tiger that came with my iBook. Click to expand... Those are 'system-specific' installation discs. Are their labels grey? 'Original' in this conte…
68kMLA PowerPC by equill Mon, 2 Feb 2009 - 21:17

266MHZ Beige G3 mini tower buildup — #6

as far as running panther or tiger, you have to have the original system discs. It won't install without help from xpostfacto, but i can guide you along if that is the route you w…
68kMLA PowerPC by sircabulon Mon, 2 Feb 2009 - 17:58

266MHZ Beige G3 mini tower buildup — #4

Very nice. If I may ask though, why 10.2.8? A machine like that is just crying for 10.3 or 10.4...not to mention that you'll be able to run more modern software, too
68kMLA PowerPC by LCGuy Mon, 2 Feb 2009 - 11:12

266MHZ Beige G3 mini tower buildup — #2

ReallyCool Dude! Talk like that got me almost ran off another fourm.The G5 Intel Elite would tell you to kick that crap to the curb like they did me. I say stick it to the man an…
68kMLA PowerPC by Mac SK Mon, 2 Feb 2009 - 04:17

Newton MessagePad 120 — #4

Ahh, sounds good. I found the handwriting recognition was 100x better on the 2000 than on the MP100, but since you can run OS 2.0 you should be good to go. They make great little…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Hrududu Mon, 2 Feb 2009 - 04:14

Beige G3 suspends in Jaguar, how do I waken it? — #10

Something to try from Apple: http://support.apple.com/kb/TA22360?viewlocale=en_US Click to expand... Wow! I'd never seen that screen saver before! The box must have been locking …
68kMLA Software by Green78II Mon, 2 Feb 2009 - 02:02

Newton MessagePad 120 — #3

No perticular reason. The fact that is was a good price and came boxed and in mint condition were good. A 2000/2100 would have been good but they tend to be rather expensive and I…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by steve30 Mon, 2 Feb 2009 - 01:01

Problem with PowerBook G4 Superdrive — #2

Unfortunately it sounds like it's failing. If you have something else to boot off of on the machine, such as another PPC Mac like your G4 via Target Disk Mode, do that. You'll at l…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by bizzle Sun, 1 Feb 2009 - 20:56

Newton MessagePad 120 — #2

Sounds cool. I've never seen a 120 before. I've got a 100, 2000. and 2100. Definitely cool. Any reason you picked the 120?
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Hrududu Sun, 1 Feb 2009 - 06:09

Yet another 2400c problem — #8

Ya, running from a PC Card slot can be a great solution... however, if your machine is not cardbus compliant, the 16 bit data path will slow everything down. If you can, get an Ex…
68kMLA Hardware by freudling Sat, 31 Jan 2009 - 22:05

Apple IIc video cable type? — #3

Hi, thanks for your answer, although I was actually referring to the kind where it's one connector on one end, and a three-way connector on the other end...oh well. And anyway,…
68kMLA Hardware by Apostrophe Sat, 31 Jan 2009 - 16:21

Apple IIc video cable type? — #2

All composite cables are the same. A red-red one will work or a white-white or a chartreuse-chartreuse.
68kMLA Hardware by chris Sat, 31 Jan 2009 - 16:15

Email on the Newton — #2

I haven't used email on my MP for a long time, and doubt that I will again, though I use mine daily for other things (since 1998). Would Mail V do the trick, I wonder? http://www.…
68kMLA Development by beachycove Sat, 31 Jan 2009 - 15:20
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