Skip to main content
Search titles, bodies, and author names
Found 15,241 posts across 1 forum.

Replacing Lamp in a Pismo Tonight — #10

I don't know if I want to attempt it. Thought I might be able to hire you. Just picked up a 333 Lombard with a decent screen...but it could probably be better Not sure if…
68kMLA Hardware by lastmile77 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 - 23:47

Find total RAM amount in Open Firmware — #6

http://www.kernelthread.com/mac/osx/arch_boot.html It's in the reg section. My iBook has two 512MB modules and so has 00000000 20000000 20000000 20000000 Yours would appear to h…
68kMLA Software by slimac55 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 - 21:17

3400 recessitation?? :-( — #10

Not trying to referee or anything, but sometimes a day isn't enough, especially when dealing with temperamental old hardware. Also, our Army has only about 1000 members, and not a…
68kMLA Hardware by Franklinstein Wed, 12 Nov 2008 - 18:34

Yet another 2400c problem — #2

That's interesting. There were no jumpers on the drive, were there? Sometimes drive manufacturers or resellers will ship drives with jumpers installed, as some computers need to ha…
68kMLA Hardware by Franklinstein Wed, 12 Nov 2008 - 18:18

3400 recessitation?? :-( — #9

Man, you two must be brothers or something... He specifically bolded times, as if to say that I posted the messages 39 minutes apart, ignoring the date. If bumping a thread in th…
68kMLA Hardware by Lateralus Wed, 12 Nov 2008 - 16:07

Replacing Lamp in a Pismo Tonight — #9

Are you going to offer backlight replacement service now? Click to expand... I sure could in the form of advice!
68kMLA Hardware by Dennis Nedry Wed, 12 Nov 2008 - 15:45

3400 recessitation?? :-( — #8

Uh... Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 11:10 am... Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 11:49 am Click to expand... Click to expand... You have just elegantly underlined Bunsen's observation…
68kMLA Hardware by equill Wed, 12 Nov 2008 - 14:10

3400 recessitation?? :-( — #7

Thanks. I'll look into that. Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 11:10 am ... Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 11:49 am Anybody. Click to expand... Not big on the ole patience there, huh…
68kMLA Hardware by Lateralus Wed, 12 Nov 2008 - 07:14

Mystery iMac logic board traces — #13

It needs a SWIM chip too doesn't it? Maybe that chip is gone, but the power is still hooked up, so the floppy drive powers on and starts to read the disk but then nothing is there …
68kMLA Peripherals by Mike Richardson Wed, 12 Nov 2008 - 07:09

Mystery iMac logic board traces — #12

I'm pretty sure that ROM support for those devices was removed after the Rev.A machines. Luckily you can drop a 333MHz CPU module into a Rev.A : - and a bare Rev.A board should no…
68kMLA Peripherals by Bunsen Wed, 12 Nov 2008 - 06:15

3400 recessitation?? :-( — #6

Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 11:10 am ... Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 11:49 am Anybody. Click to expand... Not big on the ole patience there, huh? First thing to check inside would…
68kMLA Hardware by Bunsen Wed, 12 Nov 2008 - 06:08

Connect Security Cameras to Powerbook? — #5

That should do it. What a neat little device...just a shame it needs Zoomed video to work. (which means that it won't work with my PowerBook 1400 )
68kMLA Software by LCGuy Wed, 12 Nov 2008 - 04:44

3400 recessitation?? :-( — #5

There is no magic bullet but persistence, and even that will fail if the PB is unserviceable. Check the AC adapter, for output voltage and temperature, after 5min and 1hr. Is it …
68kMLA Hardware by equill Wed, 12 Nov 2008 - 01:25

Find total RAM amount in Open Firmware — #5

http://www.kernelthread.com/mac/osx/arch_boot.html It's in the reg section. My iBook has two 512MB modules and so has 00000000 20000000 20000000 20000000 Yours would appear to …
68kMLA Software by paws Wed, 12 Nov 2008 - 00:52

Find total RAM amount in Open Firmware — #4

I did the following command: dev /memory@0 .properties and it came up with the following: Code: name memory device_type memory reg 00000000 00000000 …
68kMLA Software by slimac55 Tue, 11 Nov 2008 - 20:44

Find total RAM amount in Open Firmware — #3

It is possibly, I can't remember off-hand, but it probably involves finding the path to the RAM and getting .properties. Try doing > dev / ls to see a list of devices, and…
68kMLA Software by paws Tue, 11 Nov 2008 - 16:36

Connect Security Cameras to Powerbook? — #4

I will be bidding on this http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=330283948578&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=014 in the hopes that it…
68kMLA Software by Sludgedragon Tue, 11 Nov 2008 - 16:36

3400 recessitation?? :-( — #3

When I powered down for the final time, the battery still had well over 30% charge and it was no more than an hour later when I attempted and failed to boot it up again. I reset t…
68kMLA Hardware by Lateralus Tue, 11 Nov 2008 - 00:10

3400 recessitation?? :-( — #2

There are quite a few possibilities. Just for one, the battery was barely-charged, and the presence of the CD-ROM drive (which is constantly polled by the system 'in case' there i…
68kMLA Hardware by equill Mon, 10 Nov 2008 - 23:34
mp.ls