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MacOS 8.6 on "Sawtooth" G4 — #59

Desperately in search of Mac OS ROM 2.5.1 to get 8.6 running on a PowerMac G4 SawTooth. I have scoured the abandonware archives and used my status as Apple Certified tech to check…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by khmann Wed, 7 Jul 2010 - 03:43

LC520 accelerator — #16

If you get an LC575 board, make sure you also get the back panel off an LC575 Click to expand... In fact, Apple once sold both in an official LC 575 logic board upgrade for the…
68kMLA 68k by yuhong Tue, 6 Jul 2010 - 20:15

PowerBook 150 Failure. — #27

RAM went to hell? In my Classic, when one of the RAM modules went to hell I saw the same behavior. Each boot was a crap shoot.
68kMLA Hardware by Paralel Mon, 5 Jul 2010 - 20:38

PowerBook 150 Failure. — #26

Well, I plugged it in today for giggles, and whaddya know, I got a chime and the mouse screen. I get varying results though, like sometimes i get chimes of death, and once or twice…
68kMLA Hardware by Mars478 Sun, 4 Jul 2010 - 20:11

Wallstreet and PDQ information thread — #12

I need to load Gauge Pro on my new Wallstreet to see if ASP was on crack when I checked the thing out. : It's gonna be Beater2 when I'm done loading utilities and drivers on th…
68kMLA Hardware by Trash80toHP_Mini Fri, 2 Jul 2010 - 02:47

Wallstreet and PDQ information thread — #11

I recently obtained a Wallstreet II PDQ 300MHz running OS 9.2.2 with 192MB RAM & an 8GB hard drive with 4.6GB free. I have a G3 Pismo 400MHz running Tiger quite good. I was…
68kMLA Hardware by mike-stock Wed, 30 Jun 2010 - 08:01

The original CRT iMac's popularity today — #18

Looking back at this article after finding an original Bondi Blue iMac (not sure of the revision) at a school it made me wonder. That ebay auction did end up selling for $350 but …
68kMLA PowerPC by Strimkind Wed, 30 Jun 2010 - 07:20

Service videos for 1xx/2xx/5xx on ebay — #27

Now this is an odd find: On offer is a VINTAGE COLLECTABLE - BRAND NEW Apple PowerBook {x00} Series Video Service Course as part of the Apple Service Training Courses. This b…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Baboon! Tue, 22 Jun 2010 - 18:13

Wanted: Advice on performing 68040 upgrade for Q605 — #29

Yeah, like that's gonna happen. They are like $250-$300 each in bulk according to Freescales' site. Click to expand... Well, they did eventually make a 40Mhz 68LC040, which is …
68kMLA Troubleshooting by yuhong Sun, 20 Jun 2010 - 23:48

asking for opinion: WGS 8150 vs. Radius 81/110 — #30

If I remember correctly, it was only true for 68k models (2GB limitation in ROM or something). Click to expand... Nope, Drive Setup in 7.6 and later installed the 'ruby' patch …
68kMLA Hardware by yuhong Mon, 7 Jun 2010 - 08:23

6500 PSU voltages & outputs? — #10

Hey Johnklos, Thank you for your response! I meant 5 volt rather than 5.5 volts - it was a typo - fat finger syndrome here hehe I was wondering because I have a CC modded wit…
68kMLA Hardware by BeniD82 Sun, 6 Jun 2010 - 23:11

6500 PSU voltages & outputs? — #9

Is there a way to figure out how much the maxium wattage would be per rail? :?: For example: - Maximum watts per 3.3v line - Maximum watts per 5.5v line - Total combined watt…
68kMLA Hardware by johnklos Sun, 6 Jun 2010 - 20:56

6500 PSU voltages & outputs? — #8

ohms law states w = I*V so for example 12 volts with a MAX of 5 amps = 60 watts (keeping in mind MAX means the most it can handle before killing itself, and really should not be …
68kMLA Hardware by Osgeld Sun, 6 Jun 2010 - 20:44

6500 PSU voltages & outputs? — #7

Is there a way to figure out how much the maxium wattage would be per rail? :?: For example: - Maximum watts per 3.3v line - Maximum watts per 5.5v line - Total combined wat…
68kMLA Hardware by BeniD82 Sun, 6 Jun 2010 - 20:25

Schrödinger's MDD G4 - dead or alive? — #11

It's possible of course that the bad part is a cache RAM chip instead of the G4. Click to expand... ARG!!! Why can't I just let it die in peace? It worked for about three days…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by CJ_Miller Sun, 6 Jun 2010 - 06:54

Get the most out of it — #10

Thanks for your reply. That's a bit disappointing that the fax function hasn't worked well for you. I have yet to try it out. I answered my CF card question but I have come up with…
68kMLA Networking by Nathan Sat, 5 Jun 2010 - 03:49

Free fan control utility — #10

http://www.box.net/shared/6eo0qjhyst That's G4FanControl 0.5. Under Leopard the UI itself is pretty useless (although you may have better luck), otherwise the command line version…
68kMLA PowerPC by iMac600 Fri, 4 Jun 2010 - 19:59

Schrödinger's MDD G4 - dead or alive? — #10

Similar experience with my Sawtooth running a 1.2GHz PLX CPU. In my case the DIP switches which set the buss multiplier evidently glitched and it went to 1.6GHz, which is way overc…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by johnklos Thu, 3 Jun 2010 - 05:23

Schrödinger's MDD G4 - dead or alive? — #9

Similar experience with my Sawtooth running a 1.2GHz PLX CPU. In my case the DIP switches which set the buss multiplier evidently glitched and it went to 1.6GHz, which is way overc…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by H3NRY Thu, 3 Jun 2010 - 05:09

Network Games for Apple II? — #23

Changing the code to use arrow keys ought to be fairly trivial. Because the code just checks for a direction that's not the same nor directly opposite from the previous direction, …
68kMLA Networking by Dog Cow Wed, 2 Jun 2010 - 21:15
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