Hi,
As per my Conquests post, I've built up one "good" Lombard Powerbook G3 from two, which is specced as:
- 333 @ 433Mhz (did this once before, and it's rock solid yet again!), …
I have two older Macs (PPC7600 and G3 B&W) that I want to network. The PPC7600 is running OS 7.5 and the G3 is running OS 8.6
I have both HD's named and set for sharing. I…
68kMLANetworkingby transcorpmlaMon, 17 Nov 2008 - 16:17
As my PowerBook 150 has bitten the dust I no longer have a portable computer. I have been reading Wikipidia articles and websites about the PowerBook 1400.
I am used to the cruddy…
Hello all, I have a .toast file with Mac OS 7.6 on it. I know the file works because it was tested before being sent to me. I burn it in Toast ( 7.1 ) and go to boot up my 1400, I …
Managed to get a replacement power board for my 2400 (thanks to a nameless soul on here who pointed me in the right direction )
All fitted, power applied and...still GLOD :'(
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Installed new pram battery as I say on another thread, and these replacement cells seem to work fine, though to be honest, not having a multimeter, I haven't tested the charge prop…
68kMLAHardwareby beachycoveTue, 11 Nov 2008 - 19:09
With New World Macs I get, I'd like to be able to find the RAM amount quickly and easily, so is there an Open Firmware command to get the total amount of RAM?
I picked up a 3400 on eBay a week or two ago. It was sold w/o an ac adapter but w/ a charged battery.
When it arrived, I played with it a bit, booting it up on two occasions.
Aft…
68kMLAHardwareby LateralusMon, 10 Nov 2008 - 21:49
Just got (for husband's peace of mind) a set of 2 security cameras that wirelessly connect to a receiver, which connects to TV/VCR/etc with an AV cable that has one red and one yel…
68kMLASoftwareby SludgedragonMon, 10 Nov 2008 - 05:49
Hello everyone,
I have a PowerBook G3 Wallstreet with 9.2 installed. 233MHz model with 256MB of RAM. The machine runs fine with OS 9, but I decided I'd install Mac OS X. I read th…
68kMLASoftwareby LimeiBook86Mon, 10 Nov 2008 - 03:29
I have noticed on an old 333 MHz iMac logic board that there are traces for what appear to be:
J12 = Mac floppy drive
J11 = CD analog audio
J4 = Serial port (Used for IrDA in or…
68kMLAPeripheralsby Dennis NedrySun, 9 Nov 2008 - 03:19
Clamshell battery:
With my iBook Clamshell SE's battery being well and truly dead, and since it came second hand with the machine when I bought it (meaning no guarantee or warrant…
68kMLATroubleshootingby dudejediknightFri, 7 Nov 2008 - 21:02
I recently conquered a beige G3 desktop from university. It's stock + RAM.
Unfortunately, I can't get it to boot. Booting from the HD which has OS9 or an OS9 CD bombs after loadin…
68kMLATroubleshootingby pawsFri, 7 Nov 2008 - 19:53
If anyone (luddite?) can point at some good resources for installing Contiki on an Apple II, that would be much appreciated. I've googled and poked around the home page but haven'…
68kMLASoftwareby ChristTrekkerFri, 7 Nov 2008 - 17:09
Didn't know where to file this under but I was thinking about the PB 3400c...
Back in it's day it was an industrial beast (touted the "fastest" laptop on the planet with a big pri…
Just got a 3400c but haven't dug into one for awhile and haven't opened this one up yet - need a power adapter to test it out before I go taking it apart.
Is there a way to tighte…
68kMLATroubleshootingby lastmile77Wed, 5 Nov 2008 - 21:38
Hi folks,
Can anyone offer pointers to solving the following problem for a client? The machine is a G4 1.4GHz Mac Mini, and it was working fine when it left my hands.
Its …
Hey gang,
How big can an HFS (aka Mac OS Standard) partition be? I always thought they could be huge, but I've been having some trouble formatting a CF card with Disk Utility in O…
when the computer gets bumped it sometimes turns off when running on a battery, according to the repair manual, it needs a foam gasket to keep it in tighter. This thing's from 1997…
I've been tinkering with my beige G3 running 9.2.2 as of late and discovered it is having some issues with its floppy drive.
Specifically, whenever I eject a floppy, it spits it o…
68kMLATroubleshootingby macluxoSun, 2 Nov 2008 - 00:52
Hi,
I've not really been playing with my old Apple II stuff, but am going to try and spend a bit more time on it. I was just wondering what the view was on the best IIe emulator o…
I've never seen it myself until now, but I've heard of it. The cursor turns into a little bomb icon. So weird.
http://img222.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0324pe1.jpg
68kMLAPeripheralsby Mike RichardsonThu, 30 Oct 2008 - 20:51