Fellow 68kmla'er wthww gave me a SCSI DVD-RAM drive last July, but I've never done anything with it. If someone figures out what drivers are needed, I too would be interested.

I saw an old review of a prototype G4 upgrade from Daystar that had 2m cache vs 1m cache in the production model and the results weren't impressive. Running about 20 apps and bench…

I think most of them have the coating, even as far back as the 128k. My 128k has it, I just assumed they all did. Here's a photo of the guts of a 128k, with the coating:http://kcom…

Apple's devious plan for incorporating binary emulation seamlessly into the existing Mac OS was very clever, but it also meant they wasted loads of effort making a new CPU act like…

scsi dvd roms are out there and fairly plentiful, just expensive! Click to expand... I just bought an external Fantom Drive for $20 + $10 shipping on ebay. 8-o So it seems …

OS 7.6.1 can only boot from 2GB partitions, but can use anything you have left for non bootable partitions. OS 8.1 can boot from larger then 2GB partitions. Click to expand... …

Hmm... Do they have Steves signature inside? Click to expand... All compact Macs up to and including the initial release SE have signatures inside. Some later SEs are missing …

Hmm... Do they have Steves signature inside?

That's odd about the 2GB partition booting. My PowerBook 1400 is running 7.6.1 and has a 5GB drive in it (therefore partitioned to a single volume of 4.7GB). It boots up first time…

It wasn't necessarily a matter of functionality, since I already have a 512k, 512ke, and 3 Pluses. It was more for getting something I didn't already have. This 512k does have a SC…

OS 7.6.1 can only boot from 2GB partitions, but can use anything you have left for non bootable partitions. OS 8.1 can boot from larger then 2GB partitions. The early PPC macs had…

AAACK!!! part 2. I ended up having to go with OS 8.1 as it appears OS 7.6.1 only recognizes 2 gig or smaller. I also decided to pull the SCSI card as there seems to be conflict i…

It wasn't necessarily a matter of functionality, since I already have a 512k, 512ke, and 3 Pluses. It was more for getting something I didn't already have. This 512k does have a SC…

I started scraping away the coating using a putty knife. Seems to work pretty well, although I will have to finish it up with sandpaper. Will post results when I finish.

One thing I will take issue with is (emphasis mine) Apple's devious plan for incorporating binary emulation seamlessly into the existing Mac OS was very clever, but it als…

Oh well that actually makes sense

I don't have any major disagreement with any of those points (except one point below); they're certainly well-taken, and PReP/CHRP certainly had much squandered potential. My main …

hmm? is there a reason for that? Click to expand... there are no fans, so don't put anything (like paper) on top of it, and don't leave it in a confined place

hmm? is there a reason for that?

That's still a steal. Click to expand... Definitely... the carrying case alone, would have been worth driving 2 miles out of my way. It's not the typical Apple carrying case...…

I added a basic 68k programming guide to the wiki. Right now it just covers installing MPW and compiling a basic program, but the next tutorial will go more in-depth and cover aspe…

Minor note, the machine gets very hot.

No biggie; I'd rather have a 512k, anyway. They're more useful; more software will run on it.

I didn't mean to confuse the issue. Yes, this thread is about an ADB or ADB II mouse. The smaller switch you linked to is the correct switch for that mouse. I was asking about i…

Great epic find.