we could also do with getting rid of the idea of the RC being about an 'endurance' challenge - largely that was dropped as an active 'idea' a couple of years ago, its really all ab…

I have benchmarked a couple of storage solutions I had lying around, including: Seagate Cheetah 10k RPM ST9102LW SanDisk UltraII 4GB CompactFlash Quantum ProDrive LPS connected …

Hello all, I installed a micromac ThunderCachePro on my CC and nothing really seems to be faster. I bought this card back in 1997 and decided to give it one more try. When the C…

I've found iCab to be pretty serviceable (with CSS disabled). Adjusting your expectations also helps ;-)

Is there anyone with an online archive who would like to host these Global Village PowerPort PCMCIA driver files for download? They were until recently freely available from Global…

Good luck - let us know if you have browsing tips once you get up and running. I have found the WannaBe browser works well for just scanning textual info on sites with the 1400 - c…

(It's in the second slot, BTW. I keep the original Rage 128 in the first slot.) Click to expand... You do know that in the B&W G3 and PCI GFX G4 the shorter slot is 66M…

Try plugging the display into the old ati rage card, start it up as normal. Then shut it down and swap back to your newer video card.

Until you hit a website with a drop of flash. Either way that's really cool. I miss mine.

Ok its here!, im installing os9 and osx as we talk, i lost the Cisco Wifi drivers for os9-osx and the cisco webpage is a PITA but im happy to have my powerbook working again. the …

I GOT THE FILES! Thanks for helping, Beachycove (and everyone who wanted to help)! I am trying to get it on my PB1400. I'll edit this message with the status.

I'm fairly sure its still legal to use leaded solder here in Australia, Jaycar even sells it, even though theirs is 60% tin. Click to expand... Uh, solder has been 60% tin / 40…

I'm fairly sure its still legal to use leaded solder here in Australia, Jaycar even sells it, even though theirs is 60% tin.

Bit of a story behind this one. I found it about a year ago with a wallstreet for the dirt cheap price of $40 for both. I knew someone who was looking for a cheap laptop for her …

RoHS - making electronics hobbyists' lives hell since ... when did the EU sign up to that garbage? Click to expand... dunno about where your at, but in the states RoHS only app…

Darn! I am in the process of doing it!Let's see who can do it better Click to expand... OK! Here's my first pass at it. The Orange needs a little more saturation for …

I like the name of the mobo pic. Click to expand... You're welcome to tell me it's an inappropriate name, but I can't think of a better description for what I did to it Btw…

I like the name of the mobo pic. Motherboard-f*cked.jpg :rambo:

the new lead free junk Click to expand... I hear ya. I assembled a DMM with solder that was 99.3% Tin, and 0.7% Copper ... very hard to work! Thankfully it wasn't TOO much of a…

My main impetus for wanting to use a PPC was, yes, because a semi-modern web browser is available. As I've been discovering, trying to use circa-1995 web browsers is impossible. …

The difference, if measurable, between CF and SATA on a polled I/O SCSI bus on a 16 MHz m68030 is going to be so insignificant as to be noise. Click to expand... Pure speculati…

I'd say it might refer to requiring an Apple certification - the reason Apple uses Torx screws in the first place is to try and stop people like you and I from opening them up. …

Slight update. He forgot to bring it with him when I saw him twice this week so far.... I really would like to get it before I go on the winterfest trip two weekends away so I ca…

So I had my logic board recapped by a member here on the forum and he did a fantastic job! However, I'm still experiencing the following problem: When I turn the computer on, I ge…

Quite the collection with quite a few unique items. Namely, the hard to find PPC upgrade for the 520c, and the ethernet dock for the duo series.