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Powerbook 3400 — #7

Well I opened it up today and installed a HD and checked all the connectors. Everything other than the PRAM battery is in place and secure. Not sure why it is not booting up howe…
68kMLA Hardware by Unknown_K Sat, 24 Oct 2009 - 07:32

Powerbook 3400 — #6

Dunno about Wavelan cards, but my 3400 has been running for years on my MacWireless 11b PC Card with no problems.
68kMLA Hardware by Hotdog Zanzibar Sat, 24 Oct 2009 - 07:17

8500 G4 Issue — #8

John - That's the version I tried first. It refuses to load in OS9. I had to dig through my collection and found a copy of 1.5f6 and that works just fine. I'm a little older tha…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by stretch Sat, 24 Oct 2009 - 06:55

Power Mac 9500 startup woes — #23

Did you say you got a G3 card in the machine. That takes a peice of software to run and if the HD is messed up nothings going to happen. Click to expand... Software for process…
68kMLA Hardware by Gil Sat, 24 Oct 2009 - 05:31

Power Mac 9500 startup woes — #22

Did you say you got a G3 card in the machine. That takes a peice of software to run and if the HD is messed up nothings going to happen. Put the 604 cpu back in try to boot from a …
68kMLA Hardware by Mac SK Sat, 24 Oct 2009 - 05:24

8600 bus error: possible causes — #15

I would recommend using RAMometer.... Click to expand... Very helpful discussion, and lead on the Gauge Utilities, which I have used for many years but without knowing this par…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by beachycove Sat, 24 Oct 2009 - 04:45

8600 bus error: possible causes — #14

I'm not particularly familiar with multiple processors in pre-OS X, but here's my question. If you are multitasking, and have two separate, intensive programs running, wouldn't Ma…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by beachycove Sat, 24 Oct 2009 - 04:37

8500 G4 Issue — #7

Hmmm. I have a 9500 with a Sonnet 800MHz G4 that has strange problems from time to time. ie Apple System Profiler freezes the machine solid when I attempt to list the SCSI devices…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by mac2geezer Sat, 24 Oct 2009 - 00:57

8500 G4 Issue — #6

Hmmm... It's been a while since I've run these kinds of Sonnet accelerators in Mac OS 8 or 9. Mine are in various NetBSD machines (I have a couple of 700 MHz Sonnet accelerators, t…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by johnklos Fri, 23 Oct 2009 - 23:14

Powerbook 3400 — #5

Well I opened it up today and installed a HD and checked all the connectors. Everything other than the PRAM battery is in place and secure. Not sure why it is not booting up howe…
68kMLA Hardware by Strimkind Fri, 23 Oct 2009 - 21:58

iMacs, G3s, SE's, Duos, and more — #7

Very nice. Are they all functional? Click to expand... Most of them work great. Here are some details for those who are interested: Power Mac G4/450DP - works great, 448MB RA…
68kMLA Hardware by tmtomh Fri, 23 Oct 2009 - 20:29

8600 bus error: possible causes — #13

I have tested the RAM using TekTool Pro v. 3, and though I had one failure, it has passed maybe a dozen times. The documentation says that there can be occasional failures and not …
68kMLA Troubleshooting by trag Fri, 23 Oct 2009 - 20:26

8600 bus error: possible causes — #12

Dennis, don't you belong over on the Larry Niven group? What are you doing over here? Click to expand... I'm not sure exactly what that's supposed to mean. Are you just kiddi…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by trag Fri, 23 Oct 2009 - 20:21

Dual 604ev @ 300MHz? — #6

Yes, and if the Umax secondary processors are scarce as hens' teeth (which they are), the secondary processor in the Pios would be even scarcer (& needing connection with a…
68kMLA Hardware by trag Fri, 23 Oct 2009 - 20:17

iMacs, G3s, SE's, Duos, and more — #6

Had some good luck with free conquests recently: Power Mac G4/450DP 2X Snow iMac/600's Beige G3/233 AIO Beige G3/233 DT PB 3400c 3X Duo 280c's IIci 5X SE's Apple IIgs 2X A…
68kMLA Hardware by tmtomh Fri, 23 Oct 2009 - 20:03

8500 G4 Issue — #5

John, that's a reasonable suggestion. However I don't see an option to change the speed. I have reported sizes and speeds, then an option to enable/disable the cache at startup o…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by stretch Fri, 23 Oct 2009 - 19:00

TapGuard utility — #4

Just luck really. I used a combination of Google and archive.org. I think I managed to find the filename first, then an old entry on cnet or download.com that had a dead link back …
68kMLA Software by protocol7 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 - 14:30

TapGuard utility — #3

Thank you for that. But how did you find it? I looked for hours with no luck, including on the internet archive/ waybackmachine, so a tip on how to look would be useful to have in …
68kMLA Software by beachycove Fri, 23 Oct 2009 - 13:19

A pair of LCs, a few odds & ends — #9

Running OS X 10.4.11 for now, haven't got around to installing OS 9. Downside of using OS 9 is that my wi-fi network is inaccessible since I use WPA security. I'll find a work-arou…
68kMLA Hardware by MultiFinder Fri, 23 Oct 2009 - 12:55

8600 bus error: possible causes — #11

My 8600/200 604e with 256k cache, which has an Adaptec scsi pci card and 9 GB 68-pin drive, gives a repeated "bus error" message on cold startup in 8.6. Essentially, it gets to the…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by beachycove Fri, 23 Oct 2009 - 12:36

A pair of LCs, a few odds & ends — #8

What are the specs on your iBook? I have one like it. Click to expand... 600Mhz, 640MB RAM, 30GB HDD, 16x Sony CDRW/DVD Combo drive. It was ordered brand new in 2002 with onl…
68kMLA Hardware by oneboyarmy Fri, 23 Oct 2009 - 09:30

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