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MIDI->ADB->PowerBook 5300cs — #4

Mac MIDI goes to the serial port, not ADB. There are lots of designs out there for making your own interface, or you can hunt one up on ebay for not too many dollars. Forget ProT…
68kMLA Peripherals by Bunsen Wed, 31 Dec 2008 - 01:47

What the heck happened??? — #8

Target Disk mode makes the target (victim?) drive into an insensate appendage of the host computer, just as if it were physically installed as an internal drive of the host. If yo…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by equill Wed, 31 Dec 2008 - 01:47

MIDI->ADB->PowerBook 5300cs — #3

Thanks for reply, thats great news! german is no problem for me neither making my own pcb. Anyway what software do you use with the midi interface, and what hardware do you plug in…
68kMLA Peripherals by somorastik Tue, 30 Dec 2008 - 23:04

What the heck happened??? — #7

Does the G3 need to have the same OS as the iBook when doing the Target Disk dealy? It has OS 8.6. I remember, the computer froze with the beach ball cursor, the hard drive cranki…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Gil Tue, 30 Dec 2008 - 22:54

What the heck happened??? — #6

In case the data on your disk is precious consider to pay for a professional data recovery service. Such service includes the work done in a clean room, any needed software, techn…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by register Tue, 30 Dec 2008 - 22:13

MIDI->ADB->PowerBook 5300cs — #2

I built two of Mac RS422 to MIDI interface devices using the description given in the c't magazine. This interface works very well (powered from serial port, 1 x MIDI in, 2 x MIDI …
68kMLA Peripherals by register Tue, 30 Dec 2008 - 21:28

What the heck happened??? — #5

Remove the drive, put it in an external USB case, and see if it's readable there. If not, try the cooling trick (it works by lowering the noise in the read channel, but the amount …
68kMLA Troubleshooting by tomlee59 Tue, 30 Dec 2008 - 21:10

What the heck happened??? — #4

I was able to boot from the Tiger DVD, and I opened up Disk Utility, but no Hard Drives were listed. The only other Mac that has FireWire is a Beige G3. I don't know if that wou…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by superpantoufle Tue, 30 Dec 2008 - 19:59

MIDI->ADB->PowerBook 5300cs — #1

Hi, I´m going to build this project: http://www.electronics.dit.ie/staff/tscarff/Music_technology/8way_drm2/8way_drm2_1.htm It´s an 8-way velocity sensitive Midi drum pad. I wa…
68kMLA Peripherals by somorastik Tue, 30 Dec 2008 - 17:33

What the heck happened??? — #3

I was able to boot from the Tiger DVD, and I opened up Disk Utility, but no Hard Drives were listed. The only other Mac that has FireWire is a Beige G3. I don't know if that wo…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Gil Tue, 30 Dec 2008 - 16:49

getting a Lombard colling fan to spin — #22

Ok I know what the USB 1 and 2 were. I did not know what the pc card was for. I am a dunc. I see now what you were saying earlier. I thought the card had something to do with the v…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by vinbar1 Tue, 30 Dec 2008 - 14:33

getting a Lombard colling fan to spin — #21

I have never heard of a USB2 PC Card What does that actualy do? Click to expand... USB 2 is a newer revision of the USB standard. Where USB 1 (built into the Lombard) will tra…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by quinterro Tue, 30 Dec 2008 - 13:45

getting a Lombard colling fan to spin — #20

does it require mad soldering skills? Are you reusing resistors or do you have to get more? Do you have a link that can explain it step by step? If anything I will see if I cant do…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by vinbar1 Tue, 30 Dec 2008 - 13:23

What the heck happened??? — #2

Will the 'Book boot from a CD/DVD, or a bootable external drive, or in target disk mode so that you can interrogate it from another Mac? What you describe could be a very proper r…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by equill Tue, 30 Dec 2008 - 12:42

getting a Lombard colling fan to spin — #19

Is there an easy way to overclock like on pc or is it a physical thing you have to do? Click to expand... You physically have to remove and relocate a couple of tiny resistors …
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Byrd Tue, 30 Dec 2008 - 06:00

What the heck happened??? — #1

I was on my iBook G4 tonight, when the machine froze up. I thought it was due to having a lot of tabs open in FireFox. I did the Command-Option-Escape command, but nothing came up.…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Gil Tue, 30 Dec 2008 - 05:28

getting a Lombard colling fan to spin — #18

utube is like 2 frames/sec and video from a thumb drive is not much better I had not tried to copy it from thumb drive to hard drive yet. Is there an easy way to overclock like on …
68kMLA Troubleshooting by quinterro Tue, 30 Dec 2008 - 02:47

Newtons, nBlog, and blogging: opinions? — #9

Some initial feedback is coming from the NewtonTalk list. I'll wait a couple of days and then I'll PM you the contributions I've got. Cheers, Rick
68kMLA Software by Morrick Tue, 30 Dec 2008 - 00:16

getting a Lombard colling fan to spin — #17

utube is like 2 frames/sec and video from a thumb drive is not much better I had not tried to copy it from thumb drive to hard drive yet. Is there an easy way to overclock like on…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by vinbar1 Mon, 29 Dec 2008 - 23:04

getting a Lombard colling fan to spin — #16

I found some YouTube videos don't have the option to downgrade the actual Flash quality. Especially on the mac side...
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Christopher Mon, 29 Dec 2008 - 22:07

getting a Lombard colling fan to spin — #15

Bunsen, definately go for 433Mhz in your OC adventures - I've had two now that have gone up to this speed without an issue. If you control + click on a YouTube video you can reduc…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Byrd Mon, 29 Dec 2008 - 21:09

Strange Blue/Whie G4 behavior — #5

Is the Blue and White PowerMac G4 a previously unknown prototype hidden in Cupertino's labs? Click to expand... It was originally a Rev 1 G3/350, then the motherboard was repla…
68kMLA Hardware by quinterro Mon, 29 Dec 2008 - 19:18

Newtons, nBlog, and blogging: opinions? — #8

No problem there, I'd be using the Newton exclusively for blogging (and PIM), no surfing of web or checking of email... As for encryption, I'm not sure what the hotspots around to…
68kMLA Software by conceitedjerk Mon, 29 Dec 2008 - 19:08

Strange Blue/Whie G4 behavior — #4

^^I'm guessing, weird Apple prototypes aside, that it's a B&W G3 with a G4 Zif upgrade.
68kMLA Hardware by Rodus Mon, 29 Dec 2008 - 18:59

Strange Blue/Whie G4 behavior — #3

Is the Blue and White PowerMac G4 a previously unknown prototype hidden in Cupertino's labs?
68kMLA Hardware by superpantoufle Mon, 29 Dec 2008 - 17:58
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