Thanks. Got it. Also, Apple has an article on how to check firmwware version: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2568?viewlocale=en_US (Now I found out I don't have the latest firmw…

Floppy disks are like record players Click to expand... No they aren't. Floppy diskettes are like records. Floppy diskette drives are like record players. Also they aren'…

I wouldn't be able to turn it into anything server-y as my isp has 1 ip for _everyone_ on each tower, so no incoming connections. Click to expand... That is really stretching t…

Floppy disks are like record players Click to expand... No they aren't. Floppy diskettes are like records. Floppy diskette drives are like record players. Also they aren'…

Try running Apple System Profiler. It should show you the firmware revision on the first screen. John

For those interested my notes so far. I think I am going to go buy a printer, because I hate reading on the computer. Can't scribble notes on the pages that way. :-D Click to e…

Well, NetBSD would be great with a huge-huge-huge caveat, at least for me. You need to have a real pci video card, ATi or NVidia. The on-board video is insufficient, as well as the…

I wouldn't be able to turn it into anything server-y as my isp has 1 ip for _everyone_ on each tower, so no incoming connections. Click to expand... Tower? You mean on each wir…

Yea like the poster above me said what you can do will work, and thats the best bet, I would get the "network floppy" to reinstall 8.1 and use speed dubbler but thats just me. so …

What about a Localtalk-Ethernet adapter, like the Farallon Etherprint? Click to expand... On a 128K? No room for MacTCP.

ok i did what you said about adding h fans behind the processor just finished hahahah took a long time and now the mdd's door doesnt shut right! i have to kinda slam it to get it s…

Just as an aside, well... I was fuzing with this out of curiosity, and I never was able to make a USB serial adapter spawn a console out of /etc/ttys automatically. The oft-quoted …

Hmmm. I have iStat running on both the DP MDD (1.42) and the Intel iMac. The MDD shows a CPU temp of 73125f (no decimal point); there's either a problem with the installation or …

I think I'll just go back to "sneaker netting" w/HDDs! : I was trying to avoid spending $80, but Sonnettech has always done well by me! http://www.sonnettech.com/product/temp…

VIA cards are a problem because they use UHCI and not OHCI, or something like that. However I think starting with Tiger, UHCI is supported. Click to expand... That makes sense.…

Oops I meant 60 degrees Celsius. You're running at 51.6 degrees Celsius. You're fine.

Well, NetBSD would be great with a huge-huge-huge caveat, at least for me. You need to have a real pci video card, ATi or NVidia. The on-board video is insufficient, as well as the…

VIA cards are a problem because they use UHCI and not OHCI, or something like that. However I think starting with Tiger, UHCI is supported. VIA is the only on who makes crap UHCI …

I installed Open Transport on my mac. I was having issues with the card not being recognized by the installer software, but after some messing around, it was then detected. I not…

You need to turn on 32-bit addressing in the Memory Control Panel of that IIci in order to take advantage of your 20MB of RAM. Back in days of yore, of course, that was a LOT of RA…

Just looked at the box, it's Bytecc. Apple System Profiler recognized the card but I can't tell if you if was running at USB2 speeds. But it didn't crash the mac so that's a plus!

By chance I dropped a NEC based generic USB2 card in a graphite G4 running OS 9. Worked fine without drivers, it loaded a USB2 flash stick but I didn't test the speed, although it …

You can share a CD over AppleTalk, from any machine with File Sharing turned on and with full privileges set for the user in question, and yes, as has been reported, you can instal…

mine has been running for about 8 hours and it is at 125F according to istats menu is that a ok temp? and i do not use a adc monitor i use a 22 inch dvi display by acer

You need to turn on 32-bit addressing in the Memory Control Panel of that IIci in order to take advantage of your 20MB of RAM. Back in days of yore, of course, that was a LOT of R…