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G5 or Intel? — #5

For me, I would say Intel all the way. G5s seem to have a number of reliability issues - from faulty PSUs to liquid cooling systems leaking - if you Google around, you can see ima…
68kMLA PowerPC by istar1018 Tue, 24 Mar 2009 - 23:18

G5 or Intel? — #4

The only thing stopping me from selling my MacBook Pro and getting a quad G5 is the risk of not being able to run 10.6 when it comes out. I would much rather have a tower than lap…
68kMLA PowerPC by Hrududu Tue, 24 Mar 2009 - 23:10

G5 or Intel? — #3

G5's (towers) seem to be very pricey still. I think you are better off with an Intel if you plan on using it as your main machine for a few years.
68kMLA PowerPC by Unknown_K Tue, 24 Mar 2009 - 21:15

G5 or Intel? — #2

Depends on your needs. Do you mind using software that isn't the latest? Do you mind, if you need software that comes out in later years that it may not be compatible? And, what …
68kMLA PowerPC by Christopher Tue, 24 Mar 2009 - 19:31

new 6502 computer, playpower — #4

VISICalc! Now you're talking! http://playpower.org/blog/2009/03/wired-article-visicalc/ here’s a picture of Jeremy and I talking to Bob Frankston, who developed Visicalc. …
68kMLA Development by Bunsen Tue, 24 Mar 2009 - 12:30

Softwindows 2 68k — #20

Alright, I guess there will be no more replies to this thread, as it's been almost a month since the last posting. Anyway, thanks to anyone who participated! There is only one mor…
68kMLA 68k by Grex Mon, 23 Mar 2009 - 14:21

Resurrecting My Wallstreet — #21

well, to get it working in OS9, I downloaded and installed the latest software for airport for 9, version 2.0.4. The earlier versions don't work with the wavelan cards, but this on…
68kMLA Hardware by iamdigitalman Mon, 23 Mar 2009 - 00:41

2010 Problem — #3

Thanks for the reply, beachycove. I'm glad the problem is being tackled by people who know what they're doing. I, too, will wait until the last possible moment to install the patch…
68kMLA Software by LCARS Sun, 22 Mar 2009 - 20:18

Pismo G4 Upgrade & Leopard — #4

I tried Time Machine on a non core graphics card once. Don't do it, its so slow. Click to expand... All the Mac would do is sit there and backup. It's so slow now running OS X …
68kMLA PowerPC by Christopher Sun, 22 Mar 2009 - 19:40

Pismo G4 Upgrade & Leopard — #3

I tried Time Machine on a non core graphics card once. Don't do it, its so slow. Click to expand... All the Mac would do is sit there and backup. It's so slow now running OS X …
68kMLA PowerPC by Mac128 Sun, 22 Mar 2009 - 17:27

Resurrecting My Wallstreet — #20

I have the wavelan silver and it never shows up as an airport card in OS9 or OSX. For OS9 I used the official drivers I found on the internet and they work find. For OSX I used: …
68kMLA Hardware by Strimkind Sun, 22 Mar 2009 - 16:09

2010 Problem — #2

A different solution appears to be under development. There is a reasonably active open source development community around the Newton OS, so hopefully this nut will soon be cracke…
68kMLA Software by beachycove Sun, 22 Mar 2009 - 14:11

Resurrecting My Wallstreet — #19

Ok, I found my images, burned them, and now I remember why I stopped using it on the WS. Even with the 10.2.8 update, every time it reboots, the backlight is off. I have to press …
68kMLA Hardware by iamdigitalman Sun, 22 Mar 2009 - 05:11

A big mistake... — #3

I did the same thing with my duo. The only way to fix something like that is to find a startup disk for your computer or pull the drive, hook it up to another computer (with a usb …
68kMLA OS 9 by Green78II Sat, 21 Mar 2009 - 07:43

Resurrecting My Wallstreet — #18

I have been in and out of my wallstreets (5 of them) so much I can probably do it in 30 minutes or less. Easier to get into then other laptops that is for sure, then again they ar…
68kMLA Hardware by Unknown_K Sat, 21 Mar 2009 - 00:02

Resurrecting My Wallstreet — #17

Well, I did not really care about the casing on the donor book. I was gonna scrap it anyways, since the thing is held together with scotch tape in places 8-o Part of the trackpa…
68kMLA Hardware by iamdigitalman Fri, 20 Mar 2009 - 22:05

Resurrecting My Wallstreet — #16

OS X does support SCSI. I am unsure about the serial port and I know the DVD decoder does not work (I tried). Good job at stripping all those parts in 2 hours I must say. Would …
68kMLA Hardware by Strimkind Fri, 20 Mar 2009 - 14:34

Resurrecting My Wallstreet — #15

Alright, I got it all assembled. It's booted to my OS 9 disc, writing zeros on the 10gb drive, should take a while. I might burn OS X Jag again, since my copy is messed up. Only t…
68kMLA Hardware by iamdigitalman Fri, 20 Mar 2009 - 12:43

Resurrecting My Wallstreet — #14

IT'S ALIVE!!! I did some tweaking, and it turns out the motherboard in my main WS is shot somehow. I put the sonnet in the donor, and it boots!! So, my next goal is to swap ALL th…
68kMLA Hardware by iamdigitalman Fri, 20 Mar 2009 - 10:38

Resurrecting My Wallstreet — #13

Well, there is a firmware update for the processor card it's self, as well as a driver for it. I think I need to install the driver first, and I wonder if the firmware can be insta…
68kMLA Hardware by iamdigitalman Fri, 20 Mar 2009 - 03:51

Resurrecting My Wallstreet — #12

Wallstreets cannot get firmware updates do they? I would email their tech support and ask them what is wrong, and if they cannot get it working send the thing back (if there is a w…
68kMLA Hardware by Unknown_K Fri, 20 Mar 2009 - 03:28

Resurrecting My Wallstreet — #11

Try running an external monitor, internal video might be dead. Click to expand... I did that/ That was actually the first thing I tried, before a PMU and PRAM reset. I hooked i…
68kMLA Hardware by iamdigitalman Fri, 20 Mar 2009 - 02:36

help with assemblers and documentation. — #6

i just wanted to post these links for anyone else reading this and also ...i guess for myself so i know where to find them. they are resources for more apple // info and assembly i…
68kMLA Development by syntacsugar Fri, 20 Mar 2009 - 01:43

new 6502 computer, playpower — #3

hmmm don't really know much about the z80. i mainly focused on the 6502 because it was in all the machines i wanted to code for apple //, commodore 64, pc engine, and nes/snes, and…
68kMLA Development by syntacsugar Fri, 20 Mar 2009 - 01:35
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