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Powerbook 500 with PowerPC — #10

Checked my website, and here is what it says: Yes. 4 upgrade chips were made for the 500 series PowerBooks. Newer Technologies made 3 upgrade chips for the 500 series PowerBooks (…
68kMLA Hardware by freudling Wed, 28 Jan 2009 - 10:06

Yet another 2400c problem — #6

beachycove: Giving up so soon? I have installed a CF Card in a 5300ce and a 1400c with the addonics CF-ATA adapter and after 6 months of use on each, no problems. Now, I know th…
68kMLA Hardware by freudling Wed, 28 Jan 2009 - 09:56

PB1400 G3 — #4

Makes sense to me... Can't put a price on the nostalgia we get from using old Apple gear. Riddle me this... does it make sense for me to occasionally do book research on my PowerB…
68kMLA OS 8 by freudling Wed, 28 Jan 2009 - 09:22

5300 Brand New Sealed In Box — #15

Love my mint 5300ce... threw a CF Card in there for an internal hard drive. Works great, and has a double capacity battery that lasts for about 5 hours, and I have a flush wifi ca…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by freudling Wed, 28 Jan 2009 - 09:17

Wireless Card for a Lombard 333Mhz — #7

Linksys WRT54GS / WRT54G v1 / use the Broadcom chipset / It ought to be recognized reasonably well in OS9 because it will be mistaken as an Airport card. Click to expand... The…
68kMLA OS 9 by Bunsen Tue, 27 Jan 2009 - 00:05

Wireless Card for a Lombard 333Mhz — #6

That Linksys device is a router, not a card. Also, the original Airport cards used chips made by Lucent/Agere, not Broadcom. They are known in the wireless biz as the Hermes chips…
68kMLA OS 9 by tomlee59 Mon, 26 Jan 2009 - 23:52

Massive quest for everything PowerBook 2400c — #11

Great discussion. I wrote these specs years ago... they might come in handy (check the GLOD solution there, although looks like you already tried it). Also, like at links at bott…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by freudling Mon, 26 Jan 2009 - 23:23

Wireless Card for a Lombard 333Mhz — #4

The best one that I know will work is the Linksys WRT54GS (the S is for Speedboost). Also the Linksys WRT54G v1 will work. I do not know about version two. Both of these Wireless G…
68kMLA OS 9 by Redjack Mon, 26 Jan 2009 - 21:39

Wireless Card for a Lombard 333Mhz — #3

If you're happy to settle for 802.11b, rather than 802.11g, an ORiNOCO card will work well on there, and even allow you to use the standard Apple AirPort software.
68kMLA OS 9 by LCGuy Mon, 26 Jan 2009 - 20:35

Wireless Card for a Lombard 333Mhz — #2

I think the Sonnet Aria Extreme card can do both if I'm not mistaken. It's kinda hard to find, but most used mac computer sites have it http://www.powermax.com/parts/show/c39916
68kMLA OS 9 by Christopher Mon, 26 Jan 2009 - 16:53

So what about the famous Apple ][ series? — #36

Very interesting...I suppose if the voltage is correct it may work though. I know this is somewhat off-topic, but since car batteries have been brought up, does anyone know of a g…
68kMLA Hardware by Scott Baret Sun, 25 Jan 2009 - 02:33

So what about the famous Apple ][ series? — #33

I managed to get the case off (I did end up gouging the casing a tiny bit) but after a look at the interior I realized that opening it up again anytime soon won't be necessary. Th…
68kMLA Hardware by Apostrophe Fri, 23 Jan 2009 - 22:02

Lisa troubleshooting — #9

oh yeah about the hd, if it is a profile there is a guy who makes a profile-compactflash board, google profile emulator. -can't help u if it is a widget.
68kMLA Troubleshooting by barana Fri, 23 Jan 2009 - 20:32

Lisa troubleshooting — #8

hehe u r a retro man - a die hard one at that! a combi with a bastard engine AND and apple lisa!
68kMLA Troubleshooting by barana Fri, 23 Jan 2009 - 20:26

Save This LISA! — #6

keep it. in the meantime, this community should be able to convince someone to do a port of browser6. you could be our lead beta tester. - ppl in retro communities with lisa's tend…
68kMLA Peripherals by barana Fri, 23 Jan 2009 - 20:18

Super Mario Bros. for the IIgs — #19

Yes. It's quite a common sight in the old Apple/Mac world. Moof! Rainbow dogcow comes from one of the color Stylewriter page setup dialog boxes.
68kMLA Peripherals by Dog Cow Fri, 23 Jan 2009 - 17:47

Installing Tiger on Beige G3 w/SuperDrive and XPostFacto — #2

Problem: The install still doesn't work. It craps out anywhere from 1-5%. Solution: My theory is that the SuperDrive is too fast for the G3. Use an old ass DVD-ROM drive, preferab…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Mike Richardson Fri, 23 Jan 2009 - 17:02

Yet another 2400c problem — #5

I see that this thread has been inspiring.... In the interests of completeness, however, I will report finally that I simply could not get the internal CF drive of which I wrote a…
68kMLA Hardware by beachycove Fri, 23 Jan 2009 - 14:25

Wallstreet II PRAM battery — #3

The Pismo is certainly known to recharge backup cells by removal of the main battery. I don't know about the Wallstreet, but you could give it a try and post the results for the re…
68kMLA Hardware by beachycove Fri, 23 Jan 2009 - 13:41
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