^^digging around it looks like the floppy port will only run on systems below 8.6, if the iMac has had the firmware update applied for OS X then that too could be a factor.

Yeah, that's what I'm thinking of. I do hope it's the RAM, will try with some from my G4 later. Fucks me right off too, as I scrounged this last week and there was another where I…

Yep, booted into OS 9 and the drive didn't do much except spin and then stop. I also tried inserting a disk before booting and nothing much happened. You would think it would spi…

^^sounds like a hardware rather then software problem.

I am considering buying a MP 2000 off eBay. Would you guys recommend it?

I assume you're using OS 9 or earlier to try and read the floppy, being as there's no support in OS X

But then, why not just do a clean install of OS 9 and skirt around the problem? Click to expand... Both my 8.6 and 9.2 CDs that boot my 7500 just fine give the same error, as d…

After playing with the drive for a while, I was unable to get it to actually read a disk. It is getting power because it spins for a moment after a disk is inserted, but it seems …

J12: It was actually a common hack back in the day to mount a 20 pin boxed header here and connect a surplus Mac floppy drive to it - worked out cheaper than buying a USB FDD, if y…

I just mounted a connector onto the floppy drive port and tried it. The drive is getting power, it spins when you insert a disk.

There's a prior listing of offending/offensive ATi extensions in the thread: http://68kmla.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=822&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=25…

I've installed OS 9.0 from iMac install media onto a beige G3 and experienced the same problem. The solution was to use the generic 9.0 install CD. You may be able to fix it by twi…

Expansion chassis are very uncommon. At least one company, possibly Magma, advertised one for the SE and Portable, so anything post SE/II was expandable via an external box. Assumi…

Compare the presently-installed extensions with those that would be installed from the OS 9 CD—using TomeViewer to see the latter if you have to do so—in case what you believe to b…

Not really, but you'll have to go a ways below $99 to sell it on ebay vs him selling it on his site. They can be hard to find since most of the 3400cs on ebay these days seem to b…

Does Contiki act much differently on the 16-bit GS than the older 8-bit Apples? Click to expand... No, it's just like running any other 8-bit software. The increased speed is a…

I have an iBook Clamshell battery if you need one.

Batteryspace.com sells NiMH tabbed 4/3AF cells. Getting eight of them to fit into that tight PB1400 case may be a problem, so the tab soldering must be done in a very compact man…

DON'T put any Clamshell battery parts into the 1400 battery or vice versa. The cells in ALL iBook batteries are Li-Ion cells, whereas the 1400 uses NiMH. Interchanging them would b…

first thought, duff RAM/slot, try one memory stick at a time and see what happens or if there is only one then try a different stick. If that doesn't work then I'd suspect a knack…

Does Contiki act much differently on the 16-bit GS than the older 8-bit Apples?

http://www.a2retrosystems.com/downloads.htm v 1.3 has the web browser and a few other apps (mostly just proof-of-concept). v 2.1 is the one you need if you're planning to set up …

having that Rage Pro 128 isnt helping things either. i would at least recomend a geforce 2 card and above, but you will still be pushing it. but since that has AGP 2x a 6200 Wang A…

The problem here is you are using a new OS with high overheads on a very old CPU and clapped out graphics card. Tiger should give you a much smoother ride.

The Magma expansion chassis was compatible with any Mac with a PCMCIA or PCI slot. In the old days, I believe they made Nubus expansion chassis too.