Just remembered (cleaning up the other day) I think I've a Diamond 56K external modem at my parents with the right mac serial --> DB9 connector; will report back soon JB

Any ideas? Click to expand... You may be inadvertently using a null-modem, or may need to use a null-modem to swap the TX/RX wires over. Years ago there was a common little th…

yeah, it's a prolific based USB to serial adapter, got it at microcenter for $30 after seeing the price of the keyspan twin serial adapter ($80!!! ). I was surprised this works wit…

Have you tried a different power adaptor? Any Duo (will run the machine, though will NOT charge the battery), 1400, 2400, 3400, G3 or clamshell iBook adaptor will work. I've had m…

Recently I re-celled a pack for my Pismo, and noticed initially that the machine would not startup at all, not even momentarily, from the fully charged pack. I had previously tri…

Here: http://www.unna.org/view.php?/apple/software/Internet

I've a Lucent Wavelan Gold but the driver installed doesn't work. I assume I need to find the Newton Internet kit, but am having difficulty working out where it can be found? Tha…

Funnily enough, I did the exact same thing last night and had the exact same problem - Newton 2100 - Prolific PL2303 chipset based USB ---> serial adapter - Mac serial…

A couple of other things I noticed were that when I have it unplugged and put the battery in it the computer starts and then shuts off quickly. Also if I unplug it and leave the b…

Never heard of that. I booted it with an OS9.2 CD to check if it was a problem with just OSX and the same thing happens. OS9 does not see the battery. I'm thinking it is the PMU…

there is a way to reset the battery power manager. Take a wire and short both the + and - terminals. It will short out the power manager and reset it. The battery won't explode,…

Mine does the same. I'm assuming that the circuit board that manages the battery isn't managing and was looking to replace it at some point.

almeath, Even though we now know that you have a Gigabit Ethernet G4 that probably can't run 8.6, it would be nice if you would make the Sawtooth 8.6 system files available for th…

As an aside, now that we know that almeath's G4 is really a Gigabit Ethernet model and not a Sawtooth, all of my speculation above about the effect of boot rom v3.3.x on a Sawtooth…

I agree with LCGuy that what you have is a Gigabit Ethernet model (and not some weird hybrid). I think that MacTracker is wrong about M5183 being the model number for the original…

trying to argue that the designers are [stupid/selfish/greedy/etc] / Yes, they are selfish - it's called capitalism. However, they are presumably trying to help people with the pro…

I still get annoyed that greeks invented the steam engine thousands of years ago and just used it for a toy, if they had figured out a way to make a motor out of it the industrial …

On a side note, even the single CPU heatsink clips had DUAL on them.

I could be wrong, but gunpowder was invented at a time China was unified and not fighting wars with their neighbors. Europe was busy fighting endless wars so they were busy looking…

Kind of odd some western people are going to design a product, make it in china, and sell it in china that the chinese never thaught of needing themselves. Click to expand... T…

Then I assume a mainboard swap took place. All this time I was going on the model # listed on the case.

I'd say you have a Gigabit Ethernet G4/400. And they're not exactly rare - it was the low cost, "no frills" version of the Gigabit G4, for people who couldn't afford/didn't need d…

I'm currently trying to resolve the question of whether I actually have a gigabit ethernet G4, rather than an original sawtooth. Here is what I have found: (1) The label on the b…

*Ahem* Those people that you say have no pots to piss in are not the target market. Have fun with your straw man, though. By the way, the US also has a large amount of people who …

*Ahem* Those people that you say have no pots to piss in are not the target market. Have fun with your straw man, though. *deep breath* Why does a discussion of a cool piece of …