when the computer gets bumped it sometimes turns off when running on a battery, according to the repair manual, it needs a foam gasket to keep it in tighter. This thing's from 1997…
I've been tinkering with my beige G3 running 9.2.2 as of late and discovered it is having some issues with its floppy drive.
Specifically, whenever I eject a floppy, it spits it o…
68kMLATroubleshootingby macluxoSun, 2 Nov 2008 - 00:52
Hi,
I've not really been playing with my old Apple II stuff, but am going to try and spend a bit more time on it. I was just wondering what the view was on the best IIe emulator o…
I've never seen it myself until now, but I've heard of it. The cursor turns into a little bomb icon. So weird.
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68kMLAPeripheralsby Mike RichardsonThu, 30 Oct 2008 - 20:51
Hi guys,
As some of you will already know, I'm currently having fun restoring a thrift-store-salvaged Beige G3 Tower - I've successfully upgraded the RAM, created an Admin account…
Hi.
Just thought I'd draw your attention to a pile of Newton developer's tools that are being offloaded in Melbourne, Australia. With our dollar currently around 60 cents US, pri…
68kMLADevelopmentby BunsenWed, 29 Oct 2008 - 15:44
Hi all!
I have a dead blue Clamshell iBook lying around that I'd like to rescue. When turned on, it chimes, and shows the question mark. Nothing wrong until now: it won't boot fro…
68kMLATroubleshootingby superpantoufleMon, 27 Oct 2008 - 21:50
Have one of my tray-load iMacs going now and have put a 40GB drive in to replace its' old 4GB. Drive has not been partitioned.
Can't exactly boot into Mac OS :-/ - just hangs a…
I have a powerlogix powerforce g3 and my computer wont boot with it installed. It still boots with the orignal processor. The powerlogix was previously installed into a beige g3 …
68kMLATroubleshootingby sircabulonThu, 23 Oct 2008 - 23:58
I'm preparing a G4 as in the title for my wife, who currently uses an eMac/1GHz, so that she can use an ADC Cinema Display HD (23") with it. Erase and install (using a SuperDuper!…
A little Googling has turned up V150H button cells as replacements for the V110H cells originally in 2400c backup batteries. The V150Hs appear to be simply higher capacity successo…
68kMLAHardwareby beachycoveFri, 17 Oct 2008 - 04:21
As you can see by this pic the inside of this GS has some rust and other corrosion, so my question is: what should I remove it with? Is steel wool the best option? Or is there some…
Has FireWire been known to give out on a G4 AGP Graphics?
I hooked up my FireWire DVD drive as I always do to install the OS, but on this particular G4 it doesn't work. The drive …
68kMLAHardwareby Mike RichardsonThu, 16 Oct 2008 - 08:09
Today I had to press the reset button on the back of my Lombard. After doing so MacOS X attempts to boot and stops at a circle with a line through it on a gray background.
I know…
68kMLASoftwareby quinterroTue, 14 Oct 2008 - 20:39
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Had a G…
68kMLAHardwareby Mike RichardsonTue, 14 Oct 2008 - 07:10
I just got a blue and white g3 to replace my beige. I want to put my sonnet accelerator into the b&w, but whenever I clock the bus down, it will not boot. I would just ke…
68kMLAHardwareby sircabulonMon, 13 Oct 2008 - 20:24
Hey guys, can someone help me enable Quartz Extreme on my PCI Radeon 7000 WHILE still being able to use my AGP card? I need to use both because this quicksilver I have is needed fo…
68kMLATroubleshootingby ChristopherMon, 13 Oct 2008 - 16:31
I have a chance to buy a iMac Oct 2005 2.1 ghz, 500 gb hd, 2.5gb ram, and isight cam. Under Apple Care, he has replaced everything but the motherboard. He is asking $695CDN.
What …
68kMLAHardwareby MaconthemoveSun, 12 Oct 2008 - 23:31
So, about 5 years late, my iMac 333 is finally running Panther! However...there is a slight (big) problem....
The internal 24x notebook CD-ROM drive, well, lets just say its se…
68kMLATroubleshootingby LCGuySat, 11 Oct 2008 - 07:07
If anyone has or uses a Wacom digitizer tablet I could sure use some help. I have not been able to locate any kind of user guide for this thing.
I was given a Wacom drawing tablet…
68kMLASoftwareby SludgedragonSat, 11 Oct 2008 - 03:41
I've got an old Newton Message Pad 110. Model# H0059.
I don't have any of the cable that go with it. However, it did function when I originally got it.
Anyway, how would I go ab…
68kMLANetworkingby Monster_userFri, 10 Oct 2008 - 01:29
Hey, my sisters room mate came to me with her laptop telling me that it plays an elevator version of jump by van halen randomly. I couldn't find anything on google about it and do…
68kMLAHardwareby sircabulonTue, 7 Oct 2008 - 01:30