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A Plus, a Farallon Etherwave and internet... — #18

There's also Apple's own LocalTalk Bridge software: System requirements System 7.1 or later. Memory requirements: * LocalTalk Bridge / approximately 70K * Open Transport …
68kMLA Networking by Bunsen Sun, 1 Nov 2009 - 18:53

eMac HD replacement - yikes! — #7

I got a free eMac a few months back with a dead HD. Put new one in, wouldn't boot. ended up giving up after my 2nd attempt of taking it apart.
68kMLA Hardware by Torbar Sun, 1 Nov 2009 - 18:21

Holy of Holies -- Quadra 840AV! — #15

The thing would take an aeon to start up Click to expand... An excellent point -- something I too often forget about 68k machines is the RAM check at startup. Click to expan…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Bunsen Sun, 1 Nov 2009 - 15:31

Busy week for Conquests — #1

I've been busy the past few weeks with some new items: C600/240 96MB RAM 3.5GB HD USB Card Boots to 9.1 but a bit noisy G4/400 192MB RAM 20 GB HD CDRW No OS; Does not boo…
68kMLA Hardware by Strimkind Sun, 1 Nov 2009 - 07:45

eMac HD replacement - yikes! — #6

Yeah, I did an optical drive upgrade on mine; then two weeks later had the hard drive die; then a month later, when I got a MacBook Pro, decided to put the recently-installed optic…
68kMLA Hardware by Anonymous Freak Sun, 1 Nov 2009 - 06:20

eMac HD replacement - yikes! — #5

I used to work on eMacs all the time. The only frustrating step was the pigtail wire that runs from the power button to the logic board. They made the wire so short and there is …
68kMLA Hardware by phreakout Sun, 1 Nov 2009 - 04:42

eMac HD replacement - yikes! — #4

AH! It SUCKS to do an eMac Upgrade. There is no shield over that scary huge CRT. Erhh. It took me hours To complete a DVD Drive upgrade on mine and it doesn't work correctly . iB…
68kMLA Hardware by Mars478 Sun, 1 Nov 2009 - 01:03

eMac HD replacement - yikes! — #3

iBooks are a nightmare too. I'm glad they've made it easier in the MacBooks. Click to expand... Yeah, All iBooks were terrible to work on, clamshell included.
68kMLA Hardware by Christopher Sat, 31 Oct 2009 - 23:57

Scored a perfect Powerbook — #8

I've noticed that there seems to be ALOT of ebay sellers with powerbook g4's that were used as only desktops.
68kMLA PowerPC by Christopher Sat, 31 Oct 2009 - 23:55

Scored a perfect Powerbook — #7

Congrats in the Al-PB, an excellent machine! May you and the PowerBook enjoy "peace and long life" I enjoy the 1701A bit in the username
68kMLA PowerPC by Buickguy Sat, 31 Oct 2009 - 22:15

eMac HD replacement - yikes! — #1

I just had my first occasion to replace a hard drive in an eMac. My goodness, what a gigantic PIA! It was easy to do, but it took about an hour from start to finish and included s…
68kMLA Hardware by tmtomh Sat, 31 Oct 2009 - 20:17

Scored a perfect Powerbook — #6

The 17" is portable... I bring it places, I had a 15" and same thing it portable. The 12" are nice but a bit too small for me. now there was a HP with, I believe a 21 inch screen…
68kMLA PowerPC by MacManiac1701A Sat, 31 Oct 2009 - 16:00

What you you think, was this a good deal or what? — #33

My games work well under the mac mini, as I sold the G5 on ebay for 750.00 + 35.00 shipping. Given the fact that the G5 was a good computer it was also huge and no-a-days I'd like…
68kMLA PowerPC by MacManiac1701A Sat, 31 Oct 2009 - 15:46

startup chime twice on cold boot — #15

System 7.6.1. is exactly what I am booting, and exactly as shown in your video. Very interesting theory. (I am yet order a new battery, I shall find out in a few weeks)
68kMLA Hardware by enigmaaaaa Sat, 31 Oct 2009 - 15:13

Holy of Holies -- Quadra 840AV! — #14

From memory it's doubtfull that 128Mb simms would work... Still I'd love to hear that it did work... I record video with my 840av sometimes & the more memory the better..…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by vassilizaitsev Sat, 31 Oct 2009 - 07:31

Holy of Holies -- Quadra 840AV! — #13

What would you even do with 512MB in a Quadra? Click to expand... I run NetBSD on a number of m68k machines, and having just one machine which can compile those huge packages (…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by johnklos Sat, 31 Oct 2009 - 07:14

LC II hard drive question... — #10

I found that earlier, but wans't sure which to download. I'm dual booting XP 32-bit and Windows 7 64-bit. I'm thinking the Vista drivers might work with 7. Windows' generic drivers…
68kMLA Software by MarkS Sat, 31 Oct 2009 - 06:07
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