Try downloading the iMac service manual from this site http://home.earthlink.net/~strahm_s/manuals.html Wayne

but I am aware that the "H" in "IMHO" means Humble, Click to expand... Seriously? I though the "H" meant Honest. "In my honest opinion".

I am certainly not into acronyms (above and beyond CIA, FBI, SCSI, and a few others), but I am aware that the "H" in "IMHO" means Humble, and I shall attempt to exhibit some of tha…

43690 hours = 2621440 minutes. That makes me guess that somewhere in the PRAM is 18 bits for the total uptime count, which gets incremented every 10 minutes.

I will try that. Also, whether it is relevant or not, the onboard ethernet on it is dead.

Unknown_K Full Member 602 posts 06 Mar 2003 USA <== A simple search in the archive will show when I joined (and I have been active since that date unlike others who come…

I would support Lounge threads being removed after a long period, such as 3 months without a post, unless the thread has some kind of significance. However, it is impractical to j…

Unknown_K Full Member 602 posts 06 Mar 2003 USA <== A simple search in the archive will show when I joined (and I have been active since that date unlike others who come…

To those of you who would support The Lounge being removed, would you support a Mac swap meet where discussing something other than Macs is banned? Click to expand... I don't w…

Oops! It just "burped" at me - a short, low (not bong) beep, and the cursor locked up, so still a problem with "Lonely Mac" syndrome. Maybe memory as Phreakout suggested earlier? …

Try installing a fresh copy of the system first. I've found bus errors and address errors to occur frequently when software is corrupt (system or otherwise).

BTW, that number I posted was illegal... } :lol:

Some of my other interests and places I joined to talk about them: Old 486/P1 thinkpads, discussed in a Thinkpad forum DOS gaming, DOSgames forum Amigas, English Amiga Forum, Le…

I agree with everything Scott said except for the copyright stuff. Scott is on the far end of "Downloading that system 0.85 boot disk would be illegal", but most of us don't care a…

To those of you who would support The Lounge being removed, would you support a Mac swap meet where discussing something other than Macs is banned?

I agree with everything Scott said except for the copyright stuff. Scott is on the far end of "Downloading that system 0.85 boot disk would be illegal", but most of us don't care a…

If you've managed to scrape the paint off, I'd love to see an "after" picture!

it will often lead to something negative ... Click to expand... Since Scott felt this "needs to be discussed," I guess I will add further thoughts. If we disallow posting beca…

I've waited to post my response to this discussion until now only so I could get a feel of how other members felt about the "state of the 68MLA". I will address each issue one at a…

It's nice to have a topic like this put "decline" at the front of everyone's mind. :-/

Can you make a list of the cards and if you are keepig them all? if there is a capture board (now missing its breakout box) it is kind of useless to you, but I might need it. Cl…

I think you people are missing the point, what keeps the 68kmla going is the people who have knowledge of 68k and early ppc macs who come to talk about them, and then maybe some ot…

it's a *MacALLY* keyboard. one of my ADB mice is a MacALLY one.

My room doesn't smell like old pizza! But I think one of my cats coughed up a big, nasty hairball in my closet, and another peed on some stuff in my closet... And I don't hav…