Something to try from Apple: http://support.apple.com/kb/TA22360?viewlocale=en_US Click to expand... Wow! I'd never seen that screen saver before! The box must have been locking …

No perticular reason. The fact that is was a good price and came boxed and in mint condition were good. A 2000/2100 would have been good but they tend to be rather expensive and I…

Unfortunately it sounds like it's failing. If you have something else to boot off of on the machine, such as another PPC Mac like your G4 via Target Disk Mode, do that. You'll at l…

My little 12" AlBook seems to be having some issues with its superdrive. Any disk that I insert is sucked in, pondered for a few seconds, then immediately spat back out. Blank CDs …

Sounds cool. I've never seen a 120 before. I've got a 100, 2000. and 2100. Definitely cool. Any reason you picked the 120?

I just thought I would mention that I bought a MessagePad 120 recently. I havn't recieved it yet. It will probably come next week as it is coming from Spain. It is boxed and in mi…

Ya, running from a PC Card slot can be a great solution... however, if your machine is not cardbus compliant, the 16 bit data path will slow everything down. If you can, get an Ex…

Hi, thanks for your answer, although I was actually referring to the kind where it's one connector on one end, and a three-way connector on the other end...oh well. And anyway,…

All composite cables are the same. A red-red one will work or a white-white or a chartreuse-chartreuse.

I have an Apple IIc, and a power supply is on the way. Now all I need is a composite video cable in order to hook it up to my TV. Just wondering...does it have to be the type wit…

I haven't used email on my MP for a long time, and doubt that I will again, though I use mine daily for other things (since 1998). Would Mail V do the trick, I wonder? http://www.…

In disk utility, try selecting the drive itsself, and clicking mount!

Freudling: The encouragement is appreciated. I did not try the tactic of formatting and software installation prior to putting the IDE-CF adapter and card in the machine. No doubt…

I was wondering if any of you can still successfully send email from your Newton. I've been able to set up Eudora to receive messages, but modern email servers seem to require SSL…

... which presumably means that the tactic works on the Wallstreet as well as the Pismo. How long will it remain asleep with light flashing? Click to expand... I have not check…

So far it has surprised me by keeping the date and time after being put to sleep and disconnecting the power Click to expand... ... which presumably means that the tactic works…

Juat a warniing about cleaning disks and Apple 5.25 drives(and any other other single sided 5.25 drives you may find on classic computers) Using a cleaning disk one one of thse ca…

Hi all and many thanks for the replies! Actually I still didn't take the time to further investigate those drives. And I just put the IIgs back on its shelf this morning, to make …

So far it has surprised me by keeping the date and time after being put to sleep and disconnecting the power. Now if I can get these hinges fixed.... I guess the ones from a lomba…

The G3/400 uprade is probably the second best thing that can happen to any PB1400, just after being equipped with a TFT screen. If asked to spend 200 bucks to pimp a 1400c, I woul…

Just in case I am keeping it plugged in without the main battery. This evening will be 24 hours, but I'm suspecting it's really dead.

did u have any joy?

Those beige G3 drives had issues when new,they have under run problems. just replace the Cd drive with something better. My mad dog works great. [] ]'>

Checked my website, and here is what it says: Yes. 4 upgrade chips were made for the 500 series PowerBooks. Newer Technologies made 3 upgrade chips for the 500 series PowerBooks (…

beachycove: Giving up so soon? I have installed a CF Card in a 5300ce and a 1400c with the addonics CF-ATA adapter and after 6 months of use on each, no problems. Now, I know th…