I'm taking the plunge one step at a time -- Just bought a CF-IDE adapter, etc. and will see how that goes. Next step would be the battery re-cell, then the RAM. I'm not sure if I…

To save you from endless speculation about the ROM version currently in your Mac, and which ROM that might be, you could go to Production information at the foot of the System Prof…

I wouldn't paint it unless it needs the paint, as that would basically kill it as a mint specimen. As for the CF card, a re-celled battery and more ram, it's a question of how dee…

Building up an obsolete machine is something you do for the love it rather than because you need a more powerful machine. As you stated, more powerful machines are cheaper than bui…

Thanks for all the responses. [] ]'> The ROM on my B&W G3 CD is 1.4, and on the 'retail' CD it is 1.6. Unfortunately neither one will boot my G4. When running th…

[] ]'> Try install another Mac OS 8.6 with MacOnMac on the SawTooth, and put the 2.5.1 ROM in the new installed system afterwards... [] ]'> And... can I have the.…

Right -- thanks. Very interesting piece of kit -- didn't know this was possible until running across this thread. http://cgi.ebay.com/CF-to-44-Pin-LAPTOP-IDE-Hard-Drive-Adapter-b…

For Desktop Devices Click to expand... So no. You want one for a 2.5" laptop IDE/ATA connection, which is a much smaller 44 pin connector. And I'd look for a single ended one…

Here's what I'm thinking of doing... I have a Powerbook Duo 2300c (It's listed as FS in the trading post but I'm not seeing a lot of interest and its just *so* cute.... ) The…

I see there was a firmware update listed for the sawtooth G4s in 2001. It says it is for improved compatibility with OS X. I'll need to learn how to use Open Firmware to see if tha…

I have a 2300c and the hard drive just died. http://cgi.ebay.com/COMPACT-FLASH-CF-TYPE-IDE-CF-ADAPTER-DOUBLE-EEGED_W0QQitemZ380037457893QQihZ025QQcategoryZ41994QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZ…

Ok, I just opened up the iMac (I accidentally cracked some plastic off while lifting off the bottom housing, but don't worry, the iMac still works just as it did before), and had a…

Hi, Ok, in a bit I'll open the iMac and see if there's a dead battery. (Even if it's fine, I'll probably replace it anyway.) Now, you mentioned resetting the PMU. Let me remind…

Hey Guys, Im looking for Lisa / Mac Portable Parts in Australia, I am currently participating in the Retro Challenge, but I'm now in a predicament! The Lisa 2 I have, which is an…

And the 10.3.4 and 10.3.5 combo updates that I tried- the dmgs wont even mount. Click to expand... (a) download them again ( B) try and mount them on a different machine.

Trying to upgrade my ibook running 10.3.2 panther to 10.3.9. I downloaded the combo update but it unexpectadly quits partway through. And the 10.3.4 and 10.3.5 combo updates that I…

so why do you want to whatch video on a server? get a card that has core image support and you may be ok with video. Id get a geforce 5200 and flash it to mac. its teh cheapest ca…

[] ]'> Leopard has no grafics acceleration for that card. That's all. Put another compatible card in the sawtooth and you'll be more happy with it. Click to expand... …

I always thought that this was a pretty neat vector animation program for the Apple II. What do you think would happen if it went on and was still around today instead of Flash? He…

[] ]'> Leopard has no grafics acceleration for that card. That's all. Put another compatible card in the sawtooth and you'll be more happy with it.

Thanks for the help guys, Don't really have a NEED for DV, at least on this Mac, just curious. I wanted to use leopard because of built in screen sharing as I'm running the mac h…

From now on he should be called Wall-e.......

Thanks for that, Wally. Your mentioning tape gave me an idea, attach a peices of tape to the outside end of the card, leaving tabs big enough to grasp so the card can be pulled if…

Man, you are totally right, paws. IGNORE ME! I guess I forgot "Yikes!". Maybe because it's an exclamation? But yeah, since my brain no workie today (I'm moving again and doing int…

Your Sawtooth uses a 66MHz PCI video card (if it has AGP, it's not a Sawtooth) which is markedly slower, regardless of the fact that the two chipsets are virtually identical (both …