Hi All, I've got my hands on Dyna a scsi to ethernet adapter (DaynaPORT SCSI/Link-t ). But I don't have a power adapter for it. I've tried a multi-adapter and t…
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I bought what turned out to be a matched pair of extremely basic Farallon AAUI adapters, unlabelled with any kind of model number either inside or out, off eBay…
So I read and was told that a FastPath 4 can be upgraded to the 5.1 ROM just by swapping out the PROMs inside. I opened mine up and it's version 4.1, but they a…
Greetings comrades, Originally the Guide was written here, but it has grown far beyond its original proportions and thus requires me to host it off site for bot…
Has anyone here tried to take the "Houdini I" Quadra 610 DOS card's riser and use it with the Quadra 6100's DOS card? I've found evidence online that it should …
I have a EtherPrint ethernet-to-localtalk bridge that seems to work well enough to netboot my IIGS from and connect to a netatalk share I have locally. I'm not …
We (bf and I) have decided to have a go at writing some software for System 7.5 and OS 9. We've now found ourselves with several Macs running various versions o…
Anybody here ever mess with Tokenring Nubus cards? At this point I have 3 different Nubus TR cards that I am going to integrate with some Thinkpad laptops (PCMC…
A fresh new topic for the MacIPgw virtual machine. I move this item out of the Lounche to Hacks & Development The MacIPgw virtual machine is way of conn…
Finally got my MP 2000 online using a Lucent WaveLAN silver card. 3 hours it took me to work out the settings! Kudos to the Japanese guy for writing the drivers…
Hi! I'm new to this forum, and new to old Macintosh machines, but not new to networking and computers. I was recently given the following equipment, and now I h…
I recently got all my old compact macs out of storage and started messing with them, and I hit a thrift shop and found a brand new in box DaynaPort E/Z Serial E…
Hi, Ive done some extensive reading about networking older machines. Im looking for something that doesn't require a degree in computer science. I have a 4Mb Cl…
There are a few options for docks for PowerBook Duos. The first, is the regular Duo Dock or Duo Dock II. The second, which is probably the most common, is the o…
I recenty bought a EtherWave Mac/PB Adapter and would like to connect my old school Mac's to the Internet. I have seen some posting that these devices support T…
Faced with the dilemma of how to get files between my little Powerbook Duo 280 and Intel iMac and, better yet, getting her on the Internet, I took to the grand …
I was able to get my Macintosh 512K web server running and on the internet for current RetroChallenge. It is running System 2.0/Finder 1.1g with 64K ROMs. Here …
I finally found an Asante Mac Con for my SE/30-- This one has the Thick/Thin option. I've got the board installed and connected to a Farallon Ether 10T Starlet …
Hi guys, I was wondering what printers would work with my original macintosh. Is the ImageWriter the only printer that would work with it or are there others? T…
After years of wanting one to play with, finally the skies parted and I got a number of G3 and G4 ibooks the last few months. The Pismos were getting a little s…
As the title suggests, my beige G3/300 Minitower running OS 8.6 will not display networked computers in the Chooser, nor will it display anything in the Network…
Can anyone verify that this is an OK thing to do? Just got a 512k working for the first time and would like to network it.
Hi, I have a problem : i tru to connect a "DOS" Macintosh to the Net, and i have problem to do that. It's a Power Macintosh 6100 under Mac OS 8.6, with Ethernet…
Picked this one up on eBay. Was particularly interested because it had all the manuals. It looks like it has never been used. I didn't realize when I bought it …
This is just to record my experience trying to get a Windows server to fileshare with an OS 9 client. Just in case someone makes the same google searches I did.…
OK ... so I've given myself a little project ... After cannibalising two IIci's and today sending the better board off to Uniserver for a recap I'm thinking abo…
I did several searches and have not found any topics on this forum ...however I have to believe this is covered somewhere? I would like to connect two macs, a M…
It's insufferably slow! I have an SE running 7.1 - 800k FDD, 4MB RAM, SCSI2SD with a 256mb microSD, and an (Excelan/Kinetics/Shiva) Etherport SE. I also have ne…
HI ..I have a PB 5300c with a 3Com 3c589 card . was connecting ok until I had a major crash and had to reinstall os 7.5.3 on SSD card to boot . Boots Ok now fro…
Hi people. Got my hands on a laserwriter finally. Ended up getting an Apple Laserwriter 4/600 PS. I have it hooked up to my LC475. Printer is sitting there with…
I'm thinking of replacing the Ethernet card in my IIx with one that either 1) doesn't require drivers or 2) has drivers readily available. I've never gotten my …
Hello, I have a SE/30 that is running System 6.0.8, 7.1, and 7.5.5 on separate partitions. I have a good ethernet NIC card and 7.5.5, OTT 1.3, appropriate drive…
I've got a nice little Mac Performa 640CD DOS Compatible which gives me an Intel 486/66 that I can run DOS/Windows on. Everything is working well on both sides …
Just dug up my old SCSI to Ethernet Adapter and my floppy went bad. Not surprising. BUt I am hoping someone out there might have a copy of the driver/installer …
I recently acquired a lovely PowerBook 150. Great condition, and it's got 40MB of RAM -- I assume a previous owner had the upgrade done. I'd like to get this ma…
So I have a Quadra 650 that serves as a console to run some Virtual World 3.0 pods. I have no other copies of the console software or drivers for the custom A/R…
Was wondering if there were any USB dongles for old G3 ibooks to give you wireless G capability (WPA)?
My grandparents have a complete collection of world books dating from 1963 and 1996. Of course, the PC revolution took off in the 80s, so I thought it would be …
Hey guys So I have this problem, I have a G4 500Mhz Pismo, running 10.4.11. When ever I try connecting to the wifi at home it will report I have entered the wro…
I'm looking for drivers for an Asante LC PDS ethernet card, but I'm so new to the 68k scene (Hello!) that I don't know where to look. So far I've checked Google…
Does anyone have any idea why my Classic might throw a "Divide by zero" error?, when I try and connect to an iMac G3.Its the classic Mac bomb screen and even if…
Folks... I use a Farallon brand ethernet card in my Color Classic. So far, I have Netscape 3.0, but soon I hope to install another browser. I am connected to my…
I'm going mad trying to do this with limited resources. I am seriously going to lose it if I can't get this working. I need to install System 7.5 on my Quadra 6…
Hi all, First of all, apologies if this has come up before (it must have, but I couldn't find it). Last month I was able to purchase a recapped SE/30 from a guy…
Hi, Im trying to connect an iMac G3 with OS9 and a Classic with a Dayna SCSI / Ethernet breakout box. They are connected via a Netgear Prosafe GS105. The iMac h…
I am trying to create a LocalTalk to ethernet bridge (or something) with ethernet to my PM 7100 and localtalk to an SE. The end goal is to use the internet on t…
Hi folks... The analog board for my color classic came back after a recap, and I have re assembled my color classic. It appears to work just great. I am running…
Hi, I've got a Asanté EN/SC-10T from an old network stuff lot, but have problem making it work with a MacClassic. That is, I do as the Asanté setup guide says :…
Does anyone know where I can get these? Or are they not even needed? I'm running a SE/30 machine with System 7.5.5. To be perfectly honest I haven't tested yet.…
So, I have a nice working Macintosh IIci running System 7.5.4 (yes, I have a copy). I am thinking of getting a colour printer off eBay. However, I also have a M…