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Is there any place that has them? Specifically, I am looking for the ones to activate the built-in cache on a Interware ZIF.
· 2 posts · started 21 Jun 2008 - 22:03 · last 22 Jun 2008 - 03:19
Hi, I posted earlier about the PowerBook G4 that gets stuck on the loading screen. I'm not sure what version the laptop is, but everymac.com said that some vers…
· 2 posts · started 21 Jun 2008 - 15:44 · last 21 Jun 2008 - 16:18
I found one of these in a computer recycling bin today. It's got no RAM, and no HD. It uses RIMMs, though, none of which I have. I might buy 2x128MB on eBay, bu…
· 6 posts · started 15 Jun 2008 - 01:11 · last 21 Jun 2008 - 02:40
Hi 68kmla folks, I tried asking this on the macgurus forums a while ago, but never got a great response. How come my 5500/225 with 128MB RAM can record smoother…
· 13 posts · started 5 May 2007 - 15:53 · last 18 Jun 2008 - 14:43
i want the best video card for a quicksilver g4 dual 1 g machine. well less than 150 $ us. i have a 7500 apg currently per alk [8D] which works great i would li…
· 6 posts · started 17 Jun 2008 - 01:15 · last 17 Jun 2008 - 13:41
Found this bizarre custom red Power Macintosh 5500 in the trash on my block. Pretty decent paint job, and the big stenciled apple is a nice touch. Doesn't seem …
· 7 posts · started 15 Jun 2008 - 04:03 · last 16 Jun 2008 - 02:56
From Patnukem (local), I got a Power Macintosh 7200/120 w/ 8MB RAM (4 onboard, 4 Stick), CD-ROM, Floppy, and Apple 12" Monitor. It's gonna be fun to play around…
· 7 posts · started 15 Jun 2008 - 02:33 · last 15 Jun 2008 - 15:55
So a few months ago I bought an iMac from the thrift store to play around with, mostly because I have never used one before. I really bought it to teach myself …
· 5 posts · started 12 Jun 2008 - 06:17 · last 13 Jun 2008 - 15:31
I just bought a Powerbook G3 Wallstreet. It was sold as working from ebay. I open it up and turn it on and BOOM! Lines allover the LCD. The LCD is fine, but it …
· 3 posts · started 12 Jun 2008 - 23:27 · last 13 Jun 2008 - 05:27
Hi there, I have a G4, which I just got, running OSX 10.4 and I need to know if I'm running a legal copy. Does Mac issue anything like the Window$ certificate? …
· 18 posts · started 9 Jun 2008 - 18:32 · last 10 Jun 2008 - 06:45
I got a Gift Certificate (Which I revealed for Amazon Credit) for about $100 and have about $9.xx left on it) for working on a friend's machine. They had receiv…
· 3 posts · started 5 Jun 2008 - 21:59 · last 6 Jun 2008 - 02:41
Hi, I read somewhere that this is possible to do. I'd like to know if this is also possible without removing the resistor down the motherboard. Best Regards, Fi…
· 3 posts · started 1 Jun 2008 - 04:24 · last 4 Jun 2008 - 04:02
I just got a bunch of used zip discs for free and some of them won't mount. I can understand if they might be PC format that they wouldn't work, but is there an…
· 12 posts · started 21 Apr 2008 - 04:07 · last 30 May 2008 - 00:58
What are some good 3D games for PPC? I had Unreal 2k4 for awhile and that was okay, but I'm more into adventure games and whatnot, and especially survival horro…
· 9 posts · started 25 May 2008 - 03:17 · last 28 May 2008 - 23:08
So I am almost done pimping my iMac.. from the stock 233 G3 / 32mb RAM/ 4 Gb hard drive to a 466 Mhz G4 / 256 Mb RAM / 75 Gb hard drive. However, it still has t…
· 6 posts · started 27 May 2008 - 06:04 · last 28 May 2008 - 01:16
I need an OS 9 New World ROM for use with sheepshaver. My google-fu fails me ATM. If you have the 4MB PCI NewWorld ROM, please e-mail it to me temetka at gmail …
· 21 posts · started 21 May 2008 - 23:23 · last 27 May 2008 - 13:47
Is the slot loading drive in the iMac G3 compatible with a PC, when I was swaping some RAM from it the other day, I saw that there was a normal IDE cable going …
· 9 posts · started 25 May 2008 - 19:12 · last 26 May 2008 - 15:35
I am wondering something, I see on the LEM swap list a Slot Load drive for the iBook G4 with bezel. Would it work in my 500MHz iBook?
· 2 posts · started 26 May 2008 - 01:19 · last 26 May 2008 - 05:46
After having a G3/400 processor lying around from upgrading my Blue/White G3 to a G4, I tried the G3/400 in my Beige G3 this morning. Initially it didn't boot s…
· 1 posts · started 21 May 2008 - 13:55 · last 21 May 2008 - 13:55
It flashes gray video for a second and then shows nothing, but appears to boot. I've tried both the video card and the onboard video but nothing works. Tried re…
· 1 posts · started 21 May 2008 - 03:46 · last 21 May 2008 - 03:46
Hi all, I have a telescope server, built for G4 OS X 10.43, that needs to be given a dev that is connected to the telescope. The scope is RS232 serial, the Mac …
· 2 posts · started 20 May 2008 - 12:10 · last 21 May 2008 - 00:45
I've seen hacks for installing Tiger on unsupported machines and for using iMac DVDs on other machines. They rely on editing the Bad Vars parameter in the OSIns…
· 8 posts · started 11 May 2008 - 16:38 · last 20 May 2008 - 18:05
Hi everyone i'm having some problems with my PowerBook G4 DVI. When I boot it up the screen shows some white and black spots... Does anyone know what the proble…
· 8 posts · started 19 Apr 2008 - 19:17 · last 19 May 2008 - 00:06
Apple G4 PowerMac Power Mac Dual 450MHZ CPU Processor part number 661-2305 i have a PowerMac G4 AGP sawtooth. i have done the device check and got 00000007 as m…
· 3 posts · started 17 May 2008 - 21:21 · last 18 May 2008 - 06:19
I got yet another mac yesterday. I bought a Umax S900 for $30 from the original owner. It still has the front cover on it, and the original CPU was included. Th…
· 14 posts · started 12 May 2008 - 14:04 · last 17 May 2008 - 07:45
Look at what I just installed into the rack at work: Inside revealed: http://idisk.mac.com/fourseason7444-Public/xserve-int.jpg Installed but not yet powered up…
· 10 posts · started 16 May 2008 - 05:05 · last 16 May 2008 - 15:50
In the spirit of our recent Lounge discussions, these are all straight-up liberations; that is, I got them for free. Non-Mac liberations are in parentheses. - T…
· 2 posts · started 16 May 2008 - 06:06 · last 16 May 2008 - 06:46
Finals just wound down for my third year, and I felt it was about time to stop in and see what had changed. I have tried going through a few threads here and th…
· 25 posts · started 9 May 2008 - 16:54 · last 14 May 2008 - 23:05
Hey all! I'm new here, but I have followed the last RetroChallenge with much interest. I was wondering when the next one is. I have a blog set up for the purpos…
· 22 posts · started 12 Mar 2008 - 17:38 · last 13 May 2008 - 20:38
A customer dropped off a G5 Dual/1.8ghz to install some hardware. There's a pair of 256MB DDR DIMMS, and a SATA hard disk. When I got it there was no hard disk …
· 8 posts · started 11 May 2008 - 04:15 · last 12 May 2008 - 02:12
Grabbed this off eBay for $15 BIN the other day. FedEx says it should be here today (its out for delivery actually). Its a small pizzabox chassis (type 7011), j…
· 22 posts · started 29 Apr 2008 - 12:25 · last 10 May 2008 - 09:17
Won this powerbook on ebay! only paid about $28 for it too. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=250241082264&ssPageN…
· 10 posts · started 2 May 2008 - 16:09 · last 6 May 2008 - 02:06
With a new Power Mac G4 Server. Here's the Specs: PowerMacintosh G4 Server Dual 1GHz DVD Burner Zip 250 nVIDIA GeForce 1.5 GB Ram 200GB Hard Drive - Master 120G…
· 17 posts · started 2 May 2008 - 04:07 · last 5 May 2008 - 08:53
i recently acquired said ibook, and i am having a bit of trouble with it... i tried using mac os x (whatever one was on it) but it would keep freezing at variou…
· 5 posts · started 11 Apr 2008 - 05:00 · last 28 Apr 2008 - 13:23
Alright, that's a bit of a lie, but they *are* buying PPC designer, PA Semi. http://www.forbes.com/technology/2008/04/23/apple-buys-pasemi-tech-ebiz-cz_eb_0422a…
· 15 posts · started 23 Apr 2008 - 07:45 · last 25 Apr 2008 - 06:57
I won this on ebay today: { "lightbox_close": "Close", "lightbox_next": "Next", "lightbox_previous": "Previous", "lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot…
· 5 posts · started 23 Apr 2008 - 00:45 · last 23 Apr 2008 - 13:09
One of the shelves in my friend's garage I was holding LC 580s on collapsed. Three LC 580s were entirely lost. We salvaged the motherboard, CD-ROM, and floppy, …
· 3 posts · started 13 Apr 2008 - 21:41 · last 21 Apr 2008 - 14:12
Hey, I just got a Crucial PC133 512MB stick for my iBook G3 today and to my dismay, it will not let the iBook boot, I tried it in my Pismo as well but to no ava…
· 7 posts · started 19 Apr 2008 - 01:25 · last 19 Apr 2008 - 07:41
Hey, my iBook's logic board has bit the dust today, my question is, do you think an 800MHz logic board would connect correctly in my 500MHz? I would assume so s…
· 2 posts · started 18 Apr 2008 - 01:47 · last 18 Apr 2008 - 02:14
I've successfully installed Leopard on my Cube! I did the OF trick to make the machine think it had the right processor. http://youtube.com/watch?v=SZbfZ-udMaA …
· 19 posts · started 2 Mar 2008 - 17:50 · last 16 Apr 2008 - 07:48
I'm not quite sure where to go with my Takky... so here's the story. A few years ago, when my wife and I first began dating, she rented a room in a larger house…
· 9 posts · started 14 Apr 2008 - 06:29 · last 15 Apr 2008 - 05:18

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So over the weekend I bought a Umax S900 with a sonnet G4 upgrade in it. The guy said it worked. I tried to boot it up and I got no chime on the S900 but I did …
· 3 posts · started 13 May 2008 - 07:05 · last 16 Jun 2008 - 05:41
Hi all! I was packing things to move to a new house when I found my oooold performa 6214CD in the bottom of the shelf. I was ready to throw it way when I though…
· 7 posts · started 28 May 2008 - 16:42 · last 30 May 2008 - 14:47
Wish me luck. I bought a batch of semi-gutted PB G3s and one is a Pismo. Had no HD, HD cage and ribbon, processor, heat shield, EMI shield, modem, battery, CD d…
· 4 posts · started 24 Feb 2008 - 19:09 · last 13 Apr 2008 - 09:42
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