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Has anyone experimented with ethernet to wifi bridges/gaming adapters on laptops with builtin ethernet but not wifi? I've been looking at http://www.netgear.com…
· 19 posts · started 3 Feb 2011 - 07:44 · last 12 Apr 2012 - 13:14
. . . were discussed back in the day here and over on 'fritter. Is anybody still around who's tried the dye approach with good results to report? Bad result rep…
· 11 posts · started 12 Mar 2012 - 01:45 · last 9 Apr 2012 - 23:44
Just collected tonight small items,not all Apple related: 3Com Palm Pilot without craddle, but otherwise complete, just needed a set of batteries. { "lightbox_c…
· 4 posts · started 1 Mar 2012 - 21:30 · last 1 Apr 2012 - 06:57
Sorry for the cross post, but I just saw the Programming forum and figured this would be better suited here. If I can ever get my Mac SE going and on the Intern…
· 6 posts · started 21 Mar 2012 - 21:50 · last 28 Mar 2012 - 01:09
Ive spent the last 2 hours messing with netatalk on my ubuntu box trying to get it to work How the heck do ya get it to work, I keep getting errors from the ata…
· 16 posts · started 20 May 2011 - 05:12 · last 9 Mar 2012 - 01:57
I've been thinking about this for a long time... my idea is to keep the SE/30 (or any other Mac without soft-power) permanently switched on, but plugged into an…
· 33 posts · started 1 Feb 2012 - 08:26 · last 4 Mar 2012 - 13:17
I've got a StyleWriter 2200 that I want to hook up to my Powerbook 3400c. Reading through the StyleWriter 2200 manual it states not to use a "regular" LocalTalk…
· 5 posts · started 26 Feb 2012 - 04:50 · last 28 Feb 2012 - 13:28
Is there an extension or something that I can put on the System 7.5NAD disk so itll recognize the HD20? Reason I ask, is I want to backup the entire HD20 that I…
· 4 posts · started 23 Feb 2012 - 04:17 · last 23 Feb 2012 - 19:20
Ok, I did it once before, but its been soo long I don't remember how to do it. Could anyone be of assistance? Thanks!
· 4 posts · started 22 Feb 2012 - 00:32 · last 22 Feb 2012 - 18:53
Well I got an Apple Network Server 500 at a pretty cheap price. Cheap enough that I couldnt pass it up. What do you guys do with yours, They are as big as an en…
· 25 posts · started 3 Mar 2011 - 22:47 · last 22 Feb 2012 - 05:55
Hi, Recently I needed to re-install the OS on an LC475 I had just purchased. Seeing as I had no other modern(ish) Mac to work with (being a PC guy these days), …
· 10 posts · started 31 Mar 2008 - 06:30 · last 16 Feb 2012 - 00:11
My Quadra 605 is connected to a LAN through an Apple Ethernet LC Twisted-Pair Card. I'm running OS 7.6.1 with TCP/IP under OpenTransport 1.1.1 using DHCP server…
· 8 posts · started 27 Aug 2011 - 05:55 · last 10 Feb 2012 - 22:01
I stumbled upon a Tribestar Localtalk to Ethernet bridge (supports Mac IP and everything.) It's just the main box, though. I still have to find an AC adapter fo…
· 3 posts · started 25 Oct 2011 - 17:20 · last 1 Feb 2012 - 20:41
How can i use the internet with the powerbook 540c. I connected an RJ45 AAUI ethernet transceiver. I have netscape navigator 2.0 and system 7.5. I try to load a…
· 11 posts · started 16 Jan 2012 - 10:51 · last 17 Jan 2012 - 23:39
I last used this ethernet card in my Performa 5200 but took it out when I scrapped the system. I gave it to a friend for christmas because he just had a Color c…
· 2 posts · started 12 Jan 2012 - 23:18 · last 13 Jan 2012 - 01:34
Anyone have the apple article: "EtherTalk and Alternate AppleTalk Connections Reference"? Reason I ask is because I was thinking about making a new ethernet car…
· 3 posts · started 4 Jan 2012 - 03:49 · last 5 Jan 2012 - 04:56
TCP/IP services on old Mac’s have always my interest. After running a web server on my Plus I shifted to a FTP server on my Macintosh 512Ke. This Mac has 1024 K…
· 32 posts · started 17 Dec 2010 - 18:55 · last 25 Dec 2011 - 00:06
Hey guys, just installed the developer release of Lion and here are my findings so far: 1. AppleShare. Starting with 10.6, Classic Macs were no longer able to c…
· 62 posts · started 25 Feb 2011 - 04:51 · last 25 Dec 2011 - 00:05
Today I'm proud to announce that I used my MP 2100 to take notes for an entire period of Chem 121! It worked out fine. I used HW recognition mode for outlining …
· 7 posts · started 16 Sep 2011 - 02:23 · last 21 Dec 2011 - 19:51
Having just successfully connected a Mac Plus running System 3.2 to a Power Mac 8500 running System 9, I have to say that LocalTalk is the best thing ever. How …
· 31 posts · started 26 Sep 2011 - 18:42 · last 1 Dec 2011 - 14:01
A while back, I bought a snow airport base station. I am trying to connect it to an iMac G4 via an airport card and an iMac G3 via ethernet to get on the intern…
· 1 posts · started 24 Nov 2011 - 01:49 · last 24 Nov 2011 - 01:49
An update on the Color Classic II - I came across a good deal on a 575 board, so I ended up doing the VGA mod and putting the board in. I think of it as win/win…
· 2 posts · started 18 Nov 2011 - 09:36 · last 23 Nov 2011 - 02:10
was given a couple of SGI systems. One of them is an SGI Indy R5000, it powers up and chimes. No monitor so i cant test further. The other one is a heavy SGI Oc…
· 14 posts · started 14 Nov 2011 - 21:20 · last 17 Nov 2011 - 03:23
/ Split from: Official XMAS Wish List 2011 - Bunsen / My wish list is a bit unorthodox, but as long as we're wishing... Wish list: - A SCSI target - iSCSI initi…
· 8 posts · started 13 Nov 2011 - 05:09 · last 16 Nov 2011 - 15:34
Yesterday I got this SE/30. My previous conquest (IIfx) is still dead and I spent so long trying to troubleshoot it that I just burned out. At some stage I'll g…
· 16 posts · started 26 Sep 2011 - 01:09 · last 11 Nov 2011 - 01:44
Hey guys.. I joined here because I just recently bought a Mac Classic. Got it for a steal. Found it on eBay for $15, and since it was local, I didn't have to pa…
· 11 posts · started 3 Nov 2011 - 16:30 · last 3 Nov 2011 - 19:26
I tried connecting the macplus to my pc via a serial cable. Cable on the macplus end has a din connector that goes into the plus's printer or modem port and a 2…
· 7 posts · started 27 Oct 2011 - 05:08 · last 1 Nov 2011 - 15:37
going to pick this up tonight. free stuff is nice. I imagine I don't need all of this since I only have the two Powerbooks so if anybody wants the rest of it, P…
· 8 posts · started 25 Oct 2011 - 00:47 · last 26 Oct 2011 - 03:54
I just bought an old Powerbook 530c to use to transfer files across to the MacPlus, works great. The powerbook has an ethernet adapter which I've connected to m…
· 7 posts · started 6 Oct 2011 - 04:11 · last 13 Oct 2011 - 01:44
Hi All, Great site. I recently bought a couple of old Mac Plus'. One is in really good condition and has a CMS 20 meg hd, it fires up and everything on it seems…
· 8 posts · started 28 Sep 2011 - 01:17 · last 6 Oct 2011 - 21:55
found this morning, a complete Airport base Station for 5 € (6.7 $) this is the Snow variant { "lightbox_close": "Close", "lightbox_next": "Next", "lightbox_pre…
· 4 posts · started 2 Oct 2011 - 12:44 · last 4 Oct 2011 - 17:55
I have a road apple PowerMac 5460 I use as my central file server between Basilisk II and my localtalk machines. Since it has ethernet. Well for some strange re…
· 14 posts · started 8 Sep 2011 - 03:02 · last 19 Sep 2011 - 18:56
Just thought I'd let everyone know that I had success using a Trendnet TEW-424UB 802.11b/g wireless adapter with my 700 MHz G3 iBook running OSX 10.4.11. I had …
· 9 posts · started 3 Sep 2011 - 16:15 · last 5 Sep 2011 - 12:30
Just scored a nice Graphite Airport Base. ;D Unfortunately,the card itself is an Orinoco Silver, not the Airport one. But the base is powering up and apparently…
· 7 posts · started 22 Jul 2011 - 21:04 · last 3 Sep 2011 - 16:48
I found a 5300ce at the flea market without a power supply. What is the voltage and amperage required for it? I have a couple of power supplies for the Lombard …
· 6 posts · started 8 Aug 2011 - 16:35 · last 13 Aug 2011 - 16:38
I've installed one of the PowerMonster CompactFlash to 2.5" SCSI adaptors into my Mac Portable. It uses a cable I made up years ago to go to the proprietary Mac…
· 23 posts · started 12 Mar 2008 - 09:11 · last 12 Aug 2011 - 22:35
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150640933072 $15. Same guy that I got my ethernet card from.
· 1 posts · started 8 Aug 2011 - 04:36 · last 8 Aug 2011 - 04:36
Well.. I was lucky and snagged a Sonnet Presto 040 Upgrade for my Color Classic, should be here shortly.. Ive also an external Apple CD 600e and AppleDesign Spe…
· 3 posts · started 5 Aug 2011 - 22:32 · last 6 Aug 2011 - 01:34
Hello everyone! Cobalt reporting in from the trenches after having been AWOL for awhile... :b&w: I recently acquired a PowerBook 520 from eBay (around t…
· 9 posts · started 31 Mar 2011 - 09:12 · last 30 Jul 2011 - 08:08
Anyone picked up on this? As of this writing its up to $US43 I have a powerbook 520c and a wavelan silver card. I am watching closely to see what it goes for. M…
· 10 posts · started 22 Jul 2011 - 07:10 · last 26 Jul 2011 - 06:03
Well, my iMac G5 has had internet problems, but it didn't happen as often as it does now. In the past when I first bought my iMac, the internet would only fail …
· 9 posts · started 16 Jun 2011 - 05:06 · last 14 Jul 2011 - 19:42
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