What can be done with a NUBUS DSP card besides speeding up Photoshop? Anything? I've heard that they will speed up JPEG operations. Are there any other operatio…
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Last year I got an Apple PC Compatibility card without the cable, so I can't do much with it. This evening when I was walking around (an about to leave, again) …
Will switching to nubus scsi controller give any boost over the onboard one? Found one made national instruments wondering If nubus would be quicker
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…
Usually my Craigslist is sort of misses, just newer stuff and Power Mac G4s. The other day I saw a listing for an original Macintosh and jumped on it. Even more…
Hi there, over the years, I've seen several cases of 68k Macs with leaking PRAM batteries. Many of them didn't really leak slowly - instead they seemed to have …
After about 15 minutes of prep/soldering, I bumped up my Pismo to 500Mhz from 400Mhz. so the setup is: PowerBook G3 500Mhz/1MB L2 100Mhz FSB 768MB RAM (256MB lo…
What are some high end video cards I can run in a 6400? Specs? And does anyone have pictures of these cards?
I bought this machine used in the late 90s just to jump onto the internet. Cost me $200 in... 1997? Anyway, since then I bought more updated Macs and currently …
I wanted to check some 5.25" floppies. I found a 5.25"Apple drive model #A9M0107. I plugged it into the back of my Classic II running O.S. 7.0. The floppy drive…
After recapping my powerbook adapter and nearly finishing recapping a Powermac G4 PSU and a macintosh plus board I started a bigger project. My iMac G3 died rec…
Has anyone used this compact flash SCSI card? It's an Adtron S25CF card. Picked it up recently as a "total shot in the dark" purchase to replace a SCSI hard dri…
Anybody have the software for this card? Digital Voodoo went bust and www.archive.org didn't mirror their site. Seems like all the links for software were to th…
I just bought myself a nice condition PB 520c which was said to be working. When I powered it on, it only showed white picture, so I guessed that the contrast m…
Went on my weekly visit to a local thrift and found a pair of AppleDesign Powered Speakers. Marked at "UNTESTED" and $4.95 I thought it was worth the risk. Appa…
Hey everybody. I picked up a SE/30 the other day. When powered on, it wouldn't chime, but I did get some horizontal lines on the monitor. Great, this problem is…
Hi, Is it True that you cannot use 2 or 3 chip 30 pin simms in a Plus or a SE? Has anyone successfully used them in a Plus or SE? Thanks, Everett
http://www.metamage.com/code/MacRelix/ MacRelix is a Unix-like environment that runs on Mac OS, formerly called Lamp (Lamp Ain't Mac POSIX). MacRelix supports t…
If you were to buy a Mac SE/30, is it better to get one with everything original inside than the souped up one? (such as IIsi ROM, hard drive, old capacitors, e…
I found several posts on forums on what to do, I found its really easy so i just made a simple graphic, and because google loves 68kmla so much it will probably…
. . . or at least swapping its DeclarationROM out for a better one? TylerEss approached me about this in PM and it turned out to be very interesting indeed! Way…
It seems like 2015 is the year of failing drives and stuck heads, I've made a very quick and rough video showing how to squeeze out some extra life from stuck d…
Has the true root cause of this ever been determined? It doesn't appear to be caps, nor the backlight. Is it a manufacturing defect of some kind? Is there any w…
Any words of wisdom on how to resize a window when the bottom right hand corner is off the screen? I have run into this problem a number of times on my SE/30 an…
Here they are, round one of the Mac SE Prototype pictures! I've got more coming TOMORROW (sorry for the change in time, see the fourth post) as soon as I clear …
I just acquired the DigiDesign Sound Accelerator Mac SE/30 and I was wondering if anyone here has previous experience with it. I have not installed it yet, but …
. . . it's not an earth shattering conquest . . . . . . but I finally snagged the NewerTech MAXpowr MXP6100 Apple G3 266 Upgrade PM 6100 for which I've made rep…
I have 3 prodrives now that exhibit the spin up, and spin down without any head actuation. I noticed on all 3 drives when paying close attention, What appears t…
Yes, some would say that THINK Pascal is an old, dead programming language, and maybe they are right. However, the fact is that the only true PC-ANSI-based, Mac…
Is there a 7-zip supporting compressor or decompressor for the classic OS available or needs it to be written first? I found p7zip and stuffit for OS X only. Fo…
Sorry, that should be BC168. Reads as nothing... like an icon shows up with the name as ... "" (nothing). Double clicking just indicates there are no drivers. T…
I recently bought a Wallstreet II from eBay and I am not sure it was a great transaction. First of all I think the seller (or an interested party) engaged in th…
Hi everyone! I'm sorry for posting a software-request here as a newbie, but I really ran out of ideas where else to search. I already spent several WEEKS (of co…
Which version of Quicktime do you install on your 68k Macintosh computers? I have been busy setting up my old LC III for general use. System 7.5.3, which I am r…
First, please note that I have never used a 68020 or 68040. The Mac OS can really be divided into three main groups: System 6.0.x (1989-1991) System 7.0.x/7.1.x…
Just figured I'd list my Apple branded CDs, see if there is anything interesting to anyone. Ones marked with an asterisk (*) mean I have more than one, and woul…
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…
If you drop a Quadra 700/900 ROM file onto HexEdit and find this selection (approximately): 0xBE344 : 0xC342B This is a special sound that might be currently ta…
I have a powerbook 100 that when started up chimes, but then it fails to boot. If I put a floppy on its external floppy drive it will eject it (no matter what's…
First post, hello all! os9forever.com seems now to be a dead link. Combing through google search pages and this forum hasn't yielded any working links. Anyone h…
I found a guy that has just a PB 500 series LCD panel, but no context to go with it. As such, he doesn't know exactly what member of the PB 500 series it came f…
Could the 68010 processor could be installed in a Plus? It is available in the same form factor (63 pin DIP), and has the same power requirements. Would I also …
I recently got a complete IIc+ system, and it came with "Apple AppleMouse IIc" that works great with it, but I'd rather not use it since it has all the original…
I just installed a 40 MHz oscillator in my PB1400, replacing the original 33.333 MHz one, as seen here: http://home.comcast.net/~gionpeters/hhhh/pb1400.htm The …
Does anyone know if sonnets firewire and USB cards are compatible with my pm7300. If they aren't can anyone recommend cards that work. I have already maxed out …
I got a couple of items today to0. My Apple Interactive TV set top box came hat I had purchased from eBay along with a Mits Altair 8800a. Guess which one I open…
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just noticed this product sneak into our dl'shttp://www.bismark.jp/products.htmli see on their page they also have versions for ipad etcbs-16 is a multitimbral …
http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/digital-performer-171not sure this even runs on os9?might require system 7!
Old article about unleashing the 166 bus on first MDDshttp://www.macbidouille.com/articles/89/page1http://www.macbidouille.com/news/2002/10/08#3610http://transl…