Recent content by Big Bird

It's the same ribbon as the C. Itoh 8510. You can find them at almost any office supply store, where they are usually labeled as such.

This is a fairly common problem we've seen with the power supplies in Mac II-series machines. See my recent discussion in this thread. In my personal testing, I've isolated to problem to not include capacitors, fuses, batteries, motherboard problems, etc. Rather, the relay units on the power...

I think the reserve price was ridiculous for sure, but it doesn't seem to me that he actually wanted to sell the machine. I think the reserve price was intentionally absurd to make sure it wouldn't sell out from underneath him. I think he was more interested in figuring out the approximate value...

I have a Quadra 800 clocked to 37 MHz. It is amazingly stable. Overclocking is certainly possible.

Restart holding down the mouse button. I've had this problem with my AlBook before, and that fixes it every time.

I use an excellent program on my 68K Macs, including my Plus web server, to set the time from an NTP server at a specified interval. Because you can also configure it to set the time at system startup, it's an excellent way to get around the dead PRAM battery issue. On my Plus that runs as a web...

Rather than Mozilla, I would suggest WaMCom or iCab. IE 5, as others have suggested, is a possibility as well, but if you're used to Mozilla or prefer it, you may be happiest with WaMCom. Owing to the unusual (and crippled) architecture of the PM 6200/6300 series, I've had the best luck with OS...

That's almost ridiculous. Fifteen people bid on it up to $250. Or, that is ridiculous. What jacked the price up? The FDHD upgrade kit?

The Classic II actually requires 6.0.8L, a limited release version of System 6 to Pacific markets because a small group of computers was released before System was ready for the release in the international market. These machines, including the Classic II, shipped in other markets with System 7...

The updates really do you no good unless you are running OS X, so there's no advantage in having them if you're using a Classic-only system. They're strictly optimizations and compatibility bug-fixes for Classic mode to work within OS X's Classic mode.

I've never thought to use Windex. I always assumed it would leave a sticky residue. I use ~90% rubbing alcohol, and I've found it works well. Most of the luck I had, I think, involved simply the reinsertion of the board multiple times, producing sufficient friction to clean the contacts. It's...

I'm not sure I understand exactly what you're asking. Are you saying that your Centris randomly began giving the chimes of death on startup with the same RAM that had previously worked in it? And does the Quadra 610 motherboard you just got work fine with the RAM out of the Centris?

I just acquired a Mystic Color Classic that had a display that was entirely red. At least the green gun was not working, and perhaps the blue too (I couldn't really tell). After pulling, cleaning the contacts on, and reseating the motherboard, the problem cleared up and full, accurate color...

I thought I had heard the EtherWave was incompatible with Open Transport and required Classic Networking. But I don't have one, and don't have any firsthand knowledge. If it requires OT, it will work with OS 7.5 and up, as long as you install the OT software, available on Apple's website. If...

I don't know if you've already come across it, but there is a section in the Color Classic FAQ that answers this question. Clicky.