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BookCover Template PostScript file was part of preloaded Apple Extras. USB host controller 16-bit PC Cards do exist. I'm liking this site software, less than ever.  I cannot find "plain" editor.

For clarity: Z250USBPCM is not a SCSI device. Z250USBPCM is not USB bus-powered. Full stop. Maybe your Z250USBPCM was working, but your non-original power adapter killed it? The ZIP drive should NOT be 'continually ejecting'; such behaviour is a bad sign. I would not advise you to get a new...

Alex, your method does help. I had done something similar, rather than buy a replacement belt: I opened drive (removed case top) and stuck ordinary sticky tape directly onto spindle. Your solution is much cleaner: you put the spacer into counter-spindle disc pad (or whatever to call it), where...

Belts go bad (weak, stretch, loose), in optical drives as young as even five years. A modern optical drive's disability to open tray, is usually due to worn/aged belt, not due to weak motor. Geared trays are noisier than belted trays, but can go decades without ageing/decaying. However, gears...

This project is fantastic. It involves case-modding, part substitution, tailored wiring, scrap plastic; all in all a good mod.

I do not understand why some people are of a certain personality, who ask for help yet do not help others to provide help. What is your subject's model? It would be excusable if your specimen was missing its identification label sticker: then, you might not know what model you hold, and you...

AGP is a superset of PCI. AGP consists of: a dedicated PCI bus, plus a very high throughput sideband "port" to system memory. An AGP card can share its PCI bus with other PCI devices such as TV tuner and IEEE 1394 controller (I think at least one model ATI All-in-Wonder had these). An AGP socket...

Keep in mind, PowerBooks 1400 need recapping. If you did not yet recap it, then expired capacitors might be the problem which you observe.

Hello everyone. Around our MLA, I only ever saw WiebeTech mentioned for SATA PCI cards (and a lot of those mentions are not about WiebeTech hardware, but about software piracy :-x ). I would like to start a thread regarding WiebeTech. So the story goes, WiebeTech started in James Wiebe's...

Yesterday, my PBG4 malfunctioned. It was playing CD DIGITAL AUDIO (all built-in hardware: drive, DAC, amp-speakers), when it suddenly started emitting a loud noise. At first I would have described it as gunfire popping. It was loud and continuous. Desired CD audio stopped sounding, it was...

How hard did you look? Did you go anywhere other than that one-stop-shop? If you use trackerless BitTorrent, then consider the following. I do not vouch for these. I would try these if I were in your shoes. D2FB6A3B7F343F6320E0E87375E61245F7AB9667...

(I forgot to say it sooner.) Thank you, EvilCapitalist! Preserving and sharing are acts of caring.

But they are made of PVC, leach plasticiser and feel sticky, nega-awesomeness. > The G5Q's used C19 I came across a Power Mac G5 cord in a garage sale, asked "are you sure you want to sell this?". Owner went into house and returned, said "no!". That cord accidentally made it into one of...

Thank you for disclosure. I wish every Webminder was so thoughtful.

Good for you, EvilCapitalist! Would you be willing to upload an image of that CD to Macintosh Garden?