Recent content by chickenplucker

@Trash80toHP_Mini  I've seen other such tags on the internet on dev units with others names, so I didn't think it would be a concern. But in hindsight I suppose most people would rather not have their names scattered around the net more so then they already are. I've blocked out the name...

Finally had this show up the other day, and I'm quite excited to get to work on it. Figured I'd start a new thread in case anyone wanted to follow along. After it came out of its box and was set on the table plugging in the power adapter brought a happy bong sound, followed by some whirls and...

Don't know if this applies or is of any help, but some interesting reading on a 8500's built in display resolution and forcing it to do 1920x1080. Might be able to use it on other models, or at least as a starting...

Hope this is the right one, looks like the PDF's are still up: https://web.archive.org/web/20000615135128/http://www.powerlogix.com:80/support/manuals.html

If you are worried about any potential remaining corrosion, a bit of baking soda in warm water with more scrubbing will help neutralize any acid that may be left on the board. Prolly won't help with the looks of the spill, but should keep any green fuzzy's at bay.

Was thinking about this just the other day. How cool would it be to have some 3d printed copies of the power buttons or PCI brackets for some of these older machines. My poor 8500 sounds like a maraca when you move it with all its busted bits that lay in the case bottom. Drill and tap does seem...

Not sure if any are left or if this would be an easier route to take for new drives, but defor had some bootable SATA PCI cards for sale in the classifieds that may be worth a look.

I ended up getting a 128mb stick just to try, will report back (assuming the 8500 keeps booting). For 10 bucks figured why not. Im well aware 1gb is overkill but I mostly have laptops in my collection and a maxed out 68k tower would be a nice oppisite of that. @itsvince725 I was very suprised...

The other day I got a new PSU in for my supposedly dead 8500 which had shown no prior signs of life, and to my shock and amazement it fired right up to a happy bong sound. This is a new to me Mac, and I don't know any of the history on it, but have been starting to make a list of goodies to max...

I guess depending on how rough of shape the batteries are in, being corroded and flat dead could cause an issue. Mine when I got it had both a flat dead main battery and very corroded PRAM battery and it fired up with no complaints. I've since removed the PRAM battery to keep the logic board...

Hi Bunsen! I may end up gettting another dead 100 series Book of from Ebay soon so I can rip the keyboard open, and in that case I could cut a strip of matching grey plastic to help fill that in, but I'm not sure about how the seems at the edges would end up looking. At anyrate it will be...

For some reason, I'm not sure why, I have decided to shove a Dell 1545 motherboard that I revived from our shops junk pile into a dead Powerbook 160 I had kicking around. I think it started when a couple of my friends started talking about how we used to play Lode Runner back in the day, and how...