Recent content by fidel

If I'm not mistaken, there were two ADB trackballs from Kensington: the earlier one had a small panel which, when prised off, would reveal a 4-5 switch bus, the configuration of which would allow you to set the trackball's button's behaviours; and the later trackball, which did not have that...

Tiger is reaching a bit and is on the margin of practical for the situation; Panther. As for slow starts... with that much RAM, and no steps taken to do otherwise, the system checks the RAM at each boot, and that adds a bit of time to the process. So, expose the Memory control panel in a window...

Bin there.

Nice. I note that the original owner You may well be able to make use of something last seen online as: three-button-power-251.hqx The Read Me First! file associated with the control panel found in the above item states that it's the . I have a copy locally, and am willing to send it to you...

I now prefer the teardrop for the exterior feel/comfort factor; it fits the hand better than the wedge, I think. When I can, though, I change the switch in either for a cheaper switch from a PC mouse - quieter, easier clicks. The Plus' brick mouse always irked me - it usually squeaks, and you...

Butter knife, again: multiple bent pins can be straightened by inserting an object - substantially as wide as the gap - between rows of pins, then twisting that object along its long axis, using the base of the adjacent row of pins as the fulcrum. This trick works vertically, horizontally, and...

Cheats/tips... Since the drive is bare, you can partition it in a little more than a trice (use Drive Setup again). You could begin by creating one partition that is just under 2Megs, and another that occupies the remainder of the 4G. You could then drag the icon for your 80M onto the icon for...

I'd like to see signatures that expire after a single-digit n appearances i.e. signatures with incept dates. Helps to keep things fresh, lean. And, of course, a process by which worthy signatures are nominated and, ultimately, included in a Really-n-Truly Wise-n-Worthy Signatures thread somewhere.

Had a look. Sad. Don't have the time or the wherewithal to follow that up. Love the keyboard, though. Maybe the easier way to go is to take the smarts off of the motherboard itself...

Is there a proven way to adapt an early PowerBook keyboard, stripped to its spartan self, for use on any beige desktop bus i.e. ADB? Specific instructions/ schematics available somewhere?

Where on the original was this found? What purpose did it have?

I've read that earlier versions of OS X than Panther were a bit wonky, to varying extents. I've never seen any of them in action, but would like to try 'em, if only for fun. I've also read that certain updater CDs for earlier versions of OS X could, in fact, be used to install the updated...

A minimal install of Panther, for example will fit in ~1.3G, but you'll definitely want more than this, to have room in which to 'turn around' - e.g. do an 'archive and install'. -If possible, have/use ... sometimes a dedicated video card Mac-specific versions of the card, or cards from PCs...