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We used to buy wire wrap boards (can't remember the vendor) with existing Nubus interface circuitry that provided access to the address/data bus and control lines. We built our own controller boards and the software group wrote unique drivers using MPW. Latch 8 bits, shift, repeat as necessary...

"An error occurred wile contacting the radio tuning service. Check your internet connection, or try again later". <<>> I've seen this exact issue with ITunes 4 and searched for an answer. I found nothing. ITunes 2.0.4 and ITunes 4 no longer supports radio stations. If you once...

Sorry, my bad. I didn't see it.

I was looking through LowEndMac today and saw this. I thought those of you in the south east area of the US might be interested in this. >>>Here at Low End Mac, we appreciate older computing equipment more than most – and that extends to more than just Apple gear. As someone with an...

Given: A G3 Lombard with two batteries. I also have a stand alone battery charger. The machine recognizes the presence of battery #1. It runs on it and charges it with no issues. The machine does not recognize battery #2. This eliminates a problem with the machine. I've tried both...

BACK ON TOPIC boys and girls The best success I've had is using an external SCSI drive. My 8600 (tri-boot 10.2.8, 9.2.2 or 7.5.5) and my iMac (10.6.8 ) are on the Ethernet hub. So I hook the external SCSI to the 8600, copy from iMac to 8600 and then onto the external drive. Once I've...

I have a Motorola GN825G wireless adapter that worked for a while. When it works, it works great. The bad thing is that after a while, the card powers itself off and from then on, the system refuses to see it. I've seen this behavior with the system booted 10.3 and 10.4. I finally bought a...

Check out this site. There's a ton on info on exactly what you're trying to do. There's pinouts and connector descriptions as well. http://www.ccadams.org/se/serial.html

Local talk to another local talk mac is a good option albeit slow. Another option is an external SCSI drive. I have an external drive enclosure that I've used up to a 700MB drive on my SE. You'd need a second machine with an external SCSI connector to copy from the external drive. The last...

Break out your magnifying glass and look for solder bridges around the SCSI connector. If you have a working board to compare to, you might have a chance to find an errant bridge. The other thing to check would be the condition of the cable since you say the problem occurs only when you plug...

That was the problem I was running into. With 6.0.8 on both partitions, it always booted off of the first partition. I booted off of the floppy and initialized the first partition. At restart, I got a flashing disk, therefore it couldn't see the second partition for whatever reason. The fix...

I thought I'd pull my SE out of the closet and play. It's a basic SE (not an SE/30) with 4MB of RAM. I replaced one of the 800k floppy drives with a 150MB hard drive years ago and it works well - for what it is. I decided I'd try to make this machine a dual boot between 6.0.8 and 7.5.3...

Pay attention to your reference designators. Uxx usually refers to ICs, Crystals can be U or X. CR components are typically diodes, but not in this case. Look at the device. The number LM385 tells you what it is. It is a Micropower Voltage Reference Diode...

I have a G3 Lombard with similar issues. This thing refuses to see the battery, let alone charge it. I bought a new battery and external charger. The new battery took a charge, the old one flashed the charger light at me. This confirmed the old battery was toast. I also replaced the DC...

I have a couple of 8500s - for parts. I had the chance to upgrade the workhorse with a refurbished 8600. The main advantage being that the 8600 is easier to get into if I need to. I'm lucky enough to have one of those Sonnet G4 cards in it with 700 some odd MB of ram. I have 10.2.8 on one...