Recent content by vacputer

Fortunately, this is just an academic exercise at this point. The actual root cause of the problem was a bad SATA cable that has since been replaced, I just found the way the software handled it interesting.

Obligatory xkcd: I've had a very educational last few hours. This is the first time I've ever derived any noteworthy benefit from my copy of Inside Macintosh: PowerPC System Software, so that's a perk I guess. I'm not especially keen on going down the rabbit hole of nailing down exactly what...

The thing that's got me a bit stuck is that it throws the same error when it's booted off of a CD on the built-in (P)ATA interface. I've run the machine with the side open to allow a standard-height straight SATA cable to fit and everything works fine. I wouldn't think twice about it if I were...

Bottom line up front: Does anyone know what a negative 2000 series error in OS 9 is supposed to indicate? -- I just ran into an odd symptom while troubleshooting what I'm pretty sure is a bad SATA cable in my G4 (I shouldn't have expected a short-tipped straight cable to survive a 90º bend for...

I did actually find a solution for this, albeit a poor one. My apologies for not posting earlier. Supposing you have a small stack of Wallstreet parts machines unlikely to ever have hinges again, their display bumpers look identical and are just about the right size. Their length needs to be...

That's fantastic info. Thank you for the write-up!

Hi folks, Courtesy of a Trading Post thread, I've just learned of the existence of this processor card for PCI PowerMacs. A quick search online shows they're reasonably common and inexpensive, but I'd never encountered one and information seems nearly nonexistent. Every Apple processor card...

I just gave this a go and I couldn't replicate the issue. What version of the SW2200 driver are you running?

I'd like to replace the deteriorated rubber bumpers covering the screws on the inside of my 2400c's display housing. Does anyone know where to obtain suitable replacement parts?

I gave it a look, and it seems that neither the Wallstreet nor the iMac DevNotes have any good information on it. The Wallstreet note does mention the slot a few times, indicating it functions as a serial port and is connected to the secondary Heathrow I/O IC, but offers no specifics beyond...

Greetings! Does anyone have any information on the internal modem connector on the Wallstreet, PDQ, and early iMacs? It seems fairly clear that it has pins for 5v DC and UART(probably? Rockwell datasheets aren't easy to come by), but I can't find much else on the topic that can't be...

I've just had my last intact 65w G4-era AC adapter lose one of its cable-winding wings to a slight bit of jostling in my bag, joining several others I've had with the same issue. It seems that Apple is obsessed with making their power adapters worse with every new revision. The big grey...

I'll be honest, I've got no intention of using anything other than an old Mac with such low-resolution monitors in any case. That said, I could see it coming in handy should I ever come accross a first-generation LCD Studio Display.

Precisely. I don't know that I've ever seen one before.

Say, hypothetically, that I'd stumbled upon a shrinkwrapped ATI Radeon Mac Edition in a local shop that'd been collecting dust for many, many years. Hypothetically, I got a whiff of that pre-RoHS 'New electronics' smell I've not experienced in a decade or so, but that's hypothetically neither...