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  1. JAG

    Beige G3 restoration questions

    I think I’ve narrowed it down to problems with the SD to IDE adapters I’m using. If I use an actual IDE hard drive, I can get it working reliably after zapping the pram, the Drive shows back up and everything appears to work. Some of the IDE adapters I’ve tried will work somewhat, but will...
  2. JAG

    Beige G3 restoration questions

    This G3 is bizarre. I pulled out a known working 2GB IDE drive and installed 9.2.1 from a known good CD-ROM. Formatted and installed fine. Reboot and the hard drive is gone. Doesn't show up in Drive Setup. Doesn't show up after a reboot. Not quite sure what to make of this. It's a Rev.C ROM...
  3. JAG

    Beige G3 restoration questions

    Looks like the G4 upgrade is actually a NewerTech G4 upgrade. Working on tracking down a manual for it to check compatibility, settings, etc. The machine keeps freezing when I do any significant disk activity, though this may be from the SD to IDE adapter I'm using. I'll have to try and find...
  4. JAG

    Beige G3 restoration questions

    Bought a nice Beige G3 minitower and am working on cleaning it up and getting it restored to its former glory (it was filthy). Have two questions: 1. The previous owner put what appears to be a 400 Mhz G4 from a Yikes in it. I've installed 8.5 and it doesn't recognize the CPU in system...
  5. JAG

    Quirky Quicksilver problems

    The PRAM battery has a good charge and the mouse works otherwise fine I'm mostly using 9.2.2 and running just the PATA to SATA adapter alone. I have tried both of these adapters with the above symptoms. I guess I'll try making sure the slots are clean and everything is seated properly. It's...
  6. JAG

    Quirky Quicksilver problems

    I'm having some difficulty with a Quicksilver 933 I've had for a couple years. I don't use it much, but don't remember initially having these issues when I acquired it. The main problem I'm having is getting it to work with any other types of hard drives other than a standard 3.5" PATA drive. I...
  7. JAG

    Using Magneto Optical drives on vintage 68k Macs

    Ah, I know very little about dye sublimation printers, but your labels look fantastic. Do you get premade floppy labels or cut them to size by hand or with a paper cutting machine?
  8. JAG

    Using Magneto Optical drives on vintage 68k Macs

    As a side thread, I've marveled at how good your labels for MO drives looked MrFarenheit. Care to share what sort of printer, paper, etc you used to make them? I've tried printing a couple and the labels looks very amateurish and "paper-y". I'd like to figure out how to make labels that look a...
  9. JAG

    What machine would you use for a 24/7 home file server?

    I don't disagree with any of this. I just haven't been able to get Apple II net booting working with netatalk. I'm sure I'm just not doing something right because I think it IS possible to do so. Just haven't been able to do it despite several attempts.
  10. JAG

    What machine would you use for a 24/7 home file server?

    Nevermind - I found some old threads that mention the -5V is only needed for serial ports, which I'd actually probably want to keep working.
  11. JAG

    What machine would you use for a 24/7 home file server?

    I'd be very interested to hear more about this. What do you use to get the -5V ?
  12. JAG

    What machine would you use for a 24/7 home file server?

    Maybe I'll go with an LCII or LCIII. I have a couple here that I need to recap. I think AppleShare 3 can only run on 030's or lower. I've read a couple of the threads about running a Mac Plus or SE headless without the analog board. Couple fit it in a rack mount case if that would work.
  13. JAG

    What machine would you use for a 24/7 home file server?

    For a while now I've been wanting to set up an actual 68k (or PPC) file server running AppleShare with netboot capability for my Apple II's and IIgs'. I've been able to get Basilisk II running where I can get it to share AppleTalk over the network but think I'd prefer to run it on real hardware...
  14. JAG

    Can anyone lend a hand configuring a Shiva FastPath 5?

    I completely forgot about this idea! I took another look at the 10Base-T module and there are three components that would need to be sourced. I’m not entirely sure what the two Valor parts are. 1. Valor PT3868 (common mode choke) 2. Valor PT3877 (choke filter) 3. MB86962 (10Base-T transceiver)...
  15. JAG

    Can anyone lend a hand configuring a Shiva FastPath 5?

    I was able to get everything setup with MacTCP etc and now I can get online! I appreciate all the help.
  16. JAG

    Can anyone lend a hand configuring a Shiva FastPath 5?

    Thanks for all the replies. It will be a couple days until I have a chance to try them out. Much appreciation to all. If there is reasonable interest on reverse engineering the 10Base-T board, I'm all for giving it a go.
  17. JAG

    Can anyone lend a hand configuring a Shiva FastPath 5?

    I picked up several Shiva FastPath 5's on eBay a year or two ago and have finally gotten around to trying to set one up. Problem is that I don't have a manual and can't seem to find one anywhere. What I want to accomplish is to get my LocalTalk Macs bridged to ethernet as well as get online...
  18. JAG

    Netatalk 2.2.9 Released

    Hey, not sure if this is the place to post, but I've been trying to install Netatalk on a NetBSD 9.3 virtual machine. I updated pkgsrc from CVS and only see v2.2.6 there, not 2.2.9. Also, how do I start the daemon? I tried putting things like "atalkd_enable=YES" in /etc/rc.conf but can't seem...
  19. JAG

    A thread for RackMacs

    Man, what we really need now is a project to make a hardware kvm over IP dongle that works with both Mac video and ADB and also somehow can activate a reset switch to reboot a machine remotely. (I have no idea how to do this)
  20. JAG

    Macintosh SE/30 logicboard recreation (thread revival)

    For anyone still interested in buying a PCB, JLCPCB is out of stock on some of the bottom board SMD parts so that's the hold up at this point. I'll likely get purple or blue boards. I'm planning on 10-15 as I have at least 5 SE/30's myself that could use new boards.
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