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  1. Shymon184

    How can I make custom keyboard layouts for Mac OS 9?

    I’d like to make a slovak keyboard layout for my OS 9 iMac G3, but I don’t know how. Can I just copy a keyboard layout from the system suitcase and edit it with ResEdit?
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    How can I make custom folder icons with ResEdit? (OS 9.2.2)

    Just pasting the transparent icon from Photoshop replaces the transparent pixels with white pixels. When I open the Icon file inside the folder, there's only icns binary resource, with which I don't know what to do. When I create the finder icon group (icl8, icl4, etc., you know what I mean), it...
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    iMac G3 slot loading doesn't fully eject CDs

    Hi all, My iMac G3's CD-ROM is struggling to eject CDs, I have to grab the partially ejected CD and yank it out before it inserts itself again. I thought about replacing it with another drive, but I've came across this guide, and I'm wondering if it would be any help to me? also, concerning...
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    My iMac G3 was damaged during the shipment and I need new beige CRT mount

    My iMac G3 had arrived today and when I unpacked it, I've noticed some beige plastic around the VGA and RAM lids, I took it out. Then I noticed that the bottom left CRT holder is cracked and there's a screw visible, I opened the iMac and while I was opening it more and more beige plastic pieces...
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    I'm considering buying a Macintosh SE/30, the seller said it has some defects. Is it worth it?

    The Mac is being sold for 300€. The physical condition seems decent. But it has probably some analog board problems. Here's what the translated description says (original language is italian): The conditions can be seen from the images, working with small defects: at startup, a "recovery...
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    What's the best browser for a Mac Color Classic? Also how do I set up ethernet with a Farallon ethernet card?

    Hi folks, I finally managed to make my SCSI2SD work and I've started putting stuff onto the SD card. I'd like to set up ethernet on my Mac CC since I have a Farallon Ethernet card lying around. This brings me to my two questions stated in the title, for the first one, I was thinking maybe...
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    [help] SCSI2SD monitor says SD Test failed

    I've been struggling to set up SCSI2SD for my Mac CC for quite a while and I've decided to try the SCSI2SD monitor and to my dismay it said "SD Test: FAIL". My question is: does this mean that SCSI2SD adapter is damaged? (the worse case) or is it just that the SD card is damaged? (a bit unlikely...
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    What's a good replacement for 3.6V 1/2AA PRAM battery?

    I took this battery out of my Macintosh CC before it started leaking, and I'd like to find a replacement for it. I've searched local stores and they don't sell these, so I'm asking what's the best replacement for this kind of battery?
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    [HELP] Macintosh Plus Checkerboard screen

    My Macintosh Plus has many hardware issues, but I would like to address this one today. This checkerboard appeared one day and alongside that, the sound stopped working. I already replaced electrolytic capacitors on both logic board and analogue board. I recently upgraded my Macintosh from 2.5Mb...
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    Mac Plus checkerboard screen, no audio after analog and logic board recap

    I've been having A/V problems for some time now, I asked people on r/VintageApple and they said I should recap logic board. I already replaced all cylindrical capacitors on the analog board and a professional replaced the capacitors on the logic board, but alas, there wasn't any change, I still...
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    How can I install Mac OS X on my iBook G4?

    I recently got an iBook G4 and when I turned it on a folder with (Classic) Mac OS logo and question mark appeared, it seem like Mac OS X isn't installed. Mac OS X Tiger install CD came with it, unfortunately it was only an upgrade CD but it was useful enough to make sure that the hard drive is...
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    I need help with setting up SCSI2SD in my Mac Color Classic

    I need help with creating HFS volume on the SD card. I bought SCSI2SD to replace dead quantum hard disk in my Mac Color Classic. I used this guide to set up SCSI2SD, but I wasn't able to follow it to the end because I have Windows, but I managed to put Lido on a diskette and when I ran the...
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    What’s the voltage of hard disk power cable in Mac Color Classic?

    The quantum hard disk in my color classic died, so I bought a SCSI2SD and was reading some information about it on codesrc.com and there was written that SCSI2SD needs to run on 5V or else the board would break.
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