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Hi guys, I have a pb 190 which when turned on does the regular Apple 'good' boot chime, then after a little while (I think after it counts the ram because the time changes depending on whether I have the extra ram installed or not) it does a very slow death chimes, reaaallly slowely. No screen...

Hey guys, I've started running my pb 1.67ghz g4 osx leopard machine without its main battery as it's basically dead, but now it always loses time on boot. Is there another battery I need to swap out? Cheers for advice, Steve

I had a search on the internet but can't seem to find any topics on this. Although the panel in the 17'' powerbook is ok, I think it is only TN and the contrast ratio isn't too great. I'm wondering if the part is replaceable with a more modern IPS display, does anyone know? Thanks

Hey guys, In my previous thread I heavily modded my G4 Cube and sprayed it copper. I wasn't keen on the copper so today re-sprayed it gunmetal grey. After spraying the case, since I had the internals of the Cube out I decided to route the USB sound card internally, remove the outside...

Hey guys, The G4 Cube PSU is terribly inefficient. Even when the machine isn't turned on the PSU is kicking out heat. Has anyone known of a modern equiv or has anyone got the pinout for it?

Hi all, I have a fairly strange issue with my terminal in Leopard 10.5.8 - Upon opening terminal, it is active and infront - When clicking terminal (anywhere) it gets pushed to the background - When trying to click terminal now, the mouse does not even recognise a terminal window, it will...

Hi there, I am not too experienced with the inner workings of Macos 8.1, I am trying to get my internet to come up faster.  System specs: PB190cs w/ 40mb RAM CF card HDD MacOS 8.1 3com 589d ethernet using drivers from this page: https://www.floodgap.com/retrotech/mac/enet3c589/ problem...

U27 on the rear of the PB190cs, just out of curiosity:

Hi all, As you might know I recently refurbished my PB 190, but unfortunately the battery was too far gone to save any of the internals, they were simple too far gone. I have saved the case, as to not have a gaping hole in the side. I am just wondering if anyone in the community re-builds...

Hey guys, Here is my post about refurbishing this lovely little machine. I've never worked on a PB before so it was a learning experience. I didn't photograph the MANY brittle plastic tabs/screw mounts I fixed with ABS glue - but yes, I had to fix many. Without the glue the machine would not...

Hi there, I'm just wondering what the best PCMCIA ethernet card for a 68k PowerBook 190cs running OS 8.1 would be? Cheers

Hi all, I read many times on the internet that you can swap the passive matrix LCD in the 190cs with an active matrix LCD from a 5300c. Well I was lucky enough to find a new old stock LCD screen for a 5300c. I fitted it inside my 190cs bezel no problem. But the machine only shows white, I can...

Hey people, Just wondering if anyone has performance tips for MacGlide. I'm running Unreal / Deus Ex in Tiger via Classic mode & MacGlide. System is a 1.2Ghz G4 with Nvidia 6200 256mb. It works but the FPS is rather low, around 25-40fps in 1024x768. It doesn't make much sense to me, the...

(Moderators please could you delete all the images past the 'Thank you' at the end, I don't know why but it throws every single image in a row there, I tried deleting them but they keep coming back.) I've been working on a G4 Cube lately and I have finally finished the project! Here are some...

Hiyas, I'm having trouble finding a PPC compatible rom for the following card: Geforce 3 / PCB: 180-10050-0100-C02 ; Model P50 I'm not 100% sure whether it is the original Gf3 or a Ti-500. I know I can get the original ppc bios here: http://themacelite.wikidot.com/wikidownloads2 Just...

Hi guys, I recently contacted the author of Snak (IRC client for 68k macs) Because the last version to work on 68k was v3.2.1, but was not available online. Macgardens version was incorrect when extracted, same for macrepo. The kind author sent me v3.2.1 zipped. I tried extracting the zip on my...

Hi all, Just wanted to report I upgraded my LCD panel to a 1400x1050 Res screen. It was quite a difficult process involving a hacksaw but in the end I am very happy with the result. I followed this very detailed guide...

So sorry if this is a silly question! There have been reverse engineered Elite engines and other clone games over the years ported to many different platforms. I had a quick 'google' on the subject but didn't find anything useful. Has there ever been a classic mac version of Elite or Frontier...

Hi all, I upgraded the 2x speed caddy drive in my 840av with a Plextor PX-40TSi. Working great with a patched Apple driver (https://www.macintoshrepository.org/23007-apple-cd-rom-software-5-3-2-5-4-2-) But of course, the old drive didn't need to be opened as it was a caddy system. Once I put...

Hi guys, I am just wondering what format I can use? I have tried Jpeg at different resolutions but the 'desktop pictures' just says 'this picture cannot be displayed. Are there certain guidelines? Thanks