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    ppc 601 pds card

    I have a few quadra 950s laying around and recently got a copy of softwindows.  I know the quadra has a 040, and this software requires a ppc 601.  I seem to remember a upgrade card by apple for the pds slot that would upgrade it to a 60mhz i think ppc 601.  There even used to be a place on the...
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    macintosh II not starting up or displaying

    Over the past couple of months i recently got 2 macintosh II's complete, with hds and floppy drives as well as video card.  Of the two one has the tiny silver cylinder looking caps, the ones notorious for leaking.  The second has a newer revision board, i guess, that has the flat rectangular...
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    g4 mdd power supply bad

    I am trying to work on a g4 mdd dual 1.25ghz tower, for someone.  When plugged in no power.  I did take apart the power supply and from what i can tell a ceramic disc capacitor blew.  If I also understand correctly its soldered on top of a diode, the small blk cylinder soldered horizontally. ...
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    pb 165

    i recently picked up a pb 165 complete except for powerbrick for 5.00 @ a local thrift store. I just need to get a compatible powerbrick which ive already researched my pb 190c one wont cut it. Just need to find a cheap but good pwrsupply for it. The system looks in nice shape, has a 160 hd...
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    frozen hd in q950?

    I recently took out a q950 i hadnt played with in a few yrs. I got the machine 5-6 yrs and then the sys was fine and booted into sys 7.0 or so. Anyway, when i recently took it out to put a set of cards in it, i replaced the pram batt with a new one. I didnt think to boot the sys before the...
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    performat 6116cd and sys disks

    I recently got a performa 6116cd for my collection to replace my dead 6100/66 powermac. The board is dead on the 6100 but i did salvage the dos compatibility card (works tested in a quadra 650 i have laying around), the cache simm (256k), hd, cd, and simms. Anyway, since the performa is a...
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    mac286 and problems

    I recently got a ast mac286 card and wanted to install it in my IIci. The iici from what i can tell is shot. I won't chime or has any sound, as it didnt before. It was used from a thrift store, but did work until I put it up for a yr or so. Now it won't boot or anything, whats strange is the...
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