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    accidentally renamed an extension... running 7.5.5 HELP?

    it has an icon that looks like a optical CD-ROM it says : System 7.5 update 2.0 1.1mb created Aug 21st 1995 can anyone tell me the proper name so i can rename it back to what its supposed to be
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    quadra 630 owners - question re: serial port performance

    hey there guys as many are aware there is the known issue that some early/mid 90s macs can have problems with the serial port communications; (such as the performa 5x00 series) im just wondering, can anyone confirm for me that the quadra 630's serial ports function on the same level of...
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    zip250 USB drive does not power on via USB - repairable?

    happened to come across a zip 250 SCSI/USB (That also has hd50 scsi port on the back) but it came without power supply + does not seem to power up when plugged in via USB.  got excited and ordered the firewire addon for this specific drive which makes it a firewire zip drive!  butthen i...
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    GPUs that support accelleration in MacOS 8.6

    when i say accelleration i mean mostly 2D + GUI accelleration..for working in apps... not 3d games;) ok its common knowledge for some time that the radeon 7000 is one of the best graphics cards for the b+w g3..... just resurrecting mine this last week, i had nothing but headaches with a radeon...
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    RGB monitor

    Apple Color Plus 14" Display  just had a question re:using it in with a vintage PC, (im having trouble finding any old style late 1980s RGB monitors for sale) is it an RGB/Composite type display? i know its old but im not quite sure if its EGA or VGA compatible via adapters i assume it has...
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    newworld g3/g4 - internal boot from SCSI - any speed benefit over IDE?

    has anyone here got experience using a SCSI hd on a b+w g3 or sawtooth? for me personally ive seen tons of benefit using bootable SATA pci card adapters on these machines but i've never actually used a real internal SCSI hd connected to a SCSI pci card.. like an adaptec is there any...
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    630 in 52xx

    [mod note] This topic was created by splitting from the original thread. [/mod] i was thinking this aswell.. because i have a performa5200CD and the motherboard can slide into this and make it a 68K Mac.. that has a color screen!!!!! and the hd already has os 7.6.1 on it aswell as a scsi...
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    just got a performa 5200CD

    whats up guys just got a performa 5200CD for free basically http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_performa/specs/mac_performa_5200cd.html ive read some people consider it to be the worst mac ever .. lol!! but i dont really care for other peoples opinions really.. i think its pretty cool...
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    dead powerbook 170 - cause?

    hey guys merry xmas + happy holidays so i ahve a chance to get a dead powerbook 170 and im curious if anyone knows what the common symptom would be for one that doesnt boot up. im guessing dead drive? whats the maximum hard drive size u can fit into a powerbook 170? has anyone ever...
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    changing a pci cards vendor + device id

    is this possible? for example, i have a delta 410 card.. that on windows lets me use it with protools m-powered, whille on mac os x.. its dissallowed by the software (i believe this happens inside the actual executable of the app itself) the difference in vendor+dev id on this is only 1...
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    adding usb ports to mac os 9 powermac g4 system

    hey guys sorry if this has been discussed i gotta run real fast to pick up my sushi lunch ;) ;) but.. i gotta add some usb ports to this quicksilver g4 867mhz machine i got running ableton live and they need to be "native ports" or whatever or theres wierdness with usb midi controllers...
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