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Right. My AppleCD 300i Plus appears to be shot. Also, I found that the drive config was set incorrectly on this system in the first place. Both CD-ROM and HDD was set to SCSI ID0 and they were on the same cable (the secondary, which can only do 5MB/s). I've now put my Plextor Plexwriter...

The system only had IE5.0 installed, and that proved to be the weak link. I spent a good hour or so downloading Classilla, the download sped up to around 35kb/s at one point, and got that set up. Downloading a 3.5MB file in Classilla was over faster than the download speed counter could make up...

Right. The VGA adapter arrived, so now I have a usable screen resolution. I thought I'd test out the system a bit now that I can use a proper screen, even though it is with the old SCSI disk. After booting it up with an Ethernet cable plugged into the Asante card, it got online immediately...

I've ordered BlueSCSI v2. Everybody is raving about how good it is, and how well it works with basically every kind of system, so I figured I'd give it a go. Worst case, I'll grab a 68-pin to 50-pin SCSI adapter a put a more modern SCSI drive into it, although that's a last resort.

Ooh. Yes. My current "daily driver" PC, doesn't have an optical drive at the moment. I moved this summer, and my USB CD-writer is still packed away somewhere. My old PC, which I replaced recently DOES have an optical drive though, and I did mean to get around to installing Linux on it, so I...

Ahh, cool. Then I may well try out a dual boot setup. I think I might want a setup with OS 7.5 as a tribute to the 8100 in "The Net", running without the G3, and then OS 9 with the G3. But we shall see once I get my BlueSCSI. I'm sure there will be plenty of experimentation to figure out what...

I won't spend money getting a Sonnet G3 card, as I already have a Newer Tech card. I don't suppose that will allow for a dual boot setup like that as well? From what I understand, my MaxPowr won't work at all if I have my cache module installed, which means that running with the stock 601, I'd...

I forgot to respond to this... Yes, it's indeed 36.7MHz bus speed. From a review in Mac World, March '95, apparently the drop in bus speed from 40MHz on the 80MHz model to 36.7MHz on the 110, means that the speed bump on the CPU doesn't help as much for performance as one would think. Since I'm...

From personal experience with other retro computers, "brittle" doesn't mean the same for other systems. Yes, less elasticity and tensile strength than when new, but still totally safe to handle. Not so with this system. It really needs a very gentle touch to avoid plastic bits flying everywhere...

Oh yes. It's EXTREMELY brittle. When I received it, plastic bits came drizzling out of the box it was packed in. I spent a day gluing together as much as possible. The reset and interrupt switches are missing, although the internal part they should have been part of is still there, although the...

I've cleaned out the fan, but I've not added oil, so I'll do that next time I have the system open (when my BlueSCSI v2 arrives). I did have the PSU open and cleaned out all the dust and such, and to have a look at the caps. Fortunately they appear to be top shelf components, so I don't expect a...

Heya. First, I'm very happy to join your forum. I've heard it mentioned a lot in youtube videos about vintage Macs. Secondly. I've just got my first ever Mac, a very lovely Power Macintosh 8100/110. This system came with a Newer Tech MaxPowr G3 at 240MHz, and the AV video card, rather than the...