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    Is using an external fan needed with a Mac Plus?

    I recently obtained a Mac Plus (Yay!). It's beautiful. It came with a Kensignton Macsaver surgesupressor with a built in fan. it fits in nicely at the top of the Mac Plus and the fan works to cool it. But is it necessary to run a fan like this? Won't the convection cooling of the Mac Plus...
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    Mac Plus and using a zip drive as a hard drive

    Has anyone used a zip drive as a hard drive for a Mac Plus? I would be interested in hearing about people's experiences. Also, if you have a zip drive connected, can you successfully chain a second drive to the first? Ideally, I would like to use one as the boot drive and the second for data...
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    Differences in changing the clocks

    I noticed that the time as reported on the front page was incorrect by 1 hour; it was 1 hour behind. I checked to make sure that my time zone was correct in my profile. Check. I thought about it and realized that the difference stems from when countries move their clocks. Europe moves their...
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    Adobe Pagemaker

    I would like to try out Adobe Pagemaker. I would like to be able to create Pagemaker documents on a LC 475 (OS 7.x, 132 MB RAM, 8 GB HDD, Apple Portrait Display) and be able to read them on Pagemaker running on my G4 DA (OS 10.4.10 and OS 9.2.2, 733 MHz, 768 MB RAM). As well as the reverse...
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    XFree86 Window Managers

    How can I tell what window manager is running with XFree86 with NetBSD and Debian Linux? Thanks, David
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    Welcome the brand new *NIX forum

    Thanks to Tom for giving us a forum to discuss *NIX issues. He suggested that we come up with a great name for it. I think the forum should be inclusive of the various system software people run (UNIX vairiants, Linux, the various BSDs, and even BeOS), the hardware to run these systems, and...
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    Could we add a Linux/Unix forum? (Part 2)

    The "Could we add a Linux/Unix forum?" thread is growing and taken on a life of its own. Mods, could you please place it in its own forum? Thanks, David
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    68kmla donate PayPal button does not work

    I tried to donate to 68kmla by pressing the Paypal button on the botton of the main screen. I went through the process and everything looked good. Later I received an email with the following text: Two days ago you sent a payment to 68kmla@gmail.com. This payment is still unclaimed. Often...
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    The first thread

    Well, since *NIX enthusiasts are watching this thread, let's make this our Linux/UNIX forum until the mods decide to give us one ;) I have been running Linux on i386 for a number of years, but am looking to get started with Linux on a 68k. I have a LC III that, when I have time, I am going...
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    Could we add a Linux/Unix forum?

    There used to be a Linux/Unix forum. It looks like it was not recreated. Could we have one again? Thanks! David
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    Putting a Quadra 605 mbo into a LC III

    Hi, I have a Quadra 605 mbo I would like to put into a working LC III. Could someone please direct me to any available tutorials? Thanks! David
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    What happened to 68kmla.net?

    I have been busy with various things and so have come back to the site and ... wham! A new site. I gather from various postings that the server went kablooie, but I haven't been able to piece together the entire story. Could someone please fill me in? Thanks. dbraverman88
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