Evie's Conquests

[EvieSigma]

Sure do! Here's the whole setup, with Sonic 3 & Knuckles stuck on a Game Genie just to be silly.

http://i.imgur.com/FLByweM.jpg

I haven't tested out the CD yet but the 32X is working fine, though I don't currently have any 32X games so I can only test with Genesis titles.

 

[EvieSigma]

Only partially Mac related but I thought these would be fun to share...found an academic edition complete in box copy of Microsoft Office 2000 and some "for Dummies" books. I don't normally care about those books, but you see, the PC and Mac books are dated 1994 and 1993 respectively, though the Mac book mentioning Power Macs and the "Blackbird" Powerbooks probably means it's from 1994.

http://imgur.com/6SFig0K

You definitely won't see something like this on a newer PC help book!

http://imgur.com/7c6VPeE

And the Mac help book dates itself massively with the machines it offers help with on its cover.

http://imgur.com/2g52loB

The PC building book is dated 2006 but I figured it might still be helpful for something. Surprised it mentions SCSI stuff when barely anything had SCSI in 2006.

 

[Carboy7]

I got the 4th Edition of Macs for Dummies!

 

[EvieSigma]

I figured it might come in handy for Mac idiosyncrasies of the era!

I kinda mostly bought the PC one in the hopes that it would cover DOS commands and setting up IRQs, two things which completely mystify me, and while it covers DOS commands I can't find anything in it about IRQs.

 

[EvieSigma]

Got myself an iLamp! 17 inch, 1.25GHz. Needs some work, as it doesn't seem to boot off my Tiger CD...

http://i.imgur.com/XwCk9qV.jpg

 

[Unknown_K]

Is it a retal CD? That system should run on OSX 10.2 to 10.5.

 

[EvieSigma]

It's a CD I burned myself. I used it to install Tiger before on both my G5 and the G4 MDD I used to have so something must be up with the iMac's SuperDrive.

I gotta take the thing apart anyway so I might as well take care of that too while I'm in there.

 

[Unknown_K]

Ifixit has instructions on taking it apart, make sure you re apply thermal paste as indicated when you put it back together.

The optical drive is a full sized IDE 5.25" with the tray bezel removed so you can replace it with anything. HD is 3.5" IDE as well.

 

[EvieSigma]

Do PC drives work though? I've got a DVD drive out of a Dell laying around in my basement that I could slap in.

And yeah, I'm waiting to take it apart until I buy RAM for it for that very reason, since I don't want to take it apart more than once.

 

[Unknown_K]

Apple machines will boot from generic IDE/SATA optical drives, some apple software will have a hissy with them. Toast works fine.

I remember buying the last generation IDE DVD-DL burners for my G4 towers, wish I snagged more.

I find the RAM kind of weird on my 20". The RAM behind the bottom plate is a SODIMM and the RAM inside on the motherboard is a full sized DIMM.

 

[rsolberg]

Yes, PC drives work fine. You'll want to use a drive of equal or lesser depth compared to the original. Usually in Tiger and later, there are no issues with burning support with 3rd party drives. In Panther and earlier, a patch is required to burn discs from the Finder and iLife with some drives (IIRC)

 

[EvieSigma]

Yeah, all the iLamps are like that (one external SODIMM, one internal DIMM). Hoping 1GB DDR SODIMMs are easy to find.

So do I have to take the whole front off the PC drive or just the little plate on the front of the drive tray?

 

[rsolberg]

Only the plate from the tray needs removing.

 

[Unknown_K]

Drive tray plate works. Same thing you do with drives for the MDD so they don't get stuck on the plastic flap on the way in.

DDR1 SODIMMs are super cheap now on ebay, they won't be forever.

 

[EvieSigma]

I'm going to do the work on this machine in the near future so I'm not worried...should be maxed out and running good soon.

 

[Carboy7]

My iMac G4 still only has 256mb of RAM! It didn't have a SODIMM in it, but it did have an AirPort Express card.

 

[EvieSigma]

Even if it's not exactly quick I'd say an AirPort card is pretty vital for iMac G4s.

I need one for my Quicksilver too...

 

[EvieSigma]

I got a free Power Mac 5260/100 today...it cleaned up nicely and none of the plastics are broken but the motherboard is shot!

http://i.imgur.com/hxCp6dr.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/MPL1Irk.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/J8JL3s1.jpg

Look at that nasty corrosion...and this was after I washed the board in 91% isopropyl alcohol and scrubbed at it with Q-tips. Definitely not salvageable.

http://i.imgur.com/cIBENOf.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/k7TnyQe.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/se7Y4nw.jpg

Also, Kemner's Surplus was nearby where I got the 5260 so I stopped in there to look around, saw some weird stuff I haven't seen before like an IBM portrait monitor from the PS/2 era, a weird Sony computer I couldn't identify, and an IBM PC 3270.

http://i.imgur.com/GPhq0I9.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/qCrT3qN.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/5qhxf6w.jpg

 

[techknight]

I have a couple of 5260 boards, and even a 5300/5400 board so if you need one let me know! 

 

[Unknown_K]

Looking at that motherboard I can see why the machine was free. Boards will be easy to find.