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Byrd replied to the thread Original Apple Scanner Refurbishment Guide.It's super fine pitch, for those reading this later it's the large black gear down near the front LED end of the board that turns into... -
Byrd replied to the thread Original Apple Scanner Refurbishment Guide.Hi, I've got 2 x Apple OneScanners I'd love to see one working - one grinds its gears but has a working green CCFL tube, while the...
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Byrd replied to the thread What to buy LC475 or Performa 630.It was a great Mac on release with all those features and price. The add-on TV tuners, AV cards can also be picked up fairly cheap if...
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Byrd replied to the thread pretty decent iMac G4.Nice, I'd go Mac OS X 10.4 on it (good bridge OS between old and new) or 10.3.9 for more speed
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Byrd replied to the thread What to buy LC475 or Performa 630.Hi Steve, Both are quite different machines while very similar in specs, on release the LC475 was the answer to a "cheap Quadra" while...
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Byrd replied to the thread Dead processor?.Rare to die, where did you get the CPU from - known working/tested or from an overseas chip supply company?
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Byrd replied to the thread PicoIDE in a Mac?.@bakkus apologies, I hadn't read that - the documentation for the device appeared all very DOS and x86/PC centric.
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Byrd replied to the thread Need some assistance with a Summer 2000 iMac G3.The optical drives in iMac are highly prone to failure, and pain picky about certain drive media - are you using writable CDs? Try new...
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Byrd replied to the thread PicoIDE in a Mac?..... but it's probably not going to work if at all nicely on a Mac.
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Byrd replied to the thread Did I kill my iMac G4 1.25 GHz PowerPC? :(.Have a look at the board around the CPU under magnification, I think you might have scratched the PCB somewhere, or (eep) damaged the...
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Byrd replied to the thread Did I kill my iMac G4 1.25 GHz PowerPC? :(.Is the bent back heatsink making good contact with the CPU, using fresh thin layer of thermal paste? Was the RAM upgraded during the...
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Byrd replied to the thread Phoenix: Open-Source NuBus FPGA Accelerator for 68040 Macs.Not an EE and don't get the recent projects here of let's throw AI at it and put it on Github, but why not a variant of the PiStorm in a...
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Byrd replied to the thread PicoIDE in a Mac?.Where would you put the 3.5" bay as you can't access it from the front case of the 630? I'd say this is very much a DOS specific device...
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Byrd replied to the thread Restoring a Lisa keyboard and could use a few tips.For me I'd use high quality CA gel (eg. the good stuff like Loctite super glue gel), and use a pin to dab into the internal crack, then...
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Byrd replied to the thread Mac OS 9 disk drivers vs. OS X disk journalling.Different partitions with the first being OS 9 < 8GB, more for OS X and third partition for random files/MP3s etc - worked fine here.