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    CuriosTiger replied to the thread Unhappy PowerMac 9600.
    Very true. I'll also try pulling out PCI cards and RAM, although I do believe a video card is required for this thing to POST. But I can...
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    CuriosTiger replied to the thread Unhappy PowerMac 9600.
    Thanks for those tips! I tried reseating the CPU card. No luck, but it turns out it's a Sonnet Crescendo G4 card, so that's a nice...
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    CuriosTiger replied to the thread Unhappy PowerMac 9600.
    Yep, good thought. I tried giving it a push, but it made no difference. And I suppose after years with no NVRAM battery and no power...
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    I've had a PowerMac 9600 sitting in storage for years. This computer originally came from an Apple authorized reseller in Nelson, BC...
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    It really is starting to feel that way based on the info in this thread. I've been trying to build an FW400 MDD, but I may just...
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    What's your location? Sadly, most have probably already been junked.
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    Not that hard, but eBay may not be the best place. If you're looking for something specific, perhaps try a WTB post in the marketplace...
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    To my knowledge, HFS+ was never used on floppy disks. Floppies were long gone from Macs by the time Apple dropped classic HFS support...
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    DM sent. I'm in Norway for a few more weeks, could potentially stop by.
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    CuriosTiger replied to the thread jmacz Mac IIfx Project.
    Looking forward to seeing that. I plan to put a second floppy in my IIfx, so I may not have an immediate need for it, but it would be...
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    CuriosTiger replied to the thread IIci will not power on.
    Did you also recap the PSU? That was the cause of a no-boot condition in my Quadra 650. You say you have a working Quadra 700, and the...
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    CuriosTiger replied to the thread DumbDD.
    As far as I know, no such program existed in classic MacOS, except perhaps as part of A/UX. DumbDD is just an app that offers you that...
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    CuriosTiger replied to the thread DumbDD.
    On UNIX systems, dd is used for writing raw data to a block device (such as a raw SCSI disk) below the file system layer. The...
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    CuriosTiger replied to the thread IIfx Memory.
    Excellent work. I have 20MB in my own IIfx, and have decided that will have to do. My second IIfx has 8MB in it.
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