Recent content by jwmcfarlin

Bit of a necro here, but I attempted to download this from the developer site and it turned out to be a corrupt file. I am downloading it on a Win7 machine onto a CF card then working sneaker net to my machine so that might be the cause of the problem... Does anyone have any input on that issue?

Fond memories of toting home a Mac SE/30 from my high school for weekend use as a trusted GT student back in the 80s in just such a bag. Nice find and looks great.

I am looking to get my second ci up and running. What sorts of cool things open themselves up because of having two cis? Best, John

I picked up Wizardry II but don't have Wizardry I. Is there anything I can do to create a party and play it or do I need to get Wizardry? Best, John

This is not really addressing the technical issue, but this is how I would get it done: How about buy an old Mac and run it on that? Best, John

For anyone interested, there's a clean-looking 180 up for auction right now on eBay. Best, John

PB180s are great--congrats! They are built like tanks and definitely are mannish in their lines. I sent one to an old friend of mine who absolutely couldn't afford one at the time they were on the market and he was speechless. He reported himself strangely drawn to it, and this is a guy who...

Beachycove that's brilliant. Thanks, I have a set of 1400 batteries that I am looking at setting up that way, though the BTI-branded packs are made of a brittle sort of plastic that doesn't react well to trying to open them. Best, John

It could be that the batteries do have a full charge but they are so depleted that a full charge is so little that it's not enough to keep the machine going. What do you know about the batteries? I'm in the same boat, btw. Best, John

I'd be down for a box too! That sounds pretty fun. Best, John

Jealous! I don't know how it slipped by me as I have been solid cruising eBay for exactly that sort of PB1400c, but congrats! Best, John

Heh. But you CAN boot a PowerBook 1400c in 8.6 from a PCMCIA card and it won't affect the IIci from seeing the drives later on when you connect via SCSI. I'm learning something every day, it looks like. Best, John

I learned today that PCMCIA ethernet dongles are not all interchangeable. Only a couple of dollars for that lesson, but worth putting down here to save someone else if they do a search. Best, John

:lol: I seem to be screwing it up by the numbers here... I had installed OS 8.5 on my PB1400c, and afterwards powered down and set up the SCSI direct mode hookup. Bam. Both drives were visible on my IIci when connected via SCSI in disk mode. "All's well, so okay time to go ahead and put...

Gah. Something else. Don't let the IIci see your SCSI Disk Mode laptop with a PCMCIA card inserted with a CF card that counts as a large volume (2GB and up). It will render your Powerbook's drives unreadable to the IIci and force a reinitialization and OS install (actually--you don't have to...