Recent content by mikes-macs

It might mean you’ll have to either lay down on your side or stand on your head during boot and reboot if you want to watch it boot.

I have been working on the same model iMac this week with similar issues. First, definitely check the RAM each time you do something inside it because it comes out fairly easy. There is a CUDA button I pressed just once while it was unplugged and the battery was removed. After replacing the same...

Nice haul! Thanks for the rescue. No doubt they would have been recycled if not for you. Did you notice if the Mac II si have a ROM chip in the rom slot or are they using onboard ROM?

LocalTalk defaults to the printer port, so make sure both ends go into the printer port on both Macs. There shouldn't be a need for anything else software related because LocalTalk works right out of the box. Check to make sure none of the pins aren't bent inside the din. If you do have an...

Nice work. Would it now be safe to click the links in the emails?

I swear that I have a program called auto shutdown somewhere here for Classic Macs. Anyway here is a basic Apple Script to do what you want. It has to be saved as an application in script editor and added to the startup items folder inside the system folder. On startup it will run in the...

I wonder how much 1000 feet of fiber optic cabling costed back then.

Does Simple Text count in this? Everything came with a copy of Simple Text to open the Read Me. Without a doubt I have more copies of Simple Text than anything else. Then it may be Disk Copy

it looks like you did the homework, and since you rely on this computer so much it would be great if you knew exactly what was wrong with it. There will be experienced people replying to tell you which chip needs replacing or what else to check. All you need to do is decide whether you want to...

Should be easy enough to re-route the exhaust. LOL

Very cool.

Since you have a G4 you can put the iMacs' HDD in it and restore the iMac OS 9 to a partition on it using the G4. I believe it's a Apple Software Restore Disk Image? Just copy the contents to the HDD. Does your burned iMac restore CD mount on the G4?

Sounds like you did it right. There must be something wrong with the iMac. I don't know what else to try.

The Mac OS 9 for iMacs are specifically for that model and are part of a restore. Retail Mac OS 9 Install won’t work properly. You will have better luck using the restore/install CD for that model. Furthermore drive setup on the restore CD will format your HDD. As mentioned above, iMac CD drives...

What a great question. This explains a lot of issues over the years. The answers are great too. This needs to be added to my library of Macintosh Do's and Do Not s.