Recent content by shifuimam

Yeah, we saw a couple of those adapters on Amazon. I think that's what we'll try. Worst case scenario I'll try to find an as-is TAM on the cheap and gank the tuner board from it. Turns out I'm just an idiot about the front buttons. They work; I was expecting an on-screen display like in OS 9 on...

I already did a reinstall of 9.0.4 (new system folder). I don't have a 9.1 retail install CD, just 9.2.1 and 9.0.4. I know that Apple recommends disabling virtual memory prior to upgrading 9.0.4 to 9.1, but I can't do that right now (with 32MB installed RAM the Memory control panel won't let me...

I received a TAM for my birthday this year and am already looking at upgrade options. :) Of course I'd love a Sonnet Crescendo/L2 upgrade, but I'm not going to hold my breath on that one. Even a bigger L2 cache card would be nice, but that stuff is getting super hard to find. I'm already...

DAVE 2.5.1 has a 68k version; that software allows SMB connections from pre-OS X Macs. It also has NetBIOS support so that you can set a NetBIOS-compatible hostname, if you need to. If your file server is running Linux, you can easily install Netatalk to support AppleShare over IP. This is what...

So we found out a few things - the +5v trickle is dropping, even with that little diode hack. Adding an external 5v power supply to that pin (via a cannibalized BlackBerry charger) works if the PSU isn't installed in the IIci. As soon as it's installed, the same problem comes back. It's looking...

Pics are on my Flickr account...too many to link here, plus you'll probably want to see them full size. They're not great, but it's impossible to separate the two boards without desoldering a bunch of stuff.

I was able to get part of the enclosure for the PSU apart, but there are two circuit boards - one on top, one on bottom - that appear to be attached to each other at several locations with soldered wire. Is there any guide on the best way to disassemble one of these things?

I came back from a short vacation to a non-booting IIci. The keyboard power button results in nothing but a click of the power supply, a short power-on of the monitor, and a quick flash of the keyboard and case LEDs. I pulled the PSU and shorted pins 8 and 9 to test the supply by itself, and...

Thanks. I did bend the copper bit the top read head is attached to when I was greasing/degunking the drive, but I carefully pushed it back into place and verified with a floppy that it's making full contact with the disk. It may still be related to a problem with the read head not making contact...

Finished recapping the sound area (didn't have enough caps on hand to replace the others yet). Sound works, except it's SUPER quiet on the internal speaker. Is it always like that? I know my SE/30's internal speaker was impossibly quiet...

I can do the recap myself, so that's not a problem. There's definitely visible corrosion on several areas of the board, so I'm going to give it a thorough cleaning with some rubbing alcohol. That should be safe, shouldn't it? My dishwasher has some issues, and I don't trust it to get the board...

I'm installing 8.1 right now. The floppy drive was a bust - I cleaned it thoroughly, made sure the read heads weren't damaged and still contacting both sides of the disk, oiled the mechanical pieces and made absolutely sure that all the mechanics are working. Any time I put a disk in the...

Good to know on the LCD. The sound is not working, and with external speakers at max volume it is very faint. Some searching indicates that leaky caps are the likely culprit, so I'm going to replace the caps around the sound controller and clean up the board. Maybe that'll fix the floppy issue...

It was a bit of a frustrating struggle, but I finally got OS 8.0 installed. Something is wrong with the floppy drive or floppy controller. I swapped out the drive with another one that is supposedly tested and working, and I can't get either drive to properly read floppies. It wants to...

The iBook G3 and iBook G4 have a compatible display. I don't know about the PowerBook G4, but I think it should be compatible. What you need is a Samsung or LG 12" XGA display from a Mac laptop with a small 30-pin LVDS connector on the LCD. The reason why I say it needs to be a Mac LCD is only...