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No, I should have explained, but the heatsinks are not the same. An MDD heatsink would be required for proper cooling. There are aluminum and copper versions, I have had better luck with the copper. I would *LOVE* to get 9.2.2 running on a G4 Xserve! A hacked MDD 400 ROM would probably work...

Again, on a board called "68k Macintosh Liberation Army", obviously many of us are partial to older systems. Our old Macs do not need to be a complete replacement for a contemporary computer. When I use my MDD for Logic Audilo and (most) Adobe apps in OS9, it is definitely using both...

= :O Wow...

I recommend going for a MDD, but don't pass up a Quicksilver if there is one around. The faster MDDs run with a 166MHz system bus, which is the fastest there is for OS9, and this is crucial for multimedia work. Only the Firewire 400 MDDs boot in OS9, there are also versions with a FW800 port...

I love mine too. I recommend using OS 6.0.8 and Appleshare 2.0.1, then you can use a serial cable to transfer files to and/or from other serial-equipped macs with Localtalk.

Congratulations! One of us! One of us! It is not hard to lift pads, and need not be a problem. On my SE and SE/30 the pads seem to suck up a lot of heat... I used a hot iron with flux-covered solder braid, and also a desoldering bulb. Especially the SE/30 pads, I tried fully melting the solder...

Congratulations, Cameron! I love my hand-me-down TiBook but it needs to be babied, I can picture myself making a lifetime buy of TiBook DVI laptops and parts so that I can be always assured of having one that works. Why the hinges are so costly is that broken ones are a very common problem, so...

Well... u320 drives would appear a bit large to any IIfx system. I would guess that on OS of this vintage maxes out at a partition size of 2GB? Also the speed of modern SCSI drives is wasted on the older bus. Is there any reason why you can't/won't use a smaller 50-pin drive? Maybe if you use a...

It was an extension conflict! First conflict I have ever seen with the control strip. I started by removing strip modules, but then remembered that I did update a few extensions last time... This is the disadvantage of having a crazy schedule and trying to bring it while way, way too tired. The...

What is it worth to whom? There are too many of them out there to be really collectible. They certainly can be useful, if one likes old Apples. It can extend the usefulness of an LC, or be a handy inroads towards playing with Apple ][. In my case, I have an old synth which was designed to be...

I consider myself neither a collector, nor a nostalgia freak - I use many computers, many of them old. I choose to run a lot of old software, run it natively, and be productive with it. So yes, when I could really USE a bit of old tech, versus a collector paying thousands for it to decorate...

If eBay is any indication, the asking prices of MDDs is dropping quite briskly. I was looking for MDD bits about a year ago and the only ones I was finding for less than $200US were the 867MHz type. Looking this week I have seen even 1.25GHz duals in this range. The supply is growing much faster...

I understand that you are not "looking for freebies", but just consider that G3s are generally considered disposable these days by the public at large. They are fairly easy to find if one lucky, or can be had for asking/minimal price. Unless you are in a remote area, so far as recycled tech is...

Ah, yes, the old CUDA dance. I have only ever needed this on old world boxes, either because it was given to me "dead" or I had fumbled around with Open Firmware issues which were over my head. Probably came up from too many freezes and power cycling. In my MDD G4, the PMU Reset switch is not...

I stick with the Pioneer drives - aka "superdrives", I have had excellent luck with them for everything, and they are often recognized as Apple drives in OS 9. It is only in classicland that booting off of 3rd party drives might be an issue.

My MDD basically works. What happens is that after I turn it off, it will not go back on again until I unplug the power cord and re-connect it. Also there is a problem with PRAM batteries. I start and the time is reset to 1904 every time... I replace the PRAM batteries, tried placing...

Great! Thank you Bunsen for that bit of info. The 8100 case is indeed awful to work with, right up there with the 8500. My 8100 probably still works, apart from the video card having rotted somehow so if I get it running again it is good to know that I have some options here.

This is on my MDD G4, OS 9.2.2. I finally replace my logic and CPU and everything looks ok for a few months of sparse use - until I decide to try getting some work done. The simplest things can throw me off for a long time, no wonder I get fed up and move on. About two months ago I was...

Yes, Acrobat 5 certainly was a Carbon app. I bought mine when I had gotten my first second-hand new-world Mac, a B&W G3, and setting up OS X for the first time - 10.2.0. The same bundle worked in OS 9 and 10.2. I believe the last version to run in 9 was Acrobat 5.05. Many of the Adobe...

Hi there. I had a Plus in storage for years from a friend and decided earlier in the year to use it for music, but I lost the keyboard and mouse here somewhere. Since I had meanwhile bought a lot of old 68k mac software I decided it was more economical to buy a cheap SE which was on offer rather...