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  1. Swabbie

    Is this too much $ and work for a noob.

    I am a total noob when it comes to compact Macs but I’ve been wanting to get into getting one and restore it for fun. I found this one of fb marketplace for $100. I looked on eBay and it seems These “powers on” for parts pluses go for about $15 to $30 plus that much again in shipping, so I...
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    Will this 2011 LG “Super Multi DVD Rewriter” optical drive fully work/be plug-and-play in my 700 MhZ G4 iMac?

  3. Swabbie

    Did I break it? I think I broke it. I blame the Chiefs

    On a 270c who’s keyboard works (sort of) I Disassembled and cleaned the corrosion off keyboard membrane wire traces with an eraser (while watching The Chiefs fumble the Super Bowl — mistakes were made) :/ In doing so my distracted brain 1) I knocked off the shift lock LED. 2) I also didn’t...
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    Cheapest, easiest way to get video out on my duodock (with a 270c loaded inside)

    What is Cheapest, easiest way to get video out on my duodock (with a 270c loaded inside)? If avoidable I don’t want to try to buy and ship a big apple monitor with the DA-15 as I am just trying to determine the operating condition of my duodock to get it ready for sale. Is there some sort of...
  5. Swabbie

    Can anyone ID this RAM?

    It says “Mac Memory Inc.” “Max Plus” 1986 on the back. Is it for a Mac Plus? SE? Something else? Helping ID it for a friend. Thank you.
  6. Swabbie

    Making a PC video card work in a PowerPC?

    Seems any good PowerPC compatible “Mac Edition” AGP (and PCI) video card (64GB, 128GB etc) out there are exponentially higher in cost than their PC counterpart. (See example below). Is there a way for an avg user/layperson like myself to make one of these work in, say, a G4 GE? If so can...
  7. Swabbie

    Procedure to load OS9 on separate partition after OSX

    Hello, I thought I knew how to do this but it’s not working for me. System: G4 Gigabit/ 500Gb SATA SSD (IDE-SATA Adapted. Pins set to “Slave”) 6 Gb IDE (“Master”) /500 MB RAM. SSD Partition scheme: 77 Gb (OS 10.4) 30 Gb (Set aside for OS9) 10 Gb (10.4 Boot load) 10 Gb (Set aside for OS9 boot...
  8. Swabbie

    Apple TV to G4 Tower Hack?

    Is there any conceivable way to get a G4 Tower (Gigabit Eth) to accept and drive an Apple TV box (or Amazon Fire, Roku, etc) I realize this probably means jailbreaking the box (lemme know if that’s not allowed to discuss on here) as well as some sort of PCI video card with HDMI out. (If such...
  9. Swabbie

    Need help getting Ethernet/Internet on my PM6500

    Bought a Realtek RTL8139D NIC card for my PCI slot on advice that that card will run on PB&J if you stick it in. Installed it. Got a green LED saying I’ve got power. System profiler sees the card. Card name: pci3030 ,5032. Card model and rom: not available. Card revision: 16. Card vendor...
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