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I think at least part of it is user error, I had it working for a while then didn't need to transfer files for a few months and I seem to have forgot what I did.

I didn't dust off the edge of the board or the edge connector, so might have been while I was removing the battery or (more likely, if this is the case) trying to put it back. Can you give an example of a good light source? I have a variety of lights at my disposal. :)

Yeah, getting the board back into the "rails" was a royal pain. Had to pull it out and put it back several times. Does gentle pushing once the board's lined up do the trick or is a bit of force necessary? I'm really shy when it comes to being firm, especially with things I care about. And the...

The iMac isn't online at the moment because I haven't needed it to be until now. It's been on my list of things to do for a while now, but it keeps getting bumped lower and lower by other, more urgent things (computer related and not). Thanks for the suggestions for the wireless-B and USB...

Before and after pictures... :)

Surgery complete! It took a couple hours, mostly because it took me ages to figure out that the battery was held in place by Velcro of all things, but it's out, along with a bunch of dust. I used a few paintbrushes to brush the dust out (gently). Even before the dusting, though, the board looked...

Well, I found a stopwatch program but currently have no way to get it to the Performa. Definitely see a USB floppy drive in my future... I'm reviving this thread to say that I'm going to bite the bullet and open it up to remove the PRAM battery (all because of an "oh crap" moment I had on this...

Hm, would be an interesting experiment. :) The reason I'm using it on my Windows box is internet access for downloading software... but the whole unstuffing thing would be easier if it were all done from the iMac.

I so would too, though I could always run down to my iMac with a flash drive and unstuff there... but that would be tedious.

I'm still having the .sit expansion problem though, there's some great software out there that I can't use 'cause it's stuffed/whatever.

Awesome, thank you! :D I've been following these instructions for a bunch of things, but they're a bit of a hassle sometimes.

Hi. I'm trying to make a System 3 boot disk for Mini vMac. I have it in a .sit file, but the StuffIt Lite on my current boot disk doesn't like it. My question is, what version of StuffIt *will* accept the file and work with System 7.5.5 on an emulator? Or is there another way to get this done...

Mine's old enough that it doesn't have a hard drive, will System 6 run on floppies and if not it can boot from an external hard drive right?

Aw, sorry to hear about the PowerBook. But congrats on finally finding a Plus! Especially a working one. :D I love mine, though I can't really do much on it due to a lack of software for System 3.x. Compact Macs are just plain cute. :lol: Here's mine, with a bunch of other clutter. :p

Hm, I hadn't thought of Finder as an application before now, but it makes complete and total sense.

I wasn't fretting, just never saw a mismatch before (and didn't know that some printer drivers come with a Finder upgrade) and wanted to learn more. :p Tiny details like mismatches or control panels that don't seem to be relevant or useful fascinate me and make me wonder about a Mac's history...

Will definitely take a look and see. In your experience what has having a battery similar to PB 145 refurbished cost? I want to get a fair price since budget is an issue for me. And the battery is definitely toast. The PB astutely pointed out in an error, "Your battery has failed to charge and...

Ah yeah, that would explain it. It does have two StyleWriter icons (Color StyleWriter 1500 and StyleWriter II) icons on the desktop and a bunch of printer choices in Chooser, but I don't have the printers. So the Finder must have come with the color printer. :) Still doesn't necessarily...

If I were to go back to using a classic Mac OS for everything the things I would miss most are iTunes, Pandora and IMVU, as well as Photoshop Elements 7. Honestly though, I'd love to use the classic Mac OS instead of Windows. Not that I have anything against Windows - I used System 7.x (can't...

Cool. :) I have none of those things so it should work. Now to find a stopwatch program or something, that'll be the challenge. :lol: