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There is definitely a DHCP server on the network because the router (or a PC when connected to the wall jack) gets an assigned IP address rather than an automatic private address. The TCP/IP control panel isn't showing any IP address and just appears to be waiting for one from the DHCP server.

I may actually just get an 802.11b card for the Kanga. It's already got software installed for one, suggesting that it had one at some point before I owned it. I doubt it's a problem with the onboard ethernet hardware, namely because the other Kanga I have does the exact same thing. Both can get...

The system is set to pull an IP from a DHCP server in the TCP/IP control panel, so the settings should be correct. Is there anywhere else where the system might be trying to use a static IP The primary reason for my attempt to directly connect to the network rather than use the wireless router...

When I connect my Kanga (running 9.1) to my wireless router with an ethernet cable, it gets an IP and connects to the internet no problem (I'm posting this message from it). However, when I connect it directly to one of the ethernet jacks in my apartment, the system can't get an IP or connect to...

No, they were just being used to look up customer records and the like. No cash registers...it would have been cool if they were using them in a point-of-sale setup.

I picked up a free Apple ADB Mouse Mk1 today. It works, but for some reason the cursor moves extremely slowly when it's plugged in. I've connected it to a Powerbook 190 and a Kanga-class G3 with the same results. Oddly, even after the mouse is unplugged, the trackpad continues to move the cursor...

Attempt #2 ended in failure, but with some hope. The bad news: the people from the liquidation company didn't have the authority to let me have the Macs. The good news: they told me to come back later this week to check with the store owner. They also told me that at least one of the IIsis works...

Attempt 1 ended in partial success. I bought a desk, but when I asked about the Macs the sales reps said they didn't know what they were going to do with them. I did manage to score a working Mk1 ADB mouse from a IIsi. I can use it with my Powerbooks. When I go to pick the desk this afternoon...

The machines weren't being actively used when I was there, but they all appeared to have been used recently in the course of business (all cables looked to be connected and they were prominently on the sales desk and in an open office). I may go back and ask about them tomorrow depending on my...

A local furniture store here in Chantilly, VA is going out of business and I went over today to see if there was any furniture left worth buying. I didn't immediately find any furniture I wanted, but I did find three Mac IIsis with Apple monitors that the store had apparently been using. They...

Thanks for posting that. The next time I visit my parents (Thanksgiving) I'll have to crack open the 512 and see how it looks inside. Hopefully I can bring it back to a working state.

Is that kind of screen/FDD behavior indicative of bad caps? The Plus working was really the biggest surprise to me after the 512 failed to boot. Now I need to find some of my old floppies with programs that will run on it.

I took a long weekend to visit my family up in Massachusetts this weekend, and decided to pull out my old vintage Macs tonight. They have been in my parents' basement (with a dehumidifier, they have never gotten wet) for the past six years or so. I achieved the following results. 512K: will not...

I actually don't have OSX on the machine now, just 9.1. I installed XPF in anticipation of putting OSX 10.2 on it, but it doesn't seem to view the internal HDD as a bootable drive. Is there any way to solve this other than wiping the drive and partitioning it?

So do I have to wipe the drive and set up new partitions? Right now the 5GB internal drive isn't broken up into multiple partitions.

I feel like an idiot. I should have known that I can't just connect two machines with an ethernet cable. On the plus side, I was eventually able to get a stable IrDA connection between the two...but I can see why it never really caught on.

I just installed Classilla on one of my Kangas today. Worlds better than IE 5.1. Is there any way to enable flash support in this browser?

I got one of my Kangas fully up and running (actually posting this thread from it) and would like to put something more useful than 9.1 on it. I installed XPostFacto but in the main application window it displays the internal HDD on the system as "not bootable". The drive is clearly bootable for...

My 3500 (Kanga) G3s don't seem to get hot even when running several programs simultaneously.

I've got two Kanga Powerbooks running 9.1 and wanted to connect them to transfer files. I plugged an ethernet cable into both machines' ethernet ports (I have gotten both on the internet via these ports so I know they both have ethernet capability). Unfortunately I get an error message from the...