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I need some assistance, I'm trying to recreate the power lead for a Sonnet encore G4 1Ghz. I have a diagram, but I would REALLY like to see pictures of an original cable specifically where the 8 pin lead hooks in to the 20 pin header.

So for a while, I've been tethering my Pismo to my phone. But I'd really like to know if there is a USB or PCMCIA card which I can plug in to my 10.4 Pismo.

Given the kick to the system bus, is it worth upgrading from say a G4 500mhz to a G4 1Ghz?

This is a long shot, but I was wondering if anyone knew if it were possible to get a Pixma 7200 printer working with OS x 10.4. The earliest OS is seems to support is 10.5, both with Gutenprint and the official Canon website. Is there anyway I might be able to compile a useable driver from a...

So I have  2x Macintosh Plus 1x Classic i was wondering how involved recapping them is. My experience with Commodore Amiga’s and caps, is that it’s better to recap before they start to fail, as it will avoid unpleasant cap leak. Is the same true to these old macs? I’ve not looked, but I seem...

Hey guys I currently have a PowerBook sat gathering dust down the side of my desk, it needs a recap but more importantly it suffers with tunnel vision. Which is why I don’t use it, I would really like to, but after 2-3 hours typing, the corners of the screen have blackened by an inch inward...

I was gifted an original 128k Macintosh logic board, I've no idea if it works or not and frankly I've no intention of stripping down my Plus to find out.  It goes against my better judgement to recycle it, so I thought I'd ask for opinions. Is it worth my time trying to sell it? or should I...

Some years back i bought a recap kit for my Plus from a fellow member, however looking at it today i realised I'm not 100% sure i know where each cap goes. Is there some sort of diagram showing cap locations and their values for the Plus? Thanks guys!

I couldn't think of a more suitable place to post this, though I did consider posting it in the lounge. As someone who owns a letter boxing Powerbook, I was wondering if there are any black and white / greyscale display Powerbooks that dont suffer from this dreaded affliction.

Hey guys Does anyone out there, know of a way to rub out the occasional scuff on these shiny machines? I think my wrist watch strap has left a tiny scuff on the aluminium and I've been sat trying to figure out how to buff it out.  Thoughts so far, but none I've dared to try. Fine grit 2000...

Hey guys I've had a recap kit from CC_333 in my drawer for over a year now as i've been putting off recapping the power board.  I'm now thinking I really should get on it before the caps leak, does anyone know if there is a diagram pointing out the locations for each of the caps on the power...

So I'm trying to side step screen tunnelling on my 180. All the research I've done suggests I'm on the right track. Question is do I need to swap the inverter? Or will the 180s screen inverter work with the 180c LCD panel?

Hey guys Recently added a 180 to my assortment of macs and I've been reading up on screen tunnelling as my laptop is demonstrating some of the signs down the right side of the screen. I was wondering what if anything can be done, for instance can you swap the screen out? Maybe with one from a...

Have the opportunity to buy one of these for $40 and was thinking this might finally be a good way to swap out the SCSI devices for something faster. As some might have seen, I've been mulling over buying an ultra scsi card, but this had come up and it got be seriously wondering. I have a...

Hey guys As the titles say, I'm getting a 180 added to my collection of old macs. Now I used to own one of these a while back and the screen went screwy. So I'd like to try and keep this unit working, which led me to wondering what things might need attention. From what I gather the screen on...

Hey Guys I've took the plunge and bought myself a SCSI controller for my Powermac 8500. I'm hoping the 2930CU will work along side the Hitachi drives I've have laying around. I was given seven of them, so i'm hoping I can at least get one stuck inside my Powermac. Giving me a whopping 73gb, in...

Hey guys i'd like to try doing some video editing on my 8500. I don't have the AV module on my machine, so I was going to record video with my phone and import it. I'm not looking for 1080p, just something acceptable for making a basic youtube tutorial.

I got hold of a copy of McGee's Alice, my partner is a huge "Through the looking glass" fan. So I thought it would be fun for her to try it out. The only problem is it wont run, it tries too but then reports AGLPIXELFORMAT Fail, unable to start openGL. I have a 32mb Radeon, MAXpower G3 400mhz...

So I have two 9.1 update CDs, one dated 1999 the other 2000. One works on my 8500, the other doesn't not. Doesn't anyone know what's going on? As I'm lost.

Hi everyone I bumbled my first post by putting it in the Nubus section by accident, instead of PCI mac. That will teach me for using my phone! lol I have 7x Hitachi Ultrastar Ultra320 73GB SCSI drives, which a friend gave me recently. I tried getting one to work on my Powermac 8500, using a...