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    Same board - different coating?

    i’ve worked in the PCB Fabrication for years. There are probably half a dozen manufacturers making green solder mask, but they are all not the same shade of green. Unless Apple specified the exact mask to use (which is unusual), the PCB manufacturer is allowed to use whatever they want as long...
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    Simulators

    Falcon 4 for Windows 7-10 is now on sale on Steam for $5.59 https://store.steampowered.com/app/429530/Falcon_40/
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    PowerBook G3 Kanga will only run OS 8.1, otherwise cryptic errors appear

    I think Mac OS 1-9 is a lot easier on memory and hard drives. If the OS loads successfully, then you’re probably Ok. OSX is constantly swapping between RAM and the hard drive - so if you have unstable memory or hard drive, then you’ll see problems a lot sooner.
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    PowerBook G3 Kanga will only run OS 8.1, otherwise cryptic errors appear

    Cache memory is either soldered to the logic board or on a separate CPU card. You can confirm the cache card is not working by running a benchmark program on it, such as MacBench 5 and comparing your benchmark speed with posted results for your model. I would expect The program to crash or...
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    Networking an SE/30 (7.1) to an SE (6.0.8)

    The old website threemacs.com was a good source of info on file sharing - it’s archived at http://www.atpm.com/network/files/file_sharing.htm
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    Best way to get software onto an iBook

    CD discs work great. FireWire is very fast. USB is slow, as this computer has USB 1 ports. You may need to use an older, smaller USB thumb drive ie. 1 GB. Ethernet also works. OSX 10.4.11 runs great on the iBook.
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    Norton Utilities Compilation ISO

    Why? it was common wisdom back in the day to not install Norton Utile ties or it would negatively affect system performance.
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    Macintosh Portable non-backlit hopeful LCD repair adventure

    Maybe you could get a few free samples?
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    Macintosh Portable non-backlit hopeful LCD repair adventure

    FYI here’s a link to a U.S. based Zebra strip manufacturer that makes strips for displays https://www.zaxisconnector.com/markets/screens-and-displays/
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    Macintosh Plus Hole Case Cut for Heat?

    The Kensington System Saver was a popular cooling option for the Mac that didn’t require cutting holes in the case.
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    SCSI connections

    You really want a SCSI CDROM to install OS and install software. There was one offered for free on this forum back in April. Maybe someone here has one.
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    Quake RAVE or GLQuake will freeze a PowerMac 6500 if a dedicated graphics card is used

    FYI Quake 3 runs very fast on a Raspberry Pi 3 - it’s an optional install on RetroPi
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    Problems connecting 10B-T to modern networks? Try this

    FYI TP Link also sells the metal case TL-SG108 8 port Gigabit switch for $4 more than the plastic case version. I don’t recall any hardware problems networking an old Mac with it’s 10 Mb port, though I had to use an older G4 PM that still supported Appleshare
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    Tokamac build and programming XC1736 chips

    In your picture, the pin on the top left corner does NOT look like it’s in the socket. I wonder if the same pin is not in your programmer.
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    SE/30 and Daystar PowerCache P33 Universal

    FYI on Amazon you can buy a TP-Link TL-SG105, 5 Port Gigabit switch for $15.99. Just attach the switch to your router.
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    Which Macs support power on after AC restore or other remote power-on (and how to enable)?

    Expecting a Mac made in the 90’s to just power up and work normally sounds foolish. At best, the Mac won’t power up and at worst, the Mac will die in a cloud of smoke. Just my opinion.
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    PowerBook 540c black coffee edition

    Nice. In your last picture, on the left side is that a hard drive with a translucent cover?
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    Web browser and email client for 68k Mac?

    I haven’t tried iCab 2.9.9 in the past year on my 68K Mac, but I recall it working fine IF you browse thru www.frogfind.com Frogfind gives you a limited web browsing, with pictures reduced to one or more, low rez 256 color images. On the other hand, if you have a G3, G4 or G5 PowerPC Mac...
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    Who has a iMac G3 with either a Sonnet Harmoni processor upgrade and or a item that uses the Mezzanine slot?

    Sean of Action Retro recently posted a video installing a Harmoni G3 into an original iMac
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    Quake RAVE or GLQuake will freeze a PowerMac 6500 if a dedicated graphics card is used

    I don’t believe Apple ever shipped a machine with a GeForce 2 PCI card. The G4 iMac had a GeForce 2 MX built-in, and they were on the AGP bus?
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