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I opened my iMac DV and decided to tackle everything at once. Barely 3-hours later, I had completed everything needed to make my iMac a perfect little '90s time capsule with little worries (flyback clock is ticking, of course). 1. Speakers. Lots of people have found the "one inch" speaker...

There is a lead that has either four or six pins. Shorting one of these pins to a ground pin will trigger PS ON. I’m not exactly sure the color, either brown or green, but shorting one of these with it’s black neighbor keeps it powered. Your crack of death is what I experienced. Best I can...

That’s the one! Now my brain is computing properly. I thought it was EDR that was all the rave all those years ago but it is for certain A2DP. This was when boomboxes and car stereos etc started advertising this feature heavily. To know that even the first generation of Intel machines...

@akator70 that sounds odd. My experience has been generally good except when it comes to certain devices. I had JBL headphones that were flawless and replaced them when they broke. New JBL model…oh the issues. They’d barely stay connected before I’d have to go into Settings and re-select them as...

I see that the last run of PowerPC Mac’s were fitted with BT 2.0+EDR. Why? Ok, I know it’s for nearby data transfer like iSync, sharing contacts, or even using it as a headset for iChat, but thinking back to that era (with the understanding that my memory can be dubious) I seem to recall the...

How has this worked out? I took apart a similar PSU to find similar damage. Strange that a diode would short across that surface.

I couldn't think of a group of users with more experience than here so I'll give this a shot. At work, we have a new building and new file sharing setup. We set up a Mac mini with some RAID bays attached and turned on Sharing. There is only one dynamic lacking in this configuration: we need...

According to this you are right. I would be cautious due to changes in coding versions such as later Python, Bash and AppleScript etc. Sometimes getting software to work from one version to another is as simple as cleaning up the methods per-OS. That’s what I’ve read on some Macports notes at...

I would say I’m jealous but in the world of collecting we ALL get that one win. Ok I’m still jealous. At least that is one more rare component that won’t get tossed out or forgotten.

The idea is to have one virtual OS form a bridge between Classic, PowerPC, Intel and modern Macs. Create a modified Mac OS (call it Yoinks) and strip down the overhead so that rather than running SheepShaver plus a whole install of High Sierra or Mojave or whatever you have just the bare...

I think what puts a sour taste in everybody's mouth is that we expect just about anything and everything to be free and thus the work and effort has no monetary value and people will harass you when it doesn't work...despite it being free. The open-source community is already putting in overtime...

I was looking at MacFUSE with HFS support and was disappointed at reports that it doesn't read old HFS floppies so it isn't really a full solution to the HFS limitations imposed since after Leopard. This next part is related, trust me. I was recently trying to archive some of my Time Machine...

Old thread but I came to recommend exactly this. Once you use Super Clean you will never touch Simple Green or Mean Green etc. Super Clean is simply in a league of its own. I cannot say enough good things about the results I get with this product and how fast it works. No real fumes, although...

Works! I'm on the 1.25ghz G4 so something around 1% speed is close to normal performance. Let me say I really like how easy it is to use hot keys to activate and deactivate as well as to tune the speed percentage. It is a control panel that you put into your system folder and works...

I’m certain this has been asked before and the solution is so simple that I seem silly for bringing it up. I’ve searched and searched but it’s very difficult to hash this precise circumstance so I haven’t found anything conclusive. I’ll make an example of a particular application. There is a...

To me it’s like adding muscle car sounds to an electric car. In no way can the two be compared. @Phipli I’m not a madman, the stepper sounds are a bit overboard and non apropos for the 90’s. So far, everybody’s experience with Seagate 7200rpm drives is that they’re TOO quiet rather than too...

What in the world would I ever do with 23GB? Do you have personal experience with ‘cuda drives of the late 90s and early 00s? I’d like to know whether I can hear the arm clacking with every seek or if they’re just going to take ALL of my fun away. I really like the feedback I get. On startup...

As far as I can find, all of the ‘cuda’s are 7200rpm or more, no? I don’t think I would be happy with that considering how loud those fast spinners are. I’d be interested to know more about these adapters. Hm. Lots of SCA drives come up from the 2000s. A lot of mention of gooey rubber. I...

I've got the BlueSCSI for expansion and transferring but I don't want to give up the comfy hum of the spinning internal drive. It's as much a part of the experience as CRT flicker. I will also say that the internal drive is faster than the external BlueSCSI. I'm not brushed up on the interface...

Bump it against your table. Not joking. I had the same issue after my drive sat for about 8 or 9 years. One bump and it's been working since December. Hold it so that it is 1" above the surface of a solid tabletop with the SCSI pins facing directly upward. Drop it and brace it so it doesn't...