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For OS 9, I'd say they're about equal. You'll get some perks with the PowerBook, but the iBook will do a very fine job. For OS X, though, the PowerBook blows the iBook Clamshell out of the water because of the 1024x768 screen. You need that resolution to run OS X reasonably well. The iceBooks do...

It's possible and would hurt like hell, but my understanding is that there isn't enough power in there to kill you absent a preexisting heart condition. An easy way to remove the danger is to leave the computer sitting unplugged for a few days before opening it. That'll bleed off the charge.

I'm running 7.1.1 with 68 MB of RAM. It works really nicely, and I haven't really encountered anything that I'd like to run on it that can't. I've thought about going to 7.6.1 so I can use Transmit instead of Fetch, but 7.1.1 is the right blend of snappy and feature-full.  The ROM disk is very...

So there's been a lot of talk of 3.5 mm jacks today, and I had an idea. Storage on an Apple II is kind of hard, considering that the physical media (floppies and cassette drives) is increasingly out of production. Floppy emulation works but costs a not-insignificant amount of money. Has anyone...

Just a couple off the top of the my head: - Versions of Mac OS after 7.5.5 won't run on 32-bit dirty hardware like the SE/30. With a IIfx ROM or a Rominator II, you can run through Mac OS 8.1 on the SE/30. - Mode32 isn't awful, but having one less extension in the mix to clog up the system...

I've got kind of a janky ethernet card, so I'm not entirely sure if this 100% works, but I managed to get Open Transport working for at least a little bit on my SE/30 with 7.1.1. Honestly, though, you're probably better off just using MacTCP unless you need DHCP for whatever reason. You can only...

I'm really interested in these types of projects. There are a lot of high-value accelerator, video, or ethernet cards that are very rare and expensive for the non-obsessive collector. I'd love to have a reliable and well-researched method of creating new expansion cards for older Macs. Anything...

I did that Noctua in my SE/30, as well. It's this one. It's a pretty penny, but it works well. As a bonus, it comes with a variety of cables that allows you to mount it without soldering by powering it through a hard drive pass-though, if that's your thing (though I would recommend soldering it...

System Picker is only really necessary to have multiple installations of Mac OS on the same partition. If you've got separate partitions or are running OS X and Mac OS, it's not necessary.

As I recall, it's complicated. Apple stuff works great. The basically every desktop Mac after the iMac (so Mac OS 8.5) shipped with a USB keyboard and mouse. I think non-OEM stuff is tricker, but USB Overdrive will make some of it work.

If you're super worried about the shock, just leave the thing alone for a week. The charge will bleed off on its own.

So, another interesting wrinkle. I tried swapping the logic board with another Mac Plus I have. When I put a known good logic board in the machine I was working on, the CRT lit up. It wasn't an actual image, though. It just lit up, edge to edge, with a light glow. Also, the floppy drive wasn't...

I desoldered and desoldered pins 1 and 3 on J4, to no avail. I don't think that's what it is, though I'm open to suggestions.

I've been working on some Mac Plus repair today, and have reached an impasse. The original problem was that the computer would not turn on (with no humming). According to The Dead Mac Scrolls, this was caused by a burned out transistor and rectifier at Q1 and CR5, respectively. I replaced those...

The SCSI2SD is pricy for a vintage computing accessory, but I have nothing but good things to say about mine. If it's a computer you're interested in using on a semi-regular basis long-term, it makes a ton of sense. You get a speedy, reliable, and spacious dive for about the same price as a new...

Okay, so I think I actually have a new and different problem: I think the cable for the card is broken. I got it working for a couple hours last night, but then this morning it just would not work. I opened the machine and reconnected the cable, even, and it still wouldn't work. How would I go...

Man, CelGen. I don't know what area you're living in, but it must have some seriously slick deals on computer hardware. Also, I'd agree with bibilit on the Classic II. Even sans expansion slot and with the 10 MB RAM limit, it's still the second-fastest compact Mac. The thing's not garbage by...

It works! It seems like all I needed to do was switch the cable to the daughter card! This is very exciting.

What is the correct position for the switch on the back? I have checked both the switch and the cable, and no cigar.

So I received an older SE/30 with an Asante ethernet card in it recently. I got around to setting it up today, though, only to find that it doesn't work. All of the drivers are installed and all of the relevant software is configured correctly, but I can't get the thing to work. The card is...