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Shoot, it gets further on my PowerBook 520c, in that the results page loads, but I can't get any videos to play.  It attempts to load, then can't load in-player, so it says to use the Movie menu to download.   Any format, QuickTime errors "Couldn't open the file RB http 8 because it is not a...

Aha, it appears that MacTCP 1.1 doesn't like either the virtual domain or the port you're running your server on - I can't even get MacWeb to get a result, it says http://68ktube01.cloudapp.net:9000/is unreachable.  Yet my PowerBook on the same network (plugged in to the same hub) can get a...

So I installed QuickTime 4 on my SE/30, and tried a couple local sample files to make sure they'd play.  Missing the "Video" codec, so it offered to download it.  Holy crap, it succeeded!  Looks like crap - I took the iMovie 1 "tutorial" (washing the dog,) and exported it as Video codec, 10...

Also, for a run-your-own server, OS X support would be appreciated. I have an always-on OS X machine, I don't have an always-on Windows box. And hah! I'm probably the one who was trying Cinepak right then...

Aww..  "This application was built with a demo license or REALbasic and has expired. Please contact the original author for a new version." Edit: Or I forgot to set my clock before trying it out...

The simplest method is to make your own boot disk!  You mention having a Power Macintosh and a Macintosh LC. The Power Mac has Ethernet built in, so you could get disk images on it, and write them to floppy disks.   The tricky part is finding 800k floppy disks.  Don't try to reformat a High...

HDI-45-to-DA-15 adapters are pretty easy to find - they pop up on eBay for a few bucks regularly.

Hmmm. Now I need a proper-size Torx... My smallest isn't that small.

Excellent! I have a tab open with a text thread about that, but your video makes it really obvious and easy!  Thanks!

I've had a "flaky" PowerBook 100 for some time.  The big problem is bit-rot in the display (see attached picture.) The case is also in less-than-great condition, and it has a dead 40 MB hard drive.  But the logic board works great! So I found on eBay a PB100 where the display obviously powered...

A couple disk controllers (two of each of the 'old model' and 'new model', the exact names escape me,) one memory expansion, and what I believe is a serial card.

Well, in the Craigslist finds thread, there was an ad local to me with a *LOT* of great gear - Power Mac G3 with original dark blue Studio Display, color NextStation Turbo, Mystic Color Classic, etc.  I replied within a couple hours of the ad going live, but someone else had beaten me to it, and...

Hmm. I may have to try some drive surgery. About half of them don't even spin up.

After getting the Classic and Classic II back up and running, I decided it was time for a family portrait. Unfortunately, two of the 'working' machines decided to crap out when I went to take this picture - the Classic II  :simasimac:  and the Color Classic  >:(< But the Plus...

And just after I get it working again - it goes down hard.  In getting my compacts all lined up for a "family photo" I went to power it on, and "crackle, crackle" - OH CRAP, OZONE!  UNPLUG, UNPLUG!!!  > :( <

And of course, since I have the highest number of my compact systems working that I've had working in a long time, I decided to get them all set up for a "family portrait" - and the Classic II went back to big vertical bars.  Yup, will definitely have to recap him sooner rather than later.  ...

After doing some motherboard cleanup on both (yes, I'll need to re-cap them both at some point,) I managed to get both my Classic and Classic II working again.  The Classic also had a single wire loose on the analog board that I got back in place. Bonus: In finding working hard drives for them...

That's my assumption.  It was strange, it wouldn't boot from a correct disk, but if I put in, say, a Mac OS 8 Disk Tools disk, it would get farther in the boot process (far enough to get to "this boot disk won't work with this Mac" and eject.)

Well, I took it out. I need to get more of them, I've run out of new ones. Found a cheap online source ($1.80 each!) but shipping is only free on orders of $50 or more, and on smaller orders, the shipping is a bit silly for batteries. Yes, I'm seriously considering ordering 30 batteries.

Well, it doesn't have a PRAM battery, so… :p