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Yes, plan on RAM replacement being a 2+-hour affair. Some additions to the notes: - Use a grounded wrist strap, or try to keep one hand on something grounded, like the power supply metal case, or one of the metal hoods on a back connector. At the very least, touch something grounded...

I get the idea some people here only use Classilla occasionally, when they're using their older Macs. I just wanted to mention that I use my old Mac (8500 upgraded with 400 MHz Sonnet G3, 384 MB RAM) for about 8 hours each day (programming), and use Classilla full-time. I'd use my newer iMac G4...

Has "the bug" been fixed? It affects several forums I visit, where I have to turn off style sheets in order to read longer messages rather than get repeated portions near the bottom.

Be sure to note the current positions. If you accidentally disturbed a few of the switches, but not all of them, the current positions will help you determine which to try. You could first assume you only disturbed one; that narrows it down to 6 or 8 total tests. When testing, you don't need to...

Just a note, when you do set up a PowerBook to act like an external SCSI device, it'll show a SCSI icon on screen to confirm it's in slave mode. I think it's the cable itself that tells the PowerBook to go into slave mode, as you use a special cable/adaptor that has a female SCSI connector on...

Seconded. I use a PowerMac 8500 all the time and its PRAM battery is dead, so I have to set the date each time I power it up (I turn off the outlet strip to it at night). Recently it would not power up. No response to keyboard power key or button on front. Unplugged, plugged back in, no...

You could boot into Mac OS to set that option, then boot back into NetBSD. As long as the latter doesn't change PRAM, it'll stick. If it does, you could determine what needs to be set in PRAM in Mac OS (save two copies, one with it set and one clear, and compare in Hex Edit), then set that in...

I believe the old Macs allowed you to press the power switch in and turn it. On my PowerMac 8500, you can't do that, but in the Energy Saver control panel in Advanced Settings there is a checkbox, "Restart automatically after a power failure", which I believe is what you want. Not exactly the...

OK, here's the TwinTurbo 128 M8A version: Custom_TwinTurbo9600_Driver.sit I included extensions pre-configured for 1680x1050 and 1920x1080, so for those resolutions, just drop the appropriate extension and restart, then select the resolution in Monitors. Currently I haven't figured out how to...

Thanks for confirming that it works for someone besides me! What resolution are you running the 8600 at with it? I'll have to do some coding before I can post the TwinTurbo version using that latest GUI. I pulled my card out and it is the TwinTurbo 128M8A version 3.8.1 (looking at the tag on...

I'd google for them. The MythTV Modeline database might have what you need. Another place for the raw values is the EIDE info for the display, which you might also find on the web. Any particular resolution you're trying to achieve?

This program and driver allow custom resolutions using built-in video on a PowerMac 7300, 7500, 7600, 8500, and 8600. I have used it to get perfect 1920x1080 on an LCD for over a month now. I have tested it in Mac OS 9.2.2 and Mac OS 7.6.1. * To use, you first need a "modeline" or the raw video...

I'm using Mac OS 9.2.2, but I imagine it'll work even with System 7 (I could try tomorrow, as I still have an easily-bootable version of it... I didn't stop using System 7 until about 2004!). Like I said, it's just modification of the video mode parameters in that special video driver that works...

Excellent. For some reason I didn't think to change the style, even though I've done it on other boards for this very reason. Argh :)

I have been able to hack the built-in video driver of my PowerMac 8500 to support 1920x1080 and 1680x1050 LCD panels perfectly (been using 1920x1080 for over a month now with zero problems). The LCD is able to lock on to the pixel rate and phase so that each pixel is perfectly clear, no blurring...

This site requires turning off stylesheets when viewed with Classilla 9.0 (View->Use Style->None), each time the link is opened in a fresh window/tab. It's somewhat ironic, considering the target audience of this site. :)

Actually, what is linked above is the original unhacked driver. My plan was to first test it with a few people before posting. Since then, I've gotten it working perfectly on a 1920x1080 LCD on my PowerMac 8500 with built-in video. Given the 4MB video limit of built-in video, any higher...