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I like IIcis so much that when I had the chance a couple years ago, I grabbed four of them. They had all been clustered together as some sort of server; I forget the specifics, but I pulled the original hard disks instead of wiping them, so I might revisit that later. Trash80toHP_Mini: That's...

Oh, I know what they are. The reason I asked is because auto-injects don't seem terribly common these days.

I got that KVM off of the LowEndMac Swap List. I originally intended to use it to share a keyboard between my MDD G4 and my Power Mac 8100 until I found out that Griffin iMates don't play well with such devices, but I kept it to use for extra Apple gear without disconnecting the 8100. The video...

Those are auto-inject?

A guy selling UNIX gear at a computer show I went to in March told me about a recycler in the area, and I finally made it over there last week. There were a number of interesting things, but for this trip, I picked out a Sun Blade 1000 and an Apple IIGS for $25 each. I don't know if the Blade...

Yeah, I've really only seen the "super" key show up as key commands to invoke Compiz effects, so I just reroute those to a combination of Control/Alt/Shift/etc. Having a keyboard with a "super" key labeled with something other than a Windows logo might be nice, but the 101-key layout fits...

I specifically get my PS/2 keyboards without Windows keys because they look somewhat out of place in the absence of Windows :p

Looking on my desk right now, I've got (roughly arranged in order of preference)... Kensington Mouse-in-a-Box Optical Pro Apple Desktop Bus Mouse II SGI three-button charcoal USB mouse Apple Mighty Mouse (oddly enough, being used with a PC) My favorite is probably the Kensington - I bought...

My favorite keyboards are the Apple Extended Keyboard II, the SGI AT 101 keyboard (which has the same switches and the same feel as the Apple Extended series), and the IBM Model M. I use these on all of my daily-use machines, although I have some less impressive spares hooked up to things I only...

I have a similar setup to yours. Mine is a 1400cs/133 that I stuck an active-matrix display on... 1.3 GB hard drive, 48 MB RAM, Orinoco Silver, OS 8.6. It's a solid machine for AIM, IRC, and limited web browsing. I keep it on an end table in my living room so I can just pop it open if I want to...

That doesn't follow.

I've had this problem with two consecutive 840AV logic boards - no goo, but clear signs of dying capacitors. I don't know if I'd do the job right, so one of my logic boards is currently sitting in the office of a friend of a friend who does electronics work, waiting to be addressed...

Time to get another 840AV, I think. That's sad though. Franklinstein - That sucks. When I was a kid I flipped out on my parents when they tried to get me to throw stuff away, so eventually they stopped trying to "organize" my stuff for me and wouldn't think of throwing anything out. Every now...

I like NewtWorks and NewtsCape as far as software packages go. There's a lot of other stuff I have backed up that I need to try and haven't gotten around to yet. One software package I really like is Avi's Backdrop. I had the backdrop set to Extras for a while, but Avi's is a nice...

IIsis are nice machines; it was actually my first 68K Mac. If you install the RAM Muncher INIT and keep an eye on your extensions, the performance isn't too bad. I haven't used mine much since I got my Quadra, but they're not bad at all, especially for free. The floppy port is a nice bonus, too.

I've given the case a few decent cleanings lately, but I'll go in there again and try checking for metal particles and such. Regarding all this hard drive stuff - I'm pretty sure I set the jumpers on the new drive right. It came with one jumper, which I put on the pins marked for "ID BIT 0,"...

Just put in the new hard drive today, with no improvement. This has got to be the most confusing issue I've ever encountered - I replaced the motherboard, power supply, and hard drive, in addition to trying all sorts of different RAM configurations. What else could be wrong with this thing?

I'd like to add a few more details here to help the diagnosis. After working with the Quadra for a few days, I've been observing some really erratic behavior. Usually what I get when I try turning it on is what I originally described - power lights come on, fans come on, hard drive spins up, but...

I just got a hold of a different motherboard, which got me to a couple successful startups before the same problem developed. The motherboard came with a full set of RAM, so I'm going to try swapping that in to see if my memory's bad. A new power supply is on the way, so I'll see how that goes...

I didn't know that. When I first got the 840AV and turned it on, I had this same issue, except hitting Command-Control-Power Key would make it restart properly. After that first time, I didn't have the problem again until I had a power outage, and it was solved just as quickly. I thought this...