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Okay, so I just got taken to beginner school by the mod. Good call, Bunsen. Turning off extensions on startup allowed the boot to complete. We are OS 9 live! Couple of notes: 1) I'm running a MDD June 2003 single 1.25Ghz CPU/board combo inside what was originally a FW800 box. I'm using one...

Gah! Booting with extensions off!? Duh! I am SO out of practice with pre-OS X troubleshooting. Back in the day, the extensions-off reboot was as natural as breathing. I'll try it after I reinstall the OS 9 software. I wiped the partition in anticipation of trying something else. In other...

Progress! After last night's failure, I called to mind this oft-repeated basic information from lowendmac.com (taken in this case from their Wallstreet PDQ page. See the last paragraph in the overview section). I went back, partitioned my boot disk with a 1GB partition for MacOS 9 and then...

Hang on, just had a thought. The question mark has to be a good sign, right? It means a classic ROM is operative on the system. When I tried using my eMac install disks on the FW800, I got a System 9.2.2 folder choice in the Startup Disk options, but when I actually restarted that way, I...

Then, the moment of truth. Would it all work? BONG! It did! Whoopee! It booted into Leopard, and I installed a CPU temp utility to make sure the heatsink and grease were functioning properly. When I could see that they were, I pulled out the MDD 2003 CDs I acquired from an obliging friend...

Okay, so a status update. I acquired from eBay an MDD June 2003 single 1.25 Ghz board, CPU, heatsink, 2GB RAM matched combo. When the seller heard what I was doing, he through in the matching I/O panel (without the FW 800 port) for free. For comparison, here's a photo of the parts that came...

What are the best HDD backup options for an OS9 tower? I don't assume I can simply drop four drives in the box and setup some kind of RAID array . . . I never thought about backups back then, and since the advent of Time Machine, I've always used that. What do you all suggest? Ideally, the...

Sweet! Pictures are always appropriate. Specially the 'fore and after kind.

Pretty sure we've already got a winner with the Mac Bong, uh, I mean "chimney" posted above.

Oh the shark bites . . . With his teeth, dear . . .

Hey, that's some pretty platinumy platinum, especially on the keyboard. Nice! Well done.

Photographs are always appropriate.

Probably would work just fine. Price seems high, though. Here's one that closed a couple weeks ago. http://www.ebay.com/itm/320899950842?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649#ht_500wt_1129

Hah! So the fish that got away turned into two that didn't. I e-mailed the seller and said, "Aw, shucks. I meant to bid on that floppy drive." She wrote back, "No worries. I've got another one. I'll sell it to you for the same price." AND I snagged ANOTHER one from somebody else at the same...

A link to the search page but not to the thread in question? Is this a teacher-raps-the-student's-knuckles moment?

I've had an idea, and I'd like you all to evaluate it. For a long time I've thought about getting old home movies on VHS and Hi8 made into DVDs. Also converting old records and cassettes to MP3. I've never had the hardware. It seems that with the right cards and software, this machine could do...

It would help me if I knew a little more about the tutorial and the example you're working with.

Yes, wanynestewart, I do appreciate the information. I hope I didn't come across as brusque. The guy I'm getting the board from on eBay is turning out to be quite the nice guy. He's done the exact conversion that I'm doing, and he's sending along the I/O panel (with no FW800 port) and some...

Available for $5 on craigslist, right near me. Is it worth it for eBay parts?

As I continue building my MDD setup for long-term OS9 use, I'd like some recommendations for expansion cards. Requirements: 1) Useful 2) Compatible with OS9 Would a SATA card do? How about USB 2.0? A SCSI card? Is there a card that will allow VBR floppy drive use? I've never used expansion...