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    just got a performa 5200CD

    yea theres no comm slot nic's for it listed on ebay atm that i could see i also noticed that theres an apple IIe compatibility card that may be able to be used with this 
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    just got a performa 5200CD

    i dont see any comm cards available for ethernet.... only pds cards and apparently the guy above said that its also compatible with the 6000 series 
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    just got a performa 5200CD

    whats up guys just got a performa 5200CD for free basically http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_performa/specs/mac_performa_5200cd.html ive read some people consider it to be the worst mac ever .. lol!! but i dont really care for other peoples opinions really.. i think its pretty cool...
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    dead powerbook 170 - cause?

    ok sounds tricky....  yeesh but yea i think theres got to be a common reason why so many "cant start/boot up" eevery single pb170 i see on ebay or local classifieds says the same hing!
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    dead powerbook 170 - cause?

    how do u go about bypassing it? is this a physical mod or did u simply press a button to reset the switch/fuse? im not familiar with the hardware
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    dead powerbook 170 - cause?

    Elfen your comments totally get at what i was trying to figure out... these people on ebay arent very detail oriented to say the least.
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    dead powerbook 170 - cause?

    i see alot of them on ebay that say they cannot boot.. do they have some type of ticking timebomb on the caps or something? is recapping the fix? it would be stupid if it was as easy as removing the current battery + booting without it inplace.. still plgged in electrically. thats what your're...
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    Beige G3 with 8.6 not accessing network volumes.

    i have fixed this before by copying extensions from mac os 9.2 machine to the 8.6 machine. works for firewire problems aswell.
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    ATI Radeon 7500 and Mac OS 9.2

    do yourself a favour + just get an 8500.. the 7000 series radeons are buggy as hell with os 9 whereas the 8500 + 9000 are perfect + never have an issue. i doubt your sawtooth was shipped from the factory wih a 7500...if it was it must have been a custom BTO option? because every other sawtooth...
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    dead powerbook 170 - cause?

    would be wonderful if that was all that was wrong with it.. its about a 30min drive away from my place the guy selling it wants about 25$ im just wondering if its worth my time + effort..  i have been looking for a 68k mac for quite some time.. i was looking moreso for a nubus capable 68k mac...
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    dead powerbook 170 - cause?

    hey guys merry xmas + happy holidays so i ahve a chance to get a dead powerbook 170 and im curious if anyone knows what the common symptom would be for one that doesnt boot up. im guessing dead drive? whats the maximum hard drive size u can fit into a powerbook 170? has anyone ever...
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    Request: Seritek 1SM2 drivers for PCMCIA Card /Troubleshooting

    all related + neccessary drivers are built into the firmware of the card.. if u are having a problem then perhaps your firmware is corrupt all u would need to do is update the firmware from here http://www.firmtek.com/download/ the only other thing i can think of is that theres some kind of...
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    changing a pci cards vendor + device id

    is this possible? for example, i have a delta 410 card.. that on windows lets me use it with protools m-powered, whille on mac os x.. its dissallowed by the software (i believe this happens inside the actual executable of the app itself) the difference in vendor+dev id on this is only 1...
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    adding usb ports to mac os 9 powermac g4 system

    im really loooking for a megawolf serial pci addon card alternative too.. has anyone had any luck putting in a PC rs232 pci in a mac? is there maybe one that works that will give me a damn uart serial port.. why is this sooooo dificult to do i dont get it
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    Quicksilver G4 - worth it?

    i just bought a 867mhz quicksilver for 40$ its pretty perky compared to both the g4 450mhz agp + the DP MDD 867mhz (it has 1mb more backside cache then the mdd) cant say im complaining i just need to find a pci card to add serial port to this thing..
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    adding usb ports to mac os 9 powermac g4 system

    hey guys sorry if this has been discussed i gotta run real fast to pick up my sushi lunch ;) ;) but.. i gotta add some usb ports to this quicksilver g4 867mhz machine i got running ableton live and they need to be "native ports" or whatever or theres wierdness with usb midi controllers...
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    G3 B&W for MIDI

    hey there guys does anyone know of a pci card that i could find available that would add serial ports to any g3 or g4? such as the romulus + remus cards.. but i cant find them anywhere i also found that a yamaha xg card might have this port but i cant find them either im hoping someone...
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    G3 B&W for MIDI

    hey guys, check out the forum macos9lives.com for specialized forum on powermac music production in mac os 9 that g3 isnt slow if u run the right apps!, the slowest thing about it is the disk speed access if u stick a pci sata adapter + new hard drive + use the appropriate software you...
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