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I've had a lot of issues with these sorts of IDE to SATA adapters. I thought I just got a bad one, but it's happened with a couple others as well. Basically, I find that the installation fails at some stage (with multiple OSes) or the computer hangs at the Happy Mac at boot time. This was my...

It certainly seems to me that the reasons for buying a C2D iMac are not entirely dissimilar to those that drive some part of the 68k collecting. One of the (many) motivating factors behind my collecting of 68k machines and, to a lesser extent, PPC Macs, is that the computers were prohibitively...

So, I'm pretty pleased with this eBay find. The Wacom ArtPad II for Mac. Ever since I missed out on getting a tablet alongside my 7100 acquisition, I've been jonesing for one. This was 'new' old stock. Pretty cool!

Yep. So simple! Thanks for that. It was already installed on the system.

I'm not typically of the mind to name my hard drive after myself. I'm probably boring in this regard. =P

Does anyone know what software I need to get Video-In up and running on this thing? It has a TV tuner card and inputs for RCA (red, white and yellow). I'd like to test something like play an old Nintendo off the CRT using the RCA inputs. Is this possible? What's the key combination (if any) in...

I quite like the most recent iteration of the case, BMOW. Personally, I'd leave the groove cut-out on the side, as I think it ties in nicely with the design of the top. Looking forward to getting one of these for one of my two Floppy Emus. =)

Classilla is where it's at. It even has a built-in e-mail client. It's a responsive application and pretty much the only browser of any use on Mac OS 9. I tend to prefer it to Cameron's other browser for Mac OS X, TenFourFox, but that's because I'm often running G3s or slower G4s. TenFourFox...

You did and it works! Thanks again, bibilit. You're a legend.

Anthon, you've got a customer in me. Really like the look of the PCBs and very pleased for you that you enjoyed a successful first attempt once the boards arrived. This is an exciting and promising project and I look forward to seeing how things develop!

Nice one! The 210 is a cool little machine. It seems to be in good shape as well. I've never owned a PowerBook model of that era largely do to my concern regarding upkeep and maintenance of some of the more obscure parts, but it's nice to see someone else getting enjoyment out of them! Will be...

In my relatively limited experience, the Colour Classic boards seem uniquely prone to failure with the slightest leakage from caps and/or batteries. I recently had a very slight amount of leakage from a 4.5v battery in my 5400 that may be the culprit for some issues with that logic board. In any...

Ah yes of course! I remember briefly considering a CPU swap in one of the 475s until I got a full 040 machine. Thanks for the clarification. =)

It depends on your experience. I was totally inexperienced in soldering when I started with this hobby/obsession. I watched a lot of videos and spoke to people here about different techniques. The important thing to remember is that you mostly encounter SMD caps on these old boards. Different...

Thanks for the suggestion! I suspect I'll soon be in the market for one if the recap job doesn't work. Will PM you! =)

I thought the same and then saw another 5400 board with it missing as well, so perhaps it's only there on certain configurations, etc. Thanks. That's really good to know. Broadens my search options quite a lot actually.

Okay, so the board is completely clean (I went to some extremes) and I managed to replace half the caps (more on order). No improvement yet. I don't have a PCI video card, unfortunately. That would be pretty fantastic if so. The screen is just too far gone to be able to see a floppy on the...

Ha! Yes, it's black. Came with the black keyboard and mouse as well, though they need some serious cleaning. Thanks for your help so far. I've done a pretty thorough cleaning job of the logic board with a variety of methods. I'm letting it completely dry at the moment before making further...

Cheers, Trash! Guess it's not the analogue board! I did notice a little bit of battery residue - not sure if it's enough to be a contributing factor.  

The 5400 arrived today and I had enough time to extract the logic board. I've not seen this kind of configuration before; Apple really packed stuff onto this one. Unfortunately, there are no VRAM DIMMS. All of the VRAM must be soldered onto the logic board. There's video input, PCI, ethernet...