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    What OS to put on a Quadra 840AV?

    Nice. It should run great in that setup! AFAIK 7.5.x or 7.6.1 doesn't really unlock anything on the 840av, I don't even know if they're that much more stable, it was just logistically more convenient later on. I think a lot of people buying used Macs in the late '90s and early 2000s grew a big...
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    What OS to put on a Quadra 840AV?

    Good morning: I've run the original 7.1 Pro install, 7.6.1 and 8.1 on my 840av (24 megs of RAM). They all run fine, and they're perhaps all worth looking at in terms of the machine's history. The only version I've never really bothered with is 7.5.x. 7.6.1 offers significant technical and...
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    Wiki/Pages article ideas

    One more thought: As you poke around my wiki, be aware that a lot of what's on there truly is personal editorial. I've tried to mark it and that kind of stuff (like my personal opinions about Zip drives) probably aren't coming over to the main 68kMLA wiki.
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    Wiki/Pages article ideas

    Update to above: We had a discussion about this in the IRC channel and have decided to use my personal wiki at https://doku.stenoweb.net/doku.php?id=start as a holding space for drafts, until the wiki is up. I will transcribe anything for the MLA that gets posted on doku.stenoweb.net, once our...
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    Wiki/Pages article ideas

    one more idea for drafts: The forum software isn't super great for drafting wiki/knowledge type articles, if anyone was interested I could create a OneDrive folder or a SharePoint online site, you'd just need a Microsoft account of some kind to be able to auth in and add/edit things. I'm...
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    Wiki/Pages article ideas

    Reminded of this thread: https://68kmla.org/bb/index.php?threads/16-things-to-do-with-your-networked-vintage-mac.38362/ Index of "things to do with networking" would be great, above and beyond things like how to use the 755NAD or how to connect to an ASIP server from a 7/8/9 boot CD (do all...
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    Other than historical curiosity, is there any advantage to *not* upgrading an Apple IIe to "Enhanced?"

    (disclaimer: I know very little about 8-bit Apple II) It depends on what "advantage" you want. I think you're on the right path that there could be a genuine advantage to leaving it stock, but I think the advantage is going to be in something like experience rather than, say, "some software...
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    I wasn't too excited about this Power Mac 5300 until I saw the back

    Video conferencing would have been neat. I would be zero surprised to find out Apple was thinking about it, they announced the Quicktime Conferencing Camera in Februrary 1995 (shipping in the summer), just a few months after the 630 itself. However, the overall kit and doing conferencing...
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    I wasn't too excited about this Power Mac 5300 until I saw the back

    Welcome in! That looks like a fun machine! Looks like the video capture card, the TV tuner, and the presentation system port, which created a mirror of the built-in display for use with a projector, since these were option used in education. This is often already known, but just in case: The...
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    Wiki/Pages article ideas

    I think @Trash80toHP_Mini proposed that, I like the idea, do we have the references built or a draft? In general once the wiki comes back I'm happy to help people adapt content for it, but I can't create that particular knowledge on my own.
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    waking up to the delicious morning smell of a new spammer -- should be cleaned up now

    waking up to the delicious morning smell of a new spammer -- should be cleaned up now
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    Tibook power management: OS X vs. OS 9

    The TiBook 867/1000 should have a gray 10.2.x CD set (colored X is probably retail) and a gray OS 9 CD that's not actually a bootable disc, it's an OS X PKG file that lays the default OS loadout onto the machine. I would be highly interested if there were multiple bundles for the TiBook/1000...
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    Tibook power management: OS X vs. OS 9

    If you have a chance and it's not already on archive.org, macgarden, or similar. Max1zzz had an archive a number of years ago but I never thought to look there. Unfortunately, I don't know or remember the part number and don't know if there's an accurate collection of the part numbers...
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    Tibook power management: OS X vs. OS 9

    In my experience, back in the day, OS 9 and OS X were similar in terms of heat, noise, and longevity. My guess is that there's some driver or configuration oriented toward this machine that's not in the other installs. If you haven't yet, I recommend finding an 867/1000MHz OS 9 install disc...
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    Dual monitor with IIci?

    Great to see you got this working! 7.5 and games should run fine in ~24-32 megs of ram, likely with room to spare. I have a Quadra running 8.0 or 8.1 on 24 megs and it's basically fine for the system 7 era stuff I run on it. I don't typically max out my own machines, mostly because I'm cheap...
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    aha that'd do it, I always forget that

    aha that'd do it, I always forget that
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    i don't remember if high contrast does this on its own but reduce transparency also helps some...

    i don't remember if high contrast does this on its own but reduce transparency also helps some for me
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    Upgrading the ROM of a PM9600.

    This is a neat idea, it could just be that the people who have designed PCBs just don't have time for this right now, and/or it's a little newer than their usual interest areas. I don't know if there's a good way to store "proposed projects" like this, at least without the wiki (and, a...
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    does anyone make a atx to MDD converter

    Apologies -- just an honest mistake, missed it.
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    does anyone make a atx to MDD converter

    Dunno if anyone's selling them pre-made right now, but here's the info on how to do it: http://atxg4.com/
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