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    Marathon 1 disk 2- help!

    shrinkwrap produces a bad image- i've tested it, as well as doing a 4.2 image via osx
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    Marathon 1 disk 2- help!

    Any chance SOMEONE out there happens to have an original FLOPPY set that they can get a proper disk copy 4.2 image off this disk? I'm working on an in-depth archival project, and my original of the second disk fails about 963k in- I'd like to rewrite a proper image to it while I'm at it. NOTE...
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    How many have a Powermac G5?

    that is one of the most unfair comparisons ever... "snappier..." let's see.. you have a VERY modern, fast, high cache 1TB 3.5" drive in the G5... 16GB ram... and you're comparing it to a 120gb laptop drive in a 2gb ram equipped system... that mini will school the g5 in calculations hands...
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    The Elusive PowerBook 550c

    I probably should have read the thread rather than replying about weak plastics as I was asked to :) anyway- yeah- the bad hinge design is less of a "bad hinge" design and more of a "metal hinges connect to plastic (lack of) frame" the main design flaw is that apple designed the LCD assembly...
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    The Elusive PowerBook 550c

    I have a 550, and a number of 520/540 variant, including the from-factory 500 PPC My 2¢ about the brittle plastics: I first came across this problem when I was getting back into collecting old macs about 3 years or so ago with a number of the Duo series. The problem you,I, others, and...
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    Concerning the editing post policy

    You know, I'm not a mod here, and I respect and enjoy the community that this site is based upon, but: 1) The internet is not a democracy 2) If a rule is put in place by a moderator, it's probably for a GOOD reason, not just to make everyone mad 3) If it does make you mad, and you can't deal...
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    Holy Crap!! TAM Serial number 000032

    impressive- any chance you can get good pictures of the board (both sides), and, if you can get an apple system profiler report from 8.6+ that would be great
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    MacBench 5.0

    I'm trying to do some detailed benchmarks comparing slots and controller options on pci macs, and am looking for a copy of the MacBench 5 cdrom (or image)... any leads on this.. the basic app, while nice, isn't comprehensive enough without the cd-rom to make accurate comparisons... thanks
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    Actual Benefits of Kansas w/ CPU Upgrade

    I did a little testing this morning and 9.2.2 seems stable on the 9600 + 1ghz, but 8.x and before (even the stock 9600 install from the cd, seem really flaky.. maybe apple changed something in the 9.x era for supporting real g4's that might help.. i know their target audience was os9 and...
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    9500 CUDA switch

    turns out the issue was apparently related to the fact that this drive was partitioned while i was on the 9600s that were having issues... apparently regardless of drive ERASES, the issue wouldn't disappear, but repartitioning it worked fine... wacky, and it's all stable now!
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    9500 CUDA switch

    oh! you don't NEED it- they just use it as their "failsafe" against dumb customers.... just boot in extensions off then run the installer you can reboot normally when done... I've been doing some research and while sonnet qualifies the card as 7.5 compatibile.. I have a feeling 7.x support...
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    9500 CUDA switch

    as a side note I'm having a wierd situation I haven't been able to clear up yet... while it's stable... Stuffit expander 4.5, 5.1, 5.5 all hard crash during an expand phase.. but only in 7.6.1 with the card installed... in 8.x and later it's stable. I'm still looking into the problem, but it...
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    9500 CUDA switch

    Just as a side note (but seemingly unrelated to this exact issue)- 2 things... 1) anything that tends to wipe open firmware settings, from a dying PRAM battery to rebooting under a sever hardware change on occasion will cause the sonnet 800/1ghz g4 cards to boot in an unstable mode (aka without...
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    Boatload of Stuff

    You forgot to mention the kind of boat the conquest came in!
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    Mail Day Mon Day

    PowerMac 9500 arrived yesterday (yes, not monday) Finally used all the parts i've been assembling to get it upgraded: PowerMac 9500 Sonnet 1GHz G4 768MB RAM Pioneer SATA DVD+/-RW (2) Seagate SATA 250GB HDD (2) Sonnet Tempo SATA PCI (2) ATI Radeon PCI Realtek RTL-8169 Gigabit PCI and...
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    stuff for my PB 520!!

    Yeah.. I've a pile of spare 5xx parts to get rid of one of these days now that i've condensed down to finishing the refurb job of the 550 and using the 500 (ppc) for everything else.... If anyone might want to take the rest of the stuff odff my hands, I might be willing to actually inventory...
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    Mail Day Mon Day

    • G4 Cube and 15" ADC in near mint condition • Assistive Technology Freestyle in near mint condition (all orginal software loaded on drive still, as well as tutorial cd-rom) • DLink BlueTooth Mac Dongle Yes it's not Monday, but I was out of town until today...
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    Wow! o.O Expensive haul for $15!!

    that's what people have been saying since the early 00's... moore's law is technically not specific- nor exacting- it does not necessarily apply any particular technological principle in reality- YES, the original "transistor count" statement was what is most often quoted, but moore's...
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    LC575/ MicroMac 5200 conversion

    5xxx <-> 6xxx differences are non-existant- any differences you saw was inherent to the board revision used. when one puts a x400 board in a aio chassis, the harness assembly lets the board identify as a 5400, in the instatower chassis, it's a 6400 this is based on the same gestalt...
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    Local Prison Computer Drive

    > I also sliced my wrist on a computer, but it was worth it. dare I mention... You're Doing it Wrong!
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