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Are you using a newer machine with newer software to create the JPEG?  I'm thinking maybe newer software might be using a newer implementation of JPEG that Desktop Pictures doesn't understand. Also make sure the JPEG is RGB, not CMYK.  I've had that where Photoshop will let me save a JPEG as...

I'm not going to get this done before the end of the year.  I mean, I probably could, but I'd rather spend more time on it and do it right rather than rushed.  Technically, I've already missed the 35th anniversary already, so I guess doing the article next year won't be a big deal. Anyway, that...

Can you use tape around the cracked areas to hold it together? I haven't glued together a PowerBook case but a week or two ago, I had to glue together the plastic casing for an old laminator.  I needed to keep everything straight so it would go back together properly after the glue had dried...

Sounded familiar but a search on my drive shows no relevant results.  Plus the image in the auction listing does not look familiar so I may be thinking of something else. Did you try the disk in more than one floppy drive?  I thought I had some unreadable floppies until I tried them on a...

The batteries are 18650. Still no idea of the size of the tri-point (y-type) screwdriver needed.

Thanks.  I may give it another shot at charging, but these lithium batteries always concern me. I did manage to find a disassembly video on YouTube and it appears the inside of the iBook G4 battery is just six cylindrical batteries.  I've forgotten the battery number, but something like 18xxx...

Are there dummy batteries available for the iBook G4 (or other PowerBook/iBook) models? I am presuming the battery in mine is dead.  Doesn't seem to want to charge.  Mind you, I only had the computer on for under ten minutes but still I would think maybe it would have gone from 0% to maybe 1%...

I think that will be okay so long as people indicate they are referring to the Apple IIc+.  I can include a sidenote mentioning the differences between the original and later model.  Might also allow me to work in a raisin reference which will tie into another article.

Thanks to everyone so far.  And, yes, a paragraph or two would be fine.  And the more the merrier--I think (hope) people will be interested to see that there are still people running these machines today and how they are being used or even why people find them interesting. You can PM me...

I hope this is okay to ask this here . . . I have a newsletter that I put out at least once a year.  (My current subscribers get a PDF edition for free when the newsletter is released and I offer printed copies and back issues for sale.)  It's not about computers but more eclectic in nature...

Would it be possible/permissible for you to send a sample set of correct files (OS 6/7/8) and then a set of equivalent incorrect files (OS 9), probably in a StuffIt .sit file, so I/we can compare them under OS 6/7/8 and OS 9 to see what the issue might be? I'm vaguely remembering that OS 9...

Is there a thread around here dedicated to discussing emulation?  I'm curious as to the best options these days.  I know the ones I use probably won't run under macOS 10.14 so I will need to update to newer emulators one of these days.

I'm a bit confused.  Under OS 9, did the application no longer create the two text files?  Or was it that the two text files it created were not, essentially, readable?

That's a bit of a relief, actually, that someone else thinks that.  Heck, I even tore off the Apple logo at one point because I didn't think the machine deserved to wear it. Which reminds me that one day I want to replace the missing/broken plastics on it to restore it to its original...

FWIW, a B&W G3 was the most unreliable Mac I have ever used.  Maybe we were just unlucky enough to get one that happened to be somewhat of a Lemon rather than an Apple.  I don't know.  And I think some early models had a problem with the hard drive controller or something.  Ours was...

My guess is that would be an RF modulator to use a television set as a monitor.  You'd connect to the antenna input on the television set and set it to channel 3 or 4 (set on the modulator) and the TV is a computer monitor.

I don't think so because I wouldn't have had a reason to, on either point.  It's the same monitor it's had for years.  I remember doing something on it a couple months ago and the screen was fine but the last time I used it, maybe a month ago, the screen was as shown in the photo. It runs as a...

The photo below is what the monitor screen looks like on my PowerMac 8600. Can anyone tell if that loos like an issue with the monitor itself or would it be with the PowerMac's video circuitry?  Aside from not being able to make sense of the display, the computer appears to be working fine...

I did.  I think I had a thread on it here or posted in a thread, but that was a couple years ago when I first joined the forum. I had some broken pieces and was willing to use them to experiment.  I *think* I tried the boiling water method and it didn't make the plastic any less brittle.  I...

If it still has an odor after cleaning it, try sealing it in a box or plastic container with some activated charcoal.