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Very cool letter. Interesting about that shorting issue. I saw a similar problem with a G3 Powerbook years later. It was a "Lombard" I believe. The hard drive cable ran under the drive and rubbed against the case until it shorted and burned a hole in the bottom of the case. The call to support...

I'd sell you mine if you were within reasonable driving distance. Not gonna even try to ship it.

A crossover cable will work for sure, however a regular cable may also work without a hub, At some point Apple started using ethernet hardware that would auto-sense the connection.

Apple got a lot of mileage out of that form factor.

10.4 Tiger was the first version of OSX that was actually usable. I too would recommend it over any earlier release. I can't imagine anything that would run better on 10.2 vs. 10.4.

Neat! I did something similar with my 4G iPod a few years back. The hard drive died so I installed a 60 gig CF card with an adapter. It works ok but the CF card is too slow so the iPod pauses occasionally to buffer the data. I've been meaning to get a faster CF card but I might just check out...

Yeah this is sad. I still use my MDD G4 for a few internet things. It may be time to just let it go and find a newer iMac. :(

Yes, couldn't hurt to try another PS before you move on to other things.

Although it sounds like someone has done some work on this system I would suspect the power supply has failed or is failing. This is a pretty common failure mode with these systems. I would verify that the PS is working or not before swapping any other parts. I replaced two OEM power supplies on...

Looks like it could be this. Even though the PN is different. Or a version of it.

That's pretty slick! Nice work.

Try to find a replacement card with faster read/write speeds.

Have you tried partitioning the 4 gig CF card onto 2 gig (or smaller) partitions? Also, speed may be a factor. Some CF cards write speeds are pretty slow even compared to old HD's.

I had to replace a screen on a G4 iBook. Replacing the screen required disassembling the entire laptop. Ridiculously difficult. Apple used an absolutely stupid number of different sized screws. And I had one screw left over as well. I spent a lot of time trying to find its home and finally just...

I have read that it was the flame retardant that was added to the plastic that makes these so fragile (and yellow) with age. It didn't help that Apple was trying to use as much plastic as they could to reduce costs. That's a shame about that one, it's just what ever parts can be salvaged now. :(

Looks like one of the versions of the  Focus Enhancements iView. Obviously without the case.

I went back though my photos and my Lisa2 Sun Rem machine has a Seagate ST-412. (Dead) I didn't document the Profile when I had it open but I think my Profile Drive has the same HD.

Correct that the profile has it's own controller stuff but I believe the HD (in mine anyway) is just a Miniscribe like the one Hyperdrive used. But I don't remember for sure, I haven't had the Profile Drive open since I recapped the PS. Anyway, I guess if my Profile HD dies I'll look into it...

Well, specifically I was thinking this could replace the hard drive in a Profile Drive unit, to be used with a Lisa/MacXL. Assuming the the Profile Drive was otherwise functional. It's just an MFM emulator, correct?

Holy kow that's cool! Good to know there's a modern replacement option for the time when the HD in my Hyper Drive Mac gives it up. Now, could this same solution work for a Lisa/ Mac XL?