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I have put a small SATA SSD along with a SATA-IDE bridge adaptor inside a Mac mini G4. Now it does not recognize the optical drive sharing the same Mac's IDE host any more. Obviously the SATA-IDE bridge is not configured to properly support Cable Select to set Device ID1 (slave). In the Mac mini...

As long as you do not have appropriate software on the LCIII to receive files via the serial port, you might use a PC software to write to a 3.5" floppy disk. If your LCIII accepts and reads DOS formatted disks, it might work out of the box, as long as the Mac data has been appropriately...

Actually, it is possible to boot a Mac mini G4 into Mac OS 9. Might this permit use of appropriate Radeon driver software to run the Mac mini's Radeon 9200 chip in a dual display mode? If someone has this configuration (Mac mini with Mac OS 9 and ATI OS 9 Mac Software Update January 2005) up and...

Hello, I would like to connect two displays simultaneously to the same Mac mini, using a DVI to DVI + VGA Y-cable. The cable splits the DVI port into a DVI port (digital) and a VGA port (analogue). Actually, I want do this with an early Intel machine, but the same should work with the G4...

You may also try to put the slider on the battery in a direction to fit the slider's rounded shape to the rounded shape of the battery case. This way you can leave the slider always on the battery case. It will fit properly into the PowerBook and should not slide off inadvertently, also.

Yes, it's »Born Again«, thank you. Sorry to read it is not of use.

There is a software called "Reborn" to run MacOS 8 (or 8.1?) on a 68030 Mac. Might this be related to the problem discussed here?

Hi, please consider to have a look at the results of already tested combinations of flash memory drives. In the Wiki are some hints to get things up and running, also. Sharing your own findings in the Wiki wold be most welcome. My personal experience with the use of CF or SD cards to replace...

Butter works very well in many cases, also. It is available in most places, convenient to apply, stays where it is supposed to stay and does no harm to plastics or your skin. Just apply onto the residues of a sticker and wait for one day, then rub off with a paper towel or cotton cloth.

My recommendation for an LCD to go nicely with a classic Mac is the EIZO L365, still. In size and appearance it matches the look of a Mac well. It features both VGA and DVI auto syncing inputs, inbuilt stereo speakers and a native resolution of 1024╳864 pixels (will work with lower resolutions...

As far as I remember a 68k bootable CD volume has to be »blessed« just like any harddisk drive, as well. Just to copy a system onto a readable CD ROM might not be sufficient. The Toast software offers an option to make a CD ROM bootable for a classic Mac (as long as appropriate system software...

If you set up an AppleTalk network connection between both Macs, you could use any adapted analogue Monitor switch without ADB capability and the software "Remote Mouse and Keys". The software makes a keyboard and mouse combo, which needs to be directly connected to only one of both Macs...

If someone likes to juggle different boot volumes by swapping flash memory cards (as mentioned above), consider to use just one card with an appropriate set of different partitions. It is possible to put a set of several boot volumes onto just one drive. You can either select the volume to boot...

The SCSI ID selector of the external drive enclosure will work only if it is wired internally to the connecting plug of the hard disk drive. This ID connecting plug is located separately from the 50 PIN SCSI connector. Else the disk drive will use the ID as set with the link plugs (jumpers)...

Agreed, I would not throw much money into a PCI slot G3 upgrade for the 7200. See it more as a suggestion, just in case you stumbled across such rarity ;) The housing of the 7200 is nearly the same as for the beige G3, so you might as well pick up an original G3 for nothing, which is a quite...

I am sorry, please be not offended, but I would recommend to keep away any kind of oil, spray, grease or plastics cleaning or conditioning agents containing silicone. Stay away from Armor All and similar products for vintage collectibles. Silicone oil has the nasty tenendency to weaken the...

Consider to pick up a G3 accelerator card from Sonnet, like the G3 Crescendo PCI for the PowerMac 7200, one lucky day. I know one 7200/90 that is totally maxed out with such accelerator card, memory, storage, graphics, faster Ethernet etc. It works like a charm and still is in use in the office...

Hi, there are two different modes to wire a HDI30 adaptor (the square plug, that goes into the PB's mainboard). One mode is to use the PowerBook in SCSI disk mode (you would call it »target disk mode« in recent computers). Obviously your adaptor cable is set up to support this mode. The other...

Will this switch avoid a need to reset the ADB on the target Mac after switching? If not, likely a sluggish mouse action will occur before a proper reset of the Mac's ADB (which might be performed by software).

Thank you HFTaylor12 for your contribution!