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In the Dartmouth collection of XFNC / XCMD code also some similar thing is available: Look for "SerialHandler". However, some system software extension might need to be removed. As far as I remember it is called "Serial (Port) Arbitrator" which causes SerialHandler not to work. Unfortunately I...

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A behaviour according to existing standards would be most preferable, like firstly check for some Alt-key depressed to invoke a custom boot drive selection and (if that is not the case) secondly look up boot disk settings stored in PRAM. Probably one could allow to optionally directly address a...

Now that there can anything be preinstalled on that ROM, including the set up of a RAM disk with preconfigured contents, one could automate any task that formerly was doable with a warm restart, only. Hwo fast it works! Think of custom drivers for peripherals to boot from alternativley, like...

Since I started to use CompactFlash cards with a PCMCIA adaptor in a PB1400 some years ago, I use CF and SD cards with adapters and card readers as a preferred removable media on any kind of computer. For old Macintosh computers I use an Adtron PCMCIA card reader in an external SCSI enclosure...

My experience with OWC stuff is very well. Their SSDs for recent MacBooks work like a charm. They offer SSD options to uprade even aged machines. After buying many adapters from different sources with various results I would strongly recommend to put money into a solution that is positively...

For cell replacement please do some research in advance to get cells with appropriate (read: high) discharge current rating, or else your investment will be worn out soon. Also it might be useful to find a supplier that will provide cells with soldering tags. By the way: did anyone test a recent...

How about Harddisk Toolkit? We found various results from perfectly operational to unusable for different combinations of adapter, computer and flash storage device in combination with formatting software. Compare your results with suggestions on the webpage Flash drive test results and consider...

I would agree that the price Artmix asks for his CF-SCSI adapter is quite fair. Compared to the original price I paid for a PowerBook harddisk it is cheap. A 500 MB drive in 2.5" form factor came in the price region of USD 500…1.000 in the early 1990s. In fact, a long lasting 100 dollar...

For Drive Setup 7.3.5 various results are reported with a PB 180. The operability might be related to the size of the memory card in use. With CF PowerMonster Mk. I the HDT 2.0 formatter works well for a 1 GB CF card of recent make. Please be so kind and leave your CF PowerMonster Mk. II results...

On the page advertising a SCM PCD-50B SCSI Card reader there are some hints given regarding the SCSI bus termination. That page tells: "APPLE USERS: Some old Apple II scsi cards do not support luns or termination power. you may need to hack a diode for term power. If your controller does NOT...

The PB160/180 daughter boards will not go into the 140 or 145. RAM expansion cards were differently specified for 140/170 and 160/180 series. Both types will work at least in the 160/180, but the older types may throttle RAM throughput in the newer machines. For the 170 a second video card was...

Most likely the PB 170 is not able to boot from a RAM disk without the help of some storage device that holds the RAM disk contents as long as the computer is off. Also it always will need a helper disk to cold boot a system up to a point to make a RAM disk operational (i.e. boot from a System...

Yes, that's what I found in some Mac configurations on one hand. On the other hand with another Mac OS configuration on the very same machine SCSI Probe mounted three different volumes on three media using three different LUNs (using a PowerMac G3 with SCM PCD-60B). Both configurations used Mac...

Just in case someone stumbles across a SCM PCD-60B multi card reader: this device has been manufactured in different flavours, for read only purpose and for read and write access. I bought one that was pulled from a self service photo printer. It came with firmware version 01.13, which does not...

Consider to double check for proper termination of the SCSI bus. Most likely the card reader will have a jumper to enable or disable internal termination, usually near the SCSI ID jumper block. Make sure internal termination is off if you use it in an external enclosure and use an external...

For a leak proof assembly there needs to be a vent that allows gas from the battery to escape (avoid building up pressure in a sealed container), there needs to be some space or a getter inside the container to collect any liquid that may come out of the battery (probably a piece of toilet...

How about using onlyonemac's suggestion and to combine the voltage regulator with the computers own PSU: tap some Volts through the voltage regulator to power the clock chip and add a delay circuit to power up the mainboard only a second later. Get the correct time from a time server and run an...

I apologize for missing some SheepShavers malfunctions. I use it for a special drawing application I purchased years ago and it works perfectly well for that purpose, very stable and fast. The current vendor of the software asks half a Kilobuck for an OS X version of the software that combines...

Used EIZO L365 monitors are available for a few bucks, still. Shape and colour of the case matches well the ancient Mac's design. Supported resolutions are from 640x480 up to the native resoulution of 1024x768, which is nice to use with the image diagonal of 15" (37.5 cm). It has VGA and DVI...