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Good point. One should consider to keep the battery on the outside of any machine that is not frequently cared for. Even recent battery makes have a tendency to leak when discharged (nasty corrosive stuff comes out). Simply attach the external battery connector or battery holder to the back...

Do not forget that you need to stick with 10.4 instead of 10.5 if you need Apple's Classic support. As SheepShaver on recent Intel gear is a well working solution I would think twice if I wanted to buy outdated hardware to run the emulation of an even older system software.

The notice on leaking caps on the display PCB of PB Duos reminds me to the problem of moribund TFT panels in some PB 180 machines. Did someone investigate if the display malfunction might be caused just by a capacitor leakage and therefore could be fixed?

The problem might be connected to the firmware version of the card reader device. A while ago I purchased a similar drive and it turned out to formerly be used in a self service photo printer machine. The firmware version in my device enables read operation, only. The Mac seems to be able to...

I use FireWire with an old G3 and a new MBA as well (and everything in between). Most FW drives I bought as USB2/FW combo units, but I avoid to connect to USB hosts as the data transfer rate is low compared to FW. Getting Sonnet adapter gear to connect FW to Thunderbolt was a big improvement...

PB 180_b_ ?

I have a TI Book DVI tested with Tiger, Leopard and Yellow Dog Linux. My experience is it runs very nice with Tiger, it is pretty usable with Linux and runs _hot_ with Leopard, making much fan noise. If you have no strong reason for Leopard, you may well stay with Tiger, with the big benefit of...

You might try the software Okey Dokey to answer the dialog automatically.

Try LaserWriter 8 generic driver. Consider to use TScript with LaserWriter 8. Edit: share your results, please.

This little hack works very well. You might go even a little further: consider to add a MC68882 FPU. A while ago I ripped one off a dead PB 180 daughter board. If you attempt to take a FPU from a PowerBook, the use of a heatsink properly attached to the FPU is necessary (or you will notice a...

If you really want to use an old PB be sure to check our Wiki for SCSI hard disk replacement options. My personal experience with CF and PATA storage adaptors from the Japanese dealer Artmix are very well (aside the fact that you flatten a hundred USD for each one, without storage media). I...

You may use any disk formatting tool on the Plus to format the ZIP media (like FWB Harddisk Toolkit or a hacked Disk Utility). Backup the contents of the ZIP media in advance, please. Afterwards it might withstand attempts of silent updates of the Iomega Software. It also should work without an...

Yes, this should be worth to be kept in the Wiki. Find a descriptive name, create categories like "Pinouts" and "PSU" and probably add a link to the machine's page, please.

I did not try this with a Plus, but any of my Macs that was born with a SCSI interface boots happily from flash memory connected via an appropriate adapter. I tested several adapters with different flash memory cards in Macs like PB180, ColourClassic, P475, PB1400, and a platinum G3. Find some...

The foam trick is the technical base of many cheap keyboards. As long as you do not mind to replace the foam repeatedly it might work. The compression stress-strain characteristics of foam undergoes a notable faster degradation than common steel springs or rubber. You might be disappointed...

How about using the "Sleeper" control panel? It can be set to spin down specified disks on the SCSI bus.

Unfortunately this device seems not to be offered any more. If you could try and request for availability, please update that link in the Wiki with a comment (like: "out of production, not available from manufacturer"). Please do _not_ wipe out the entry at all, as the information about any...

FYI: some compatibility and performance data has been collected in our little Wiki. Using an Artmix CF Power Monster of the first series you will have excellent performance on old Macintoshes. In a PB 180 you would not notice a difference in read or write speed between small and old or large...

Artmix seems to offer a New CF PowerMonster II. At least the English manual on that web page seems to be recently updated (2011). The price tag of Yen 9900 equals about USD 130 today. Add some bucks for shipping, import tax, and probably an adaptor to connect to the standard 50 pin connector for...

You could try to use a more recent version of the stock Apple control panel for date and time (like from Mac OS 7.6 or probably 8.1). It resembles several of the SuperClock features and should run with System 7.1 as well. The font should appear accurately aligned in the menu bar. Instead of the...