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I have found a Kanji ROM Card for the Macintosh II, a NuBus card form Japan. I suppose the card contain Kanji font, like the Macintosh Plus ROM from Japan i have found earlier I have used SlotsDump to dump the ROM, but the size is only 4 KB. Is there a way to dump the ressources ? I assume...

Hi everyone. After Doug's experiments with the Power Mac G3 easter egg, I looked into the one on the Power Mac 8100, which is linked to Paula Abdul. I found a thread on Google Groups explaining that it’s tied to version 1.1 of the PowerPC Enabler...

A few years ago, I came across this page stating that the ROM of the 660AV/840AV contains QuickTime 1.5 (https://web.archive.org/web/20220922133807/https://support.apple.com/kb/TA29776?locale=en_US). Does anyone know if it can be enabled? I tried quickly by removing the extension that comes...

With the topic about the strange ROM of the Power Mac G3, I remembered another subject: the ROM of the Beige Power Mac G3 contains an image with photos of developers. I haven’t found a method to display the image, but it is present in all versions of the ROM that I’ve seen. I extracted the...

I like Easter Eggs, and i have seen that the Install Script from QuickDraw 3D 1.0.x had one. In the resources from the Install Script, there is two splash screen (it's explained here, you can see it with ResEdit) But i search the method to see the file. Can you help me ? Actually, i will try...

Hi I search the french version of System 2 (Finder 4.1), with the Utilities disk. I can't find that on the web.

On MacKido, I saw a not very specific Easter Egg related to the mountain image used in the early Apple systems. The website doesn't mention the exact steps, and I couldn't find any other references. Does anyone know if this is a real Easter Egg or just a joke? On this page ...

Hi I have a question : i search a person with a Performa 550 and the original hard drive. Actually, i have found an article on a book who say "MACINTOSH SECRET: THE LC 550’S SECRET PARTITION If Apple’s programmers, in creating the Performa series, were aiming to make idiot-proof computers...

I have buy an "ADB" joystick on eBay, a MacFly. But when i have received the joystick, i have discovered one thing : the joystick use a serial connection And i have not the floppy with the driver I have searched on the net, and i have not find a copy ANyone can help me ? It's a MacFly...

I search a specific things, can you help me ? I search a ROM dump from the LaserWriter 810 Pro. Actually, i have found many pages with reference to an easter egg with this printer, and i will verify that... and i must find the ROM. I have not found a printer to make the dump. My article about...

Hi,  I have a little problem. I have found a 12" monochrome monitor (High Res) and i will try to connect the display to a modern Mac. And it will not work : https://www.journaldulapin.com/2018/08/17/crt-apple/  The display is working with an old Mac LC, with a Power Mac G3 (beige), but not...

Hi,  I have a question : i have two QuickDraw 3D Card from Apple, and i want to test the card with QuickDraw 3D benchmark. And for that, i search CineBench 2000 for Mac. The file on archive.org is corrupted, and i can't find a copy. Can you help me ? Actually, i have tested one card with Havoc...

Hi,  Since many years, i read this forum. Today, i try to share my finds. This week, i have found a ZIP 100 SCSI (not a Plus), a StyleWriter 2400 to use with my Apple Bandai Pippin, many (many) RAM SIMM and DIMM, an ExpressCard SSD (48 GB, for old MacBook Pro), a Centris 660/AV with CD-ROM (a...

I'm a big fan of the Pippin - the Apple/bandai console - and i have installed an hard disk on my console. And with Mac OS on a CD, i have dumped the ROM (version 1.3) from the console. Now, i want to analyse the content... but i have no idea how to do that.  Actually, it's interessant for a...

Hi,  I have a problem : i tru to connect a "DOS" Macintosh to the Net, and i have problem to do that. It's a Power Macintosh 6100 under Mac OS 8.6, with Ethernet and AAUI adapter. I can connect Mac OS to the net with TCP/IP. On the PC side, it's WIndows 95, with PC Setup 2.1.7. I have...

Hi,  I have a problem : i have recupered a PowerBook 280C and a Duo Dock II and i have a problem. The first time i power up the PowerBook, it works, but after ~5 minutes, the PowerBook shut off with no reason. And after that, i can't boot the PowerBook. When i press the power button, the LED...

I have found a nice "Power Mac" : there is a Pentium 4 inside, and a BIOS.   It's a Developer Transition Kit from 2005, the first officiel Intel Mac, with Mac OS X 10.4.1.     I will try to install a modern OS on it (and a good GPU, the GMA 900 is a pain)

I have found a special Power Mac G5 : it's a Xenon Alpha Kit, the development kit for the Xbox 360. It's a classic G5 (dual 2 GHz, PCI-X) with a Intel Network card and many stickers from Microsoft. My problem is simple : i have not the software and i search it : it's Xenon Launcher, i have...