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  1. fergycool

    Powerbook G3 Pismo does not recognise Belkin F5D7011card with Broadcom chipset.

    Now I've got the battery pack of my Powerbook G3 Pismo rebuilt and working I need to get wifi working! I looked at the price of non-extreme Aircard on ebay and they seem really high! So I looked for third party cards. From a few posts it seems that Belkin F5D7010 with Broadcom chipsets are well...
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    Battery Status LED not showing after rebuilding Powerbook G3 Pismo battery

    I've just rebuilt the battery for my Powerbook G3 Pismo. I used a spot welder and spent a methodical day putting the new battery back together as i've never done anything like this before (outside on a fireproof table, with a bucket of sand and plenty of protective gear!). It all went OK except...
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    Vinegar screen on my Powerbook G3 "Pismo"?

    I've been playing with a Powerbook G3 Pismo that I acquired recently. Works great. I popped in a mSATA card + ATA adaptor I had already lying around (bought for a G4 Mac Mini) got Mac OS9 running and I'm really enjoying it! Only issue is the screen. It has these two large patchy areas. From...
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    AUI > RJ45 adaptor needed for Asante E/30 card for SE/30

    Hello all, Sorry if this is a bit of silly/obvious question I've just got an SE/30 with an Daynaport E/30 network card. Am I right in thinking (from searching on here) that I need an AUI>RJ45 adaptor to plug in an ethernet cable? If so I do not suppose (a) there's a good source in the UK or (b)...
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    EU/UK source for SE/30 ROM SIMM socket?

    So despite my poor soldering technique I managed to desolder and remove the ROM socket on my battery bombed SE/30. It was quite corroded underneath and a few legs are just knackered. So I need to source a new one. I've seen a few links to US based suppliers, but none in the UK or even the EU...
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    Rebuilt eMate 300 battery pack gives "Adapter providing too much power..." error.

    I've got a problem with a rebuilt battery pack where after a few minutes of charging it gives the error that the charger is outputting too high. I rebuilt the battery with four NiMH batteries with solder tabs using these instructions. Once assembled I got 2.54v from each pair (I forgot to...
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    Laserwriter 4/600 PS with streaks all over printed page.

    I bought a LaserWriter 4/600 PS pretty cheap off ebay. The ad says it was in poor condition but powered on. So I took a gamble. Sure enough it looked pretty dirty but powered up fine and immediately connected to my AppleTalk network. However, for printing it left dirty streaks on both sides of...
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    Using Compact Virtual Memory 3.0.2 on a Mac SE (7.1) with a MacEffects Performer.

    Has anybody tried this and got it working OK? Lots of different threads suggest it works fine with many different accelerator cards. Plus I saw MicroMac's own pages suggest you try it. However, when I've tried it everything seems to work fine and Finder shows the virtual "ram". However, there...
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    "Cleaned" Apple 800k floppy drive from Macintosh SE still problematic

    I cleaned and re-lubricated the 800k drive from my Macintosh SE. I followed this guide on YouTube. Before I cleaned the drive it very rarely read a floppy. After cleaning I can read most floppies and I've been able to write 800k install images that I could not before. But I have two problems...
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    Macintosh SE works fine then completely dead an hour later.

    Just got myself a Macintosh SE yesterday (finally!). I bought it on eBay and there was a risk in shipping (which I was OK with). However, when it arrived it turned on fine (although the internal SCSI drive is dead). It boots fine from a 700k System 6.0.8 floppy. So I was very happy. However...
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    I've got myself a failing recapped Quadra 610!

    My recapped Quadra 610 has started becoming a bit problematic. This all started when I'd been trying to get the CD Rom drive working (I'd recapped it but it still does not work) so the Quadra had been on all day. A few times in the past there has been no boot chimes. Generally I'd found...
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    Quadra 610 CDROM drive taking disks in then ejecting a few mins later..

    The CDROM drive on my Quadra 610 takes the CD in, "thinks" then spits it back out again! From reading about this issue it's either the laser that's faulty or the caps. I cleaned the lens with a cotton bud and some isopropanol without any improvement. Then I recapped the board. But there's no...
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    Does the PSU of the Quadra 610 need recapping or is it OK?

    Now that's I've recapped and got working (Myst on 7.1!) my Quadra 610 I need to think about the PSU and perhaps fix the cdrom. I've seen no sign that the PSU is failing, but are these prone to cap leakage too? I've searched and searched and not come up with an answer? Even better has anybody...
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    thoughts on what version of Mac OS to install on my Quadra 610

    So after recapping and fixing my Quadra 610 (I am very happy with getting this far!) I am looking to which os to settle on? Currently I've installed Mac OS 7.1. 7.5.3, 7.6 and 8.1 (via BlueSCSI). All seem OK although I did have problems getting the network/internet connection working with 8.1...
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    How urgent is recapping a Quadra 610 when the logic board looks in pretty good shape.

    Hi all, after getting rid of my old macs a few years back I appear to have caught the bug again. Got myself a G4 Mac Mini running Mac OS 9, then a server with Netatalk, then tashrouter and a few minivMac images. I will join #Globaltalk2025! Now I just bought my first M68k Mac (well the first for...
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