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I was just looking up SCSI cables on eBay and I notice that some of the listings say that the cable is for both SCSI and serial. Is it possible for a cable to work with both SCSI and Serial?

Hello, So I've been thinking about adding a faster CD-ROM drive to my Centris 650.  I currently use an Apple CD600e (4x speed) drive with the Centris.  I also use that drive with my SE sometimes.  The 600e is good, but on the Centris I notice that in programs that have multimedia components...

So this is something that never happened to me before. A while ago I reinstalled OS 9 on my Sawtooth and at some point while I was using it, almost all of my folders disappered.  When I switched to list view, I could see my folders again.  This problem only affects the root of the drive (System...

Something I've noticed while using my PDQ is that 8.5 seems to boot up faster and is more responsive than 8.6.  My PDQ is slowed down by the dead PRAM ram battery and the startup memory test having to test 256 MB of RAM, so downgrading to 8.5 was beneficial for me since I got a slightly faster...

Hello all, So I was using my Sawtooth today and after about an hour or two of use I could hear a noise coming from inside the machine getting louder and louder.  It sounded like an engine revving up.  It happens when the Mac is sitting idle.  This is the second time I have heard this.  I have...

Hello all, I decided to create this thread because of an idea I had and I wanted to know if this idea would be possible.  The idea came to me while I was using my SE a couple days ago.  My SE only has an 800K drive, so when I want to back up the documents I created to something like an SD or CF...

Hello all, About a year or so ago, I saw a Power Macintosh G4 on ebay that had some rust on the case.  After searching online, the consensus seemed to be that rust on a computer case isn't a big deal, so I went ahead and bought the G4.  What I didn't notice until recently, however, was that the...

Hello all, When I bought my Centris 650 a few months back, I also bought an AAUI adapter so I could hook it up to the internet as well as transfer files with my OS 9 machines if I needed to do that.  The adpater, which was NIB when I got it, worked fine for a while, but I think there must be a...

Hello, I recently added a Centris 650 to my collection and am having a bit of a conundrum regarding 32-bit addressing.  I removed the PRAM battery the first day I got it.  It wasn't leaking, but I didn't want to take any chances.  Unfortunately, 32-bit addressing must be a PRAM setting because...

My Power Macintosh G4 Sawtooth came with an internal Zip drive, but it doesn’t work.  I installed IomegaWare under OS 9 and I could see the drive light up and make noise, but IomegaWare told me there was no disk.  The disks I was using were NOS Fujifilm PC formatted Zip 100 disks.  The front...

I know it’s possible to enable MultiFinder in system 6, but I can’t figure out how.  Anybody know how to enable MultiFinder in system 6? Thanks

This is a cautionary tale on what not to do with your Macintosh SE. Ever since I replaced the HDD in my SE, I always felt the new drive wasn't secure enough.  There are six screw points on the 40 MB Conner HD SC drive and only four screw points on the SE's HDD bay.  Only two of the Conner's...

Hello, So today I installed System 7.0 on my SE.  Normally, I install System 7.0 using the 800k floppy version, but today I decided to use the System 7 Golden Master Release CD-ROM instead.  The install was successful and much more convenient than the floppy install, however, I noticed in the...

I recently acquired an AGP Power Mac G4 Sawtooth with an upgraded CPU and 1 GB of RAM and it's been the main Mac I've been focusing on.  OS-wise, I have a dual boot setup with OS X 10.5.8 on the primary HDD and OS 9.2.2 on the secondary HDD.  I decided to make some upgrades of my own.  I've...

Hello, I haven't seen any threads about this particular group of Performas needing a recap, but I wanted to know for sure whether or not these models require a recap. Thanks in advance.

Hello, So back in the day I used to see ads for the fruit color iMac G3s and I always wanted one, but couldn't have one.  Fast forward to today and I have a small collection of old Macs.  I already have three G3 machines (Powerbook G3 Main Street, PDQ, and an Icebook), yet I still desire a...

Hello, So I would like to be able to burn CDs from my iBook G3 dual USB with Firewire 400 port running OS 9.2.2.  Will any Firewire 400 drive work or will only specific ones work? Thanks

So I bought an AppleCD 600e drive recently for use with my Powerbook 5300c.  Unfortunately, that laptop is having power issues and I don't have the soldering skills to fix it, so for now it is out of commission.  This leaves me with a CD-ROM drive that I can't use...or can I?  My SE has 4 MB of...

Over a year ago, I bought a Powerbook G3 Main Street (the one with the passive matrix screen).  Since I owned it, it takes a long time to start up.  When I plug it in, the HDD starts up immediately and the power light comes on and then the HDD stops.  I press the power button, hear the startup...

Figured I would start my own Conquest thread.  I just made what is probably an impulse buy, but for the condition and the price I just couldn't resist.  For $60 I picked up a working Powerbook 5300c.  I know the bad rep this model has, but I decided to take a chance on it.