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    akaitea posted the thread iMac g3 M5521 slot loader - spark in back and pop in speakers and no further life in G3/G4/G5 Power Mac, iMac & eMac.
    Just got an iMac G3 M5521 1857 - 500/IN/64/20/CD/128PRO/56K for dirt cheap advertised as does not power on but couldn't resist for the...
  • Renegade
    Renegade commented on Renegade's profile post.
    Sure, luckily I have a NOS Q650 mobo in handy :cool: I recall trying your Soft475 with its CPU in my Mystic last year.
  • finkmac
    finkmac replied to the thread IIfx Memory.
    excellent work! i assume you went with the reflow oven method? what kind of oven did you use? this was the biggest annoyance. I ended...
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    campbellashe replied to the thread IIfx Memory.
    Well the journey to create 16 MB SIMMS was successful.... now at 128 MB in the IIfx. Used the above git and printed at JLCPCB with a...
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    cheesestraws replied to the thread Apple LocalTalk interface box.
    Your terminology in this thread is very confused, and I think this might not be helping your project. All of this stuff is documented...
  • gsteemso
    gsteemso replied to the thread Apple LocalTalk interface box.
    That's certainly an... interesting interpretation. What I mentioned above about continuous SYN characters is also RS-232 (what I called...
  • Phipli
    Phipli commented on Renegade's profile post.
    A later mask 33MHz part might work happily if you have one to hand?
  • Jockelill
    Jockelill reacted to ClassicGuyPhilly's status with Like Like.
    Let's give it up for Lee Felsenstein's Osbourne 1 which turned 45 on April 3rd. That's right, in 1981 this featherweight 25 pounder...
  • Renegade
    Renegade commented on Renegade's profile post.
    You're absolutely right. It's not worth the trouble. I got caught up in the challenge and the determination to remove the CPU at all...
  • Phipli
    Phipli commented on Renegade's profile post.
    Something wide and thin like a paint scraper to spread the force as widely as possible. Those sockets seem to stick. The other thought...
  • Phipli
    Phipli replied to the thread Beige G3 RAM and PSU questions:.
    So it looks like they are the same. Unbuffered 3.3v.
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  • nathall
    nathall replied to the thread How to modify the launch screen of the Macin Tower.
    Not really, just a personal anecdote that I never, ever got this to work on any (real) Mac I tried it on back in the day. Not even with...
  • Trianon
    Trianon replied to the thread Apple LocalTalk interface box.
    The clock is one of the differences between syn and async communication, but there is also the max length of one package. Async, most...
  • Renegade
    Renegade commented on Renegade's profile post.
    Maybe I'm exaggerating my hatred for the Rocket Stage II, but I've never had the slightest trouble removing a 68040 from a motherboard...
  • Renegade
    Renegade commented on Renegade's profile post.
    Indeed. But what if you don't have that elusive tool? I'm trying like crazy with thin pieces of galvanized steel wire slipped between...
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