on 10/9/05 3:30 PM, Samual Acorn wrote:
well.. mainly my point was that if the rom could be bypassed the
system might be able to be stretched further... for example if a rom
routine wasnt exactly what one could call 'optimal' something that is
faster could replace it... only way i see that that
on 10/7/05 3:30 PM, Mark Benson wrote:
SCSI -- Ethernet maybe your best option.
I disagree with that. Both the IIsi PDS-slot ethernet card and the IIsi
nubus adapter + nubus ethernet card will perform much better. SCSI
ethernet adapters are notoriously slow and should be avoided unless there
on 9/1/05 1:30 PM, Beniamino Cenci Goga wrote:
(cross post with Powerbooks list)
The network list is probably the best place for this type of question.
I was wondering if there is any possibility to obtain an IP address
also for older Macs connected to the same network via apple talk.
These
You might look for an older version of Apple's Network Assistant program.
This lets you do all kinds of remote control operations to other Macs on
your network, including shut them down. I've used versions 3.x and 4.x on
PowerMacs with MacOS 8 and 9. I don't know what versions would be
on 6/7/05 10:54 AM, Steve wrote:
I have a Dayna ethernet adapter
that connects to the SCSI port on my MacTV (running 7.5.5). What do I need
to do to get it to pick up a DHCP address and access an FTP server on my
(TCP/IP-only) LAN?
First you need the Dayna driver. It gets installed into the
on 5/17/05 3:30 PM, Ruffin Bailey wrote:
Is there no way to use an older 68k as a print server? I realize this is a
II, not a Mac, but I'd like to get my ImageWriter back onto the network
somehow.
Any way to kill the nostalgia and ImageWriter birds with the same stone?
If you put the localtalk
on 3/31/05 3:30 PM, Manuel Marques wrote:
I own a SE/30 which has a really strange way of booting: when I start it,
the screen shows itself in black and white stripes. I then turn it off (in
the switch), wait a few seconds, and then start it back again. This time it
boots normally. Why?
It is
on 2/28/05 3:30 PM, simon wrote:
i am looking for a working copy of this program. i have both the demo
and the original, but the original crashes with a error type 3 on me,
on different systems and with the demo working. so i think my pcs is
broken. it used to work a long time ago on an old
,
and some reports that Asante cards need to be connected to 10BaseT hubs
rather than directly to 10/100 equipment.
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on 1/31/05 3:31 PM, Kevin wrote:
My own personal phoebia is that these Macs are pretty old and shipping one
might not be great for them, mainly thinking of damage to the back of the
tubes from bouncing around in the back of a truck or from rough handling.
I've shipped a number of them and the
on 12/25/04 3:30 PM, chesnajc wrote:
My question is, is it typical for the hard drives to freeze up after an
extended down time?
Yes. Those drives are probably toast. I've actually gotten some old ones
to spin up with a light tap from a hammer, but only because there was
something I really
on 11/3/04 3:31 PM, Ian Nixon wrote:
I popped in a 7.0 Start up disk, and to my
surprise, it booted into 6.1.x!
The disk tools and install 1 floppies of the System 7 distribution on
800k media contained a minimal System 6 to boot from. You probably chose
About the Finder from the Apple menu
on 8/14/04 3:30 PM, Brandon Wise wrote:
I picked up a Dayna EtherPrint-T today at the Salvation Army (I spent a
whole $.95 on it). The down side to the great price is the lack of
power supply. I have looked all over the web and have come up with no
leads for either a power supply to buy or the
on 8/12/04 3:30 PM, Mark Benson wrote:
Does anyone know of a REsEdit hack or some such for either the 7.x or
8.1 Monitors ( Sound in the later case) CP to allow them to display a
list of all the resolutions available regardless of the monitor?
I have an Apple Multiple Scan 720 hooked to my
what's the memory requirement for 8.1/8.5 installers?
It's less than 24M (8.6 introduced the 24M minimum).
But that's not your problem.
PowerMac 7100/80 won't install OS 8.1 or 8.5.
Mac OS installer hangs.
Another 7100/80 - same problem.
Any suggestions?
It's a specific model
on 7/6/04 3:30 PM, Ron wrote:
PowerMac 7100/80 won't install OS 8.1 or 8.5.
HD formats OK.
Mac OS installer hangs.
Another 7100/80 - same problem.
It's not your Mac or install disk; I've seen the same problem on the same
model. One solution is to do a standard install on another Nubus
on 4/17/04 3:49 PM, John Niven wrote:
No, sorry. There is no equivalent pds slot on the Classic II. The only
way to get ethernet on those is to use a SCSI to ethernet converter
like the Asante EN/SC.
The Farallon Mac/PB Etherwave device also works nicely on the Classics.
on 4/6/04 3:30 PM, bob gary wrote:
... there seems to be no sound reponse to
any of the functions or sound preferences. There isn't
any sound on the rear output, either.
This is a very common problem with the SE/30 and sometimes occurs on
other vintage Macs. It is almost always caused by aged
on 3/4/04 3:30 PM, Haroldo Mauro Jr. wrote:
...I connected them to a PowerMac 6100 and formated both in
Mac OS Standard format. Then I tried to make them work on a Mac IIsi.
When you format a drive on a PowerMac, using Drive Setup for example, you
may get a disk driver that is for PowerMacs
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I've spent several hours over the past week reading these fascinating
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on 12/29/03 3:31 PM, Daniel Kendell wrote:
http://www.utopia.com.br/rbanffy/whatisthiscard.jpg
I found an actual EtherWave card for an LC. It has EtherWave
silkscreened on the card, and the two connectors are twins. Your picture
shows 2 different kinds of connectors, so I think it is in fact
on 12/24/03 3:30 PM, Daniel Kendell wrote:
Same here ... though I only have one ... with two RJ45 connecters on
it. :-S
That's the EtherWave card. Advantage: it acts like a mini-hub, you can
daisy chain them for a small network (best for 5 or fewer). Disadvantage:
you do need the Farallon
on 11/30/03 3:30 PM, Clark Martin wrote:
The IIsi is limited to 640x480 with internal video
Both machines support the portrait display, 640x870.
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the IIsi goes to 33 megs with two 16's, one meg on board.
No, you have to have 4 matching 30-pin SIMMs in the IIsi, so
on 11/21/03 3:30 PM, Marten van de Kraats wrote:
Why should one want to use appletalk when running mac os 8.1 on the
client machine? Appletalk is an inferior protocol that should be
avoided when you have the alternative of IP. The only reason I am
using it is because of my laserwriters being
on 11/12/03 3:29 PM, Marcin Wichary wrote:
I take it that Mac LC II has an internal speaker, right? (right now
there's no chime at all).
All Macs have internal speakers. They all chime on power up after passing
a brief self-test from ROM, before accessing any disks or even checking
RAM memory
on 10/28/03 3:30 PM, jw wrote:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2761729360category=25436
Looks like the real thing. Demand far outstrips supply for these. I would
not be surprised if the bid price (now $61) gets to $200 or beyond.
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I've got 3 LaserWriter IIf units that have trouble picking up paper out
of the tray. I know I can get a new part from fixyourownprinter.com, but
it is $30. Any suggestions on a more economical fix for this problem?
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on 9/9/03 3:31 PM, iriXx wrote:
are all Apples built so
they just hinge or slide apart, without screws?
They are all over the map. Early Compacts require a special torx
screwdriver (since the dangerous video circuitry is exposed with the
cover off). Color all-in-ones and the 63x/62xx/63xx
on 8/26/03 3:30 PM, Scott Howe wrote:
That's a good point. Every Mac I've taken in has had the original OS on it
that originally came with it, but only two have come with the CD's
associated with that OS.
I've learned the hard way not to trust the system installed on a donated
computer. Now I
on 8/8/03 3:30 PM, David wrote:
I've got a Radius Full Page display. It works fine with a card in an
SE/30. Actually the card works fine in a couple of SI's that I recently
aquired as well (although you can't close the lid of the case because the
card is too tall).
If you want to run it on the
on 8/13/03 3:30 PM, Warren 'Llama' Ernst wrote:
The IW2 is also very prone to paper jams and misfeeds compared to the IW1...
Mailing labels are particularly prone to unstick themselves from their=
backing when you roll them backwards to align the next sticker with the=
next print job, and get
on 7/30/03 3:30 PM, Bryan Kattwinkel wrote:
We put one [LaserWriter Select 310] on an 8600 running 8.6 and
it seemed to be ok there, but I don't recall printing from SimpleText.
I was mistaken about this. The Mac is running System 8.1 with the 310.
She uses it to print ClarisWorks documents
I've got a Daystar Digital FastCache IIci card here, and I understand
they made them in both 32K and 64K sizes. How can I tell what size this
one is?
The card has 8 motorola MCM6288P25 chips on it (along with 13 others) and
appears to have a part number of 100156-193. If I could locate
on 7/30/03 3:30 PM, Bryan Kattwinkel wrote:
We put one [LaserWriter Select 310] on an 8600 running 8.6 and
it seemed to be ok there, but I don't recall printing from SimpleText.
I may be mistaken about this. The system in question is in a 5th grade
classroom and I won't be able to verify which
on 7/29/03 3:30 PM, Vintage Macs wrote:
I just picked up one of these printers. Looks smart, came with s/w
(version 1.0) and the users guide.
So I tried to use it with my Performa 6360 under OS 9.1 ...
...BUT I can't get the thing to print a SimpleText document.
It is definitely a weird model,
on 6/18/03 3:30 PM, Fletch Brendan Good wrote:
It gave me this error message: Some AppleShare resources were not
installed at system startup time. Try restarting from an AppleShare
workstation disk or reinstall the workstation software.
I've seen that exact message when using the default
on 2/4/03 3:30 PM, Dan Knight wrote:
Philip Stortz writes:
is there any software for an se/30 (or newer if necessary) that will
turn it into an automatic fax machine (recieving) and ideally also
handle recording calls when i'm not home?
Any fax/modem with fax software should be able to do
. Connecting to a powered-on hub will usually
solve the problem. It can also happen if your ethernet card is broken.
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on 12/13/02 3:30 AM, Ted Parks wrote:
I need Java enabled on some version of Netscape or another browser that will
run on an LC580. When I download Netscape 3.04 from Gamba's web page, it
leaves Java out, as best I can tell, when it installs.
Netscape 3 for the Mac includes an early and slow
if the AV
monitor is compatible, but the 13 should work just fine. The LC II
doesn't care whether you have a PRAM battery or not. The model that won't
boot without PRAM or the on/off power cycling is the LC 475 / Quadra 605.
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on 11/25/02 3:54 AM, Bob Johnson wrote:
Appleshare client 3.5 crashes my machine.
The AppleShare Prep file in Preferences is a common cause of these
crashes. Trash it and try again.
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temporarily.
Add another (external?) drive and/or replace that small one. That was the
best thing to do even when the drives were expensive.
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are these billion? I am interested in obtaining ImageWriter II's
in quantity, but they pretty much have to be in Florida due to cost of
shipping.
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it would power-off without software.
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key is not
held down? The key is seemingly canceling something else that's
corrupted.
Did you remove the AppleShare Prep and AppleTalk preference files? Or
just move/rename the Preferences folder and replace it with a blank one.
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speed == 68030 speed) or 2-3 ALT for separate crystals
(typically for a 16MHz FPU combined with a 25MHz 68030).
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