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2004 / Old Apples- Apple II's info

« on: February 03, 2004, 11:26:38 AM »

Thanks Bernie, Found what I needed at the AppleII.org site. I guess I am getting old, don't know how I missed those sites, forgot about the webring.

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2004 / Old Apples- Apple II's info

« on: February 03, 2004, 12:53:27 AM »

Hi out there, sorry about getting off the main topic but I would like to find some pictures of Apple II motherboards. Mainly Apple IIgs rom 3 motherboard. I remember seeing some a while back but forgot where, the site is probaly down now. Any pointers would be helpful.

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2004 / Sort of "New" 8600

« on: January 29, 2004, 09:37:31 PM »

cool I will condsider that if I can't find a good deal on the other OS cd's. I really like the 8600 case, easy to expand I even have this little plastic object I use to hold the case open and don't have to move the machine off my desk.

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2004 / Sort of "New" 8600

« on: January 29, 2004, 08:12:30 PM »

This is the machine I tried to get that one iMac cdrom to work with and gave me the error about not working on this machine. I even reformated the harddrive with the iMac cdrom and tried to install but same error, you noticed the Mac1 is formated with HFS+, that is from the iMac. I am going to get a os cdrom with the big 9 and white background (9.0.4) to make sure it will install. At one of the sites that sell Mac OS cds and they explained the problem with iMac cdroms, here is the site:

http://store.yahoo.com/hardcoremac/macos9041.html

At least that happened with the iMac cdrom disc I got and sent back.

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2004 / Sort of "New" 8600

« on: January 29, 2004, 07:25:43 PM »

Yes, It was one of the cards saved from the other smoking 8600. I saved the processor card the video card and the USB card. It took out the memory and video memory that I had installed. The processor card is a Sonnet G3 400mhz and I am grinning to the bank.
Here is the ASP report of my machine:
Report Created:1/28/04 at 4:09:39 PM

Software overview
   Mac OS overview
      Finder:   8.6
      System:   8.6  US
      Active enabler:   None
      At Ease:   Not installed
      QuickTime:   6.0.2
      File sharing:   is off
   Startup device
      Name:   Mac1
      Type:   Hard drive
      Location:   ID = 0
      Bus:   SCSI Bus 0
Memory overview
   Disk cache:   7.96 MB
   Virtual memory:   is off
   Built-in memory:   352 MB
      Location            Size           Memory type
      B3                16 MB          DIMM
      A3                16 MB          DIMM
      B2                32 MB          DIMM
      A2                32 MB          DIMM
      B1                128 MB         DIMM
      A1                128 MB         DIMM
   Video memory:   15.96 MB   
   External L2 cache:   Not installed
Hardware overview
   Machine ID:   69
   Model name:   Power Macintosh 8600 series
   Keyboard type:   Apple Adjustable Keyboard
   Processor info:   PowerPC G3
   Machine speed:   400 MHz
   FPU:   Built-in
   Devices and Volumes
   USB 0   1.4.1
      Best Data 56USB V.90 Modem              
         Product ID:   29810 ($7472)
         Vendor:   Vendor 5014 (Best Data           )
         Driver version:   1.0d1
         Driver name:   Smart One 56USB Modem
         Power (mA):   500 ($1f4)
         Serial number:   
      Mouse (Trackball)
         Product ID:   -15358 ($c402)
         Vendor:   Logitech Inc. (Logitech)
         Driver version:   1.4.1
         Driver name:   USBHIDMouseDriver
         Power (mA):   500 ($1f4)
         Serial number:   
   SCSI Bus 0
      ID = 0
            Hard drive
               Driver version:   8.1.2f1
               Mac OS partitions:   1
               Removable media:   No
               Vendor:   QUANTUM
               Revision number:   300Z
               Product ID:   FIREBALL_TM2100S
               Serial number:   399705667291
               Unformatted size:   2 GB
            
               Mac1
                  Volume format:   Mac OS Extended (HFS+)
                  Size:   2 GB
                  Space Available:   1.37 GB
                  Percent full:   31
                  Write protected:   No
                  Is being file shared:   No
      ID = 3
            CD-ROM drive
               Driver version:   Not available
               Mac OS partitions:   0
               Removable media:   Yes
               Vendor:   MATSHITA
               Revision number:   1.0g
               Product ID:   CD-ROM CR-8012  
               Serial number:   
            
               No mounted media inserted
      ID = 5
            Removable media
               Driver version:   Not available
               Mac OS partitions:   0
               Removable media:   Yes
               Vendor:   IOMEGA  
               Revision number:   E.11
               Product ID:   ZIP 100        
               Serial number:   
            
               No mounted media inserted
   SCSI Bus 1
      ID = 2
            Hard drive
               Driver version:   8.1.2f1
               Mac OS partitions:   1
               Removable media:   No
               Vendor:   IBM    
               Revision number:   S60B
               Product ID:   DCAS32160SUN2.1G
               Serial number:   
               Unformatted size:   2 GB
            
               Mac2
                  Volume format:   Mac OS Standard (HFS)
                  Size:   2 GB
                  Space Available:   1.22 GB
                  Percent full:   39
                  Write protected:   No
                  Is being file shared:   No
      ID = 4
            CD-ROM drive
               Driver version:   Not available
               Mac OS partitions:   0
               Removable media:   Yes
               Vendor:   HP      
               Revision number:   1.07
               Product ID:   CD-Writer 6020  
               Serial number:   
            
               No mounted media inserted
   PCI
      Slot $B1
            Display card
               Card type:   display
               Card name:   ATY,Rage128o
               Card model:   ATY,Rage128
               Card ROM #:   113-57405-108
               Card revision:   0
               Card vendor ID:   1002
               VRAM size:   15.96 MB
            
                  Display
                     Screen Size (pixels):   1024 x 768
                     Grays/Colors:   Millions
                     Resolution (dpi):   72 x 72
                     Additional Information:   Main screen
      Slot $C1
            USB card
               Card type:   usb
               Card name:   pci1045,c861
               Card model:   Not available
               Card ROM #:   Not available
               Card revision:   16
               Card vendor ID:   1045
   Floppy
      No mounted media inserted

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2004 / Sort of "New" 8600

« on: January 28, 2004, 10:32:44 PM »

You are not kidding Bernie. I was hoping for a great deal I spotted a few on eBay but most rise in price sometimes to the ones listed there or more. Maybe I will get lucky like with the computer and find a reasonable OS cdrom.

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2004 / Sort of "New" 8600

« on: January 28, 2004, 01:53:59 PM »

That was the type I had but it was orange in color. It said it was for a iMac DV on the front. The error was it would not work on this machine and would stop until you clicked ok and it would not install. I have been looking at some 9.0.4 cds on ebay with the big 9 on it with a white back ground so I might look at those. I paid $35.00 for that cd I got but when I sent the seller the screen shot of the error and he refunded me and I sent it back to him.

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2004 / New Worm for PCs

« on: January 28, 2004, 09:58:42 AM »

I am glad I have a Mac. I have been trying to steer people I know to them, showed them the proformance of my used "older" Mac. I picked up a PC virus on my Virual PC program last year but it was trapped like a bug in glass jar. I deleted the program and poof it was gone and reinstalled the program. I guess this is the punishment for cheap companies and people out there. To windoze and PC's.

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2004 / Sort of "New" 8600

« on: January 28, 2004, 09:47:33 AM »

I got another 8600 by helping a guy I know get Linux on his new PC. He got it from a company cleaning out their systems for new ones. It had OS 8.5 and 320megs of ram with a 2gig harddrive and four megs of VRAM. It is running great but as a precaution I turn it off every night now. Iam looking to get a OS 9 cdrom, got one from eBay but it was one of the iMac ones, orange in color, but I got a refund after showing him it would not work on my machines, sent him a screen shot of the error. Just happy to get my machine back and hope to add a new OS soon.

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2004 / PAR compression OS 8.5

« on: January 26, 2004, 04:21:55 PM »

here is a link to the OS X version of the program:

http://www.xs4all.nl/~loekjehe/MacPAROSX/index.htm

I am looking for a version that will run in OS 8.5 or even 8.6 if I have to use that buggy OS.

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2004 / PAR compression OS 8.5

« on: January 26, 2004, 06:14:44 AM »

Iam looking for a PAR compression, uncompress program that will run in OS 8.5 or lower. I had a program a year ago that ran in 8.5 and 8.6 so I know one exists at one time. Does anyone know where I can download a copy of the program. I tried Tucows, CNET, and Pure-Mac sites and no luck. Found one at Tucows but it was for OS X. If anyone knows please post the download site.
 

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2004 / Found the CUDA button and change finder

« on: January 06, 2004, 08:17:32 AM »

As far as I know the CUDA button is basically a motherboard reset switch. They are kind of hard to find on the motherboard, some are red like in my 7300 the one in my 8600 was sliver looked like a flat cap. It is a small flat button that you hold down for a few seconds, I did for a minute just to be sure. I am sure there are people out there who can tell you of a site that has the location, I am sure there is one out there, there is for just about everything else. And again thanks for all the suggestions, with all of them I used it helped with the success of fixing this problem.
 

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2004 / Found the CUDA button and change finder

« on: January 05, 2004, 09:09:54 PM »

Found the CUDA button under the CPU heat sink, put it back and pressed for about a minute, then rebooted. I reset the time and date and took the OS 8.5 cd and copied the finder from it to the desktop and did a Jerry's finder 8 patch on that finder from the cd. Moved the one on the harddrive to the trash and install the patched one to the system folder and rebooted and now no more crashes.
Thanks to everyone who helped if you want a more detailed description just email me:

nospamcharjo@nospamrapfire.nospamnet

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2004 / Finder still crashing in 8.6

« on: January 05, 2004, 05:57:14 AM »

Thanks for the advice. I have a Interex ADB mouse that I use when I boot off the Norton cd I have. You know I never had a finder crash when I use the Norton cd. I install the font fix but I notice now that it crashs when I have a few programs open. Some of the programs stopped crashing the finder after I increased the memory for the program. I think I found a bad RAM chip, one of mine 128 megs as you see but the data I posted just shows the 2 that seem to be working ok. I added the finder fixer and increased the memory to the max on the control panel for the program. BTW where is that Cuda button? I have used it on the 7300 when I installed the CPU upgrade a couple of years ago, I will look again on the 8600. I will post  results tonite.

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2004 / Finder still crashing in 8.6

« on: January 05, 2004, 01:08:47 AM »

This is real frustrating, I have tried everything including reinstalling the OS and getting a different harddrive and reinstalling. I have changed the memory around and even tried using my PM 7300 finder still crashes. moved everything back to the to the PM 8600.  I did a PRAM clear using tech tool and increased the memory for the applications. Here is what the system profilers said about the memory before and after the PRAM clearing.
 before
Memory overview
   Disk cache:   7.96 MB
   Virtual memory:   is off
   Built-in memory:   384 MB
      Location            Size           Memory type
      A3                  64 MB            DIMM
      B3                     64 MB            DIMM
      A4                   128 MB            DIMM
      B4                    128 MB           DIMM
   Video memory:   15.96 MB   
   External L2 cache:   Not installed

After

Memory overview
   Disk cache:   7.96 MB
   Virtual memory:   is off
   Built-in memory:   384 MB
      Location            Size           Memory type
      B2                     64 MB           DIMM
      A2                     64 MB           DIMM
      B1                   128 MB           DIMM
      A1                   128 MB           DIMM
   Video memory:   15.96 MB   
   External L2 cache:   Not installed
I did not change the slots that is how the machine seen it the second one is the correct one.
Is the motherboard going down?