Recent content by Volvo242GT

That is true. At least, you're more likely to get your items.

Firefox Dynasty is modern Firefox with the necessary code to allow it to run on the older OS X versions. Am using the 145 version of it, and it seems to work fine with 99% of the websites out there. So, the A1286 has turned out to be more of a problem child than the first mid-2012 A1286 I...

Quite a few of the sellers who are on Yahoo Japan also sell their stuff on the 'bay. So, you might be able to get the items that way.

That would be ThinkClassic, run by LCGuy.

You can also use Firefox Dynasty, which works with OS X as far back as Mountain Lion. Anyway, getting the "new" A1286 set up... Did discover that you can't have both a MacOS Extended partition and an APFS partition on the same drive, so going to have to set up an external SSD or hard drive for...

Alternatively, if you can snag a 3,1 boad and a pair of Harpertown processors, that might be a nice upgrade. Would let you use 10.8.5 through 10.11.6, instead of being stuck at 10.7.5 as your highest OS version.

Did some Mac Pro shenanigans myself today... Installed a 5,1 backplane board into my machine's case, then reinstalled the 12 core processor tray I tried to use earlier when the machine still had its original 4,1 board in it. The results...

I've also sourced a replacement rear processor bay cooling fan for the Mac Pro. The current one sounds like it has a death rattle.

Sold the IIfx. Realized that, yeah, it's the holy grail of '030 Macs, but, at the same time, I have limited space, the Q650 is more powerful, and has upgrade options that the fx doesn't have, so it's gone. I also picked up a couple items, Intel Mac-wise. A Mac Pro 5,1 board to replace the...

Some updates... Picked up an A1289 Mac Pro 2.66GHz Quad-Core machine with 16GB of RAM, a few drives, and two optical drives for $150. Also received an A1278 mid-2010 MacBook Pro that needs a battery with the deal. The same day that occured, I picked up a 24" Dell monitor for $10, plus tax off...

Plans changed a bit. I downgraded to the A1278 MBP and am planning to sell the A1286 as a project machine for someone who has an A1286 with a bad GPU chip, but a good drive and battery. So, swapped the 1TB drive from that computer over to the A1278. My reason for doing this is that one of my...

Finally received the second power harness. Pulled the nVidia card, and finished wiring up the ATi card. Results: Scrolling seems less pokey, and more like what I'd expect from an intel Mac. Previously, it felt like I was using a Macintosh II with the stock 8-bit video card, speed-wise.

Or, install termination resistors onto the board of the CD-ROM drive. I forget if the Panasonic tray loaders have the terminals for them, but I do know that the Sony caddy loaders do, next to the 50-pin connector.

^Yes, might as well. Got Wi-Fi on the Mac Pro, finally. Yes, I know that I'm showing a screenshot of the other forum site. Had to use a couple Nikon Nikkormat FT series shutter mounting screws to mount the Airport Extreme card to the logic board. All of my Apple screws were too big, or...

It could be worse. In late 2014, my niece was playing with a couple friends in our bonus room. For some reason, they decided to make a tent, using my sister's original intel iMac as one support for the sheet. Well, pulled the computer over onto its face. Display cracked internally. Since it...