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In the early 2000s I had an interesting experience. Riding my bike in New York City, heading back to the train station, I saw a Power PC 7200/120 that had been tossed out. By some freaking miracle, I managed to carry it under one arm while I rode my bike back to the train station. That was NOT...

I'll definitely be there. I drove to the Trenton New Jersey computer show (I haven't been to that in almost 30 years). Steve of Mac84 told me it had turned into a rather sad affair, which unfortunately was true. I did pick up a $25 Windows laptop, but the keys are acting a little funky. When I...

Hi. So, a friend is using Windows 10. During an automatic update for both Windows and Chrome, all his bookmarks were deleted . He says all his Microsoft Office products are gone. Is there any way he can recover what he lost? Thanks.

I'll start. Lessee... It's been a long time!! Late 1990s?? I got a Centris 650 that way in the Tribeca area of New York City. A number of buddies and I were notified that a company was getting rid of a lot of computer stuff. We went down there. A light rain was in progress. There were A TON of...

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This is an off-shoot from this thread: https://tinkerdifferent.com/threads/g4-power-supply-swap-adapter-cable-has-the-wrong-connector-from-atx-ps-to-adapter-cable.3374/ The G4 MDD is hooked up to my 32-inch Panasonic Viera TV (2010). My 2010 Mac Mini is hooked up to it as well. Note the...

I had been busy all week, and was just getting to the PS swap today. I began the involved process of taking the old PS out, only to discover that the adapter I was sent, as per Action Retro's video, has the wrong connector going from the ATX power supply to the adapter. All that work for...

Hey folks! So, as you know from earlier threads about my G4 mirror door Mac, I'm getting ready to swap the power supply. I'm just waiting for the ATX cable adapter. There is one curious problem I want to address. If I were to unplug the G4, it wouldn't hold the PRAM data. The battery I put in...

Hey folks! So...who's this dude with the funny name and the T-shirt? Well, I've been a fan of the prog rock band Rush for 42 years. I'm a writer, illustrator and photographer. Recently, I've been taking a stab at video editing, which I've always wanted to learn. I've been using Macs for 36...

This is a little off-shoot from the thread I started about my G4's problem. I'm just curious if any of you folks have tried this, given this power supply's issues with the MDD... Have any of you done an autopsy on a dead PSU from an MDD? If so, have you tried resurrecting it (recapping and...

Hey folks! So, to preface this-the machine is not used often. This is what happens once in a while.... I hit the power button, and nothing. I unplug and plug the power cord back into the G4, and it boots up. The clock settings are lost, and I have to reset them. FYI, the Saft PRAM battery I...

I went to the School Of Visual Arts in New York City, from the late 1980s to the mid 1990s. The very first computer class I took was one on desktop publishing. The computers I used were all Macs: an SE & an SE/30. My professor at the time told me something that has remained with me for decades…...

This was done on my 2011 27" iMac. I went to the School Of Visual Arts in New York City. My first computer class was way back in 1988, where I used SEs and SE/30s. The class was desktop publishing. I'm a writer and illustrator. These drawings were done in Prismacolor pencils. Enjoy! Saul Trabal...

While I can afford to buy a new Mac, I absolutely refuse to do so. I am currently using Photoshop CS6, which is the last copy of this software that you can own. Afterwards, you have to rent the cloud-based version. The same goes for Microsoft Word. What I use, while older, is good enough for...

Hey folks! So, I plan to populate all four drive connections inside my G4. One has OSX, which came with it, one has OS9 which I recently installed. A third will be additional storage. The fourth? Well, after watching some of Action Retro's videos, I'm trying to figure out what Linux GUI I'd...

I wanted to thank both Steve Matarazzo (Mac84) and Sean (Action Retro) for their help in upgrading my G4 mirror door Mac. I was able to add an SSD (I watched Sean's videos and used the adapter he mentioned), and Steve helped me out with some equipment and advice on how to make this upgrade...

Hey folks! Okay, I cleaned the inside of the G4 a bit, put new thermal paste on the processor and added the SSD, partitioning it.. I found that in order to try and install OS9 on the SSD, the original OSX HD had to be in there as well. Downloaded the OS9 drivers from this link...