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Howdy folks, The original HDD in my G3 B&W has become somewhat unreliable so I decided it was time for an SSD upgrade. After considering various options I got this 64GB Transcend SSD, to put into this SSD to IDE adapter, and install using this 2.5" to 3.5" adapter. When booted from the...

Right, that's what I am saying. The one-time purchase option for Office 2021 is not cloud-based. It's just a one-time purchase that you download and install; you can use it offline and there is no subscription fee or cloud nonsense. Unlike Photoshop (and other Adobe CC stuff) which forces the...

FYI, it is still possible to get MS Office 2021 for Mac as a one-time purchase of $150. Although I also totally support using alternatives.

Yeah, there are probably several replacement options available. These sound fine but not amazing, but I'm not sure how much of that is related to the original metal shields and magnets not being present on the backs anymore.

Replacement of the iMac G3 internal speakers - I recently took on this project, which had been needing done for quite a while. Figured I'd document it here in case it is helpful to others in the future. My iMac's speakers had rotted out pretty badly; they sounded terrible and were falling...

Thanks - yeah, those were both things I tried (before I got it working) but we've since discovered that the problem all along may have been something unrelated: the extra pin on the SCSI header wasn't properly removed and was preventing the cable from seating fully, which may have been the...

Yes, that was one of the things I tried. I don't know if it's something wrong with my system, but I have never been able to get the Disk Jockey program to work properly - when I try to click "Create the Image", it just does nothing. It's almost like it's saving to the default location...

I bought this BlueSCSI pre-built, so I spoke with the person who built it for me and they said it looks correct (these are "castellated" edges so this is normal in appearance for them). After *many* more hours of troubleshooting, I finally got the BlueSCSI to work. I was (due to my own...

Alrighty, so a few signs of progress but still no success yet: After a week of sitting, the PowerBook has now decided that it sees the BlueSCSI and will boot from it 🤷🏻‍♂️ I also got my hands on a proper set of 7.1 disks with the correct enabler. Attempting to format the BlueSCSI using Apple...

Yeah, that's a nice system but is ~2-3x overpriced. Also looks like it's missing a lot of the components such as the angled VGA adapter, software CDs, and modem cable. Not to mention all of the documentation aside from the "about" booklet. If it had all those things it might be worth close to...

Looking good - lol, I am reminded that a distinguished individual once said: "Nobody has THREE G4 Cubes." - 65scribe, 2019

Yeah, this stuff has been around for a while (there are reviews on the Amazon listing going back to at least 2021). Seems to be effective based on what many of them say.

Right, I guess that's what I'm saying - I was confused as to why these disks would be sold if they're useless, because I hadn't realized I was working with a ~special~ system that requires a particular enabler. My confusion likely stemmed from the fact that this is the *opposite* of how later...

Yeah, I discovered it is System Enabler 131. Apparently the 165c is one of a select few 'oddball' machines that requires this under 7.1, as usually you can just use a "standard" installer with most other 1xx series machines. I've been wondering how/why someone would be selling install disks...

Beautiful Cube setup! Almost exactly the same as my own. Might be my favorite computer design of all time (either that or the iMac G4). It is indeed sad to think about how much of this vintage tech was lost during the '90s and 2000s ... so many stories of compact Macs, Lisas, NeXT etc. being...

Ok, so I've spent several hours trying to get this to work but unfortunately haven't had much luck. After putting the .iso onto the SD card in the BlueSCSI, the machine does not recognize it and I can't figure out a way to get it to boot from the device. I've probably disassembled and...

Thanks .. am going to give this a shot tomorrow, appreciate the advice!

Thanks for the advice. I'd also much prefer the second route. I've got the .iso zip file downloaded; is there any special naming to make it show up as a virtual CD-ROM off the SD card?

Using some installer floppies I got a while back for it, I think from here: https://www.ebay.com/itm/353378805901 Is it possible to get the system enabler for the 165c (.bin file?) to the floppies somehow? Or are they just useless with this particular machine...

Recently I finally went ahead and got a BlueSCSI for my PB 165c, which is currently still running its original 120MB HDD with System 7.1 installed. I decided to try reinstalling that version since (a) that was what shipped on this machine originally, (b) it's what is installed on the HDD...