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  1. phunguss

    FB Scam-DANGER! DANGER, WILL ROBINSON!

    But do they have free candy in the back of that van?
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    MicroMac, a Macintosh 128k for under £5

    Awesome! Now all we need a tiny screen and some Matte Muted White Polymaker PLA to print a tiny case for it.
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    Looking For An Airport Card For My G4 MDD-Is This The Right Card?

    Look at the back. If the machine has a FireWire 800 port, it takes the Extreme. If it only have FireWire 400, it takes the original Airport.
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    Converting An 80-gig External To A 250 gig SSD-Need Advice

    You may have to unmount the dvd drive and loot at the top label, they typically show there if not imprinted into the metal casing.
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    Converting An 80-gig External To A 250 gig SSD-Need Advice

    If the internal OSX HD has an option for master/slave instead of Cable Select, then set one to master and the other to slave, and do not use the CS position on the OSX HD.
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    Converting An 80-gig External To A 250 gig SSD-Need Advice

    Typically if you have only 1 device in the chain, either position should work. When you have two devices on an IDE/PATA chain, one has to be master and the other slave. But I would try it on Master first.
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    Installing Mac OS X Leopard on the Apple TV (1st generation)

    The mPCIe Quad SATA card arrived. Installed and tested with two drives attached (I will post screenshots later), it worked out of the box, no driver or kext needed. Proceeding with the lift kit, I have to figure out where to relocate the fan, maybe make a exhaust port left of the dual eSATA...
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    Installing Mac OS X Leopard on the Apple TV (1st generation)

    My next hack/mod will be trying a Mini-PCIE quad SATA adapter. If it works with all 4 drives, then I will 3D print a 1/2" riser so I can mount two internal 2.5 drives and have two eSATA ports on the back.
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    Converting An 80-gig External To A 250 gig SSD-Need Advice

    Even though the external case is still functional, you would be better off leaving the existing drive in it. It is likely PATA to USB 1.1, which really limits the speed/throughput. Adding another PATA to SATA adapter with an SSD is not really going to improve speed. Now that you have a USB...
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    Converting An 80-gig External To A 250 gig SSD-Need Advice

    It should. But first I have to ask, what is the interface on the external drive connecting it to the computer? If USB, then it may be easier/cheaper to just buy and external case already designed for a SATA drive. Example on Amazon, USB 3 and backward compatible with 2.0 and 1.1
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    Issues with OS install on PowerBook 165c

    Do you have to the option to connect your original drive and the BlueSCSIv2 to the same computer and just clone the drive? I am no expert soldering guru myself, but the closeup of the BlueSCSI appears to have very inconsistent solder joints between the Raspberry Pi and the BlueSCSI board (some...
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    PowerBook 3400 siren song

    Maybe they were ahead of their time? YouTube
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    TwiSlot PCI Riser and ComSlot2 NIC repro in widened CS riser form factor

    Does this video show you any angles of the PSU?
  14. phunguss

    May 2024 finds

    These are the type you cherish, not sure if the price is right. G4 Cube boxed.
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    Installing Mac OS X Leopard on the Apple TV (1st generation)

    If you are in the need for an AppleTV Gen1, check this on eBay.
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    May 2024 finds

    The last find for May 2024: Dual Intel 2.0GHz (quad core) MacPro1,1 from Free Geek for $10. I have another MacPro2,1 that is flaky as well, so maybe together I can piece one good one, and one donor case for a Hackintosh motherboard. Still organizing and moving things around, but cleaning...
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    Dumb Question: I Need To Get A PCI USB Card For My G4 MDD, But...

    33 MHz 64-bit PCI slots, not PCIE which are most modern products. If you can find a modern one in non-PCIE, it might be a crap shoot whether it works or not. I found several generic PCI cards at my local Free Geek, and they worked fine in the Graphite AGP and Quicksilver. If you can get...
  18. phunguss

    Hi from Minnesota

    Welcome! I have been frequenting Free Geek almost weekly now, rescuing old mac projects when they are available and within my budget. A lot of macs passed through my hands as well, and I didn't really consider myself a collector of sorts, until 2023.
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    Best hardware for setting up NetInstalls?

    Read the docs, you have to setup images to deploy. They netboot, then install your image or task sequence (page 36 of the 2.0 documentation).
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    Best hardware for setting up NetInstalls?

    They have older versions that likely run on older server OS. DeployStudio Server 1.5.17 THIS IS THE LAST BUILD COMPATIBLE WITH MAC OS X 10.5. earliest version I could find on WayBack Machine is 1.0rc134