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I got my hands on this computer about 6 months ago, and I've been wondering what to do with it. I've got a basement workshop that I use for some woodworking as well as a place to make wiring looms for a guy who builds drop-in, plug-and-play replacement injection systems for vintage Jaguar V12...

I recently updated from Catalina to Monterey and I am really annoyed by not being able to remove Control Center from the menu bar. Thankfully, Apple has finally enabled the user to remove the Spotlight icon, but not so with the CC icon. I want it gone, because I never use it, don't need it and...

Having started my odyssey in to the world of Xserves their RAIDs, the shortcomings of the RAID is bugging me. UltraATA disks is a thing that can be overcome by way of adapters, but... 1TB pr. disk size limit, as well as the... finickyness (that's a word, right?) with regards to what disks it...

It seems that my 2006 Xserve 1,1 820-2006-A motherboard (2x3Ghz) has a memory manager issue, and I'm going to replace it rather than spend more time trying to fix it. The question then arises... Like for like, or should I upgrade to a newer board? I have no idea if other boards fit as straight...

I have always loved good music, music that has that unquantifiable "it", for me personally. I am not going to go in to "the best music/musicians/composers of the world" because that is so subjective and personal the only things worse to discuss is religion and politics :D That said, I love a...

And so I have to find a reasonable way to store them. Resistors, diodes, ICs... all sorts of crap that you might need and that's handy to have at...well, at hand. So I built this: 10 drawers that each can contain anywhere from 60 to 300 of these little buggers, depending on size: So all in...

You'd almost suspect I had asked it on a date or something. I feel rejected! ... *Hrm* Anyway, I got my XServe 1.1 2x 3.0GHZ 2006 Xserve home yesterday, after a month or so of waiting so what better way to kill a few hours than to start it up and see what's what? I starts right up, but since...

.. my "new" DIY fume extractor, that is... This is an old fume extractor from... well, it's from a hair salon, ok? The boom is spring loaded and holds the weight up well, even after 20+ years of use. Folded up: Neatly tucked away, I think. It came with a 5-speed fan box that I need to...

Today I found a 1988'ishToshiba T1200 and two LaCie 1TB BiggerDisk G935's. USB, FW400 and FW800. 4 x 250GB disks in each cabinet, for a total of 1TB (931GB usable space). Pictures tomorrow. I started the Toshiba this evening, and.. it frickin works. Even the disk spins up and gives me... DOS...

Purchased a Wallas 3000D diesel heater for a song and a dance a couple of days ago. Old model, been used in a boat. As everyone knows, electronics and the ocean breeze is a perfect combination, and of course the circuit board is in nothing but a perfect, 10/10 condition. As can be documented in...

I needed another computer as much as I needed another hole in my head... but what else is new, right? So I got a 2006 Xserve 2x3GHz and an Xraid with 14 500GB disks in it. Taking delivery of it in May, a friend of mine in a different part of the country picked it up for me. Pictures will follow...

I had a defective motherboard laying around that I figured would be perfect for practicing desoldering larger chips, processors etc. with my new hot air desoldering station. I got one of these stations...

I've had this computer from new, and it behaved great up until about this time last year. It started randomly shutting down, or some times just turn the display off. Restart needed to get it going again. Since I needed a reliable work computer I bought a 2015 MBP 15 to replace it and then I put...

I'm just curious... should we post under EU? I am asking since Norway (though usually first in implementing EU regulations) strictly speaking is not a member of the EU... Would a sub... forum? Group? for Scandinavia or the Nordic countries (mostly for shipping reasons) be an idea?

So, I am trying to get my Cube up and running with the 32-bit Adélie Linux for PPC. Specs: - 450MHz - 1.25GB memory - 120GB Kingston SSD (Mac OS 9 and ... 10.3? Can't remember atm) dual boot perfectly functioning. - nVIDIA GeForce MX grapics card - Apple ADC display - Apple USB keyboard and puck...

Hello all, 51 year old guy from the Trondheim area of Norway here. Been tinkering with computers since my late teens when I first could afford it. Macs have been the default choice - with all the pros and cons - since then, and even more so after a couple of 3-5 year stints working on...