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Has anyone messed around with the D-Link DBT-120 USB Bluetooth dongle on a G4 using OS9? I was going to try to pair a wireless mouse on my eMac which is a dual-boot (triple boot) OS9 and OSX. I have the D-Link dongle which seems to work fine in OSX (Sorbet Leopard in my case) as without it, my...

It’s an eMac, 1GHZ, with combo drive, 40Gb HDD, 640MB RAM. .It is already running OSX 10..4.6. But, I want to install OS9 and boot that natively—not just run Classic mode. I understand this is the last model eMac that can do it. The only problem is that I cannot get the machine to boot from...

A few months ago I picked up a batch of stuff—some Mac SEs, a Classic, spare logic boards, a LOT of old HDDs, and a bag of keyboards. One of the keyboards is odd to me. It appears to be painted. . . maybe? It looks like a professional job, with a very subtle knock-down texture and a very very...

It’s not an actual meet-up, but it was an event. Think of this as a retro-event. Perfect, right? These are photos during my visit to the opening of Apple Store #3, Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota, USA. This is a suburb of the Twin Cities (Minneapolis and St. Paul). The date was August...

I have seen several examples of using CR2032 battery holders as replacements for dead half-AA on compact Macs. Using this type of battery has been working fine for me on the SE/30, SE, Mac Classic, and I assume there are other systems that can use this solution as well. This is not news to most...

I am troubleshooting BlueSCSI flakiness on an SE and so far it is starting to look like a power issue. I was going to adjust the voltage output but it has the Astec PSU. I took off the top case but there is no visible adjustment pot. Does anyone know if it has a down facing adjustment? Should I...

I am restoring a Mac Classic. Recapped the logic board, fixed a trace or two. Washed everything thoroughly, so no more residue. Overall, the board looks pretty clean now. However, a boot test results in clean, unwavering black and white checkerboard. 5v and 12v power tests fine, CRT is nice and...

The retro-computing hobby, especially as it applies to compact Macs is as much about troubleshooting and repair as it is about using these systems. For many of us, the experience or journey to a successful restoration is the reward. With that in mind, an important troubleshooting step (and part...

I picked up a few compact macs from a guy on craigslist and upon inspection, one of them has a missing brightness knob! I can poke a finger at the potentiometer, but I can’t exactly turn it. Maybe a rubber band could do the trick—like the continuous cord on some older Hunter Douglass window...

I am restoring an SE/30 and had a booting logic board and functional display. Work to date includes logic board recap and cleanup, replaced UE8 chip, removed and cleaned and resoldered ASC chip, troubleshooting SCSI—everything with overall successful outcomes. However, I came to the conclusion...

Hi everyone! Diving in with my first post, and a bit of an introduction. I am a long-time mac user and retro enthusiast in Portland, Oregon. I am looking for a good source for an SE/30 or even just a logic board. I want to tinker, get it running for the long-haul hobby. I have only lived in...