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| Evie's Conquests | |
| Posted by: EvieSigma on 2021-12-18 15:05:07 Somehow my recent-ish Conquests thread vanished so I have to start over again...I've gotten a couple Mac things recently but one I only just got today and the other hasn't actually arrived so I'll start with this one, a PowerBook 180 with a 6MB RAM upgrade I got off eBay to replace the 180 I sold to a friend about three years ago. It works but the screen seems like it's got the "tunneling" problem, which sucks. Not sure if I can actually fix that or just mitigate it...      | |
Posted by: 4seasonphoto on 2021-12-18 16:41:01PowerBook 180 ... screen seems like it's got the "tunneling" problem ...Does anyone know the cause of that screen problem? | |
| Posted by: Johnnya101 on 2021-12-18 17:06:21 Pretty sure it's moisture related. I think there was a thread years ago about how you could bake them and "fix" them. | |
Posted by: EvieSigma on 2021-12-18 17:06:41Does anyone know the cause of that screen problem?I believe it's caused by layers of the display partially separating and allowing moisture inside, but don't quote me on that. | |
| Posted by: Juror22 on 2021-12-18 18:37:21 Here is the thread that explores the potential cause(s) of the tunneling issue and a fix that has been tried with some limited success. https://68kmla.org/bb/index.php?thr...ochrome-active-matrix-powerbooks.28706/page-7 It is a long read, but there have been some success stories along the way, along with some cautionary tales. | |
| Posted by: EvieSigma on 2021-12-18 19:21:00 I'm going to let it sit in my nice dry house a while and see if that helps before doing anything drastic. | |
| Posted by: Juror22 on 2021-12-18 20:44:46 Good call 🙂 | |
| Posted by: EvieSigma on 2021-12-22 15:53:08 I picked this up over the weekend, definitely one of my best computer pickups ever...a complete in box (minus the software, unfortunately) Power Mac G4 Cube that I somehow got for just $50. I can't wait to get this thing up and running!     | |
| Posted by: Juror22 on 2021-12-22 17:10:47 Very nice - I paid more than twice that, about a decade ago for mine (it was missing the speakers, so I had to source those separately) That's an incredible deal that you got - the speakers alone are worth more than that! You should be able to find the software if you keep your eyes open and ask around, I'm sure someone will have a copy laying about if you feel the need to complete the package. (be sure to check inside and make sure the battery is not too old) | |
| Posted by: EvilCapitalist on 2021-12-27 07:21:36 Agreed! That is quite a conquest for $50, especially with all you received. Careful though, G4 Cubes are similar to CCs and SE/30s in terms of them being rabbit holes to fall down when it comes to hot-rodding. As far as software goes, Macintosh Garden to the rescue: Mac OS 9.1 - Power Mac G4 Cube Software Restore Discs - Macintosh GardenDownload #1: Power Mac G4 Cube Software Disc, SSW Version 9.1, CD version 1.2 - 691-2987-A Download #2: Power Mac G4 Cube Applications Disc, CD version 1.1 - 691-2977-A Download #3: Power Mac G4 Cube Apple Hardware Test, SW version 1.1 - 691-2910-A Download #4: Power Mac G4 Cube Apple Displays...
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| Posted by: EvieSigma on 2021-12-28 18:14:15 I don't actually know what to do with the weird format they put their files in, .cdr is not a file type I've ever heard of before. Anyway, I got another conquest in the meantime from the land of the rising sun, a fully loaded (and very anime) PowerBook 2400c. Was not cheap, but the CD-ROM drive alone is probably worth like half what I paid...   | |
| Posted by: AndiS on 2021-12-29 02:54:32 .cdr would of course hint to Corel Draw 🙂 But no, it is a ready-to-burn image created by the Disk Utility from OSX. ISO would have been a better choice.. | |
Posted by: Byrd on 2021-12-29 03:08:36The CD-ROM drive alone is probably worth like half what I paid... What's the CD-ROM - Pioneer with SCSI PCMCIA card? I was given a very generic looking PCMCIA CD-ROM for another laptop, you've got me thinking I must try this in non-optical Mac laptops now .... | |
Posted by: EvieSigma on 2021-12-29 04:03:57What's the CD-ROM - Pioneer with SCSI PCMCIA card? I was given a very generic looking PCMCIA CD-ROM for another laptop, you've got me thinking I must try this in non-optical Mac laptops now ....It's branded "IO Data" but I think it's a Pioneer drive, yeah. | |
Posted by: EvieSigma on 2021-12-29 06:17:41.cdr would of course hint to Corel Draw 🙂Any idea how I would convert those to something I can actually use? | |
Posted by: cheesestraws on 2021-12-29 06:50:16Any idea how I would convert those to something I can actually use? In most cases, .cdr = .iso. Try just changing the file extension. | |
Posted by: EvieSigma on 2021-12-29 06:53:32In most cases, .cdr = .iso. Try just changing the file extension.I did try that actually, but when I tried to open the files with PowerISO I got errors saying they were corrupt. | |
| Posted by: cheesestraws on 2021-12-29 06:54:22 Oh. Well, that's unhelpful. | |
Posted by: AndiS on 2021-12-29 10:48:55Any idea how I would convert those to something I can actually use?With any OS X Disk Utility or with the diskutil commandline tool. I have not done it in more than 10 years, but it should still work | |
| Posted by: EvieSigma on 2022-02-12 15:19:58 It's not a Mac but I picked up this Apple IIc bundle yesterday for $125, there's more that came with it (including an ImageWriter II and various disks and manuals) but I haven't processed them yet. The monitor is not the usual Apple IIc monitor but instead the 12" monochrome composite monitor sold alongside the IIGS. The IIc needs some work but I'm glad it shows some signs of life.   | |
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