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  1. Elosha

    Drop-In G4 CPU transplant: To G3 B/W from G4 Yikes possible?

    Hey there, I got a G3 B/W logicboard (dunno which rev) a G4 socketed CPU (taken from a G4 Yikes) from e-waste. 1. Seems I managed to modify the G3 board to work with ATX PSUs directly. However when the board tries to boot, it beeps 4 times. Accourding to lookup tables, this seems to be a...
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    PowerMac compatible PCI-X (64bit) extension cards

    Good day, I'm wondering about the 64bit wide PCI slots in my PowerMac G3/G4 ("Yikes", "Sawtooth" etc.). I am aware that 64bit PCI predates PCI-X. But PCI-X cards are heavily backward-compatible regarding voltage, bus width, bus speed and even PCI vs. PCI-X specification. Specs claim you may...
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    Error 403 – unable to access Macintosh Garden anymore

    Good day, Whatever I try (various cable ISPs or VPN), I am not able to access The Macintosh Garden anymore. Always getting a HTTP 403 error. I've seen it temporarily in the past, but now it is permanent since months. I've read that it is Macintosh Garden's method of protecting against bots …...
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    Hello from someone who likes to know more :)

    Hey there, So I thought it would be time to sign up here. I work in IT, grew up with a DOS PC in the 90s and always was interested in "other kinds of computers". I preferred the open architecture of PCs, but switched to Debian Linux after 2003 and finally to Mac OS X in 2006. It was kind of a...
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