MatthewCobb
Jan 9, 09:53 AM
iTARDIS?
artifex
Nov 2, 01:42 AM
Originally posted by arn
actually, there's a "Tunes" button on everyone's post (see the bottom bar on their posts). Click on that.
But, yes, there should be user search as well as a user list of people with recs.
coming soon. :)
arn
Or do what I just did, hit the "profile" button and look in the upper right to search for all posts by a user...
actually, there's a "Tunes" button on everyone's post (see the bottom bar on their posts). Click on that.
But, yes, there should be user search as well as a user list of people with recs.
coming soon. :)
arn
Or do what I just did, hit the "profile" button and look in the upper right to search for all posts by a user...
acedickson
Mar 11, 06:39 PM
I've been trying to do use several shortcuts with the "fat" arrowkeys but I don't have a "fat" arrowkey on my keyboard. Does it mean something else or am I just slow?
marklin
Apr 16, 05:35 AM
Is not apple has never given an explanation?
For people with dissability is best work with apple icon in keyboard :(
For people with dissability is best work with apple icon in keyboard :(
iMacC2D
Dec 5, 11:58 AM
Greetings MacRumors. Posting here as a long time reader, but i've only been a member of the forums for a very short time. I've been reading some of the forums, getting an idea just what goes on around here and thought perhaps the regulars to the Apple Collectors section would be interested in this. :)
I started working on this project in August so a while ago now. I'm a regular over on MacTalk Australia, and at the time I arranged with one of the forum members to buy up 2 old Compact Macs from a batch of 20 to 30 machines he was clearing out, one of which worked and one of which didn't, a Macintosh 512Ke. For the most part it was completely dead, it didn't even make it to a successful boot chime. Being an otherwise huge fan of the Macintosh (original) body shape and design, I bought it with the intention of doing some work on it. I had no idea what to expect and admittedly assumed something fairly minor.
When it arrived, it was in pretty good shape externally. Internally it was the opposite. Age had taken its toll on the old Macintosh and left the internal frame looking a little rusty, the lower logic board cover stained with calcium, the floppy disk drive gummed up and the rest of it covered in dust. It quickly became apparent that this would be more of a challenge than i first thought.
Being a bit of a Mac nut that has a background of repairing cars, I chose to begin restoring the old machine.
http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/1624/photowvp.jpg
So obviously the first challenge was to make this thing actually power on and boot up. When connected to mains and switched on, it would initialize the floppy disk drive over and over again while whistling... so it wasn't supplying the necessary current to start the machine up, or too much, but all I knew was that the power supply was in a self-protection mode due to some form of fault.
So, I bought a new set of capacitors. Unfortunately the total of the capacitors was around $60 AUD... $47 of which was in 4 mains filter capacitors. So I just skipped them and bought the rest. In the end I needed to bite the bullet for the remaining 4 filter caps, so it has all new capacitors all around, but that was still not enough to kick it over. Admittedly this left me somewhat puzzled. I was pretty sure that would have done the trick.
What was still holding it back was the Flyback transformer. Although otherwise healthy and working, the solder joints securing it to the Analog Board were cracked. After desoldering and resoldering it with fresh solder, fixing the electrical connections in the process, the Mac was able to finally power on.
http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/6301/dcp2423.jpg
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/9049/20090826qxq1119wmnu1atj.jpg
http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/4949/dcp2364.jpg
I considered that a temporary success, being surprised to get even this far, and reapplied the glue to the new capacitors to prevent them from moving, as they do in the factory.
Even so, I still had a Sad Mac to deal with. There was no error code, just garbage, which didn't make the fault isolation process any simpler. I didn't know what was wrong, only that the logic board was at fault. Many of the usual basic components tested fine, so the culprit had to be a bad IC, which are not only near impossible to diagnose with home tools, but also difficult to find replacements for.
I had no idea where to go from here, so I turned to another member on the MacTalk Australia forums who happened to find another compact Mac, a Macintosh Plus, with analog board issues (cracked joints) and some case yellowing. I at least wanted one working Compact Mac. When it arrived, I noticed the case was indeed a nice shade of yellow on the front bezel and the analog board had a nasty habit of tripping the safety switches in my house.
However the logic board from the Plus did work in the 512Ke and did in fact tell me that the analog board restoration had gone well, so I pressed on with some of the basics. This involved cleaning out the 512's floppy disk drive and relubricating the moving parts, removing any rust and corrosion from the internal frame by means of sanding and cleaning away the remaining dirt and debris from the rear "bucket" casing.
Once all that was done, I took a bit of a random shot at resolving the issue with the Macintosh 512Ke logic board. In the process of tinkering at random, I took the ROM LOW chip from the Plus board and fitted it to the 512Ke board, which resulted in a successful boot. Not surprisingly, the ROM was the same down to the checksum, so I left the Plus ROM on the 512Ke board instead of seeking out another set of replacements.
With a successful boot, I was now presented with the flashing question mark prompting me for a system disk. In another stroke of luck, I was able to find a System Disk in my random stash of old disks, which booted the system to the desktop without any issues.
http://img571.imageshack.us/img571/908/dcp2438.jpg
This was a great result, but it exposed another issue that I hadn't quite noticed before. The CRT was displaying a raster that was taller yet narrower than Apple's specifications and it was also somewhat warped on each corner. To correct this, I borrowed the electronics tools from my high school at the time to calibrate the display. These CRTs are extremely sensitive to even a 2 degree turn of the yoke, so even the very slightest movement will be reflected as a significant tilt of the CRT raster. It took literally hours to get the raster displaying perfectly straight with no warping or blurring of the edges. After that was sorted though, brightness, contrast, focus and voltages were otherwise extremely easy to adjust in comparison.
This pretty well bought the project to completion. Not one component inside the system hadn't been worked on at some stage and all of them seemed to be working within spec, so I was satisfied with the result.
I had some other bits and pieces collected over the years that I was finally able to use now that I had the computer to use them with.
http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/2509/dcp2449.jpg
For the most part the computer has stayed in that condition and configuration since then. It doesn't get much use, but it makes for an interesting discussion piece and every now and then it's great to fire up MacWrite, MacPaint or Apple's bundled Maze game (titled "Amazing") and just mess around with it for a while. It has a certain charm of its own, in its design, its simplicity and it's overall retro appeal.
Anyway, that's the story of the 512Ke Restoration Project. It took just a little over a month of on and off work to complete it, and about $80 Australian to build it up with fresh components.
I'm sure some of the vintage Mac collectors around here will be interested in it, and also interested to know it's not the only machine i've done such work to. I also have an Apple II Plus in the next room that's had similar treatment (mainly cosmetic) and an iMac G3 that's undergone extensive work similar to this. For me, it's the challenge that keeps me coming back, but the end result is equally as rewarding.
Cheers :cool:
- Michael
I started working on this project in August so a while ago now. I'm a regular over on MacTalk Australia, and at the time I arranged with one of the forum members to buy up 2 old Compact Macs from a batch of 20 to 30 machines he was clearing out, one of which worked and one of which didn't, a Macintosh 512Ke. For the most part it was completely dead, it didn't even make it to a successful boot chime. Being an otherwise huge fan of the Macintosh (original) body shape and design, I bought it with the intention of doing some work on it. I had no idea what to expect and admittedly assumed something fairly minor.
When it arrived, it was in pretty good shape externally. Internally it was the opposite. Age had taken its toll on the old Macintosh and left the internal frame looking a little rusty, the lower logic board cover stained with calcium, the floppy disk drive gummed up and the rest of it covered in dust. It quickly became apparent that this would be more of a challenge than i first thought.
Being a bit of a Mac nut that has a background of repairing cars, I chose to begin restoring the old machine.
http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/1624/photowvp.jpg
So obviously the first challenge was to make this thing actually power on and boot up. When connected to mains and switched on, it would initialize the floppy disk drive over and over again while whistling... so it wasn't supplying the necessary current to start the machine up, or too much, but all I knew was that the power supply was in a self-protection mode due to some form of fault.
So, I bought a new set of capacitors. Unfortunately the total of the capacitors was around $60 AUD... $47 of which was in 4 mains filter capacitors. So I just skipped them and bought the rest. In the end I needed to bite the bullet for the remaining 4 filter caps, so it has all new capacitors all around, but that was still not enough to kick it over. Admittedly this left me somewhat puzzled. I was pretty sure that would have done the trick.
What was still holding it back was the Flyback transformer. Although otherwise healthy and working, the solder joints securing it to the Analog Board were cracked. After desoldering and resoldering it with fresh solder, fixing the electrical connections in the process, the Mac was able to finally power on.
http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/6301/dcp2423.jpg
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/9049/20090826qxq1119wmnu1atj.jpg
http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/4949/dcp2364.jpg
I considered that a temporary success, being surprised to get even this far, and reapplied the glue to the new capacitors to prevent them from moving, as they do in the factory.
Even so, I still had a Sad Mac to deal with. There was no error code, just garbage, which didn't make the fault isolation process any simpler. I didn't know what was wrong, only that the logic board was at fault. Many of the usual basic components tested fine, so the culprit had to be a bad IC, which are not only near impossible to diagnose with home tools, but also difficult to find replacements for.
I had no idea where to go from here, so I turned to another member on the MacTalk Australia forums who happened to find another compact Mac, a Macintosh Plus, with analog board issues (cracked joints) and some case yellowing. I at least wanted one working Compact Mac. When it arrived, I noticed the case was indeed a nice shade of yellow on the front bezel and the analog board had a nasty habit of tripping the safety switches in my house.
However the logic board from the Plus did work in the 512Ke and did in fact tell me that the analog board restoration had gone well, so I pressed on with some of the basics. This involved cleaning out the 512's floppy disk drive and relubricating the moving parts, removing any rust and corrosion from the internal frame by means of sanding and cleaning away the remaining dirt and debris from the rear "bucket" casing.
Once all that was done, I took a bit of a random shot at resolving the issue with the Macintosh 512Ke logic board. In the process of tinkering at random, I took the ROM LOW chip from the Plus board and fitted it to the 512Ke board, which resulted in a successful boot. Not surprisingly, the ROM was the same down to the checksum, so I left the Plus ROM on the 512Ke board instead of seeking out another set of replacements.
With a successful boot, I was now presented with the flashing question mark prompting me for a system disk. In another stroke of luck, I was able to find a System Disk in my random stash of old disks, which booted the system to the desktop without any issues.
http://img571.imageshack.us/img571/908/dcp2438.jpg
This was a great result, but it exposed another issue that I hadn't quite noticed before. The CRT was displaying a raster that was taller yet narrower than Apple's specifications and it was also somewhat warped on each corner. To correct this, I borrowed the electronics tools from my high school at the time to calibrate the display. These CRTs are extremely sensitive to even a 2 degree turn of the yoke, so even the very slightest movement will be reflected as a significant tilt of the CRT raster. It took literally hours to get the raster displaying perfectly straight with no warping or blurring of the edges. After that was sorted though, brightness, contrast, focus and voltages were otherwise extremely easy to adjust in comparison.
This pretty well bought the project to completion. Not one component inside the system hadn't been worked on at some stage and all of them seemed to be working within spec, so I was satisfied with the result.
I had some other bits and pieces collected over the years that I was finally able to use now that I had the computer to use them with.
http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/2509/dcp2449.jpg
For the most part the computer has stayed in that condition and configuration since then. It doesn't get much use, but it makes for an interesting discussion piece and every now and then it's great to fire up MacWrite, MacPaint or Apple's bundled Maze game (titled "Amazing") and just mess around with it for a while. It has a certain charm of its own, in its design, its simplicity and it's overall retro appeal.
Anyway, that's the story of the 512Ke Restoration Project. It took just a little over a month of on and off work to complete it, and about $80 Australian to build it up with fresh components.
I'm sure some of the vintage Mac collectors around here will be interested in it, and also interested to know it's not the only machine i've done such work to. I also have an Apple II Plus in the next room that's had similar treatment (mainly cosmetic) and an iMac G3 that's undergone extensive work similar to this. For me, it's the challenge that keeps me coming back, but the end result is equally as rewarding.
Cheers :cool:
- Michael
Jolly Jimmy
May 4, 10:20 PM
See this (http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.4/en/mh606.html) support page.
Flying Llama
Aug 15, 04:02 PM
Some orbs with various backgrounds seen in submission #7:
iLikeToDrum
Mar 31, 08:47 PM
OK. So, I did multi camming, then rendered, thus removing the extra ends of the videos.
So, pretty much... editing the cuts between angles, since this is a moving camera(some parts suck) then it'd speed the click or vice versa.
So, pretty much... editing the cuts between angles, since this is a moving camera(some parts suck) then it'd speed the click or vice versa.
Kenny Pollock
Feb 1, 02:15 PM
Originally posted by michaelrjohnson
.... but why?
Hehe, I said the same thing..
Look at the sneak peak .mov file... it's nothing to do with the site, it's a freak iPod mini ad, nothing original.
.... but why?
Hehe, I said the same thing..
Look at the sneak peak .mov file... it's nothing to do with the site, it's a freak iPod mini ad, nothing original.
GoKyu
Apr 4, 06:07 PM
I joined up maybe 2 weeks ago and I jumped from like 850+ already up to 237...I keep Folding running on my Mac Pro 24/7, and the nice thing is, it really crunches the numbers, but I *never* feel any kind of lag from it :)
I was wondering, does this Folding project help at all with diabetes? I didn't specifically see anything about that disease on their site, and I have a few really close friends who have it...
Bioware, Dragon Age II
version of Dragon Age II,
o Dragon Age 2 features a
Dragon Age II just seems to
version of Dragon Age II
dragon age 2 bag upgrade
Dragon Age II Companion Quests
Dragon Age II
Dragon Age 2 DLC Releases On
I was wondering, does this Folding project help at all with diabetes? I didn't specifically see anything about that disease on their site, and I have a few really close friends who have it...
gopher
Sep 15, 12:35 AM
http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nomad-village.it%2Ftesto_completo.asp%3FIDARTICOLO%3D133&langpair=it%7Cen&hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&prev=%2Flanguage_tools
Hard to tell if it is fake or not:
Hard to tell if it is fake or not:
Drago89
Apr 29, 03:54 PM
Hi all.I think i have a problem.When i bought my mini i could barely hear it but now things have changed. The things is that my fan is showing rpms about 1200-1500 which i think is normal, so i think it's the HDD. Is it possible even though it's 5400 rpm and apple hard drives are generally silent. Also when i put my head close to the mini i can hear some strange metal noise. I can't explain it but you know that HDDs have some things inside which are spinning. Other than that everything works normal which i find strange ... My mini is still under warranty so if i take it to my local store would they change it, even though the HDD is working .. well at least it's still not crashed.
patrick0brien
Jul 15, 02:00 PM
Originally posted by WifeOfBillGates
Thought macs never crash?
-WifeOfBillGates
Nobody ever said that! :D
It's just incredibly rare. The average user should only see a Kernel Panic (crash) once a year on average.
jtown, as for that 'crash'. That sounds serious. A kernel panic or KP for short, presents itself by greying the screen with a box in the middle telling you to restart in several languages. The black screen thing you describe sounds like some kind of hardware failure. What can you tell me about the circumstances? What was the temp/humidity of the room? How hot did it get in there?
Thought macs never crash?
-WifeOfBillGates
Nobody ever said that! :D
It's just incredibly rare. The average user should only see a Kernel Panic (crash) once a year on average.
jtown, as for that 'crash'. That sounds serious. A kernel panic or KP for short, presents itself by greying the screen with a box in the middle telling you to restart in several languages. The black screen thing you describe sounds like some kind of hardware failure. What can you tell me about the circumstances? What was the temp/humidity of the room? How hot did it get in there?
ComputersaysNo
Nov 7, 02:06 PM
An Apple III and photoshop MXXVVVI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2PsiJXswiM
getbigg21
Nov 24, 12:45 PM
yeah i have got some interest on the console. i hope that it sells for that much. if not i will keep it for a little longer and then put it back on ebay closer to Christmas.
Thomas Veil
Sep 15, 10:46 PM
Okay, now this (http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/internet/09/15/google.blogs.ap/index.html) is a cool, clever idea. Google does it again.
To top it off, I got a pleasant surprise when I blogged myself and found this (http://musingsonamerica.blogspot.com/2004/11/george-bush-definitely-ad-nauseum.html). Is one of you guys "prajwal"?? :D
To top it off, I got a pleasant surprise when I blogged myself and found this (http://musingsonamerica.blogspot.com/2004/11/george-bush-definitely-ad-nauseum.html). Is one of you guys "prajwal"?? :D
RebootD
Mar 15, 11:07 AM
I remember when Ryan Block left Engadget and people were saying similar things, wondering about Engadget's future. Josh eventually grew into the role and now he's leaving. While it's sad to see him go, I'm sure someone else will eventually fill the spotlight.
But did three of the top contributors leave with him? I think the fear is that both Miller's, Nilay and Josh left within a few months. Usually when you have an exodus by senior staff that isn't a good sign. Plus their posts are getting more and more snarky ala Gizmodo which is why I don't read Giz.
But did three of the top contributors leave with him? I think the fear is that both Miller's, Nilay and Josh left within a few months. Usually when you have an exodus by senior staff that isn't a good sign. Plus their posts are getting more and more snarky ala Gizmodo which is why I don't read Giz.
cferra
Apr 29, 12:11 AM
Has anyone else seen this today? The I opened the facebook app on my iphone today and was greeted with a spotlight over the messages icon and it stated - Now you can get your email, messages and chat all in one place! and the options in the messaging app changes to look like this. The options and the prompt did not appear today on my wife's iphone. Strange.. (image attached)
Chris
Chris
viperGTS
Dec 24, 05:12 PM
you can upgrade, but youll lose your jailbreak and some traces of it will remain. if you sent it in for repair youll be rejected. its best to restore to a current version if youre jailbroken.
blodwyn
Jan 4, 12:02 PM
Run the Disk Utility application (in the Utilities folder in your Applications folder). Select your hard disk in the left pane and click on the Repair Permissions button.
I run Macaroni which repairs permissions automatically according to a schedule, and have never had a problem. I believe that conventional wisdom suggests that you should repair permissions before and after applying Apple software updates, and after installing any application that requires the entry of the admin password.
I run Macaroni which repairs permissions automatically according to a schedule, and have never had a problem. I believe that conventional wisdom suggests that you should repair permissions before and after applying Apple software updates, and after installing any application that requires the entry of the admin password.
jonathan182
Mar 25, 04:34 AM
I've been trying to encrypt my hard drive and it keeps getting stuck at the same exact point i tried to re install everything ect
and it keep doing the same thing
anyone knows what i could do to fix it
and it keep doing the same thing
anyone knows what i could do to fix it
r0k
Apr 28, 01:40 PM
If you got an OS X disk with a particular Mac, it probably won't work on a different Mac. If you bought a "family pack" disk, there are a limited number of installs specified in the license agreement. If you bought a single install disk and used it once then based on the license agreement you are done.
What is different for us Mac users is there is the OS is not DRM laden. You can elect to run roughshod over the license agreement and you won't be faced with typing in strings of 15 digits or sitting for 45 minutes on the phone proving you are not a thief. That's the way things are when you are dealing with Microsoft. If you don't want to contribute to the risk that things could become more like that for us Apple customers, I suggest you read, understand and abide by the license agreement that came with your copy of OS X.
What is different for us Mac users is there is the OS is not DRM laden. You can elect to run roughshod over the license agreement and you won't be faced with typing in strings of 15 digits or sitting for 45 minutes on the phone proving you are not a thief. That's the way things are when you are dealing with Microsoft. If you don't want to contribute to the risk that things could become more like that for us Apple customers, I suggest you read, understand and abide by the license agreement that came with your copy of OS X.
Prom1
Dec 21, 12:32 AM
RIGHT now the MAIN issue is between Microsoft Office 2011 NOT allowing Sync Services (the reason to reboot after installation) to, well, Sync with Calendar!! :O Only Contacts will sync with Outlook 2011.
I'm SERIOUSLY PISSED at this because I live and breath BB and Outlook for PIM management in my Windows life at work and trying to be completely Mac. Yet Microsoft has "promised" a future update will bring this � whenever THAT is.
NO Microsoft, you will NOT force me to purchase your WM7 Smartphone brands of your partners.
I'm SERIOUSLY PISSED at this because I live and breath BB and Outlook for PIM management in my Windows life at work and trying to be completely Mac. Yet Microsoft has "promised" a future update will bring this � whenever THAT is.
NO Microsoft, you will NOT force me to purchase your WM7 Smartphone brands of your partners.
Kobushi
Dec 18, 11:20 PM
Very cool. :)
I'd love to see it slowed down a tad though.
heh, I just spent the last 20min trying to make it go faster...the slash part anyway.....Wanted a quick tiger strike ;)
Lemmie see what I can do.....
I'd love to see it slowed down a tad though.
heh, I just spent the last 20min trying to make it go faster...the slash part anyway.....Wanted a quick tiger strike ;)
Lemmie see what I can do.....
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