On Tuesday, September 24, 2002, at 08:11 PM, John Teffer wrote: > > Hooray! > >> The powersupply will always make a slight humming when turned off, it >> supplies power to the board instead of using the battery. You >> shouldn't >> be hearing it unless you really try though. If you unplug the machine >> and the clock resets, you defiantly need to replace the battery, that >> may even make the whining go away. Radioshack part #23-026 $11.99. > > Lets say I replace the battery and the whining doesn't go away, will > unplugging the machine when not in use make the battery go down the > drain > fast? REAL fast?
It shouldn't. Those batteries should last a good 3-4 years easy. Having it unplugged will use the battery faster, but not anything to worry about. > >> You may have the E100 card. It was an add on from UMAX that sat in the >> top slot. It gave you 100BT ethernet and faster SCSI. You needed to >> have an enabler in order for it to function. Someone here should have >> that somewhere. > > I think that's what it is. Anyone know where to get that enabler? I'm > running 9.0.something on it right now. (That's what was on it when I > got > it.) I'd like to upgrade to 9.1, if that's still a free download from > Apple, and won't mess anything up. I made a backup copy of the system > folder on the second hard drive to revert back to just in case. I'm not sure where to get the enabler (I don't have an E100), but others here should. Installing 9.1 is not a problem and is still a free download from Apple. OS 9.1 is the furthest you can go though on these machines without a little bit of hacking. Utilities are available that make that job VERY easy. Check out <www.os9forever.com> for OS9.2 [duh] or <http://eshop.macsales.com/OSXCenter/XPostFacto> for OS X installing info. > >> Note: if you are planing to run OSX on this machine, >> the E100 card will not work. > > I'd like to try OSX on this machine someday, it's my fastest Mac, and > probably will be for some time, considering my current level of > cashlessness. Does the SCSI portion of the card not work in X as > well, or > is it just the Ethernet that won't? From what I understand, the E100 simply does not work. I know the SCSI is dead, I'm not sure about the Ethernet part though. The 10BT port next to the AAUI and the serial ports work just fine though. The two internal SCSI busses also work fine in X too. The infernal E100 is the only problem. > > Would I need a G3/4 upgrade to run X, or will it run on the 604/250? > You can run X 10.0 through 10.1.5 with a 604, it would be glacial though and the general feeling is that a 300MHz G3 is necessary for reasonable performance as a daily user. X 10.2 (Jaguar) will not run unless you have a G3/4, period. Check out the link I mentioned above, there is a ton of information on installing OSX. I run Jaguar on my S900 as my main computer, works like a champ. The good news is, depending on how strapped for cash you are, you can get an XLR8 CarrierZIF w/ a G4/450MHz/1MB for $200 right now from Other World Computing <www.macsales.com>. I don't think this is too bad of a deal, I just got the same card (except it has a 300MHz G3) for $89 last week from them. > Thanks, > > John > Anytime, -Robyn -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
