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    Mac Mini G4 - Superdrive rejecting blank DVDs

    Mac Mini G4 1.4, 512MB, Superdrive (UJ835F (with updated firmware)) , Toast Titanium 6 10.4.8 My Mac mini now spits out blank DVD-Rs after attempting to read them for a few seconds. It used to read/write this particular brand fine, though that was last using 10.4.7 (though this may be...
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    Spotlight keeps crashing

    Thanks Jbarley - it has now stopped crashing for the time being whilst indexing is off! These two commands are the same. Presume the second one is a typo? What should it be? Thanks in advance
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    Spotlight keeps crashing

    Mini G4 1.42, 512MB, Tiger 10.4.7 Spotlight keeps crashing - it never finishes indexing now. Looking in my console log, I see: --- Sep 19 23:10:02 MiniMac crashdump[1984]: mds crashed Looking for devices matching vendor ID=1193 and product ID=8718 Looking for devices matching vendor...
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    Silicon Graphics Peripherals?

    Although the Personal Iris keyboard and mouse has a PS2-like connector, they are not compatible with PC/Macs. You can get adaptors for the monitor, but they are expensive and really aren't worth it. The picture quality wouldn't be great compared to todays standards so you are better picking...
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    The original Apple Logo

    This is correct! Slightly more info here: http://macfaq.org/hardware/misc.shtml
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    68kforum.com

    I see you are having some problems registering with the 68kmla, but worth a mention. The info has helped me out with all sorts of queries and questions. http://www.68kmla.net Sincil
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    Trouble with the old SE

    If you've got a torx screwdriver, there's no problem opening an SE. All compacts since the Plus have a self-discharging CRT, but its always wise to be careful around it. Find yourself a smallish (1gb +-) 50pin SCSI drive and stick that it. That'll format OK with the patched HD setup, and...
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    Mac SE games from PC; is it possible

    Unfortunately, PC's cannot work with 800k Mac disks. You will need a Mac with a HD drive as a go-between - I use an LC475. 1) Download files on PC. 2) Copy to 1.4MB PC formatted disk. 3) Open on HD Mac, copy to hard drive. Put 800K disk in, copy files to 800k disk. 4) Place 800k disk in SE.
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