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- oc it to 90mhz!! then it becomes awesome,

- buy another one of my hard drives for this i got one in mine and its awesome. Mac os 8.1/8.6/7.5.5 /7.6 on mine

Mac IIcx

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- buy a hd from me for this too

heck you could do 6.0.8/7.0./7.1/7.5.5 /w OT1.3 all on their own partitions

- buy another one of my hard drives for this i got one in mine and its awesome. Mac os 8.1/8.6/7.5.5 /7.6 on mine

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I may, but I think I have a suitable drive for it.

- buy a hd from me for this too

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Same here, although I might reconsider...
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OK, so I've gotten it cleaned up and somewhat deyellowed*.

I plugged it in, and at first, it didn't work right (my Classic II did the same thing, but it was worse), but it came to life after a few tries and booted to System 6.0.7. The display is rather distorted and the brightness is poor, so I think the analog board needs repairs. It has the RAM expansion board, so I can max it out to 4 MB (it has 2 MB currently). It has the stock 40 MB hard drive, which appears to be working okay.

Software includes Microsoft Works 3.0 and HyperCard 2.0.

It apparently had served a rather menial task in it's past life at a car dealership over in Citrus Heights (a suburb of Sacramento, CA), which is probably the only thing unique about this machine.

I'll get a few pictures of it up in awhile.

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*I used straight Oxy-Clean in the dishwasher instead of regular detergent. Surprisingly, it actually deyellowed the plastics pretty well (I think I'll call it "RetroBright-lite" ).

6100/66

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- oc it to 90mhz!! then it becomes awesome,

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Not all of the PM6100s will OC to 90 MHz. At least that was the summary of the reports from back in the day. There were newer adn older revisions of the PPC601 chip and that plays a part in how much OC the machine will tolerate.

However, I also suspect that the voltage regulator may play a part. Apple used an adjustable LT1086 and the voltage level is set by the relationship of two resistors. Resistors have tolerances.

I suspect that if you get a PM6100 with the resistors at one end of the tolerance range, your PPC is getting a little higher voltage and the thing overclocks better. Get a PM6100 with the resistors at the other end, and the voltage is lower and it does not OC so well.

But that's just a hypothesis.

@CC:

It apparently had served a rather menial task in it's past life at a car dealership over in Citrus Heights (a suburb of Sacramento, CA),

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Hey, do some forensic investigation on that hard disk and send a ransom note to the dealership, using letters cut out from their local newspaper. They're sure to be hiding something }

Rick

OK, I get that you're joking, RickNel (you are, right?) but please:

Don't anyone ever do something as appallingly dumb as this.

I think he's joking?

Anyway, no new progress so far. I'll have to send the logic board and maybe the analog board for recapping.

Shortly, I'll tackle the Performa 575 and Power Mac 6100/66.

Stay tuned...

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Teach me - what is the best choice of emoticon to make sure nobody on this forum is in doubt that I am joking?

I thought the "evil" emoticon would be enough, but apparently it is possible that I might be sincerely evil. :O

Of course, this being the internet, I could also be a dog. Unless better advised, in future I will stick to the "wink" emoticon, since I don't find any emoticon for "bob head and wag tail" to indicate playfulness.

Rick (probably)

Still no progress on the P575 or 6100, but yesterday, I got an Apple branded Quantum 1.2 GB SCSI Hard Drive, an Apple branded 6 GB HD, an A9M0106 floppy drive (with data cable hacked off and missing ) and an AppleCD 300i Plus.

I know what I'll do with the SCSI hard drive (if it works): I'll either put it in some machine and use it there or put it in an enclosure.

The floppy drive I'll probably use for parts because I already have one which works, but missing some screws (unfortunately the "new" one also is missing a few, but it still has some which my other one lacks). If the drive mechanism works, I'll clean it up and use it in some machine that's lacking a drive.

I don't know what to use the AppleCD drive for yet. Maybe I can use it for installing A/UX on something (that requires that I get an enclosure of some kind, though; it's just a bare internal drive right now). I think I'll put it in the Quadra 950 in place of the generic drive I have in there now.

I also got some PC tower which looks like it's in okay shape, but this isn't a PC forum [] ]'> .

The best part? I got it all for $11! [] ]'>

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I don't know what to use the AppleCD drive for yet. Maybe I can use it for installing A/UX on something (that requires that I get an enclosure of some kind, though; it's just a bare internal drive right now). I think I'll put it in the Quadra 950 in place of the generic drive I have in there now.

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Nothing beats having a spare!

Nothing beats having a spare!

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How true!
Well I got the drives cleaned up (they were quite dirty), and I'm just plugging them into power to see if they spin up.

Good news is that, despite some horrible whining sounds, the SCSI drive spun right up and the heads did their self check thing, so I assume it's operable.

Same goes for the IDE one.

The AppleCD, however, I'm not sure of. There's a light on the front which comes on and glows amber while it's making some whirring sounds, then it goes green.

The tray seems to open and close normally, and it doesn't complain when a disk is inserted.

However, I don't know if it's reading the disk, because it doesn't spin up and make audible noise (except for a slight clicking sound). I think it's spinning, but I can't tell.

Any advice?

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My experience is that it won't spin up and read the disk unless it is connected to a machine (properly).

I would suggest just doing a quick check by setting the SCSI ID manually, opening up a machine you have that works (any SCSI machine will do - LCs are great for this), and connecting the molex/SCSI cable and hit boot.

Be a nice quick test with no fiddling to get it installed properly.

Today I received in the mail a retail copy of Mac OS 8.5 (complete with box and cellophane overwrap!) and an LC network card.

Will the LC card work in an LC III? I don't see why not, but I thought I'd ask anyway.

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It should work.

Nothing beats having a spare!

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It's thinking like that which put 150 boxes (no really, I have an inventory, there's 150) in my attic. It's not all Mac stuff. Most of it is or Mac related (electronic parts for repairs or future projects).

Of course, some of the boxes are small -- 10" X 6" X 8" or some such, but many are large. There's a pretty even mix.

It's thinking like that which put 150 boxes (no really, I have an inventory, there's 150) in my attic.

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Yes, I know. That is why I have a bunch of junk piling up (unlike you, I don't have it inventoried very well).

It should work.

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OK, I guess I'll give it a try.
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Will the LC card work in an LC III? I don't see why not, but I thought I'd ask anyway.

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Well, I guess it doesn't matter anymore...
...Because I just got an LC! It comes complete with 12" RGB monitor, keyboard, mouse, and User's Guide.

All for $50 (which probably wouldn't surprise anyone, considering how common they are). I think it needs a new hard drive (and probably new capacitors), but it appears to be in good shape overall with minor yellowing.

I also got a box full of PowerBook G4s for $140 shipped (about $28 shipped each) which I plan on fixing up (I could get at least one going as I think I might have the necessary parts left over from last year's restoration project). I'm going to probably sell most of them when I'm done (though I might keep one for myself because it's the HiRes model).

And coming soon is uniserver's Quadra 840av (I like a challenge every now and then) and possibly a G5 (I know, I know...) if I can get my act together monetarily.

As for the other stuff, I haven't done much with it yet because I've been busy with other stuff.

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Well, I got the G5. It's a dual 2.0 GHz model (A1047?). It has an ADC port, if that means anything.

Unfortunately, the rear foot got mangled during shipping, so I bought a new/used case for it from eBay for $50 shipped. Hopefully that will make it as good as new.

I also got TMG's Mac Plus. Aside from a chip in the front bezel (on the top corner) and the usual yellowing, it looks to be in decent shape. I will see about fixing up the analog board and using that to fix up my other one. Then I can *finally* sell mine (I'll probably put it on LEM Swap, since there's a glut of them up here (nothing wrong with that, especially when they're free ).)

I also have coming a Quadra 650, PowerBook 150, and PB165c, courtesy of James1095.

Also in the works is (maybe) a Quadra 950 *with* drive bezels! I also have my eye on a floppy bezel and cable on eBay for the Q950 I have now.

OK, so enough about new stuff.

The Mac Classic, while now basically good as new, is still having some weird analog board issues, so I've set it aside until I can get a new one.

The 6100,likewise, has been set aside because I haven't had the time it seems.

The Mac IIcx was merged with my other one (and the remnants went to Trash for his experiments) to hopefully make a working machine. At the very least, it's complete, so that's a start (there's something to fix, in other words ).

That's all for now!

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I ordered the floppy bezel and cable, so they should arrive in a few days.

Also, although it isn't Mac related, I finally got a new stereo for our pickup truck. The original still works okay, but the power switch doesn't work (therefore it's stuck on; the knob also likes to fall out, and since it's also the volume control, it's somewhat problematic) and the tape player's broken, two things I really wish it had. All that's left now is to replace the driver's side speaker (I replaced the passenger side one, which was terribly decayed); I have it, I just need to find some time .

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Well, I'm digging into the Quadra 840av, and so far, I don't even know where to start.

Does anyone have schematics/tech manuals/service manuals for this thing?

Better yet, would anybody be willing to take a look at it for me? Uniserver pretty much threw all he had at it to no avail, and I'm not even going to try unless I get some guidance or something.

I don't really need help taking it apart; I figured that out easily enough.

Thanks,

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I looked at the Plus today.

What I found is graphic in nature, and I will censor photos of it for now :lol:

There is some serious corrosion, particularly on J4, a nearby IC (U2?), and various resistors and diodes. It would seem that something bad happened at one point.

I've already replaced J4 and the IC, and I'm working on replacing the other damaged components. For simplicity, I am transferring these from my other bad board with the assumption of the parts in question being OK.

Once I'm certain everything's OK, I will replace some of the capacitors, just to be safe.

It's amazing it worked at all!

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Success!



I had to replace W4 (little more than a jumper), R23 and R24, U2, J4, and carefully redo a pad which lifted. I then touched up a few solder joints to ensure that they don't fail.

So far, it's working, although there's still a fair amount of rust and corrosion on a few components (including the flyback), so they'll have to be replaced sooner or later I think.

The Power circuit appears to be quite healthy; I can get it to crowbar at 5.50 volts, so that's good (it probably means the capacitors and other key components are healthy). There's no weirdness in the display, aside from the height adjustment being out of whack (probably my fault, since I fiddled with the pots while working on the board), and the alignment being slightly low.

Now all I need is a boot disk (I have those), an keyboard and a mouse.

So far, I estimate I've spent about $80 on this thing ($40 for the original unit, plus ~$35 to buy TMG's for extra parts).

I figure I could probably get about $10,000 for it on eBay :lol: :lol: :lol:

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So you are using the analog board out of the one I sent you? If so very impressive! I thought out of all of the components in that computer, the analog board would be the 1 thing that would not be salvageable at all.

If you don't mind me asking, how many working Pluses do you have now?

I now have three fully operational Pluses

I was thinking of selling the one I just repaired, though.

So you are using the analog board out of the one I sent you? If so very impressive! I thought out of all of the components in that computer, the analog board would be the 1 thing that would not be salvageable at all.

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Yes, I am. I looked at it, and it seemed that it was essentially intact (and I checked a few traces which *looked* damaged to make certain, and they checked out OK), so I took a leap of faith and figured I'd try replacing a few components which seemed particularly damaged looking and see what would happen. I also figured that since the worst that could happen is nothing at all, I thought I had little to lose (also, it seemed that, since it *was* bonging, the circuitry was essentially OK, and that something minor was interfering somehow.)
As for the rest of your Plus, I used the rear case for mine (since it seemed to be slightly less yellow, although now it doesn't match the front :/ ), set aside the logic board, and I will remove the CRT and drive bracket. The chassis seems to have taken the brunt of whatever it was which damaged the analog board, so I'm reluctant to use it for anything until I wire brush the rust off and paint it with a rust inhibiting paint. It's otherwise intact, and I do intend to keep it.

Did you get it with a keyboard/mouse? I don't remember...

I'd like to find a cheap set for it somewhere, so it will be complete.

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Did you get it with a keyboard/mouse? I don't remember...
I'd like to find a cheap set for it somewhere, so it will be complete.

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Sadly, no I did not. That was another one of the drawbacks to my purchase of this Plus.

Finding a keyboard and mouse in platinum will be easier then finding a pair in beige. I'd ask in the trading post. I'm sure someone has a spare.

I also remember someone posting in the Trading Post that they had posted a pair on eBay and the price wasn't bad. I forget who it was and if it was beige or platinum.

Uniserver pretty much threw all he had at it to no avail

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Not really, I just did a re-cap, (de-cap/clean pads/re-cap) and swapped out the sound chip.

Acutely I didn't even wash it… maybe you should give it a good wash?

From my experience, the sound came from the Headphone jack just fine.

But no sound from the internal speaker,

and SCSI wasn't responding,

Floppy drive was not responding.

I have a hunch you could plug in some speakers.

Slap a Nubus scsi card in there

and a Nubus Video card,

It should be good to go.

Or just do what you have been doing, look for a replacement q840av mobo.

Oh, OK,

Well, since I'm not one to give up on these things, I'd like to try to fix it.

I will try washing it to see what that does.

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I did some more work on the Plus!

I replaced a couple more components, cleaned up the heat sinks to make them look nice, and tried to clean up the rear case.

My soldering iron broke while I was in the middle of soldering something, so I had to use my old pencil-style 30w, and I feel I did a very sloppy job with it because of a blunt tip .

The vinyl cover hides a multitude of sins, however }

Also adjusted the display a bit, so the dimensions are approximately correct, and it's reasonably centered. The brightness is OK, but I think I need to run TPG and fine tune the focus a little more.

Once I've done that, it should be ready to go.

And I'd like to thank TMG once again for making it possible (by sending me his reject-Plus).

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I have tested the Plus by letting it sit for a few hours, and I found that the screen grew wider as it warmed up.

Time for a recap, I think.

Also, I was offhandedly looking at the partially disassembled Quadra 840av this evening, and I think I know why the internal speaker wasn't sounding- the surround is crumbling. I don't know if that would cause it to fail altogether, but it seems at least plausible that it could.

I have also made some progress with the G5. I put the stock 320 GB hard drive from my Mac Pro in it, and it worked fine. It runs quite Tiger well, but the fans keep ramping up when I do anything. It probably needs a) a good cleaning of the fans and heat sinks, B) new thermal paste, and c) recalibration of the temp sensors and other things which determine fan speed (how do I do this, I wonder?).

It's fine for now, though, and I'll probably do a and b when I swap to the new case (which should arrive this week). I need to do more research regarding c, though (which I will probably do first, or should I do it last?)

I don't know... these G5s are new to me (though conceptually they are very similar to most other computers out there, I believe).

Also, I got the Q950 floppy bezel and cable! Now all I need is a CD-ROM bezel...

I was going to get olePigeon's 950, but now I'm not so sure.

We'll see...

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Calibration of the fans on the G5 is done with ASD (apple service disk) . I have a copy of 2.5.8, I think that covers them all the way to dual 2.0's.

More stuff:

• 20" ADC Apple Cinema Display - Seems to work, except the power indicator will flash and the upper part of the screen get's dim
  
• Performa 650 - The "Spindler" plastics are all broken up, but I suppose it's otherwise intact
  
• Power Mac 7100 - This fared better
  
• PowerBook 165c - Haven't gotten to it yet, but I intend to use it's hard drive in my 140
  
• 8 GB (4x2 GB) RAM for my Mac Pro

Combined with the 4 GB I already had, I now have 12 GB! Sometime soon, I hope to push that to 20, and eventually, I'll max it out at 32.

The P650 I'll have to find new plastics for, but I can still at least see if it works. The 7100 is fine, it probably just needs some TLC.

Nothing new yet on the G5 case swap; I have yet to receive the case. It now has a nice widescreen, though .

Thank you all for allowing an open and receptive environment!

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Performa 650? I've see from 630 to 640 but not a 650, post some pictures and list some specs if you could. Thanks.

Oops!!

My mistake, it's a 630.

Thanks for nudging my gears, Macdrone!

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I got some plastics in pretty decent shape I think.

On the widescreen, if you unplug and plug it back it that should help.

Yeah, I noticed that. It acted up, and unplugging and replugging seemed to help. It seems like maybe the backlight controller might be failing intermittently, because I noticed that as the light flashed, the top half of the display seemed unusually dim. It seems fine once I reset it, though.

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With respect to the G5, It might be time to see if using CHUD 3.5.2 will help. I know that oneboyarmy said his power supply chirped on his G5 when he engaged nap mode, but maybe you'll have better luck. On the 840av, if I remember correctly, the motherboard uses the normal two pin header that Apple used since the original Apple II. Could always try the speaker from your IIcx in there and see if it gives you the startup chime.

-J

Latest finds:

From my recent trade with JRL:

• Power Mac G3 AIO
  
• Several SCSI enclosures
  
• Mac IIsi + extra case
  
• PowerBook 520(c?)
  
• PowerBook 170 with 14x LCD installed and 1 GB SCSI Hard Disk
  
• 3 GB external SCSI hard disk

From Weird Stuff:

• Apple hockey puck mice (one purple (Grape), the other bright green (Lime))
  
• 8x 3.7V Li-Ion battery cells
  
• Adobe CS1 and CS2 upgrades (for Windows, unfortunately :/ )
  
• Some DVD-RW drives for my Mac Pro (I have a temporary one in there now, but it's not quite perfect because the tray tends to get stuck).

I'm sure there's more, but I can't remember right now.

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EDIT: I remembered one other thing from JRL: A parts PowerBook G3 Wallstreet.

Some DVD-RW drives for my Mac Pro (I have a temporary one in there now, but it's not quite perfect because the tray tends to get stuck).

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Make sure to remove the faceplates off the drives before installation. Otherwise, they will cause the tray to stick.

Make sure to remove the faceplates off the drives before installation. Otherwise, they will cause the tray to stick.

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I actually already knew that, but thanks for the advice anyway! The temporary drive's tray actually gets stuck within the drive itself (and the front piece was removed), so I think there's something going on with the drive's eject mechanism.
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Yeah, probably some teeth on a gear in the mechanism broke off or have worn down. Hopefully the new drives will fix the problem.

Nice haul by the way! The Molar Mac was one of the best looking AIOs IMO.

OK, here's some more stuff:

• Mac Plus (broken CRT and other unknown issues, I'll probably get to it next weekend)
  
• Mac 512ke (I was hoping for an original 512k (not e), but that's OK)

The 512ke needs some A/B work (mostly just re soldering bad joints and readjusting the screen's parameters, I think) and a good scrub. The floppy drive probably needs an overhaul as well.

The Plus probably needs more work (what is it with me and Pluses lately?). I have a spare CRT, so hopefully that's all it needs to become functional (if only in a basic sense; drives will come later).

Next in line (hopefully) is another 512k (not sure if it's an e or not) and pair of IBM PCs (5150 and 5160).

After this, I think I'm going to have to sell off a few things (probably the two Pluses) to recover some of the money spent (and space taken).

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OK, got the 512Ke going!

It's only in it initial stages, but the restoration is going well so far!

I re soldered the three trouble spots on the A/B (the logic board connector, the deflector yoke connector, and the other CRT board connector).

The brightness knob feels rough, so it'll probably need replacing (and new caps, too), but it seems to be in good working order otherwise.

I haven't gotten to the Plus yet, but I hope to this Saturday.

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In my latest find:

• Several Toshiba laptops, which are very old
  
• PowerBook 520c which looks like it's seen better days
  
• PowerBook 160. It appears to be in good shape, except the screen is broken, and it's missing it's trackball.

One of the Toshiba laptops is VERY old looking (it kind of looks like mid to late 80's, because it more closely resembles the Portable in basic shape rather than any PowerBook (a couple clues: the screen is very short and wide, and there's no built in pointing device).

The other two (which are much more conventional in a modern sense) appear to be Pentium I/II based machines (probably 1994-1997 era), so they'd probably run relatively modern stuff (Windows 2000, perhaps?)

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The Toshiba sounds very interesting. It's not a T1000, is it?

Hmm!

I don't know for sure, but it looks like it might be! Searching for Toshiba T1000 produced a bunch of images that look almost identical.

Is it one of those ultra rare models?? It's in pretty terrible shape, so I doubt it'd be worth much.

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IIRC, the T1000 was interesting for being a DOS-in-ROM system (MS-DOS 2.11 according to Wikipedia). I have to admit that I always wanted one back in the day. Definately an interesting example of early laptop.

Yeah, I read about that. Quite interesting.

Anyway, it's actually a T1200, so I'm not sure it has that feature. Just checked, and the Wikipedia page doesn't mention that feature .

It DOES tell me that it has weird and un-standard drive interfaces, though >

Oh, well, It's still an interesting piece, worthy of a restoration job.

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I have a T1200. Awesome little computer, you'll love the blue display!!!

Mine does not have DOS in ROM (I don't think any T1200 does) but does have a strange hard drive, out of commission for the last eight years. You can still operate it from a floppy though.

Something interesting about the T1200--you can change its speed. Fn + Page Down and it will go around 4.5MHz. Fn + Page Up and it will go around 9MHz. These speeds are from my recollection and are probably slightly off.

If you connect a CGA monitor, Fn + End will activate it. Fn + Home goes back to the laptop screen. You can only use one at a time.

There were a few other unique features on here which I can't recall offhand. I used this as my portable machine from 1994-2000, running MS-DOS 5.0 and WordPerfect 5.1 on it. It does great with very old DOS games.

Well, I haven't added much here for awhile.

But it was worth the wait!

I just got a Key Lime iBook in the mail today!!

It's definitely much brighter than I imagined (it's almost neon-green :O ), but that's OK.

It came with a stock 10 GB hard drive, and a meager 192 MB of RAM. It was sold as non-booting, but apparently it was only due to a botched Mac OS X 10.4 install. I am currently wiping the drive in preparation for a working installation. Then I will upgrade to 320 MB RAM (because that's what I have for now; I'd love to upgrade to the full 576 MB if I can find a PC100/PC133 512 MB SO-DIMM).

There is a small marking ("10") on the bottom, centered at the edge of the battery bay (by the pull tab), and a dot by the power port. They appear to be in permanent marker, so I think I'll leave them (they add character, I think, and they also reflect some of the computer's previous history, which I always find fascinating).

As for otherwise, there's the usual scratching of the glossy white plastics and a few scuffs on the rubberized portions, but it's in pretty good shape overall. In fact, the whole top case, keyboard and trackpad look mint (perhaps the seller replaced them, because it almost looks like they could be replacements, rather than the original parts). The screen is bright and clear.

Pictures to follow...

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Here's my collection of iBooks so far:

Everything from top to bottom:

• Mac OS 7.6
  
• Mac OS 8.5
  
• Apple Logic Studio 8
  
• Adobe Creative Suites 1 and 2 (Windows Versions, unfortunately )
  
• M2453 iBook G3 SE Graphite
  
• M6411 iBook G3 Indigo
  
• M6411 iBook G3 Key Lime (the 466 MHz model!) (I'm looking for the correct-colored keyboard since the one currently installed is for an Indigo)
  
• Some sort of calculator shaped like a pre-Powerbook era PC laptop
  
• M2453 iBook G3 Tangerine
  
• M2453 iBook G3 Blueberry

There exists an M6411 iBook G3 in Graphite, and I'm not sure if I'll get it or not. If one pops up for cheap, I probably will.

Oh, and I think I had mentioned something about an iMac G4 photo awhile back:

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What happened to my post?!

Anyway, I posted that I got an iPhone 5, 64 GB in white. It's carrier unlocked, so I can use it with whatever GSM carrier I like (it's on Net10, a prepaid service, currently). I'm also finally getting my friend setup with his own phone (iPhone 4 16 GB in black). I would've had it done by now, except there was a snafu on the web site and the SIM card got stuck in some sort of weird limbo. Rather than figure it out, I'm just going to get another one. Hopefully I'll get it up and running for him this Saturday.

And, as for TheMacGuy's congratulatory post (which is also strangely absent), thanks!

Can someone explain why our posts are missing, please?

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That is strange. Did you post about it in another thread?

Oh, yes!! I remember now!!!

It was in that other thread in the lounge.

Sorry :I

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That's alright. How's the iPhone working out so far?

It's working out nicely, so far.

I'm thinking about switching it to AT&T, though, so I can have officially sanctioned tethering.

Other than that, no complaints, although I am in need of figuring out a screen protector. I'm not great at those peel and stick ones.

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PowerSupport USA makes AWESOME screen protectors. I have used their anti-glare screen protectors for years (beginning with my iPhone 4) and I love them. The use static cling instead of glue to attach to your phone, and they include a "sticky sheet" for removing all the lint from your screen and installation is a breeze, IMO.

Don't forget to PM me, CC

PM sent!

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OK, I got Paralel squared away for now.

My latest find is an Apple ADC to DVI Adapter (to use an ADC monitor on a non-ADC equipped Mac or PC), and it works quite well.

The best part? It was $60 shipped! By far the cheapest I've found, and it's in excellent cosmetic condition to boot!

Soon to be added here is a LaserWriter of some sort and some software.

I'll post with more details as they come.

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Nice! Those adapters are not cheap. I don't remember how much I spent, but it was more then you spent, IIRC. Great deal!

OK,

For the iPhone, I just got an OtterBox Defender. It seems to be one of the best cases out there for the price.

I finally got the Portable I got in like July or August opened up, but I discovered that it doesn't boot :-/ . I'll have to investigate that.

Also got a soldering station. It's not as good as the one I was hoping to get, but it will suffice (and it's certainly better than the cheap, blunt-tipped pencil I was using for awhile.

The biggest deal, though, is that I got three machines yesterday! They are as follows:

• Performa 630CD with 51.2 MB RAM (probably 64? that's a very odd number) and a 250 MB drive with System 7.5.5.
  
• Power Macintosh G3/266 with 128 MB RAM and a 20 GB drive with Mac OS 9.2.2 and Mac OS X 10.2.x.
  
• Power Tower Pro 225 with 88 MB RAM and a 2 GB drive with Mac OS 9.1

The nicest part is that they were $10 each!

Also got a few modems, a keyboard and mouse, and a PhoneNet dongle in the deal.

Oh, almost forgot. I got a few disks awhile back, some 400k, some 800k, and some 1.4 MB):

Single Sided (400k)

• Macintosh System disk with Finder 4.1 (a boot disk for a 512k?)
  
• Macintosh MacWrite (also with Finder 4.1)
  
• MacWrite-MacPaint: A Guided Tour
  
• MacTerminal (this one has System 1.1g )

Double Sided (800k)

• HyperCard on four disks (Startup, HyperCard and Stacks, HyperCard Help, and HyperCard Ideas)
  
• Mac Plus tour disk
  
• Later Macintosh system Tools disk, copyright 1987 (running Finder 5.5)

HD (1440k)

• ClarisWorks 4.0 on six disks

I might get a Mac IIx, but it won't come until next year (which is like four or five days from now :lol: ).

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OK,

Nothing new per se, although I got the Mac IIx! Ot's en route and should arrive in a week or two.

Well, I guess there is something: a Mac 128k!

It's from that big Florida conquest (courtesy of uniserver), and it should arrive at about the same time as the IIx.

I might also get a G4 Cube, but I'm not getting my hopes up on that.

A productive new year so far.

c

OK, the 128k is in!

After a good cleaning, some readjusting of the analog board, and some minor repairs to the mouse, it came out pretty nicely.

The front bezel is a bit beaten up, but I have a new one on the way, so I'll have it looking like new in no time.

I'll get some pictures of it up soon.

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