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Hi folks, I just picked up a dead Color Classic which is cosmetically in nearly 10/10 condition - no yellowing, still has the qucktime sticker, everything! Unfo…
· 43 posts · started 17 May 2009 - 17:36 · last 1 Jun 2009 - 21:24
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I finally had some free time last night, so I dug out the Q650 that's been in my garage for a year and tried to install A/UX on it. The booter went fine, it sta…
· 10 posts · started 24 Apr 2009 - 21:13 · last 28 May 2009 - 21:04
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Got a Centris 610 with bad video - lines/degradation everywhere, pulled VRAM no help. Caps showing significant leakage. Cleaned the board using 99% alcohol and …
· 13 posts · started 2 May 2009 - 06:00 · last 27 May 2009 - 16:16
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So I picked up 3 compacts from the side of the street in Arlington, MA yesterday. Rather I could say my girlfriend grudgingly picked them up for me. I found: } …
· 6 posts · started 25 May 2009 - 17:58 · last 26 May 2009 - 19:04
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I put a "best offer" bid in on a "Quadra 950 Case" of $15-n-change because the shipping was $14-n-change, figuring for $30.00 even, I might hack some electronic…
· 10 posts · started 22 May 2009 - 01:17 · last 24 May 2009 - 22:56
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Hey all- I found an eMac in a recycling pile today. The machine works perfectly as far as I can tell; slight burn in and a few scratches on the case, but nothin…
· 7 posts · started 21 May 2009 - 02:14 · last 21 May 2009 - 07:41
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Won an eBay auction for a G4 MDD 1.42 DP 512MB/120GB and it should arrive in the next few days. I plan to boost the Ram and add another HD at some point, then i…
· 14 posts · started 14 May 2009 - 03:30 · last 18 May 2009 - 16:22
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I recently picked up an Apple IIc with monitor, and although the IIc is working perfectly the monitor appears to be completely dead. Having stripped it down I'v…
· 2 posts · started 9 May 2009 - 21:13 · last 18 May 2009 - 14:45
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Mike Richardson recently posted in this forum about a problem with a Centris 610. Well, now I'm going to add to that '610 trend, as my Centris 610 has just now …
· 4 posts · started 16 May 2009 - 22:34 · last 17 May 2009 - 21:43
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So I hit the North Shore last night and grabbed some stuff. Nothing too crazy: 6100/60 max ram, no hard drive, dirty case 6100/60 ? ram no hard drive, dirty cas…
· 2 posts · started 15 May 2009 - 15:01 · last 15 May 2009 - 16:08
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I finally have a conquest worthy of mentioning! I recently acquired an SE/30. Turns out the battery is all corroded and damaged the motherboard, and the hard dr…
· 8 posts · started 10 May 2009 - 20:20 · last 13 May 2009 - 19:24
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Hi, I picked up an "as is" Powerbook 1400cs/166 from eBay for ~ $25 BIN, untested. It arrived tonight with the specs of stock 16MB RAM/1.3GB HD, floppy drive, a…
· 9 posts · started 13 May 2009 - 12:03 · last 13 May 2009 - 16:44
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I just got back from picking up a couple of Newton batteries from a fellow on Craigslist. One is a OMP battery(?) AND wall charger (Apple branded, part number H…
· 2 posts · started 13 May 2009 - 02:47 · last 13 May 2009 - 04:13
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Hi, The time is almost here to get my Macintosh 512k working again. Pretty soon I'll be able to afford a replacement analog board for it. But I have several que…
· 5 posts · started 11 May 2009 - 22:39 · last 13 May 2009 - 01:08
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So the title pretty much explains it all. Sometimes when I insert a disk into the PowerBook 180, the Mac restarts! Seems okay when it does, and it only happens …
· 4 posts · started 11 May 2009 - 02:44 · last 12 May 2009 - 07:51
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Hi all, My most recent conquest was an eBay gem: PowerBook 500 with PowerPC for $35, "untested." It didn't have an AC adapter or a battery. So I bought another …
· 8 posts · started 10 May 2009 - 18:08 · last 10 May 2009 - 23:53
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QuickSilver G4 Board A much needed replacement. the other one was acting up. And because I was stupid: 933MHz G4 CPU (OC'd from 733Mhz) I tried to push my G4 up…
· 15 posts · started 4 May 2009 - 19:29 · last 10 May 2009 - 23:01
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Recently acquired a IIci, and it appears to work quite well, but there is one problem that is really annoying me. When I choose to Shutdown, the dialog saying "…
· 9 posts · started 5 May 2009 - 07:51 · last 10 May 2009 - 15:29
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Ok, so if you read my buildup thread, you know that I have a 300 MHZ beige G3 minitower that I'm trying to install tiger on. It has 768 MB ram, rev. c ROM (reco…
· 10 posts · started 30 Mar 2009 - 19:14 · last 10 May 2009 - 11:27
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I had a bad hd and replaced it 2 weeks ago bad sectors. now it has stopped starting up 1 it chimes 2 i get a gray screen no pin wheel 3 nothing happens. i have …
· 5 posts · started 3 May 2009 - 14:26 · last 10 May 2009 - 09:46
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Mr Power Macintosh 8500 has stopped functioning properly. While I was using Photoshop 6, the screen froze, and I was forced to press the shut down button to tur…
· 19 posts · started 20 Mar 2009 - 14:57 · last 9 May 2009 - 05:46
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Maybe this is merely a coincidence of connectors, but is this what looks to be a NuBus-based computer? { "lightbox_close": "Close", "lightbox_next": "Next", "li…
· 6 posts · started 5 May 2009 - 14:46 · last 6 May 2009 - 14:51
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When i put the my duo 2300c into the original duo dock after it has been sitting for a few weeks it boots just fine and runs for about a minute then shuts down.…
· 3 posts · started 12 Apr 2009 - 23:50 · last 4 May 2009 - 00:57
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Hi, I just now won this Macintosh 512k on eBay!!!!! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220388590059&ssPageName=ADME:X:AAQ:US:112…
· 18 posts · started 11 Apr 2009 - 20:50 · last 3 May 2009 - 18:17
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Quadra 840av no video or chime - Installed fresh PRAM battery. - Pulled all but one SIMM. Tried other SIMMs. Any other ideas? Bad ROM, bad VRAM? I should at lea…
· 8 posts · started 1 May 2009 - 13:10 · last 2 May 2009 - 02:12
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