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…
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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…
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 …
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: } …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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 …
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…
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 "…
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…
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 …
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…