Hi, I acquired a Quadra 650 which was in very good visual condition but would not start up. I'll make the long story short: the Quadra has a blown capacitor C20…
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For some weird reason my 9600 won't boot with the power key on the keyboard. When I press it, I hear the chime and the computer is running, but it just won't bo…
Every now and then I look at my beloved computer equipment and think, "I couldn't possibly live without you." Well, I expressed that sentiment about two new App…
Greetings everyone, I hope I'm posting in the right place. I've been looking around the internet for help with an issue I've been having, but can't seem to find…
Hi... I saw a color classic on ebay. The seller said it had "Brand New Genuine Tadiran PRAM- recent manufacture date". I think my CC will work fine with what it…
Hey guys, I posted on here a few years ago about my IIVX that couldn't detect a SCSI drive. I gave up on that and forgot about this computer for awhile. I pulle…
I recently acquired a Macintosh Portable M5120. See my posting in Conquest: https://68kmla.org/forums/index.php?/topic/25152-macintosh-portable/ Now I'm startin…
I recently recapped an SE/30; all appears well except for one oddity. On a cold boot, no system is detected and the blinking question mark floppy is displayed. …
Just what the tin says, were there any full 68040 upgrades for Powerbooks besides popping a 550c processor into a 520/540?
I have an analog board that gradually brightens and darkens a CRT. It's cyclical and very regular. Any idea what might be causing it?
hello people Just had a bad experience on ebay with a French seller. won a color classic for 66 euro.....he did not ship it...after 4 days he replies with insul…
Hi folks... After I sold all my Macs but for my color classic, it seems hard to service it with out another working older Mac in the house. I had to sell all bu…
Recently purchased a Quadra 650(68040/33) and today I opened and discovered a mystery card in the PDS slot.The card is Formac ProQuadra 50 v1.8.Any idea what th…
---------- KEY: 1. Position 2. Printed Cap Value 3. Tested / Actual Value ---------- C2 100uf 6.3v 103.7 uf - 9.5 esr C3 100uf 6.3v 103.8 uf - 2.0 esr C4 47uf 1…
I tried running my nice new P637 MME (Money Magazine Edition), and it chimes and boots, but without any video. I wasn't aware that the Q/P63x needed a good PRAM…
I wanted to mess around with A/UX and the Quadra 650 was the cheapest '040 I could find. Came with a 320mb hard drive and nothing else, so I eventually pieced t…
So found this computer in the neighbors garbage today only thing missing is hdd. However when I plug it in and press power button I get nothing. This is my firs…
After using the powerbook for awhile the fan kicks in full bore. This fan is as loud as MDD was. Is this normal or is the fan getting ready to fail? Anyway to q…
I was getting three black bars, so I thought I'd replace the caps on the motherboard, but now I'm getting vertical stripes (I also got this after cleaning, but…
Hi... I am currently running a 7200 rpm 2.5" SCSI hard drive in my color classic. I have just bought this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/CF-AztecMonster-CF-3-5inc-SCS…
I just bought a brand new in box Performa 6116cd, it as $450 but it was so close to my first Mac I had to buy it. I opened it up and it didn't get video (needs …
I have a very nice PowerBook Duo 230, but it needs work. It has some leaky caps that need to be replaced. I have some soldering experience, but is there anythin…
So, I am thinking of getting a PowerBook 1400cs/166 off eBay to run Mac OS 7.5/7.6 (I'll probably use 7.6 since it's better on PPC) really fast. But, everymac.c…
Let me give minor context. I was looking, out of curiosity, for memory. 32mb simms are $6 a piece, so it'd be $24 to upgrade it from 48mb* to 136mb of RAM. Then…
How can you tell a PowerBook 140 from the PowerBook 170s/etc. by looking at it (excluding the badge.) Did they use different cases? So far I've been telling 140…