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Do you guys reckon its safe to run HappyPlusClock 24/7 in an SE after removing/disconnecting that damn fan? ...?
· 12 posts · started 13 Sep 2008 - 02:21 · last 20 Sep 2008 - 21:47
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I was just watching my 1985 10" Sony Trinitron TV, realizing it was going to be obsolete soon when the US goes digital. When I realized it is about the same siz…
· 9 posts · started 19 Sep 2008 - 01:42 · last 19 Sep 2008 - 06:44
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Well, today I traded my seldom-used iMac 400mhz for a nice beige desktop g3 - technically the iMac is still mine, it's just residing somewhere else. This one is…
· 10 posts · started 16 Sep 2008 - 01:40 · last 17 Sep 2008 - 11:41
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On my new HP Vectra from 1985 I can't get any video on the monitor (also HP branded), there are DIP switches on the video card, but I have no documentation.
· 18 posts · started 14 Sep 2008 - 22:02 · last 16 Sep 2008 - 15:33
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I found these in my garage. Turns out that my dad used to use these at his job at AMD. So there were a mix of 360k and 1.2 MB blank floppies. There was also a c…
· 4 posts · started 15 Sep 2008 - 23:47 · last 15 Sep 2008 - 23:53
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As stated in a previous thread, my 7300 decided to kick the bucket just as I was about to put it back into service. I was lucky enough to find a 7500 here in De…
· 2 posts · started 15 Sep 2008 - 22:39 · last 15 Sep 2008 - 23:19
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Okay guys, my first post here and I hope you can help. My SE/30 was recently suffering from Simasimac, but a thorough washing has cleared that problem. However,…
· 4 posts · started 13 Sep 2008 - 13:39 · last 15 Sep 2008 - 15:44
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Over the weekend I picked up the following: Free: ATX case with 300w power supply ASUS P3v133 Slot 1 motherboard P3-550 processor (100mhz bus speed) 52x CD-ROM …
· 1 posts · started 15 Sep 2008 - 13:47 · last 15 Sep 2008 - 13:47
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I have a few mates who work for an Apple reseller and whilst having coffee with one of them this morning he says that a client has just given him a working Maci…
· 6 posts · started 13 Sep 2008 - 17:06 · last 14 Sep 2008 - 21:24
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Just picked up a Thinkpad i 1400 and XP Home on the original disk with an unused key code. The Thinkpad has a bad hard drive. It has a 300mhz Pentium MMX and 64…
· 6 posts · started 10 Sep 2008 - 20:15 · last 14 Sep 2008 - 17:49
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96 mb ram, 4gb hard drive, wireless card, decent battery, 266mhz Pentium MMX. Had Windows XP Pro on it for some reason. I'll be putting Windows 98 on it.
· 6 posts · started 14 Sep 2008 - 02:48 · last 14 Sep 2008 - 16:15
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So today I went to a garage sale on the way to a job. Mostly old junk there, but its ok, because I like these sort of garage sales. Anyway, I see a box with an …
· 12 posts · started 7 Jun 2008 - 06:17 · last 14 Sep 2008 - 06:09
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Hi, I just went out today and got a long shaft Torx-15 screwdriver. It's long enough for the screws in the recess, so it should take care of all 4 screws. I wan…
· 6 posts · started 13 Sep 2008 - 19:12 · last 13 Sep 2008 - 23:39
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So I've already touched on this on the G-Series Powermac forum, but I figured I'd extend it here. A while back techfury90 and I learned that ECU had a surplus s…
· 7 posts · started 12 Sep 2008 - 16:59 · last 12 Sep 2008 - 20:02
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The video works on my Mac SE, but shadows are cast to the right of objects on the screen and the whole right side of the screen is bowed out a little. Also the …
· 17 posts · started 17 Aug 2008 - 23:46 · last 12 Sep 2008 - 20:01
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I just received this powerbook. Bought it as is for parts. I plugged it in with the adapter from another model that fit. I tried it after a couple of hours, and…
· 14 posts · started 11 Sep 2008 - 01:59 · last 12 Sep 2008 - 19:07
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Well, fixed the slowness problem, but now when I try to install a new 400mhz g3 upgrade card, I get a bong but no display. Ram is confirmed good, as is video. C…
· 10 posts · started 9 Sep 2008 - 00:38 · last 12 Sep 2008 - 13:48
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Will a dead PRAM battery in a Duo 2300c cause a battery in the bay to not be recognized at all? ('X' over battery icon) I've cleaned the contacts, etc. already.…
· 3 posts · started 10 Sep 2008 - 04:14 · last 11 Sep 2008 - 11:35
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Hello everyone, I bought a Mac SE with the following specifications: 1 Mbyte Ram, 800K drive, 20SC Hard Disk I've used and built only PC's nearly all of my life…
· 6 posts · started 3 Sep 2008 - 08:15 · last 11 Sep 2008 - 10:09
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I bought one of these guys off eBay last week, and it showed up yesterday http://iannixon.com/images/2008/09/09/ It's a 1.8 GHz Pentium Duo, but the auction sta…
· 5 posts · started 10 Sep 2008 - 22:16 · last 11 Sep 2008 - 00:46
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Got an older Dell from a brother's friend the other day. I didn't check the RAM when I got it, though I shoved a 256 MB stick and installed Xubuntu 7.10 on the …
· 3 posts · started 9 Sep 2008 - 01:00 · last 9 Sep 2008 - 20:04
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I picked up a free HP mini tower from a local church that was giving it away. 733mhz celeron (going to be replaced w/ a 1.2ghz PIII) 64mb ram 30gb hard drive CD…
· 3 posts · started 9 Sep 2008 - 00:02 · last 9 Sep 2008 - 09:01
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A work colleague was about to bin a PII compaq laptop she bought for £1. Needless to say I aquired it. It doesn't start up although the battery charge light com…
· 1 posts · started 8 Sep 2008 - 12:00 · last 8 Sep 2008 - 12:00
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Got this for free from school. G3 300 processor, 64 MB of RAM, and the original 6 GB HDD (I'm fine with that)
· 3 posts · started 4 Sep 2008 - 23:53 · last 7 Sep 2008 - 20:02
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