My first "real liberation" in quite a while. This was at the flower shop where my Mom used to work, sitting in a pile in the office where it went unused for man…
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Picked up a mint condition beige Mac Plus for $10 last week. This one came with an almost new MacBag, a Kensington MacTilt, a Fanny Mac cooling fan, and an old …
Sharp PC-9300D 133mhz Pentium Processor 32mb RAM Hard Disk Missing Toshiba Satellite Pro 440CDT (x2) Specs unknown, power supply missing from both. I'll boot it…
I have the follwing bits and pieces -- can anyone think of a way to get my 512k booted? working 512k with no boot diskette .sit image of system 3.2 blank 800k f…
Well this is interesting! About two weeks ago a guy swung by my house with a bunch of old PC stuff that he was cleaning out, and he said he'd be by again soon w…
I have a theory that compact Macs, along with all computers, can continue to work no matter what, even if they fail. What I'm saying is, no matter how many vita…
I went on the local craigslist and got a trade for 2x 512MB PC-5300 and 1x 512MB PC-2700 and 1x 256 PC-2100 for 1x PC-100 128MB, 1x PC-133 512MB and 1x Low-Dens…
I got a nice AMS roadwarrier laptop for free from a teacher I knew several years ago. Specs: 300mhz AMD K6 CPU -upgradable..it looks like a standard desktop CPU…
Oh brother ... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150241309194
I could not resist. I had one of these machines last year, but I fried the boot ROM upon installing the HD somehow. It was a 400mhz/64mb/6gb machine. Since my i…
snatched one on ebay for a few bucks and local pickup. nothing special in there. -12x SCSI CD ROM drive -no HDD -CPU card -mobo -some 64MB RAMs together with th…
I finally got an upgrade in RAM for my IBM RS/6000 7044. 512 MB kit for $35 on eBay, not bad, considering its genuine IBM RAM, with a warranty too. That'll brin…
I found a Quicksilver G4 in a computer recycling bin today. Sticker says it's an 867 MHz, and it has no RAM or HD. I found it in pieces, but it has the logic bo…
How many SCSI drives can the Mac SCSI bus support? Is it actually all 7 devices, or is it 6 plus the host adapter? I found a source for some really cheap swapab…
I am looking to get a little extra power out of my lombard. I am thinking of bumping it up to 400MHz from the 333Mhz it is. My question is, is this a drop-in re…
Post speedtips for Nubus PPC Macs that you've discovered or tried out in this thread. Here are some of mine: 1) Make sure you've installed all of the recommende…
Got it for free, seems the only problem it has is a missing up arrow key, even the battery works. 700mhz Celeron Processor 192mb RAM 10gb HD Still not sure of t…
Engadget has a story about Ben Heck who has built an Apple IIgs laptop using an Apple IIgs logic board and some other parts for the chassis. http://www.engadget…
My 15" PowerBook, running Leopard, has recently been showing some weird problem. In the Energy Saver prefs for both Power Adapter and Battery settings, I have i…
For some reason my Quicksilver won't regonize any hard drive I put in. I tried different one which I know worked before. I swapped them with a PC and now I'm tr…
I have a 180c that doesn't do anything. When I got it, it powered up off the AC adaptor and had a screen problem due to a bad cable. the bottom of it's case was…
I picked up a really nice SE/30 last week and got it up and running. Honestly, it didn't take much, as it was in great shape. I bought it from the original owne…
Hey everyone, So I recently purchased a PB520c off of the LEM Swaplist. I only powered it up a couple of times to show my friends. And for some odd reason, when…
What the heck happened to the PB 160 in this auction? The video port seems to be missing... Link
Hi all, So after the problems with my last 2400c, I bought another one. To recap, the first one turns on fine, but will not spin up an HD. I have taken it apart…