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I received a dead iMac G5 yesterday. It is a 2004 17'' model. When I got it, the unit powered on and chimed, but when the backlight came on it flickered and the…
· 7 posts · started 13 Dec 2014 - 23:40 · last 2 Jan 2015 - 00:29
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Greetings. I have a MacClassic that I"ve been working on. You can skip down to my specific questions in BOLD if you like. I had about 10 MacPlusses, a MacClassi…
· 4 posts · started 26 Dec 2014 - 03:23 · last 1 Jan 2015 - 20:39
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I want to do an entire analog board recap for my Mac Classic II. For the PSU part (there is a big group of caps, and you can see a green stain around the board …
· 10 posts · started 24 Dec 2014 - 19:27 · last 28 Dec 2014 - 00:58
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Dave Jones takes us on a tour through the Lisa hardware:
· 6 posts · started 25 Dec 2014 - 12:26 · last 26 Dec 2014 - 21:01
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Well I have a Performa 475 here, got this one from jt. First time I flipped the switch I get a somewhat slow death chime. If I turn it off an on quick I get a h…
· 22 posts · started 13 Nov 2014 - 03:24 · last 25 Dec 2014 - 16:08
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So, my good ol' temperamental Classic is at it again. After the time of success of booting from the ROM (hard drive is still dead and unconnected) to be able to…
· 4 posts · started 24 Dec 2014 - 00:52 · last 25 Dec 2014 - 01:13
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I made a System 1.0 boot disk from a PowerBook 170 using a high density 1.44mb floppy diskette. It boots and works fine on my Macintosh 128k using an external A…
· 11 posts · started 22 Dec 2014 - 14:19 · last 24 Dec 2014 - 00:55
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I did something stupid You know the type of fly back transformers that don't have the bleeder resistor? That caused a big problem for a motherboard that was wor…
· 14 posts · started 23 Dec 2014 - 04:35 · last 23 Dec 2014 - 20:27
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As Supertramp said: "Dreamer... you know you are a dreamer"... Who knows... maybe there is still a copy of the holy disk somewhere?
· 29 posts · started 17 Dec 2014 - 23:27 · last 22 Dec 2014 - 21:59
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I had finally gotten my old Mac 512Ke together after a mildly successful floppy reapir, and after about 1 hour of use it started going crackle crackle and then …
· 28 posts · started 8 Dec 2014 - 21:38 · last 21 Dec 2014 - 21:07
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I just picked up a IIci system, my first acquisition in a while. According to the previous owner, it was working as of about two years ago. When I power it up n…
· 28 posts · started 3 Dec 2014 - 23:34 · last 20 Dec 2014 - 03:16
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Hi! Unfortunately school took away the free time I had during the summer, but now I'm (almost) back, thanks to the Christmas holidays! I thought it would have b…
· 1 posts · started 15 Dec 2014 - 19:08 · last 15 Dec 2014 - 19:08
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Hello all! I'm glad I could find a classic/ vintage Mac site that was still operational. I need some help. I just resurrected my beloved Mac IIcx. Got it used f…
· 18 posts · started 4 Dec 2014 - 07:22 · last 15 Dec 2014 - 10:33
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Hello everyone. This is my first writing on this site. First, let me starting by letting you know that im not good in english, as you see. My question is someth…
· 15 posts · started 3 Nov 2014 - 14:33 · last 14 Dec 2014 - 05:22
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I am going to start replacing the line filter cap (big round one) in TDK PSUs every time I do a recap. I see it is rated at 180uF 385WV..? What is a suitable re…
· 8 posts · started 9 Dec 2014 - 05:03 · last 14 Dec 2014 - 03:14
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Just received my FREE Duo 250 from BMOW and he said last time he used it, it worked fine. I grabbed a tested Duo charger off eBay, but I cannot for the life of …
· 16 posts · started 10 Dec 2014 - 01:48 · last 11 Dec 2014 - 16:42
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hi, I have a PowerPC 6100 that worked fine up until a month ago. Now, when i turn it on, the HD initially spins (i.e. its getting power) but the screen doesn't …
· 5 posts · started 10 Dec 2014 - 22:08 · last 11 Dec 2014 - 01:23
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Five or six years ago I made preventive recapping on both my LC & LCII before leaking appears... They were still working fine since (Pram battery never …
· 18 posts · started 7 Dec 2014 - 16:28 · last 7 Dec 2014 - 23:25
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Has anyone managed to boot a 540c off of a PCMCIA Rev C. card cage on System 7.1.1? I'm trying right now, and I keep getting a bomb involving "System" - "Bad F-…
· 16 posts · started 23 Sep 2014 - 18:35 · last 7 Dec 2014 - 07:33
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I know there are numerous discussion on the topic of discharging CRTs for compact Macs. however, I have found conflicting information regardin the propwer groun…
· 34 posts · started 1 Dec 2014 - 03:09 · last 6 Dec 2014 - 18:02
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Yesterday I visited an auction from a small company that sold kitchens and went bankrupt. As it turned out, the owner well, to say the least, liked Apple Comput…
· 12 posts · started 5 Dec 2014 - 09:23 · last 6 Dec 2014 - 16:57
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So I boot up my Mac SE/30 and 32 bit mode is off and its not seeing all of the memory installed. I select 32 bit mode, do a full shut down, reboot and its fine.…
· 6 posts · started 29 Nov 2014 - 08:08 · last 5 Dec 2014 - 15:08
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So I found a discount electronics shop/surplus shop, with a huge selection of old and new stuff. This place is amazing, the people are nice, the prices are fair…
· 15 posts · started 26 Oct 2014 - 02:48 · last 5 Dec 2014 - 02:57
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I got an email last week from my electronic surplus shop, I almost skipped over it, but I figured they may be having another sale or something. It turns out, th…
· 14 posts · started 29 Nov 2014 - 00:51 · last 4 Dec 2014 - 01:33
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