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Hi Everyone These are my latest conquests: PowerBook Duo 210 https://plus.google.com/118338589625749894332/posts/QX81BxAqgaC Not yet photographed are the origin…
· 2 posts · started 7 Nov 2014 - 21:01 · last 8 Nov 2014 - 10:06
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Just got this baby this morning Very cute and in good shape. German Keyboard. It started on the first try, VERY noisy Hd, and a rectangle of dead pixels on the …
· 27 posts · started 3 Nov 2014 - 15:24 · last 5 Nov 2014 - 21:41
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I have two 400k drives from Mac 128k shells. I want to verify their operation. I cleaned them up and lubricated them, the mechanics of them work just fine, but …
· 4 posts · started 4 Nov 2014 - 20:30 · last 5 Nov 2014 - 15:07
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I just ordered a Quicksilver 733MHz Single CPU I plan on installing it in my Gigabit Ethernet Logicboard. From what I have read it should work as along as suppl…
· 18 posts · started 4 Oct 2014 - 21:46 · last 5 Nov 2014 - 00:31
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There was a listing on CL for a G3 all-in-one that had been posted for months (I kid you not!) and after they dropped the price again I figured it would be a go…
· 52 posts · started 8 Oct 2014 - 22:17 · last 4 Nov 2014 - 19:31
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The Apple custom ICs that are newly designed for the Quadra 950 computer are: - BATMAN: a custom IC (replaces the Apple Sound Chip) that acts as a sound amplifi…
· 10 posts · started 29 Oct 2014 - 14:49 · last 3 Nov 2014 - 23:53
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Looking at pin outs, the connectors have nearly identical outputs with the exception of a speaker wire, and they are mapped out on the connector differently. Wo…
· 6 posts · started 29 Oct 2014 - 18:44 · last 1 Nov 2014 - 23:00
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I acquired two 512K Macintoshes with HyperDrives in this Conquest thread but the later HyperDrive 20 unit needs work so I'm creating a thread to help document w…
· 4 posts · started 8 Sep 2014 - 12:17 · last 1 Nov 2014 - 20:38
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Picked both of these up along with a pair of Altec 887A speakers for $3. The speakers and Mini work but I haven't yet tested the II - it's wet. First off, the I…
· 14 posts · started 26 Oct 2014 - 02:48 · last 1 Nov 2014 - 15:01
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I finally figured out on one of my Mac to VGA Adapter how to get other resolution settings on a specific switch setting on the adapter. Thing is this, it does n…
· 19 posts · started 27 Oct 2014 - 04:37 · last 1 Nov 2014 - 00:39
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I recently acquired a working, but neglected Quadra 840AV. It came with 3 hard drives installed, an original CD-ROM drive, and with a 64 MB of RAM. It clearly n…
· 4 posts · started 26 Oct 2014 - 15:27 · last 30 Oct 2014 - 19:23
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Friend of mine a few streets over has a scrapmetal business running out of his garage-- he buys old computer equipment, AC's, Fridges, etc. for scrap pricing fr…
· 21 posts · started 22 Sep 2014 - 02:12 · last 29 Oct 2014 - 14:24
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Sometimes I swear I can beat my head against a wall at times... A Simasima Mac is something most Techs dread and rather fixing it, just replace the motherboard.…
· 7 posts · started 17 Oct 2014 - 20:55 · last 28 Oct 2014 - 18:13
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Did some recapping of boards and an LC Power Supply (PSU) today. I had a few successes here and there. Thus I post a few things I learned in recapping my first …
· 8 posts · started 26 Oct 2014 - 20:03 · last 27 Oct 2014 - 19:00
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Hi guys! I have two SE/20 (with internal hd) and last week I decided to wake them out of their eternal (almost) sleep. The problem I discovered was that no one …
· 10 posts · started 20 Oct 2014 - 20:02 · last 27 Oct 2014 - 00:34
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I just got it in today and I've looked over the motherboard and parts. The battery hasn't exploded but it was dead (blue label Inorganic brand) I replaced it wi…
· 11 posts · started 14 Oct 2014 - 18:25 · last 26 Oct 2014 - 15:56
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(I originally ended up writing this as an update post to my IIvx thread, but I decided that this required its own thread. I'm taking on some repairs to new clie…
· 6 posts · started 8 Oct 2014 - 15:23 · last 26 Oct 2014 - 05:33
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I haven't used my 6100 for a very long time. Today, I tried to boot it up but it didn't want to. The green light goes on and I could hear the hard drive spinnin…
· 11 posts · started 21 Oct 2014 - 17:22 · last 25 Oct 2014 - 18:01
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So I got my /30 today. It's cute. The good news: Survived shipping. Floppy drive and hard drive work fine. Connectix RAM Doubler is installed. Screen is bright.…
· 18 posts · started 22 Oct 2014 - 20:53 · last 23 Oct 2014 - 14:34
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[SIZE=10.5pt]T[/SIZE][SIZE=10.5pt]his is my first post, but I've been searching through and reading the posts for months , so I'd like to start with a big thank…
· 1 posts · started 23 Oct 2014 - 13:15 · last 23 Oct 2014 - 13:15
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My nifty new video card doesn't do 4-bit, and I have a couple games that require 16-color mode. It only does 1-bit, 8-bit, and 24-bit. Any way to enable 4-bit? …
· 44 posts · started 6 Oct 2014 - 01:25 · last 23 Oct 2014 - 08:01
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My Performa has a strange quirk. It seems to be morally opposed to giving system errors with text in them. Either that, or it's just too lazy for words. These e…
· 8 posts · started 17 Oct 2014 - 07:17 · last 22 Oct 2014 - 19:09
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I finally woke up really early today to look for electronics at garage sales. I make it clear to everyone that I am looking for old computers and consoles, but …
· 7 posts · started 19 Oct 2014 - 05:01 · last 22 Oct 2014 - 00:16
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