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I just bought a PDQ PowerBook G3; 300MHz, 64MB of RAM, 8GB drive, etc. Problem is, when I plug the computer in, the fans rev up, the LED stays solid, but both g…
· 3 posts · started 18 Jan 2014 - 20:28 · last 19 Jan 2014 - 08:06
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Upcoming conquest alert--Mac LC II coming my way on Tuesday. The seller knows absolutely nothing about the setup and I don't believe he's tested it (I do have e…
· 22 posts · started 3 Nov 2013 - 01:55 · last 19 Jan 2014 - 02:41
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Well, I decided to find take my LC 475 out from my closet. While carrying out the old apple monitor, I thought: "I wish I could just hook it up to my LCD screen…
· 3 posts · started 9 Jan 2014 - 18:22 · last 18 Jan 2014 - 22:52
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Omg ok FYI plus and up hate system 1 and / or 400k disks. My plus bombs with it, my color classic just reading and ejecting the same 400k disk shut the screen o…
· 10 posts · started 16 Jan 2014 - 17:24 · last 18 Jan 2014 - 07:17
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· 1 posts · started 18 Jan 2014 - 01:50 · last 18 Jan 2014 - 01:50
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It's been a long time coming but I finally have my mini Apple store, tribute museum built. I hope you enjoy. Please let me know if anyone has any suggestions. Y…
· 41 posts · started 8 Oct 2013 - 03:09 · last 17 Jan 2014 - 19:54
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HI All, I have just relieved a generous donation of a Powerbook 540c to my collection, but the hitch is that I don't have a power adaptor..... Anyone have an id…
· 5 posts · started 15 Jan 2014 - 08:08 · last 16 Jan 2014 - 13:52
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ok good news i removed the onboard ram from the IIsi. and it still boots… just no onboard video. surprise, surprise not to worry IIsi radius video card still wo…
· 33 posts · started 26 Dec 2013 - 11:41 · last 15 Jan 2014 - 06:18
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Yeah, I broke something again... Feel like an idiot; Everything I put my hands on breaks lately, so here goes: One of my pluses suffered from your average no-vi…
· 3 posts · started 13 Jan 2014 - 11:49 · last 14 Jan 2014 - 15:31
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if you don't mind all blue screen, no matter what you choose, its all blue. you can get 640x870 with the onboard graphics with this combination on your Mac to v…
· 10 posts · started 11 Jan 2014 - 23:47 · last 14 Jan 2014 - 09:32
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Not sure how folks around here handle non-Mac stuff being conquested and whatnot, but today I "traded" (More like was constantly buggered into trading...) my Th…
· 11 posts · started 7 Jan 2014 - 19:09 · last 14 Jan 2014 - 00:04
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On my performa 6116 i have installed a sonnet nubus g3 card with the Apple HPV 7100 1mb vram and i use macintosh color display (M1212). As i remember i can have…
· 2 posts · started 13 Jan 2014 - 13:20 · last 13 Jan 2014 - 19:27
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I have a Classic II motherboard that I am trying to bring back to life (bad caps, corroded pads, vias and [possibly?] connections). I don't have access to the C…
· 4 posts · started 13 Jan 2014 - 05:49 · last 13 Jan 2014 - 10:07
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Once I opened up the cover and gave the spindle a little turn, It's been running good. Anyone still running with a miniscribe in their vintage mac? What do you …
· 9 posts · started 19 Nov 2013 - 10:45 · last 13 Jan 2014 - 00:04
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Do they make a 524,288 by 8 bit VRAM IC? just rumbling around in my head about the potential of beefing up the internal VRAM for the Duo. It has 2 onboard VRAM …
· 10 posts · started 11 Jan 2014 - 04:08 · last 12 Jan 2014 - 23:40
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I have a 20mb Sider hard drive that was working fine then when I turned it on it sped up way past the normal RPM. Of course also not working. Tried without the …
· 4 posts · started 11 Jan 2014 - 04:22 · last 12 Jan 2014 - 06:06
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I have three hard drives hanging off my Quadra 950. There's two drives internally and a drive that is external. All three of them have been formatted with the p…
· 18 posts · started 17 Jun 2013 - 19:57 · last 12 Jan 2014 - 01:22
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I need some input on this: I have a 270c with a killed logic board. its nearly flawless condition, and the LCD is nice and bright. I may have another 270c board…
· 6 posts · started 11 Jan 2014 - 18:18 · last 12 Jan 2014 - 00:51
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Just ran into a PB Duo, with an issue I hadn't seen before. It powers on and chimes, but it shows the grey screen. Never makes it to a mouse cursor, or icons or…
· 11 posts · started 10 Jan 2014 - 03:09 · last 11 Jan 2014 - 03:14
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So my PowerBook G4's hard drive has one foot out the door (its making noises) and its time to replace it. I mean, its original from January 2005, so its going o…
· 4 posts · started 10 Jan 2014 - 10:55 · last 11 Jan 2014 - 02:13
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I've cracked open my 2 Mac II's in prep for refurbishment. On one of the machines the two PRAM batteries are soldered in with axial leads. Seems like the follow…
· 11 posts · started 6 Jan 2014 - 16:34 · last 10 Jan 2014 - 18:52
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Today i bought a used power mac g4 with the following info: Power Mac G4 1,25GHz (dual) RAM: 768MB HDD: 60GB CD-RW Asus CRW-5232A3 Graphics: nVidia GeForce 4mx …
· 13 posts · started 23 Feb 2013 - 20:42 · last 10 Jan 2014 - 06:52
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I am starting this thread so its easier to keep track of all these nifty SE/30 mod's all going on. Basically Techknight is looking at modding the SE/30's video …
· 33 posts · started 3 Jan 2014 - 18:13 · last 9 Jan 2014 - 23:00
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I got this Classic of a friend's friend that's in really poor condition technically and cosmetically. Sure enough it showed the usual garbled screen. I recapped…
· 19 posts · started 23 Dec 2013 - 21:45 · last 9 Jan 2014 - 19:35
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Obviously if you want to know about the Quadra 700 you can ask google, Google will show you what it finds: There is info on: - #1 hit, Wikipedia: http://en.wiki…
· 86 posts · started 8 Nov 2012 - 20:06 · last 9 Jan 2014 - 19:01
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