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I want in the next couple of weeks to take apart and try to repair a PowerBook power supply. I can do it by breaking the glue joint, but does anyone know if the…
· 4 posts · started 16 Sep 2013 - 01:38 · last 17 Sep 2013 - 23:56
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Anyone ever seen this or know what it is?
· 25 posts · started 12 Sep 2013 - 06:06 · last 15 Sep 2013 - 03:18
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I didn't realize this was possible, because I didn't know that the MiniDock had extra VRAM inside. Here is my Duo 2300c, with 48MB of RAM, a 1GB CompactFlash ca…
· 1 posts · started 14 Sep 2013 - 21:53 · last 14 Sep 2013 - 21:53
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Ok, here's my situation. I have a nice looking, mostly functioning SE FDHD with a dead/dying (the drive itself partially works, but the drive refuses to mount) …
· 9 posts · started 6 Sep 2013 - 04:03 · last 13 Sep 2013 - 22:46
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One of the ports on my recently purchased PowerBook is dead. It is the 2nd to last AlBook G4 12" with the 1.5GHz processor. I was wondering if there were any tr…
· 3 posts · started 10 Jul 2013 - 22:16 · last 13 Sep 2013 - 05:27
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I've only had a chance to set up the basic unit an played with it for 15 minutes but it's better than I imagined. Fully boxed with immaculate packaging. All ite…
· 7 posts · started 12 Sep 2013 - 00:58 · last 12 Sep 2013 - 23:52
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Ok, so I'm not quite sure where to start on this project. I recently bought a busted 170 from eBay, from what it looks like it was used overseas by the governme…
· 9 posts · started 12 Sep 2013 - 05:48 · last 12 Sep 2013 - 23:24
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Hi! We all know that our old Macs start up pretty quick, but still, I'm curious... Wouldn't it just need to write the contents of memory to disk, and then, at a…
· 7 posts · started 11 Sep 2013 - 16:49 · last 12 Sep 2013 - 18:06
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Hi! I'm failing to understand exactly how this works. Apparently the same logic board was used for the P475 as for the Q605, but the Q605 had a jumper set. What…
· 17 posts · started 4 Sep 2013 - 18:32 · last 10 Sep 2013 - 02:07
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For all you lovers of vintage mac and mac emulation (I'm picking most of you reading this fall into one or other of these categories), John Leake of retromaccas…
· 4 posts · started 5 Sep 2013 - 12:50 · last 9 Sep 2013 - 17:17
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my buddy sent this to me. can anyone tell by the looks of it what machines will this work in? I think he said it came from a Mac II
· 16 posts · started 27 Aug 2013 - 04:14 · last 8 Sep 2013 - 09:47
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Some small items, not big deal but was looking for SCSI Terminators anyway... the rest was some sort of a bonus (4 € the lot including the HD)
· 10 posts · started 7 Sep 2013 - 11:33 · last 8 Sep 2013 - 09:35
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I just bought a Powerbook 165 on eBay for $11 (+16 for shipping :b&w: ) The seller stated that it wouldn't boot because of a bad hard drive. I took a ga…
· 4 posts · started 8 Sep 2013 - 04:15 · last 8 Sep 2013 - 08:31
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I press the power button and it lights up and fades out, not a peep, no chimes or error code. HELP!!!???!!! :'(
· 9 posts · started 6 Sep 2013 - 19:26 · last 8 Sep 2013 - 01:01
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I have been slowly getting back into my vintage Macs. When I tried to fire up my SE, the Hard drive was dead, as was the floppy drive. So I replaced both, thoug…
· 11 posts · started 4 Sep 2013 - 22:27 · last 7 Sep 2013 - 23:28
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Does anyone know if an internal SCSI upgrade kit was made for the Plus? If so, anyone have any specific names that will make it easier to search? Also, is it a …
· 9 posts · started 2 Sep 2013 - 17:47 · last 7 Sep 2013 - 19:03
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There's nothing like the sound of an MFM drive in the morning Scored a couple of eBay auctions for some Lisa parts: - Sun Remarketing 20MB MFM drive and control…
· 2 posts · started 7 Sep 2013 - 16:16 · last 7 Sep 2013 - 16:22
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Any item why? I installed MacsBug 6.5.3 to test it out. The debugger installs on boot, but pressing the Programmer's Switch does nothing.
· 9 posts · started 1 Sep 2013 - 02:34 · last 5 Sep 2013 - 20:04
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I bought an LC 575 and just got it today. Sadly, it didn't make it in transit. It was smashed pretty bad. The case was in pieces ad the CRT was loose with a bro…
· 7 posts · started 4 Sep 2013 - 22:20 · last 5 Sep 2013 - 00:33
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A few weeks ago I obtained a Macintosh IIcx. While it boots (as indicated by the HDD activity light), there is no sound or video. Removing the motherboard revea…
· 4 posts · started 2 Sep 2013 - 16:30 · last 2 Sep 2013 - 19:28
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I've had this for a few years, and its been sitting in a box in my basement, untouched since I brought it home. I had forgotten about it. The company I was work…
· 7 posts · started 29 Aug 2013 - 23:35 · last 2 Sep 2013 - 16:24
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Ok got the PowerBook 100 from Tyler and it boots to question mark even with a spare drive I have, of course that drive is probably bad now also. So first the li…
· 5 posts · started 1 Sep 2013 - 00:47 · last 1 Sep 2013 - 16:32
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