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I rescued a trio of old iPods from the depths of my girlfriend's parent's cabinet this weekend! When I asked about them, they said "Oh, yeah, those old things h…
· 13 posts · started 20 May 2013 - 10:46 · last 27 May 2013 - 11:15
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I may be crazy, but I really wanted a Macintosh TV so I bought one on eBay. Paid more than I probably should have, but nowhere near the $600 range of the ones c…
· 43 posts · started 14 Apr 2013 - 19:38 · last 24 May 2013 - 01:30
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Hi All! First poster here. Recently got a mac plus and I'm excited. Mouse works fine but keyboard doesn't do anything. It's a M0110A keyboard. I've ohmed out th…
· 9 posts · started 9 May 2013 - 21:18 · last 24 May 2013 - 01:15
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This monitor powers on "when it receives a video signal", however when connected through my KVM it refuses to turn on. Is there any way I can short two pins tog…
· 2 posts · started 23 May 2013 - 02:31 · last 23 May 2013 - 04:19
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So I'm putting together a Quadra 840AV basically out of parts (got a motherboard + RAM en route, need to find a housing for it.) But I'm trying to expand it a l…
· 14 posts · started 20 May 2013 - 17:08 · last 22 May 2013 - 04:30
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Today I picked all this stuff up for $200. Upon going through it I feel like there's way more than $200 worth here. Definitely keeping all of it for life! http:…
· 23 posts · started 17 May 2013 - 00:50 · last 20 May 2013 - 20:54
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Hi, I treated my SE/30 to a Sonnet Allegro "doubler" accelerator, boosting it to 33Mhz '030 off the socketed board. It installed easily bar having to lengthen t…
· 1 posts · started 20 May 2013 - 11:25 · last 20 May 2013 - 11:25
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The Apple HiColor 15" LCD Monitor Patent Pending ) This is a project to turn a Gateway FPD15-40 LCD into an Apple-esque ADB capable VGA monitor. I'm using the b…
· 9 posts · started 17 May 2013 - 02:41 · last 17 May 2013 - 18:07
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I recently recapped 2x Color Classic logic boards. One of them works well and turns on immediately from the keyboard, with new Pram battery installed. The other…
· 10 posts · started 20 Mar 2013 - 18:03 · last 17 May 2013 - 07:59
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Turns out the seller doesn't want the Performa back, so I'm going to try and fix it. I've run into a bit of a snag. I can't figure out what it is. Nothing looks…
· 18 posts · started 1 May 2013 - 03:51 · last 16 May 2013 - 06:27
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Hello, new Mac tinkerer here. I have a Mac plus which is nearly fully operational. I have put the machine back to 1mb for now while I try to sort some other pro…
· 14 posts · started 8 Mar 2013 - 18:39 · last 13 May 2013 - 07:23
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Anyone got a list of the apple II's dimensions, or a schematic, or diagram, blueprint, anything like that? I don't want to ask anyone to go measure one, just wo…
· 3 posts · started 12 May 2013 - 04:40 · last 13 May 2013 - 03:21
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Hello, I have this macplus which seems to be working perfectly except when I first start it up. I believe something in the horizontal scan circuit is going wron…
· 3 posts · started 11 May 2013 - 02:22 · last 13 May 2013 - 01:28
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I was visiting family this weekend and remembered my stepfather's parents had inherited a 5200CD from me when I was in college. I asked about it and they had se…
· 39 posts · started 2 May 2013 - 15:15 · last 10 May 2013 - 23:48
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Ok, i have a lot of those already, but was advertised locally and free to collect. The PM was faulty, nothing else except the unit...but i have some units with …
· 2 posts · started 9 May 2013 - 18:16 · last 10 May 2013 - 17:10
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I picked this one up on Monday night, but didn't get around to taking pics of it until just today. Anyway I picked up a Dual 2 Ghz G5 from another member on Mac…
· 23 posts · started 21 Apr 2013 - 08:46 · last 10 May 2013 - 04:04
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I scored two new Macs at the VCF this weekend!! 1. Mac IIcx. Doesn't boot but has a 13" Apple HiRes. Caps look OK, may need a new battery. 2. Mac SE. Boots, Min…
· 12 posts · started 21 Apr 2013 - 23:03 · last 8 May 2013 - 20:02
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Okay, conducted a hardware test IAW the following instructions: 1. Simultaneously press the CONTROL and RESET keys during boot. 2. Enter CALL -151 and press RET…
· 6 posts · started 4 May 2013 - 03:05 · last 5 May 2013 - 18:17
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This current portable I am working on, on the 12V side its only making 1.38v when turned on, trying to track down the VREG responsible. Anyone have any insight?…
· 8 posts · started 30 Mar 2013 - 02:39 · last 3 May 2013 - 09:16
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So I bought a 344MB IBM drive on eBay to replace the dead HDD on my Outbound laptop. The weirdest thing happens. When I plug the HDD in and boot, the top 1/2 of…
· 19 posts · started 19 Apr 2013 - 17:17 · last 2 May 2013 - 16:50
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Hi guys, A couple weeks back, I posted a question about using modern hard drives with old macintosh computers. A few of you mentioned that it would be easier to…
· 5 posts · started 30 Apr 2013 - 09:07 · last 1 May 2013 - 04:54
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I have collected a nice 110, this was supplied with 3 Sram cards. At first, none of those cards were recognized, all but one battery cell was flat. i removed th…
· 1 posts · started 30 Apr 2013 - 16:52 · last 30 Apr 2013 - 16:52
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Yes, I just scored myself an Apple Adjustable Keyboard for ten bucks. Definitely a nice out of the blue surprise!!! It's missing a height adjuster on the back (…
· 7 posts · started 27 Apr 2013 - 20:07 · last 30 Apr 2013 - 05:10
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So I'm completely new to radius rockets. I have a IIci with the turbo601. Can the rocket be used in conjuction with the turbo601, to run one 68k system(rocket) …
· 30 posts · started 10 Dec 2012 - 04:53 · last 28 Apr 2013 - 18:02
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