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I just realized that I don't really have a thread dedicated to this ongoing project, so, in no particular order: SuperIIsiHack™ related threads: IIsiColorPivotI…
· 59 posts · started 4 Feb 2012 - 13:40 · last 16 Apr 2013 - 00:17
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Had about 60 with me. Came back with this: Power Macintosh G3 Blue and White, completely stock running OS 8.5.1 with SCSI card installed. One of three 64MB RAM …
· 33 posts · started 23 Mar 2013 - 22:55 · last 15 Apr 2013 - 17:23
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Recently snagged for peanuts a dysfunctional (blasting fans) and somewhat incomplete dual 1.8ghz G5 tower. It needed a few parts as it had been deprived of the …
· 1 posts · started 11 Apr 2013 - 14:58 · last 11 Apr 2013 - 14:58
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My Q605 came in today, and much to my disappointment, the casing's tabs for EVERYTHING broke off during shipping. Power supply is lose, HDD, Floppy, MoBo, every…
· 14 posts · started 29 Mar 2013 - 20:08 · last 5 Apr 2013 - 02:56
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Hey, What am I supposed to use to capture (or view) video on the Quadra? It's hard drive was wiped at least once before it made its way to me, and any AV softwa…
· 10 posts · started 1 Apr 2013 - 01:18 · last 4 Apr 2013 - 15:49
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I have two PCI-Express-based "Late 2005" PowerMac G5's One has a 2.0ghz dual core CPU, and is a perfect-looking (new, mint) case. The other has a 2.3ghz dual co…
· 7 posts · started 31 Mar 2013 - 00:48 · last 3 Apr 2013 - 23:09
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I have a nearly immaculate Classic II, which I recapped for sound. (the issue was there before the recap, BTW) I have 3 new, fresh 3.6v PRAM batteries, which we…
· 2 posts · started 29 Mar 2013 - 03:49 · last 2 Apr 2013 - 21:48
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So, I've had this little Mac Plus for forever. It's never let me down. I acquired an Apple branded external SCSI hard disk drive (part # M2115) which has a 9gb …
· 6 posts · started 29 Mar 2013 - 19:00 · last 1 Apr 2013 - 20:10
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Been thinking of doing simple Video input (Firewire) and Final Cut Pro editing on the go. I headed over to ebay and found a really nice deal. I found a non-unib…
· 17 posts · started 3 Mar 2013 - 06:54 · last 31 Mar 2013 - 08:43
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Havn't realy seen much in the way of good Nubus cards untill a few days ago when Austingoodwillcomputerworks had all kinds of ATTO Silicon Express Nubus cards o…
· 7 posts · started 25 Mar 2013 - 22:39 · last 29 Mar 2013 - 05:40
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Is it a cap problem? Q605 chimes upon powerup but no video, doesn't even respond to Cmd-Opt-Power. Removed all RAM, VRAM, expansion card, and drives and same re…
· 9 posts · started 24 Mar 2013 - 17:29 · last 28 Mar 2013 - 15:15
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A guy from Florida who found my Apple site sent me an email to tell me he was cleaning out his closet and found a bunch of Macs that he wanted to get rid of. He…
· 33 posts · started 29 Jan 2013 - 13:07 · last 28 Mar 2013 - 15:08
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I have this DayStar Turbo 040 40mhz Card & IIsi Adapter card. But I was wondering if I can just use this accelerator card with my adapter in my SE/30? T…
· 17 posts · started 27 Feb 2013 - 16:14 · last 27 Mar 2013 - 21:55
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i have a flat g4 mac with bad pic on desktop after its warmed up is it possible to re flow the ram/gfx chip?? heat and flux??? etc or fine an good m/broad?? ANY…
· 6 posts · started 14 Mar 2013 - 04:28 · last 27 Mar 2013 - 05:34
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After getting this CRT Studio Display, I realised that I made a big mistake. It was too heavy. Taking it home was a big headache. Anyhow, the photos: { "lightbo…
· 22 posts · started 3 Mar 2013 - 13:05 · last 26 Mar 2013 - 08:56
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This is my first conquest in a long time. Due to circumstances outside my control, half of my collection and most of my spare parts are stuck at a relatives hom…
· 13 posts · started 21 Mar 2013 - 04:02 · last 26 Mar 2013 - 07:20
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Hello, I have a Macintosh Plus. It has worked well in the past few years. Yesterday when I went and switched it on it worked fine for about two minutes but then…
· 10 posts · started 10 Mar 2013 - 15:24 · last 25 Mar 2013 - 03:42
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I have been waiting for one of those for something like 2 years now. It's our second brand new computer in 17 years, the first one being a Win 98 PC that i mana…
· 3 posts · started 24 Mar 2013 - 09:12 · last 24 Mar 2013 - 17:38
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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/160977181427?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649 £1.04 - now I will have some spare parts for my running Pismo …
· 13 posts · started 1 Mar 2013 - 21:22 · last 21 Mar 2013 - 20:27
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So I thought the caps were the issue since I put the motherboard in a converted plus and it wouldnt boot. Recapped it no luck. looked at the roms and noticed da…
· 1 posts · started 21 Mar 2013 - 03:30 · last 21 Mar 2013 - 03:30
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Did the Classic originally contain screws securing the logic board to the metal chassis? I ask because mine is just sort of floating around in the metal slots. …
· 4 posts · started 14 Mar 2013 - 23:13 · last 21 Mar 2013 - 03:04
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Hello, I have a macintosh LC that seems to be having some hard drive issues? I turn on the mac and for a while everything was going well, the OS was loading and…
· 7 posts · started 20 Mar 2013 - 03:36 · last 20 Mar 2013 - 23:25
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Anyone here have a PB 100 battery that still holds a charge? I just want to know if there are any still functional after two decades. Also, if you do have a PB …
· 3 posts · started 20 Mar 2013 - 16:23 · last 20 Mar 2013 - 17:18
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Running some tests over a few hours with the IIsi case open, I found that the CPU and the two LSI system chips seemed to get steadily warmer, quite hot to touch…
· 9 posts · started 18 Mar 2013 - 10:55 · last 19 Mar 2013 - 10:17
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Recently acquired, hard drive spins up but stuck on pattern screen. Reseated RAM and CPU boards, reset power management. Any idears? It booted once successfully…
· 9 posts · started 3 Mar 2013 - 22:20 · last 18 Mar 2013 - 01:00
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