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Was looking for one for a long time, and missed a really cheap (and complete) one lately. Just collected an almost complete unit for (what seems like) a fair su…
· 12 posts · started 14 Mar 2013 - 18:46 · last 16 Mar 2013 - 21:54
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I came back from a short vacation to a non-booting IIci. The keyboard power button results in nothing but a click of the power supply, a short power-on of the m…
· 6 posts · started 14 Mar 2013 - 13:20 · last 16 Mar 2013 - 01:14
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Color Classic 2 - 100uf 1 - 10uf 6 - 47uf (Stock OEM Replacement Caps) (47uf 10 Cents ea)http://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Cornell-Dubilier/AVE476M16D16T-F/?q…
· 5 posts · started 3 Dec 2012 - 08:16 · last 15 Mar 2013 - 16:59
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Excuse the simple question.. I want to play safe. I have a working Plus logic board, and I have a 512ke that fails ROM read. Replacing electro caps with tants d…
· 9 posts · started 16 Feb 2013 - 07:10 · last 13 Mar 2013 - 21:55
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Ok I dont wanna jump to hard here but do people not notice the threads on these things? that the plastic needs the coarse thread and the metal needs the thin th…
· 10 posts · started 12 Mar 2013 - 21:07 · last 13 Mar 2013 - 16:36
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I had a spare IIsi board (the PSU went to Zuiko -a 68kmla member) so i decided to try to clock it to 25 mhz: First step is to remove the 40 Mhz oscillator { "li…
· 19 posts · started 3 Mar 2012 - 18:12 · last 13 Mar 2013 - 00:51
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So last Sunday I went to fire up my TiBook 500, which worked perfectly the last time I used it. Hasn't been fired up in about a month, so naturally I expected t…
· 7 posts · started 2 Mar 2013 - 08:38 · last 12 Mar 2013 - 03:32
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This listing has been popping up a few times from a University sale on my local Craigslist. Hopefully I'll be able to pay for it within a week or two, as I'm ge…
· 2 posts · started 12 Mar 2013 - 02:00 · last 12 Mar 2013 - 02:38
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Hello 68kmla, It's been a while since I played with my vintage Macs. I'm getting back into it by refurbishing a spare Macintosh SE with a RAM upgrade and a new …
· 15 posts · started 25 Feb 2013 - 00:58 · last 11 Mar 2013 - 09:44
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So I finished my first ever recap job on my LC II, which had sound problems and gave me a Sad Mac on startup with any hard drive. Obviously my soldering skills …
· 8 posts · started 5 Mar 2013 - 08:01 · last 10 Mar 2013 - 23:34
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Been having intermittent startup problems with my IIsi. That thing when the relay snaps off as soon as it comes on. When it behaves, the whole system starts up …
· 21 posts · started 4 Feb 2013 - 01:02 · last 10 Mar 2013 - 07:04
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Hi, How can you ID which is ATA Bus 0 ? Terminal? Open Firmware? Disk Utility? Look for label on logic board connectors? Other? Detail: After the "Ultra ATA-100…
· 4 posts · started 8 Mar 2013 - 23:30 · last 10 Mar 2013 - 02:36
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GAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 8-o The apartment still reeks of it! I'm still amazed that it didn't quite set off the smoke alarm. If I hadn't been almost next to …
· 30 posts · started 28 Feb 2013 - 15:21 · last 9 Mar 2013 - 21:42
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Hello everyone, I'm having a little bit of a difficult time taking the motherboard out of an LC. I can't seem to separate the fan from the motherboard. I'm sure…
· 4 posts · started 9 Mar 2013 - 07:43 · last 9 Mar 2013 - 21:14
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Last night I collected a haul of Apple spare parts and various other bits and pieces. Of the spare parts I've so far managed to build: (1x) 2.5GHz MacBook Pro (…
· 5 posts · started 5 Mar 2013 - 15:16 · last 9 Mar 2013 - 17:30
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Hello everyone, I am trying to get a Macintosh Classic Color to turn on. I am using a keyboard that once belonged to a Macintosh Power 5400. I used the on butto…
· 15 posts · started 6 Mar 2013 - 06:15 · last 9 Mar 2013 - 07:46
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. . . :O Sorry a system error occurred."Finder" __floating point coprocessor not installed. Click to expand... I get this error when I try to do a screen shot. …
· 7 posts · started 7 Mar 2013 - 16:20 · last 8 Mar 2013 - 17:16
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Why? I have no idea. I think the price was reasonable. http://www.ebay.com/itm/221194806594?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649
· 14 posts · started 6 Mar 2013 - 19:25 · last 8 Mar 2013 - 06:01
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This may sound like a vague question, but is there any way to use the composite output of a Raspberry Pi with a Macintosh Classic's CRT? I know the Classic uses…
· 11 posts · started 25 Feb 2013 - 23:16 · last 7 Mar 2013 - 11:15
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I'm planning to recap my IIGS monitor since it's over 20 years old. What would be the best capacitors to do the job. I'm used to recapping logic boards and PSU'…
· 1 posts · started 5 Mar 2013 - 09:49 · last 5 Mar 2013 - 09:49
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While feeding my demons and searching for p0rn of insects getting drunk on rotten fruit (i'm a complicated man, don't ask), i came across this page: http://www.…
· 4 posts · started 2 Mar 2013 - 22:42 · last 5 Mar 2013 - 04:26
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. . . finally! I've been looking for quite a while, now one of the Radius 81/110's last upgrade bits is on the way. [] ]'> Power Computing 5000-102-03 MA…
· 18 posts · started 26 Feb 2013 - 03:19 · last 4 Mar 2013 - 22:09
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Hi I've stopped collecting macs a while ago, because i was running out of space. Untill previous week, when i friend offered me a PowerMac G4 MDD (Dual 1Ghz) fo…
· 5 posts · started 7 Apr 2012 - 17:43 · last 4 Mar 2013 - 19:34
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While i'm struggling with my Plus, i thought i'd drag my 8500 out the attic, it was my first ever Macintosh computer. So i have fond memories of using it. Hooke…
· 34 posts · started 24 Feb 2013 - 20:02 · last 4 Mar 2013 - 04:14
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Any ideas? Got it for free, and am excited to get it working. It powers on, but with weird pattern on screen. I'm trying to slide the battery door open, and it …
· 7 posts · started 28 Feb 2013 - 03:32 · last 2 Mar 2013 - 19:06
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