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Okay, I've just acquired a 2002 MDD Power Mac (1.25GHz DP) and gotten it up and running. It's quite a nice machine, but I've noticed that it's running a bit hot…
· 19 posts · started 10 Jan 2012 - 21:31 · last 16 Feb 2012 - 05:39
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Finally, I got myself a Power Mac G4 Cube. Always wanted one since I first learned of it back in 2000. Back then, I was a poor student ;-) { "lightbox_close": "…
· 8 posts · started 14 Feb 2012 - 04:54 · last 16 Feb 2012 - 00:36
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Will a Macintosh SE boot with the battery removed? Also does anyone know where to acquire a battery with solder leads on them? :?: This is probably common sense…
· 6 posts · started 10 Feb 2012 - 22:46 · last 15 Feb 2012 - 09:32
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Hello! Sharing my latest toy with you all, a ugly but functioning Macintosh Classic. It was $30 on craigslist and I was told it was going to the trash soon if i…
· 12 posts · started 7 Feb 2012 - 20:01 · last 15 Feb 2012 - 02:01
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So I was having issues with my Pismo 500Mhz G3. I noticed first that I was having issues with my Cardbus expansion. The airport card worked, but I couldn't get …
· 5 posts · started 6 Jan 2012 - 05:39 · last 14 Feb 2012 - 18:38
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last thanksgiving I was given a couple toshiba laptops by my uncle, he said neither one powered up... so i took them home, and pretty much let them sit there un…
· 3 posts · started 12 Feb 2012 - 22:28 · last 14 Feb 2012 - 00:51
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I have just collected a PM 7600 tonight. The ad was advertised as "free to collect locally" and it was just 5 minutes from home Moreover, many items were includ…
· 12 posts · started 30 Jan 2012 - 20:55 · last 12 Feb 2012 - 17:37
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Bought originally the Powerbook online, but the guy started talking and offered "some other vintage mac stuff" for me as well, so ended up buying them all. Had …
· 23 posts · started 7 Feb 2012 - 20:01 · last 11 Feb 2012 - 13:08
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There's a "new" style Turbo040, the type with the cache soldered on the card, in this lot: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Macintosh-IIci-M5780-w-DayStar-Digital-Asante…
· 12 posts · started 18 Jan 2012 - 18:09 · last 10 Feb 2012 - 18:19
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The subject of SCSI-IDE-CF and other alternatives to aging SCSI HDD's gets brought up regularly, and inevitably performance is discussed. Tests are performed, p…
· 3 posts · started 9 Feb 2012 - 21:29 · last 10 Feb 2012 - 05:10
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Finally got my hands on a Platinum Macintosh ED (512k). Powers on to the over-voltage crowbar. Hopefully it's repairable, I'll have a look sometime though I'm n…
· 31 posts · started 2 Feb 2012 - 01:54 · last 9 Feb 2012 - 10:20
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due to a change I am going through in life (and a turning point into being a free person) I am moving out suddenly from where I am, have a nice job lined up, ex…
· 12 posts · started 5 Feb 2012 - 06:03 · last 8 Feb 2012 - 03:47
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I used to use a G4 MDD to run videos on an LCD TV but I ran into trouble with MKV files. I was using a 1.33ghz DP MDD with 2gb RAM, Ati 9000 pro video card and …
· 5 posts · started 16 Jan 2012 - 17:36 · last 6 Feb 2012 - 06:59
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I was attempting to sell this PB Lombard, but have had no takers. So I decided to swap the logic boards myself. The original board would chime very static like …
· 3 posts · started 4 Feb 2012 - 08:16 · last 6 Feb 2012 - 04:59
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Can anyone point me to the capacitor values for the 550/CC2 logic board? They aren't listed in the wiki. I'd settle for a high-resolution picture of the logic b…
· 1 posts · started 4 Feb 2012 - 21:39 · last 4 Feb 2012 - 21:39
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The power supply on my faithful Quadra 950 has failed. Went bad while I left it unused for a couple of months. It no longer has any voltage on the 5V PFW or TRK…
· 1 posts · started 4 Feb 2012 - 16:55 · last 4 Feb 2012 - 16:55
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Well I finally won a PB170 on ebay (my first 68K notebook) and I have a few questions. The unit is pictured looking mint, but the seller says it will not power …
· 28 posts · started 14 Mar 2011 - 08:51 · last 2 Feb 2012 - 20:59
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So I have a 180 that I ahve been fighting with to get an OS working on it. I first tried 6.0.4 (long shot but worth a try) and that didn't work. Neither did 7.1…
· 9 posts · started 5 Nov 2011 - 21:51 · last 2 Feb 2012 - 20:47
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My 7500 originally came with a G3 card. I swapped it out with a 604 so I could play about with some old systems that didn't like the G3, but now I'm done with t…
· 15 posts · started 11 Oct 2011 - 17:53 · last 2 Feb 2012 - 16:54
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At work i found a huge stack of BC-01 cartididges for my style writer, I'm save until 2050! Still need to ask my boss If I can take them all. I also when to the…
· 11 posts · started 20 Nov 2011 - 10:56 · last 2 Feb 2012 - 03:50
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Yet another conquest: Macintosh Classic : Not so yellowed but has an hole in the side (!), original keyboard, mouse, System 7 discs, original Macintosh/System 7…
· 6 posts · started 29 Jan 2012 - 18:56 · last 1 Feb 2012 - 20:46
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http://homepage.mac.com/kuratate0/6100/index.html { "lightbox_close": "Close", "lightbox_next": "Next", "lightbox_previous": "Previous", "lightbox_error": "The …
· 14 posts · started 24 Jan 2012 - 10:17 · last 1 Feb 2012 - 16:09
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https://groups.google.com/group/lemswap/browse_thread/thread/fccff19604014e8b?hl=en# "30.00 for entire collection plus shipping. Payment accepted via US Postal …
· 9 posts · started 16 Jun 2011 - 03:36 · last 31 Jan 2012 - 15:56
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There has been much discussion about ways to get CompactFlash cards onto SCSI busses. Some machines can take a full height 3.5" drive or another option is putti…
· 5 posts · started 29 Jan 2012 - 19:09 · last 29 Jan 2012 - 23:36
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Hi all, I've got a couple of IIsi's -- case and mobo, but no disks or PSU. After washing, the MoBos work great (I used a Quadra 700 PSU on the bench) and I have…
· 9 posts · started 26 Dec 2011 - 18:38 · last 29 Jan 2012 - 17:57
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