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I recently purchased a PB G3 PDQ 266MHz for $15 (plus shipping). It was a nice find that I intend to use as a link machine between an old Mac 512k and modern OS…
· 33 posts · started 23 Oct 2011 - 00:29 · last 27 Oct 2011 - 01:27
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Board and CRT, should it work? :?: I've still got the MoBo & maxed (?) Memory Card from the Curbed Classic I liberated, lo, these many years ago. I neve…
· 3 posts · started 25 Oct 2011 - 16:09 · last 26 Oct 2011 - 01:19
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im comparing this logic board to the one at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Macintosh-motherboard.jpg and i see some differences. Is this an original 128k Mac…
· 10 posts · started 22 Oct 2011 - 13:06 · last 25 Oct 2011 - 22:16
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My Bondi blue Rev. A does not restart properly. The disk is spinning up and sounds like loading the OS, the Power button is green, but the sreen remains dark. W…
· 12 posts · started 15 Oct 2011 - 19:15 · last 25 Oct 2011 - 18:53
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Is the analog board repairable? how about the logic board, is it affected? my fault i didn't notice i plugged it into 220v instead of 110v. xx( visual inspectio…
· 13 posts · started 17 Oct 2011 - 14:27 · last 25 Oct 2011 - 04:27
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I've got a pair of PowerBooks, which have a pair of display issues! Both of these have been sitting in my closet for a while but are currently "auditioning" for…
· 9 posts · started 18 Oct 2011 - 20:42 · last 24 Oct 2011 - 05:25
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Well, let's keep it short. A couple of days ago I turned on my beloved SE/30, with a recently recapped motherboard, and instead of a happy Mac and boot sequence…
· 4 posts · started 22 Oct 2011 - 20:23 · last 23 Oct 2011 - 23:59
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I'm upgrading my Powerbook with an IDE to CF adaptor, and a 2GB CF card. I'm mainly trying this out to see if there are any speed benefits, but also because my …
· 9 posts · started 6 Aug 2011 - 19:24 · last 23 Oct 2011 - 09:07
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Just spotted this as sold on eBay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Apple-Macintosh-Quadra-950-Ethernet-Card-Works-Great-Excelent-Condition-/140618140783?pt=LH_DefaultDo…
· 16 posts · started 18 Oct 2011 - 06:56 · last 23 Oct 2011 - 01:31
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I've done virtually no soldering work in my life but have become interested in playing around with compact Macs. I have 2 now that need some work done on the an…
· 3 posts · started 21 Oct 2011 - 01:43 · last 21 Oct 2011 - 03:42
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Since I read this thread: http://macintoshgarden.org/forum/project-classic-mac-gameing-box-in-a-xbox-360-case I am considering to do something similar with my R…
· 8 posts · started 17 Oct 2011 - 20:22 · last 19 Oct 2011 - 17:33
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I've decided I want to teach myself 6502 assembly. I've also decided I want to learn it on an Apple II vs any of the other home micros of the time. What I haven…
· 8 posts · started 17 Oct 2011 - 22:35 · last 18 Oct 2011 - 22:39
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I use a 7 year old LaCie photon20vision, which was pretty high end at the time. I know CRTs degrade over time, but what about LCDs? I might have a colour sensit…
· 3 posts · started 9 Oct 2011 - 13:34 · last 13 Oct 2011 - 08:11
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Hi all, Just got a Power Mac G4 Cube in the original box and almost complete. It comes with everything except for the manuals, software, and the VGA cord. Howev…
· 17 posts · started 2 Sep 2011 - 11:45 · last 13 Oct 2011 - 05:30
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Hello, can you help me with this little bugger please? http://www.mediafire.com/?5kpdwgyf34cy81p As it is set now it works with my 7100´s AV card displaying 102…
· 8 posts · started 11 Oct 2011 - 21:51 · last 12 Oct 2011 - 22:46
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Front of the POWERUSER 40MB external SCSI hard drive. The Rear, with SCSI ID selector, dual 50-pin CENTRONIX connectors, power jumper cable plug, power cable co…
· 2 posts · started 6 Oct 2011 - 13:08 · last 11 Oct 2011 - 22:04
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I went back to Computer Works to get some stuff for my iBooks. After seeing that their Hard Drives and Ram were Overpriced and Batteries came with no warranty, …
· 2 posts · started 10 Oct 2011 - 12:17 · last 11 Oct 2011 - 05:13
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I replaced the RAM and the VRAM! The Centris now has 68mb of RAM and 1mb of VRAM. But it still gives me the Chimes of Death! > So if it's not the RAM and…
· 3 posts · started 21 Sep 2011 - 15:46 · last 11 Oct 2011 - 00:13
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Hi, I rescued a Mac IIsi today. I opened it up, and it is missing its hard drive. The battery has also leaked, corroded some areas here and there on the motherb…
· 5 posts · started 7 Oct 2011 - 14:13 · last 10 Oct 2011 - 15:54
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I just went out and bought a multimeter to try to diagnose the problem with a failed SE/30 MacCon ethernet card. The multimeter tells me that two of the SMD com…
· 7 posts · started 8 Oct 2011 - 22:03 · last 10 Oct 2011 - 05:26
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I've got a 12" RGB, commonly known as an LC Monitor (the kind a shadow mask tube in place of a Trinitron), and am having some focus issues with it which seem to…
· 5 posts · started 31 Jul 2011 - 20:06 · last 9 Oct 2011 - 00:21
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I have a IIx that I have been restoring to working order, and it's mostly working well. I've got it currently configured, as follows: 8mb RAM 9gb UW SCSI Seagat…
· 6 posts · started 10 Jun 2011 - 21:23 · last 8 Oct 2011 - 23:58
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When I was a wee lad, I would sometimes go to Weird Stuff at it's original location off of Lawrence Expressway across one of the early Fry's Electronic's store.…
· 5 posts · started 8 Oct 2011 - 00:38 · last 8 Oct 2011 - 18:27
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Will it work, I'm dumping one of the 6400's and would like to beef up the 5200, looks as if it should fit but I don't want to fry it.
· 6 posts · started 27 Sep 2011 - 23:58 · last 30 Sep 2011 - 21:58
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Hello everyone, I'm new to this forum, and thought a short introduction might be in order: I received a used Mac SE on my eleventh birthday in 1992, and fell in…
· 17 posts · started 23 Sep 2011 - 23:06 · last 28 Sep 2011 - 11:58
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