Scored a Powerbook 170 and couple other PBs as mentioned in this thread: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=16943 The bezel is a little loose on the hinge and one side…
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This one came to me as a parts machine, and at a price worth a small risk, but in fact the problem was a flaky power adapter. Booted right up from a good one. I…
I have a performa 520 Logic Board that was working quite happily in a Color Classic. After not being used for a month the machine suddenly won't start up. It wo…
Hi all, I am a kind of a 1400-freak. This is without a doubt my favorite classic PowerBook, and one of my favorite classic Mac ever. I do have two 1400c/166. On…
I can't seem to find any info on this apparent video card labeled "newlife computer corp". Serves me right for pulling the trigger on an auction before trying t…
I got a Powerbook 520 with 4MB Memorycard, but 8MB Memory is not enough for me I attached pictures from the card, has anybody a clue what memory and what resist…
Couple of questions: 1.What OS between 7.5.3 and 8.6 would be best for a mailserver? 2. If the system is clean, no bad caps (WOW!), good strong power supply, an…
I had originally posted this in Trag's trading post thread, but since both he and I believe it would find a larger audience here, I figured I'd re-post. I have …
Whilst cruising ebay for LCDs for Taco CCs and other hacks, I found a seller offering cheap controller boards to drive bare LCD panels from a range of inputs - …
I am attempting to get my Power Mac 6100/60 to run on an LCD monitor, specifically an NEC MultiSync LCD1550V. From the Mac I have: HDI-45 to DB-15 "pigtail" ada…
There must be some kind of 12 step program I can join for this. Bear in mind, just six days ago I owned zero Macintosh systems or equipment. From left to right:…
A friend gifted me a working Duo 230 that he rescued from a trash bin. We got it to my house, and it booted up fine. System 7.1, 12 MB RAM, 120 MB hard drive, 1…
Got it for the amazingly low price of $15 with the AppleVision 1710 Monitor (DOA). But the system works. Specs: 120 mHz 601 64 MB DIMM 168pin 1.2gb HD 8x CD ROM…
Hey guys, just bought a Mac SE/30 on craigslist from a professor on a college campus. This is my first 68k Mac purchase in awhile. Anyway, I noticed an "800k" d…
I'm working on a project as detailed in the Room of Duo to get a PCMCIA card slot into my Newertech UltraDock.(Should be arriving in a few days) However, the ca…
So there are lots of 020/030 accelerators for the SE and Plus (actually not sure about 030s for the Plus but I think so anyway). Some of them have RAM slots tha…
OK, I bought *another* compact Mac today, a Mac 512Ke. It booted up fine from a 6.0.8 floppy, and everything worked fine. I left it on while I went to another r…
Woohoo! I've got a working Mac 512K, my first Mac in over a decade! I purchased the 512K system yesterday from a woman who recycles electronics. It booted to th…
I borrowed a friend's SE/30 that had been in storage for years. It's got an internal hard drive that works, with System 7 and a copy of Norton Utils, among othe…
Hey folks, I have a G4 Quicksilver from 2001 with an 800MHz processor. I'm going to be beefing up the memory to 1.5GB but I had a question about the CPU. Curren…
Well not really a conquest, but a rescue plan from another collector that needs to clear his house. Uploaded with ImageShack.us Uploaded with ImageShack.us .. I…
My sister's B&W Powermac went completely bonkers, so I handed over my Ruby iMac. Originally it ran just fine with 400MHz, 128MB RAM, and OS 9 (Japanese)…
I'm considering buying a Mac 512K system, and the seller sent me the image below. Any idea what would cause those wide diagonal bars?
Made it to the local flea market this weekend and found a Powerbook 520c with power supply and HDI30 SCSI adapter. Seller had no idea if it worked or not. Power…
My recently acquired Apple IIc read disks perfectly but when I try to format or duplicate disks (with ProDos v1.1.1 or 1.0.2), after the normal drive noise (lik…