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I've been looking for a CD-ROM drive equipped 68k mac...and now I have one! LC630 with 20MB RAM, and a 230MB HD. Pretty clean and came with keyboard, mouse, and…
· 1 posts · started 9 Mar 2011 - 07:12 · last 9 Mar 2011 - 07:12
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I have two partitions on my hard drive now. I've copied the files from my boot partition to the 2nd partition. It's running 6.0.7. Can I now upgrade ONLY the 2n…
· 4 posts · started 21 Feb 2011 - 22:58 · last 7 Mar 2011 - 19:11
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Hi everybody, my SE/30's battery exploded, and so did C12 (capacitor) and Y1 (I think a transistor). I've got a replacement for C12, but not for Y1. My question…
· 18 posts · started 18 Sep 2010 - 17:48 · last 6 Mar 2011 - 23:28
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Hi everyone, got some helpful information here once before for my other mac, just wondering if someone could tell me where to find a boot disk for my MacTV, it …
· 4 posts · started 4 Mar 2011 - 23:44 · last 5 Mar 2011 - 14:12
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Scored a gutted IIfx (all that remained from the recycler was the case, the board, the ROM SIMM, and the ram thank god) but parts like the metalwork for the dri…
· 9 posts · started 3 Mar 2011 - 05:13 · last 5 Mar 2011 - 04:42
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Here I go again, this time I found a Pismo Powerbook, with 2 chargers. It appeared dead at first, then after unplugging the backup battery, the machine booted i…
· 8 posts · started 25 Feb 2011 - 13:11 · last 1 Mar 2011 - 21:14
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Hi all, I picked up a "not working" Newton H1000 off eBay, which came with original pen and getting started PCMCIA card. Looks like it has always had a screen p…
· 7 posts · started 23 Feb 2011 - 11:22 · last 1 Mar 2011 - 07:29
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I just found this mac while I was throwing away some old boxes. Long live the e-Waste bins in large office buildings! It still has its original 250MB HDD and th…
· 16 posts · started 28 Jan 2011 - 13:48 · last 28 Feb 2011 - 14:41
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I have a new lust object for my Pismo(s) - the 40gb price is out - $99 bucks. Has anyone bought one of these yet? The speed bump looks like...a thing of great b…
· 19 posts · started 19 Jan 2011 - 21:49 · last 28 Feb 2011 - 07:17
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I checked all the specs. 45 watts, 24v DC out. So going by that, it should have worked. The PowerBook plug is different from the iBook plug, so I had to make my…
· 29 posts · started 18 Dec 2010 - 23:59 · last 26 Feb 2011 - 18:43
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I have 3 powerbook duos, a 230 in mint condition, a 280c in mint condition and a 280c in pieces not working (power supply area is shot, making a ticking sound) …
· 11 posts · started 20 Feb 2011 - 20:07 · last 26 Feb 2011 - 15:05
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The other day I was playing around on my G3 iMac (see sig), and the Finder suddenly goes crazy; repeatedly saying that it needs my attention. It then flashes an…
· 32 posts · started 12 Feb 2011 - 07:12 · last 26 Feb 2011 - 14:57
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I got a Mac Classic from 1990. Logic board is tested and working. I just disassembled the case to check out the voltage on the main connector. No +12, no+5 no -…
· 2 posts · started 25 Feb 2011 - 00:00 · last 25 Feb 2011 - 17:19
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I just got a IIgs the other day. Just the computer, a power cable, and what I believe to be a cable for connecting the computer to the monitor. After looking ar…
· 11 posts · started 22 Feb 2011 - 17:23 · last 25 Feb 2011 - 16:57
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In another random bout of incredible intelligence, I decided to pick up a confirmed working eMate 300 on eBay. It was cheap enough, so hooray! Now, it didn't co…
· 7 posts · started 16 Feb 2011 - 04:53 · last 24 Feb 2011 - 09:17
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after picking up my Asante EN/SC Desktop adapter earlier, Today I came home and found a Sonnet G3/L2 upgrade card for my PM 6500, and a 6MB RAM Module for my Po…
· 9 posts · started 25 Jan 2011 - 05:02 · last 22 Feb 2011 - 20:44
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Picking up an early Newt at the weekend. I have never used anything earlier that NewtOS 2 (MP2000, 2100, eMate 300), so it will be interesting to see an early i…
· 7 posts · started 17 Feb 2011 - 02:07 · last 20 Feb 2011 - 17:34
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to do something with this G3 Desktop. I am not sure what I want to do with it, but I want to do something server-ish, and want to run it under at minimum 8.1. T…
· 9 posts · started 16 Jan 2011 - 07:08 · last 19 Feb 2011 - 13:35
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With my Macintosh 128K came a book. It is called "Presenting the Macintosh" by Merl K. Miller and Mary A. Myers. It is written even before the Macintosh was lau…
· 1 posts · started 17 Feb 2011 - 20:35 · last 17 Feb 2011 - 20:35
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Hey guys, been a while.. I'm literally stumped. I CAN NOT get this DA G4 [dual 533] to boot OS 9 anymore.. It use to a year ago, but since then it's been runnin…
· 17 posts · started 12 Feb 2011 - 02:53 · last 17 Feb 2011 - 04:53
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Well, after my recent bleating about trying to reign in my Mac hoarding ways, I went and done it again [)] ]'> Indigo iMac 450 slot loader DVD - $10 from…
· 33 posts · started 26 Aug 2008 - 17:12 · last 15 Feb 2011 - 16:24
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Hey, I just received a 3GB HD to put in my TAM. Pulled the old drive, formatted new one with my MacBook, etc. Well, I put the TAM back together, plugged it into…
· 5 posts · started 13 Feb 2011 - 03:36 · last 14 Feb 2011 - 09:15
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Hi gang, has anyone got a Kanga to post a pic of the MoBo or just peek inside to see if it has a Quad Flat Pack or a Ball Grid Array G3 Processor? QFP = Pins al…
· 6 posts · started 28 Jan 2011 - 17:17 · last 13 Feb 2011 - 02:37
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Really just want one working 180, guess that's too hard to ask though. so I've got to make my own! DO have some questions now that I've got a pair of them first…
· 6 posts · started 10 Feb 2011 - 17:27 · last 12 Feb 2011 - 22:54
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