Hi all, With the recent acquisitions I came across recently, I thought I'd spend the weekend cleaning them up and try to get some of the busted ones working aga…
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I heard somewhere that the 575 can only use certain types of SIMM's in its ram slot. What kind is it?
Does anybody know of audio software that will play on a Mac 512K? I know there were a few, but everything I've found seems to have higher system requirements th…
Hey all! This is my first post but I figured it'll be appropriate to do it in here since my conquest was what lead me to this forum. About a month ago I noticed…
Hi all, I haven't been collecting Macs for all that long, but if you look at my signature, I'm pretty happy with what I've come across so far. My most recent ha…
Although I already have a functional LC, I recently discovered a whole lot of old Mac II's and some others in the basement of my school. As part of a computer c…
... and back then I was complaining about the lack of conquests/liberations I got. Well, not any more! In the course of this year I got (all for free, mostly wo…
I found an LC520 motherboard and I need to replace the capacitors. Problem is, the markings on C9 have corroded off, so I can't tell what value it is. Does anyo…
Over the weekend I managed to get my LC520 back in working condition. Boots from HD just fine, but looks like I need to boot from a floppy and run Disk Tools. I…
I am thinking of investing in one good NiMH battery rebuild for my PB 1400 (but don't want to do it myself). The two aftermarket VST batteries that were my "bet…
How much is 16MB IIfx SIMM goes nowaday? Is there any other Mac that use the same SIMM as the IIfx other than the one that shares same motherboard?
I have a Power Tower Pro (Mac 9500) with *NewerTech G3 processor* card in it. It's running OS9. The good thing about the old system is that you have quite a few…
If you were to get a Mac SE/30 and replace the old internal 20MB HD, what would be the maximum capacity a SE/30 can take? Is 500MB too much or too little? If yo…
Can you swap the ROM chip and make the SE/30 run right off without doing some modification? Or is it require that you reformat the hard drive and fresh install …
Is it possible to add a USB/Firewire Combo PCI card on Mac 9500 (Power Tower Pro with NewerTech G3)? Bear with me, it's been more than ten years since I brought…
Yup. Customer and I worked out a deal. for $25 of work, I will be getting a 17" 1.33Ghz PowerBook G4 w/ 2GB DDR-2700 RAM, 250GB HDD, dead battery, and FW800/Dua…
Spent the weekend negotiationg a deal for what I originally though was just a box of cards. Returned home with the cards and a LOT more. Click here to see every…
The max component repair I have done is DC Jacks on a laptop. I have trumped my previous experience and am proud to show off what my skills have yielded. It too…
Hello, my Macintosh Classic II after several month good work dont start up I power on, it makes noise but no start up sound, and monitor is black. What did can …
Just today, I acquired (for beer money) a yellowed-but-working AppleVision 17" AV monitor, for which I have excellent plastics from an otherwise dead 17" ColorS…
Hi guys. I have here an expansion card. From what I can make out it has an Interface Controller of some sort and a bunch of discrete logic. I'm guessing homebre…
Yes, I just completed a massive downsizing project. Yes, I told myself I wasn't going to buy any new Macs unless I spring for a new MacBook Air. However, I've h…
I Liberated a B&W G3 yesterday. Except for some outer case dust, it is flawless....it looks like it came out of the box. G3 300, 512MB of PC133, 80+14GB…
Landed a PowerBook 1400c/166 + 64MB of RAM (yes, the full caboodle), and all the peripherals and even a rehabilitatable battery, for cost of shipping. In great …
We discovered a mystery in the field of graphics performance. There is a Power Mac G3 and a Power Mac G4 in this scenario. The G3 is running Mac OS 10.3.9, and …