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Hi, first post here. Nice to see a community for the ol' 68k Macs. I have this Performa 600, stock except that it has been upgraded to 20MB of memory. It was my…
· 8 posts · started 19 Apr 2010 - 00:52 · last 5 May 2010 - 06:10
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a picture is worth a thousand words, so here is what I am getting out of my iic (keeping in mind I am using a 20mhz digital storage scope from kenwood that defa…
· 7 posts · started 1 May 2010 - 06:19 · last 4 May 2010 - 14:14
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Yay, finally bought one off ebay after weeks and weeks of watching for something inexpensive and complete which never materialized. Payed a small fortune (~ USD…
· 14 posts · started 24 Apr 2010 - 01:37 · last 3 May 2010 - 23:30
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There was a time when I didn't think i'd ever come back into the community again. I checked in on the troops recently though and really felt as though there wer…
· 24 posts · started 6 Apr 2010 - 01:03 · last 1 May 2010 - 21:28
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So I picked up an Apple IIe with a Disk ][ from the local Goodwill. I want to buy some disks to use, but my google-fu is failing me. I seem to recall that it re…
· 15 posts · started 18 Aug 2009 - 05:55 · last 30 Apr 2010 - 22:46
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My Macintosh IIfx. Still running after eleven years. In early 1999 I got a gift from a colleague, a graphic designer at the printing company where I had a job a…
· 10 posts · started 12 Apr 2010 - 01:38 · last 30 Apr 2010 - 07:17
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Ah, what $60 will get you... I just picked up a //c with power supply, plus matching 5.25" external floppy drive and green-mono CRT. Includes original manual an…
· 19 posts · started 22 Dec 2009 - 03:10 · last 30 Apr 2010 - 04:57
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Hello to all here and kudos on the great knowledge base that this site is. I'm here as someone who has proudly kept the same Performa 575 chugging along for ove…
· 6 posts · started 23 Apr 2010 - 01:32 · last 29 Apr 2010 - 23:53
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In my recent conquest to end all conquests (which it probably will, if my wife has anything to do with it), I acquired 5 x 64MB 72-pin EDO SIMMs. Naturally, I f…
· 9 posts · started 13 Apr 2010 - 15:41 · last 27 Apr 2010 - 02:36
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What's on top of this IIfx?
· 13 posts · started 18 Apr 2010 - 02:10 · last 25 Apr 2010 - 23:42
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Hello. I wanted to see what others thing of the mac clones. Any particular favorites? Mine is my PowerTower Pro. Its a hilarious fusion of mac and beige PC. Its…
· 28 posts · started 2 Jul 2009 - 17:58 · last 25 Apr 2010 - 10:10
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http://cgi.ebay.com/Symbolics-MacIvory-model-3-in-Quadra-650-workstation_W0QQitemZ110507745074 Has anyone heard of this one?
· 7 posts · started 17 Mar 2010 - 04:48 · last 24 Apr 2010 - 20:13
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Anybody ever heard of a Total Systems Gemini 020, a logic board upgrade with 128k ROMs, 68020 16 MHz processor, power supply and fan? It requires loading a GemS…
· 3 posts · started 24 Apr 2010 - 07:01 · last 24 Apr 2010 - 18:31
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Looking for some advice... I have a B&W G3. It originally a 400mhz system, but a few weeks ago, I upgraded it to a G3/500 with a cheap ZIF from IC-China…
· 14 posts · started 20 Dec 2009 - 03:15 · last 23 Apr 2010 - 14:46
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BACKGROUND: So I picked myself up a decent-condition, "not working" Classic II on eBay a month ago. The listing showed it powered on with the checkerboard scree…
· 36 posts · started 14 Apr 2010 - 02:34 · last 21 Apr 2010 - 05:10
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i understand that there is a bit of a speed gain in a file system's performance when you mount it with asynchronous writes enabled, but there is the risk of los…
· 26 posts · started 20 Nov 2009 - 06:51 · last 18 Apr 2010 - 23:31
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Hi All, My son's trusty Powerbook 540c has recently started to shut down at random while in use. After this happens it will not restart unless I unplug the powe…
· 6 posts · started 11 Apr 2010 - 00:17 · last 18 Apr 2010 - 23:25
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After allowing at least five of these to slip past me on eBay over the last few years, I finally picked up a Duo 2300c in good condition. It's physically near m…
· 17 posts · started 18 Mar 2010 - 21:32 · last 18 Apr 2010 - 23:16
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Perhaps there's someone out there who can enlighten me about this problem. I have a G3 400MHz Lombard with 10.3.9/9.2.2. It refuses to charge or run on the main…
· 6 posts · started 4 Apr 2010 - 07:13 · last 7 Apr 2010 - 15:50
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The campus PC repair shop has a "scrap pile" of old machines, mostly PCs, which are destined for the recycler. In the past year, I have purchased a desktop G3 a…
· 46 posts · started 20 Jan 2010 - 22:05 · last 5 Apr 2010 - 20:13
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I have the original graphite Airport base and wondered if anyone has upgraded the internal card to anything better than an Orinoco Gold card? Is there anything …
· 11 posts · started 28 Mar 2010 - 08:32 · last 4 Apr 2010 - 04:14
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Under 24 bit addressing there is 1M of address space assigned to each Slot. Does that mean that a video card would be limited to 1 MB of VRAM when using 24 bit …
· 5 posts · started 1 Feb 2010 - 21:26 · last 2 Apr 2010 - 16:43
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I'm almost in total disbelief right now. Went to the tip shop today. We haven't been going as frequently since its been kinda lame over the past few months. So …
· 31 posts · started 19 Mar 2010 - 05:47 · last 2 Apr 2010 - 14:46
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Calling all experts... Has anyone of you ever done this or have any inside info on how to do it? What I would like to do to the above mentioned machines is: 1. …
· 5 posts · started 23 Feb 2010 - 03:31 · last 2 Apr 2010 - 08:22
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Today I was given a free Power Book G3 'Lombard' 333 by a coworker - 384Mb RAM/12Gb HDD / CD with 2 hour battery life and Apple 45W non UFO power adapter. PRAM …
· 3 posts · started 1 Apr 2010 - 23:55 · last 2 Apr 2010 - 08:06
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