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Found a 500MHz Pismo for $5 today. Got it home, removed the PRAM battery and it booted up. I was going through what was on the hard drive when the computer froz…
· 18 posts · started 22 Aug 2015 - 21:03 · last 10 Sep 2015 - 02:18
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I bought a Mac SE on Ebay, but when it arrived the box looked very bad it has no video. The display makes a crackling sound specifically the little tube behind …
· 4 posts · started 4 Sep 2015 - 04:02 · last 9 Sep 2015 - 00:50
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Dear forum members, I'm about to replace capacitors on a Logic Board of my Macintosh SE FDHD. Unlike later SE/30 models, the Macintosh SE Logic Board has axial …
· 14 posts · started 6 Sep 2015 - 17:46 · last 9 Sep 2015 - 00:28
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After "marrying" two partial SEs to form one complete machine, I am now trying to troubleshoot the result. It powers up but there is no startup chime and the sc…
· 12 posts · started 13 Aug 2015 - 00:07 · last 8 Sep 2015 - 21:26
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Hi, This is the display I got with my nice Performa 637, and it doesn't seem to be working. It'll come on and sound like it's working, but the display will stay…
· 2 posts · started 7 Sep 2015 - 21:15 · last 8 Sep 2015 - 00:08
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Last year, my PB3400 quit working. Up until that point, it had been used regularly, at least twice a week, so it hadn't been sitting for a long period of time. …
· 24 posts · started 28 May 2015 - 07:51 · last 6 Sep 2015 - 22:31
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Hi guys, this one is for the people that has a CFFA3000 running in a IIgs ROM 01. I just can't mount more than 2 32MB images at once. I recall mounting more tha…
· 5 posts · started 3 Sep 2015 - 19:24 · last 5 Sep 2015 - 06:07
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Finally noticed 128mb SIMMs being sold (at a reasonable price) on eBay... The first one I bought worked in my LC475 and Quadra 630. Strangely enough, the SIMM d…
· 4 posts · started 4 Sep 2015 - 15:43 · last 5 Sep 2015 - 04:22
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Hey guys I'm thinking of bringing my old B/W out the attic and having a play around with it. Back when it was my main system, I upgraded it to a G4 500 ZIF, don…
· 48 posts · started 28 Jul 2015 - 09:09 · last 3 Sep 2015 - 15:49
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So a forum member gave me some projects and I went in hip deep. All the screens are good as tested on my 2300. Sound good and the like. So I got 3 280 motherboa…
· 2 posts · started 22 Jun 2015 - 20:52 · last 2 Sep 2015 - 05:14
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I powered my trusty old iMac G3 Rev A after about 2 years. It powered right on, and it stayed there, until the sleep timer kicked in and machine went to sleep. …
· 6 posts · started 27 Aug 2015 - 22:32 · last 31 Aug 2015 - 16:34
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So, with a lot of fuss and hoo-ha, I've got an LC 475 up and running 7.6.1. One of the problems I've run into a lot recently, and not just with this particular …
· 8 posts · started 28 Aug 2015 - 01:03 · last 28 Aug 2015 - 15:21
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Hello, Picked up a Performa 550 recently, I was told the capacitors have been replaced however there appears to be one that leaked or is leaking. Do these capac…
· 7 posts · started 20 Aug 2015 - 18:43 · last 28 Aug 2015 - 07:34
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Was trying to keep from going on any more conquest road trips but this one was a little bit closer to home and I managed to get quite a bit of stuff. The system…
· 16 posts · started 19 Aug 2015 - 00:57 · last 27 Aug 2015 - 16:50
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I've always been curious about the RCA jack on the Lisa 1 and 2/5 that was marked VIDEO OUT. Until today I could only determine: -The signal is composite -The s…
· 8 posts · started 19 Aug 2015 - 16:43 · last 26 Aug 2015 - 21:09
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The Macintosh SE I acquired about 2 years ago seems to be having intermittent issues, that seem to have gotten worse since I've owned the machine. Basically, so…
· 1 posts · started 26 Aug 2015 - 19:36 · last 26 Aug 2015 - 19:36
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Hi all, Coming here for a last resort, because Google keeps giving me OSX advice; my System 7 mojo was really strong back in the day but I'm new to retro (as of…
· 1 posts · started 26 Aug 2015 - 07:56 · last 26 Aug 2015 - 07:56
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Damn! I swear! I took out my IIcI in a IIcx case with the Daystar 040 Accelerator, and see if I can give it a look over with the others for a quickie recap and …
· 5 posts · started 29 May 2015 - 20:56 · last 24 Aug 2015 - 20:54
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a couple are missing programmers switch, but they all work. love me some Quadra 700!
· 51 posts · started 16 Jun 2015 - 20:25 · last 23 Aug 2015 - 16:16
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After the hard drive in my Portable failed, it has been sitting untouched. I have plenty of spare hard drives, but they are 50 pin and the 32 pin cable on the P…
· 22 posts · started 15 Aug 2015 - 02:04 · last 20 Aug 2015 - 18:17
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Main sample libraries formats that can be used on Mac Os 9:Kontakt: versions 1.x, 1.5 and 1.5.2Kompakt up to version 1.0.3HALion: versions 1.x, 2.0 and 2.0.3Sam…
· 13 posts · started 21 May 2015 - 03:44 · last 17 Aug 2015 - 00:24
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It's been a while since I posted - life has been busy. I recently visited my parents and found our old Mac LC and a Mac Classic languishing in a closet and gara…
· 3 posts · started 16 Aug 2015 - 17:17 · last 16 Aug 2015 - 23:06
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I picked up an Apple IIc this week with a monitor, external 3.25 floppy, mouse, a fist-full of disks, and all the original paperwork, as the price was too good …
· 12 posts · started 5 Jun 2015 - 15:00 · last 14 Aug 2015 - 22:24
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I haven't been able to find much repair info out there but I recently acquired a NIB USB 100mb zip drive. Im thinking it may have capacitor issues because I get…
· 15 posts · started 26 Apr 2015 - 19:53 · last 14 Aug 2015 - 22:02
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"New Factory Sealed 15-pin Super VGA 9" Monochrome VM-9AF Monitor" Long eBay link. Not my auction, etc... I put this in H&D instead of Trading Post beca…
· 54 posts · started 4 Jun 2015 - 20:06 · last 14 Aug 2015 - 04:56
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