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Picked up a couple of XRAIDs. Couldn’t resist, they had 14 500gb ATA drives each. I bought them for the drives but I may try getting one going. I do have some F…
· 6 posts · started 16 Nov 2015 - 18:52 · last 18 Nov 2015 - 22:45
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I acquired this in a lot of boards a few months ago. Any idea what it is? I've tried googling the part number but couldn't find anything.
· 12 posts · started 24 Jun 2015 - 19:41 · last 15 Nov 2015 - 23:09
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Hi, I'm writing an operating system for PowerPC Macs in order to be able to reuse them with an OS adapted to the modern world as far as possible. It will be a d…
· 44 posts · started 10 Nov 2015 - 10:50 · last 15 Nov 2015 - 20:11
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Hi, I have a problem with a PowerBook G4 17" 1.67Ghz A1107. Was working fine apart some graphic problems sometime when opening the screen after sleep, would sho…
· 4 posts · started 25 Oct 2015 - 15:53 · last 13 Nov 2015 - 08:05
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Hi everyone. Been reading this forum for years. So I have a old, lovable G4 12" Powerbook that I think has a dead HD. Ok, no issue right? A 2008 iMac I found in…
· 9 posts · started 5 Oct 2015 - 05:37 · last 28 Oct 2015 - 00:18
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Hi there. Was wondering if anyone has heard of Macintosh speakers going bad. I have a G3 desktop Macintosh with the oblong speaker in that beige casing. Anyways…
· 12 posts · started 23 Oct 2015 - 15:00 · last 27 Oct 2015 - 13:43
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Hi all, I won an MDD dual 1.25GHz for about USD20 in an auction. I am surprised how loud it is. Aside from replacing the HD, does anybody here have any suggesti…
· 8 posts · started 23 Oct 2015 - 08:27 · last 23 Oct 2015 - 23:55
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Hi all, I had avoided the Second-Coming Macs in an effort to keep my collection in check. My only criterion was that it had to have ADB - hence the B&W …
· 2 posts · started 23 Oct 2015 - 08:35 · last 23 Oct 2015 - 18:30
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Does anybody have any information or experience to share with regards the use of genuine Apple OEM 604 daughtercards from x500/x600 series machines (and others …
· 6 posts · started 17 Oct 2015 - 04:07 · last 18 Oct 2015 - 09:01
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I recently (well, last year ) acquired a bag full of old SIMMs, DIMMs and the like... I am slowly going thru them and trying to identify them based on number of…
· 15 posts · started 12 Aug 2015 - 02:16 · last 11 Oct 2015 - 02:38
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Do you guys buy new Kapton tape pieces when reworking G4 Ibook/Powerbooks? Apples seems to love using that stuff to keep cables plugged in.
· 6 posts · started 22 Sep 2015 - 22:22 · last 8 Oct 2015 - 01:41
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Some of you have been following my trials towards a beige holy grail machine for classic gaming. While hemming and hawing over $50 used 9200s and two in box uno…
· 6 posts · started 3 Oct 2015 - 01:30 · last 4 Oct 2015 - 01:47
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Won an Ibook G3-500 first model (64MB RAM, 10GB HD). The interesting thing about it was that it seemed to be 100% stock with IE5 preview edition installed on OS…
· 13 posts · started 25 Sep 2015 - 20:18 · last 1 Oct 2015 - 00:08
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My fam SE (not pictured) Quadra 605 Power Macintosh G3 (Desktop) Power Macintosh G3 (Minitower) Power Mac G4 (AGP Graphics) iMac (Summer 2001) Power Mac G4 (Qui…
· 4 posts · started 25 Sep 2015 - 00:01 · last 29 Sep 2015 - 00:25
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Has anyone used these people? I'd like to get a new battery for my Pismo, but at the moment it's looking rather grim. I tried emailing batteryrefill.com but I'v…
· 8 posts · started 9 Sep 2015 - 10:14 · last 28 Sep 2015 - 08:11
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I think it's indigo, but not completely sure. Can someone verify this for me please? My cat loves my vintage Macs too. Back when we used our bondi iMac on a dai…
· 41 posts · started 7 Apr 2015 - 06:59 · last 27 Sep 2015 - 23:55
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Need help finding the driver/hack to enable a powermac 8600 to capture video at higher fps: think it was 30fps at I believe it was 640x480? I remember a german …
· 5 posts · started 12 Sep 2015 - 00:06 · last 18 Sep 2015 - 15:02
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I had been wishing for a Blue & White G3 for awhile because it's one of the coolest Mac to me. Not to mention the great compatibility to different hardw…
· 11 posts · started 13 Sep 2015 - 13:42 · last 15 Sep 2015 - 19:27
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Sorry it's taken me a while to get round to posting this but about a week ago a friend of mine was trashing an old PC and I went round to his place and took all…
· 9 posts · started 25 Aug 2015 - 20:28 · last 26 Aug 2015 - 17:17
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Completed my G4 laptop collection with a working 1.2Ghz G4 iBook 12". Cheap ebay find where the cable to the HD had popped off the motherboard (easy fix if you …
· 2 posts · started 22 Aug 2015 - 23:21 · last 22 Aug 2015 - 23:32
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This site is a lot of fun. Great advice and smart people here. Here's a couple of questions that ought to be interesting. 1. What was the fastest G3 system ever…
· 7 posts · started 24 Jul 2015 - 07:32 · last 17 Aug 2015 - 01:21
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The place where I work has been using old Macs on the shop floor for time clock software for years. We just upgraded our MIS system and the old Macs have been r…
· 4 posts · started 4 Aug 2015 - 07:30 · last 14 Aug 2015 - 19:06
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Just picked this baby up, she is beautiful! I had the 400mhz SE when it was released, so this thing is awesome!!!! G3 600mhz 1gb Ram 80gb HDD Airport Card I thi…
· 31 posts · started 3 Mar 2015 - 20:53 · last 26 Jul 2015 - 23:16
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