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I just got another TAM, and it has the same issues as big450. A chime when turned on, but nothing on the screen. I swapped the RAM and VRAM chips with my other …
· 19 posts · started 15 Oct 2011 - 10:06 · last 18 Oct 2013 - 21:08
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While investigating why Floppy Emu wasn't working on the Mac 128K/512K, I discovered something very interesting in the original 64K ROM used in those machines. …
· 5 posts · started 17 Oct 2013 - 22:11 · last 18 Oct 2013 - 17:03
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Hello, all! I have not acquired anything partcularly interesting a quite a while now; that has changed. I was able to purchase this off of another long time mem…
· 13 posts · started 14 Oct 2013 - 22:26 · last 17 Oct 2013 - 19:40
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Hi there, I'm new to the forum and Macs in general. I always wanted one around the late 80's but could never afford one, so when I was bitten by the retro bug l…
· 30 posts · started 18 Apr 2013 - 23:40 · last 17 Oct 2013 - 09:44
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I obtained a copy of OS 8.6 on CD today from a friend, and the first thought that popped into my head was "the 5300!" When I got home, I didn't know how I was g…
· 9 posts · started 14 Oct 2013 - 03:07 · last 16 Oct 2013 - 20:10
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Hi everybody, Just as a heads up, the forum will be down for a reasonable amount of time tomorrow as we apply a very important set of patches to our current ins…
· 3 posts · started 11 Oct 2013 - 17:57 · last 13 Oct 2013 - 20:29
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Hi to you all! I have an A9M0106 800K floppy drive bought off ebay, worked twice, then quit. Broken tiny white plastic gear on stepper motor shaft, Sony stepper…
· 4 posts · started 11 Oct 2013 - 21:23 · last 12 Oct 2013 - 01:53
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after using a heat gun and I/C's from a 6500 board,,, i finally got HAP's Prototype TAM board working. i am just curious because i also soldered on the rom chip…
· 12 posts · started 11 Oct 2013 - 08:23 · last 11 Oct 2013 - 20:42
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This one has been a little elusive for me but "ask and ye shall find". In one of my other posts, I stated that my 68k collection is almost complete but I needed…
· 11 posts · started 11 Oct 2013 - 03:06 · last 11 Oct 2013 - 17:23
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A few years ago I was lucky enough to buy a NIB 850AV monitor from a parts dealer on eBay. The video and sound from this monitor are both truly spectacular with…
· 5 posts · started 7 Oct 2013 - 17:05 · last 9 Oct 2013 - 21:41
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Hi All, Just bought some components separately to make up a G4 Cube system. After some research, it looks like the stock ATI card will not run the Cinema displa…
· 10 posts · started 27 Sep 2013 - 18:05 · last 8 Oct 2013 - 16:09
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I took a punt on a used Ti Powerbook, model A1025. It looks and runs great - even the battery and PRAM appear to be functioning OK. Only minor quibble, it's an …
· 10 posts · started 22 Sep 2013 - 20:58 · last 6 Oct 2013 - 01:47
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{move to Hacks & Dev; renamed} As subject. Either one, good working order. PM for details.
· 47 posts · started 1 Sep 2013 - 04:38 · last 5 Oct 2013 - 22:49
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I've done quite a bit of Googling and I *think* I've figured the situation out, maybe, but perhaps someone here could help me confirm if I've got it right. My r…
· 11 posts · started 30 Sep 2013 - 22:59 · last 1 Oct 2013 - 04:41
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Hey guys I'm having a video issue with a macintosh SE logic board that I just bought off craigstlist. It came with a set of low density roms which I used to get…
· 1 posts · started 29 Sep 2013 - 21:38 · last 29 Sep 2013 - 21:38
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Picked up a Pioneer laserdisc player and a few 12” laserdiscs. I was reading that it can be controlled by a Mac but haven’t gotten any further. When I have some…
· 33 posts · started 2 Sep 2013 - 07:57 · last 25 Sep 2013 - 14:48
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Someone next town sells a broken iMac. I placed a bid. Even if it's broken beyond repair, some parts should be salvageable. :lol: The seller says it's a M5521 i…
· 17 posts · started 15 Mar 2013 - 10:20 · last 25 Sep 2013 - 05:15
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I have a PowerBook 100 screen which is broken in the left corner. A part of the screen stays black. I was wondering if it is something which is reparable? I hav…
· 6 posts · started 17 Sep 2013 - 20:51 · last 23 Sep 2013 - 19:40
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I found one of these in a system I purchased, a Newer Technology NU167 PowerPC Upgrade for the Powerbook 500 series. It is tested and working. Anyone know what …
· 9 posts · started 12 Sep 2013 - 06:12 · last 23 Sep 2013 - 13:28
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A kind person gave me a Duo 210 along with a non-working (we think) Newer Technology Ethernet MicroDock a while ago. The Duo works great. I'd like to figure out…
· 42 posts · started 24 Aug 2013 - 18:51 · last 23 Sep 2013 - 09:20
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Well guys, All quantum drives are AFFECTED by this problem. Not 1 will live scott-free. So, unless you have a special platter compression tool, you cannot fix t…
· 15 posts · started 15 Sep 2013 - 21:31 · last 22 Sep 2013 - 17:35
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iCab seems to work great on 7.1.1, but as soon as I enable Javascript and try to load a page that has JS on it, it freaks out and crashes with a "Type 3" error.…
· 3 posts · started 22 Sep 2013 - 01:24 · last 22 Sep 2013 - 05:16
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So I bought a "new" hard drive for my Powerbook. It's an IBM 240 meg, and I'm installing system software on it as I type this. While I was taking this machine a…
· 4 posts · started 19 Sep 2013 - 22:42 · last 20 Sep 2013 - 01:33
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Ended up with a pair of Lenovo thinkcenter (M57p) towers that were being discarded from a local store of a national pizza chain... and it does smell like pizza …
· 13 posts · started 12 Sep 2013 - 14:10 · last 18 Sep 2013 - 16:45
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I found a potential simple, cheap solution to the auto-negotiating ethernet issue that creeps up from time to time with the old 10M ethernet adapters/transceive…
· 10 posts · started 10 Sep 2013 - 18:08 · last 16 Sep 2013 - 22:07
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