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Hello everybody, I'm back again with another conquest of mine! This time luck has brought me nothing less than a Macintosh 128k, which I obtained from a guy in …
· 59 posts · started 18 Dec 2015 - 20:12
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Hey guys, I was browsing craigslist for mac stuff as usual when I'm bored and noticed a listing for a DOS card for $10. They didn't really go into detail about …
· 17 posts · started 13 Oct 2015 - 21:55
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I recently acquired a 7100 that used to crash a lot when starting. I didn't hear any cases of 7100 needing new caps, but anyway I checked them. I then found tha…
· 14 posts · started 30 Nov 2014 - 18:27
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Hi guys, I was given a Graphite DV SE 400 Mhz with video issues. And indeed: After several PRAM resets and a PMU reset and a new PRAM battery (which all changed…
· 7 posts · started 20 Oct 2015 - 15:13
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Hello everyone, I recently got hold of an Apple ///, however it doesn't want to boot any Apple /// software. It will however boot nearly all my Apple ][ softwar…
· 11 posts · started 21 Dec 2015 - 17:26
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My Classic has been sitting under my desk for a few months, but the other day I set it up to do some writing on it. When starting up, I noticed that there is a …
· 23 posts · started 30 May 2015 - 11:32
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Just got in a G4 15" 1.5ghz Powerbook the owner said just quit turning on. It boots up just fine for me (65w aftermarket power brick). The unit looks pretty muc…
· 7 posts · started 20 Aug 2015 - 20:22
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Recently I thought I'd take advantage of some extra time to unpack my neglected Macs since their recent move. I started on trying to make a sort of OS 9 server …
· 7 posts · started 27 Dec 2014 - 01:21
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Hi guys, I just put my hands on a very good shape iMac G4 700 Mhz. The machine is working well so far. There was no keyboard or mouse, but that's not an issue f…
· 14 posts · started 10 Sep 2015 - 03:16
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I would like to test a Grappler Plus card for which I don't have a ready cable (to printer). Is that possible? When I try to enable the slot it's in the machine…
· 43 posts · started 30 Dec 2015 - 22:44
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My oldest 800mhz G3 'book suddenly has a major issue - won't turn on with any regularity, can occasionally get restarted and booted by pressing the power button…
· 4 posts · started 7 Nov 2015 - 18:18
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Hello fellow. First congratulate you for having this forum so fabulous. About a month ago came into my hands my first Apple computer, nothing more and nothing l…
· 127 posts · started 4 Dec 2015 - 12:08
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Image is worth a thousand words here: { "lightbox_close": "Close", "lightbox_next": "Next", "lightbox_previous": "Previous", "lightbox_error": "The requested co…
· 16 posts · started 20 Dec 2015 - 20:29
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Hi Guys, just going to put it out there that I'm interested in getting an ethernet card for an SE/30 if anyone has one. I recently recapped an SE/30 and got the…
· 10 posts · started 22 Jun 2015 - 16:08
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I've been maintaining what was formerly a fully operational LC III for the past couple of months following the completion of board and PSU recapping (c.o. Unise…
· 39 posts · started 20 Dec 2015 - 17:50
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I apologise if this is in the wrong subforum but I couldn't find a better one to post it in. Is ADB hotswappable for keyboards and mice? It's just I have someth…
· 72 posts · started 30 Oct 2015 - 11:40
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I have made available to everyone a replacement gear for 400k/800k (internal or external) floppy drives. this is to replace the tiny (smallest) gear of the ejec…
· 28 posts · started 23 Dec 2014 - 01:41
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I have a Beige Macintosh Plus, likely converted from a 128k/512k, and it has been working fine for the past several months. Just today, however, I was using Mac…
· 33 posts · started 5 Dec 2015 - 03:03
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I just acquired a mint condition Classic II. It was described that it shows only checkerboard pattern. When I got it, it powered on and it showed checkerboard w…
· 64 posts · started 5 Mar 2015 - 19:33
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Hi. A few months ago I repaired Mac Classic. Today I have a SE model. Now I have a problem with PRAM. I installed a new Lithium battery, but mac still can't sav…
· 21 posts · started 15 Dec 2015 - 12:32
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I have been given 3 Fujitsu Hard Drives (50 pin ones) and i have had no chance with either. Only one of them has what looks like a resistor pack (in a socket) W…
· 7 posts · started 26 Dec 2015 - 15:17
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Related question: is it possible to jury rig an external 3.5" floppy's internal cable into a Disk II controller board (is that what it's called?)? I haven't che…
· 29 posts · started 31 Jan 2015 - 07:09 · last 31 Dec 2015 - 02:37
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My G4 Sawtooth came with an ATI Radeon 7500 in it. After updating to 9.2.1 from 9.1, the machine freezes at the desktop unless I disable all ATI extensions. I n…
· 7 posts · started 9 Nov 2015 - 21:43 · last 29 Dec 2015 - 00:27
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