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The Powerbook 140 I got arrived with a blank LCD and nothing comes up when I boot it. The HD is dead unfortunately so nothing comes from that end. I happen to h…
· 2 posts · started 23 Jul 2012 - 05:37 · last 23 Jul 2012 - 09:31
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I acquired a 68030 accelerator for a Macintosh SE years ago, and stupidly broke one of the 30-pin RAM sockets shortly after I got it. I do not have soldering sk…
· 10 posts · started 17 Jul 2012 - 07:23 · last 18 Jul 2012 - 20:01
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So, I've got an RS/6000 44P Model 170 here, with a startup chime. I'm curious as to if Dennis Nedry or dougg3 wants to help me take a stab at this. I've got a c…
· 1 posts · started 16 Jul 2012 - 01:02 · last 16 Jul 2012 - 01:02
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A few day's ago i got my first ever classic mac. :beige: Everything worked fine and okay until the display started flickering and i resolderd J4. But know my mo…
· 9 posts · started 11 Jul 2012 - 18:14 · last 13 Jul 2012 - 14:08
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Well, i got a powerbook on ebay real cheap because the screen went out so they said. Arrived cracked screen, got destroyed in shipping. Unit powered on and bega…
· 10 posts · started 6 Jun 2012 - 03:52 · last 13 Jul 2012 - 01:58
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Is there an emulator that exists that supports the Mac Classic? It seems like one of those Macs that's in between vMac and Basilisk II. It would be awesome to r…
· 15 posts · started 10 Jul 2012 - 23:36 · last 13 Jul 2012 - 01:29
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I submitted this post in the PPC PowerBook forum, but since I have a SCSI compact Mac (and since there is an utter dearth of replies in that PPC PowerBook forum…
· 36 posts · started 26 Nov 2011 - 04:06 · last 11 Jul 2012 - 17:38
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Hi, Well, this PowerBook works perfectly most of the time, but when under Leopard (It happened during install, too; I had to use target disk mode from my Quicks…
· 28 posts · started 26 Apr 2012 - 07:08 · last 8 Jul 2012 - 23:51
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I've been thinking about a 7.5.3NAD for awhile now, and it may be possible. I do have a couple of problems: The Disk Tools disks are the only ones that look lik…
· 25 posts · started 21 Jun 2012 - 01:51 · last 7 Jul 2012 - 02:28
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...The value of RP47? It looks a bit burnt, and I don't know if the bands are accurate (the color may have changed). It is for this project, and I suspect this …
· 3 posts · started 6 Jul 2012 - 18:32 · last 6 Jul 2012 - 21:53
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My SE/30 is functioning perfectly except for the fact that I cannot get anything to recognize the printer port (serial port shows up) in things like techtool pr…
· 7 posts · started 2 Jul 2012 - 01:57 · last 3 Jul 2012 - 04:59
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http://techshop.ws/durham.html You can't believe how stoked I am about this . . . . . . somebody told me about it at work today! [] ]'>
· 12 posts · started 24 Jun 2012 - 18:23 · last 3 Jul 2012 - 03:45
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Saw a USB Zip 250 at the thrift store today. I've had bummy luck with the older ones in the past, mostly "click-of-death" issues. But now that I have a Classic …
· 9 posts · started 18 Jun 2012 - 22:02 · last 20 Jun 2012 - 19:00
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I don't have a PowerBook, but I understand one of the issues for the older models is maintaining a working 2.5" SCSI drive for the thing(s). Have folks consider…
· 6 posts · started 15 Jun 2012 - 22:03 · last 19 Jun 2012 - 02:19
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I have just created an FTP site with all my old mac software. There shouldn't be an issue with copyright infringement as the software is over 25 years old. &amp…
· 10 posts · started 7 Jun 2012 - 23:26 · last 17 Jun 2012 - 12:10
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I'm a newcomer to the old Mac OS's, only really got involved with it due to buying some old compact macs through ebay. So this subject is probably old hat to ma…
· 7 posts · started 11 Jun 2012 - 05:14 · last 13 Jun 2012 - 21:18
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Hi folks, maybe you can help me find a solution to my problem. While I wait for my SE to arrive, I've been playing around with MPW in Mini vMac. My usual host O…
· 3 posts · started 12 Jun 2012 - 17:59 · last 13 Jun 2012 - 14:45
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Originally had a similar issue to the person on this thread http://68kmla.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=16291 however my issue was resolved when removi…
· 4 posts · started 10 Jun 2012 - 06:55 · last 11 Jun 2012 - 05:59
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So my Power Mac 7600 has a 300MHz Newertech Maxpowr G3 card installed. Problem is....I can't find an owner's manual online anywhere to set the DIP switch settin…
· 14 posts · started 1 Apr 2012 - 02:28 · last 10 Jun 2012 - 22:34
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This will be my last question for awhile, I promise. Ok so I decided to revert my quadra to 7.6.1. The installation was a success, but the computer fails to boo…
· 10 posts · started 7 Jun 2012 - 21:47 · last 9 Jun 2012 - 15:22
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I picked up a Sonnet Presto for my LCIII+ recently for a damned good price, been looking for one for a couple of years, so was stoked to get it! Only problem is…
· 32 posts · started 16 Mar 2012 - 10:36 · last 8 Jun 2012 - 13:24
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So a month ago I was at a convention when I dropped my Newton from waist height. Of course the Newton survived but the hinges for the screen cover exploded and …
· 1 posts · started 3 Jun 2012 - 21:37 · last 3 Jun 2012 - 21:37
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Hi I need help, I have a PowerBook 230, which has damaged the screen, I got a screen of a powerbook 210, which appears to be identical, I need some tutorial to …
· 10 posts · started 23 Apr 2012 - 16:40 · last 3 Jun 2012 - 19:13
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Quite some time ago I got a powerbook 140, with a dead hardrive. I managed to get it working again by putting the harddrive in a fridge. This was however tempor…
· 33 posts · started 4 Feb 2011 - 18:22 · last 3 Jun 2012 - 17:34
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Hi, I have an early eMac (700 MHz) that seems to have a weak power supply. It won't start up like normal. The hard drive spins up, and the fan works, but the sc…
· 24 posts · started 26 Apr 2012 - 07:13 · last 3 Jun 2012 - 03:30
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