I know I need 10 x 47uf (16v) and 1 x 1uf (50v) - What are the most reliable type to get ? (from digikey I assume) Do I need a particularly hot soldering iron? …
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Heya Just bought a PowerBook 190cs, problem is that I don't have the AC adapter and the battery has leaked xx( I opened it and didn't find anything broken. Is t…
Don't worry, Classilla users, I may be working on TenFourFox also but I haven't forgotten about you! Classilla 9.2.2 is released, after much delay. As previousl…
Just got done finishing up the last bit of work on my SE/30, and did the floppy drive a favor by: 1) Degreaser on Q-tips, very carefully cleaning only the areas…
The perennial problem of retrocomputing seems to be: more machines than space to have a fully functioning setup, available for immediate use. Because if they ar…
xx( I went to startup my Duo 2300c today and had an unsettling surprise. There is no visual at all(or sometimes a brief white screen). I get the startup chime, …
Skirting about on ebay and stumbled on this: http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=380307255677&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT I recko…
I got an Imac G5 (Which I am using for this post) off Craigslist for $250. It came with the original cables, keyboard and mouse. Here are the Specs: Imac G5 Run…
I was entertaining the thought of experimenting on a 2400c, and the only thing stopping me is the fact that I can't figure out how the clock frequency of the mi…
Hey there guys. I'm just wondering if anyone with physical access to a Newton MessagePad 2x00 or Newton eMate 300 and a pair of vernier calipers can help me her…
Any ideas on this one. The Mac IIci I got, didnt want to boot just gave the chimes of doom, pulled the cache card booted right up. Does this in 2 different IIci…
Cameron is doing some excellent work on a web browser, and I recently discovered the program icWord that allows viewing of modern Word documents. Here's a wishl…
Hi.. Got a Mac XL a few weeks ago that I'm in the process of reverting to a Lisa 2/10. Mostly the system is working fine, except for the Widget hard drive. Curr…
Hi everyone, I recently got a few compact macs from a craigslist seller - 2 128's, an SE and a Plus. Tried them all out - SE is fine, Plus is not working (thoug…
This problem just started the other day :O After many failed attempts to network my Classic to my other Macs and a disassemble to clean the floppy drive, the Cl…
I got drawn into trying to fix my nephew's iBook G4 recently, and perhaps rashly bought a new HD first and formatted it and loaded the OS with Firewire from a w…
On my Quadra 800, I have Stuffit Expander 5.5 installed, and am attempting to decompress files downloaded from Macintosh Garden. It works on some files, but man…
I have 3 u320 ultra320 scsi drives 72 gb in size. I have a mac classic and Mac IIFX where the hard drives just recently died. connecting my 2gb 50 pin drive to …
Well Now it has happened to me... Having heard about poor motherboard design on the early tiBooks, I have been feeling lucky, and being darn careful, of the boo…
A couple of weeks ago, a friend and former co-worker told me that her husband had dropped his MacBook Pro down the stairs and busted the LCD. Of course, the rep…
From my understanding, the source code of System 7 leaked. Was this a complete source, and if so, did anyone ever manage to get this to build, say, for booting …
In my lackadaisical search for a source of flybacks for the compact Macs, I came across this part number. They list it as an Apple flyback transformer, but ther…
Gazing out across the internet, I am astounded by how much the 190 is trashed. It was a legendary machine, and how dare you bash it. Why? Where, oh where, do I …
It started out a bit difficult. First I wanted to test the box before installing the ][e card, and I needed to fiddle with cd600i jumpers to something it was ha…
Hello, My Mac Classic (OS 7.0.1) doesn't boot anymore when the SCSI CD-Rom drive is connected. I get the question mark. As soon as I remove the scsi connector i…