Hey guys, I have a Mac Classic B&W from 91 that used to work great, but now, it will chime and startup to grey screen with mouse, say welcome to Mac, Th…
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Installing Tiger on Beige G3 w/SuperDrive and XPostFacto This is mostly for the benefit of Google searchers and anyone here trying to install Tiger on a Beige G…
Just in time for Christmas, this 5300 PowerBook never opened, brand new sealed in box. Now you too can experience first hand the cracked cases, broken AC connec…
OK, sorry if this is a repost but a search on Mac-o-lantern didn't bring anything up. Still plenty of time before Halloween!
For those interested, I'm currently running a BBS called Age of Reason on an Enhanced Apple IIe. The BBS is running GBBS Pro and features the adventure game Lan…
Hey there! Has anybody found that browsers for OS 8 and 9 no longer load pages correctly? I want to see my facebook on Mozilla and not even that works fine...Do…
I used to have an Apple AudioVision 14, and the raster was crooked. It got worse and worse, and let me tell you, it got so bad that you started to hold you head…
I have a Lisa 2 (XL I think). It booted-up and ran fine 5 years ago, but now, when I push the start button, I get two low beeps (memory?) and a screen that look…
Hello, I have a problem I want to play Dung Beetles on my Apple IIGs but it doesn't work. It seems to work on the AppleWin but not on my Apple IIgs, is there aw…
In the Compact Mac thread I posted about possibly using my Color Classic as a virtual Apple IIe. In case that doesn't work out, I have a few questions regarding…
2 questions 1 i have a 867ghz quicksilver with 10.4.11 and what looks to be a factory apple scsi atto install can i add ide drives "i have several" with the scs…
I awoke this morning to find an email notification that there had been a new post in one of our more popular threads here in the Compact Mac Forum. (I will refr…
Okay, I need some help on this one... My wife (bless her soul) has killed another PB, first my lombard, then my DVI and now my pismo. Alright, it was dead after…
So, having been able to play with the duo more. I have noticed that the screen has vertical lines that 'flow', half the screen one way, and half the other way. …
Is it possible to get screen burn on a 68k powerbook lcd if a machine is left on (without backlighting) 24/7? I know this can happen with a crt, but what about …
Anyone know of any software that can display an image on a Mac Plus or SE desktop instead of the standard cheesy wallpaper from the control panel? I could have …
Hi all, I've just received a lovely working Powerbook 170 from ebay, the ebayer claimed it kept switching off, luckily it was a loose connection in the Power Ad…
Hi, I recently got the task of fixing my friend's iBook G4. These are the symptoms: Machine turns on. Backlight comes on for 1/5th of a second, then turns off. …
I was just wondering if anyone here who doesn't own any 68k macs uses emulators. I have been using 68k emulators such as BasiliskII on Windows since several yea…
I've been looking around the web and finding a lot of different approaches to replacing the PowerBook 100 battery and they all seem far too complicated. Isn't i…
Is there any sort of utility to turn on the internal fan on a Lombard? This thing is overheating and locking up. The cooling fan is not turning on at all. I'm w…
It has a nice home in my 6100 now. However, the 6100 is such a heat trap it freezes about after 2 hours due to the heat. Time for a fan I guess. I have a Pentiu…
The compacitors are fine...I tested them with a multimeter. I also raised the volume out in the controll panel...still no sound. Any help?
Hi, Recently I've had one of my SE's display an error code identifying an illegal action. It also displays the number 1000, but I'm not sure how to find out wha…
:O Zip disk just killed one of it's low-level catalog files and Disk First Aid (System 6 version AND Mac OS 9) are being unhelpful. Time to find a different dis…