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Earlier this week, a very generous college professor of mine came to my apartment and dropped off a Mac 512k and a Mac Plus with his letter of recommendation fo…
· 1 posts · started 7 May 2010 - 21:01 · last 7 May 2010 - 21:01
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Happy birthday to me! A friend just handed me a Toshiba Portégé 3110CT subnotebook, bag, external floppy and port replicator. No power supply and no internal op…
· 19 posts · started 22 Jun 2008 - 13:47 · last 7 May 2010 - 00:11
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I acquired a Stylewriter II recently, it's in quite good shape, has the original cables, packing materials, and box. Does such an item have any value? I looked …
· 8 posts · started 11 Apr 2010 - 07:54 · last 27 Apr 2010 - 05:42
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Onoes! The DIY SCSI PCMCIA drive and SCSI RAM disk projects that have been referenced here often are offline. Wayback machine has zilch. I'm now trying to retri…
· 4 posts · started 12 Apr 2010 - 14:03 · last 17 Apr 2010 - 12:30
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This is actually three seperate conquests, in a way. One was entirely accidental. Seems these classic Macs just fall onto my head now I'm not looking First: 14 …
· 23 posts · started 26 Mar 2010 - 22:11 · last 17 Apr 2010 - 11:59
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I'm using my SE/30 as a distraction free writing machine, but one of the biggest issues I have is the keyboard home keys on the D and K keys. Its an "Apple Keyb…
· 8 posts · started 12 Apr 2010 - 02:55 · last 14 Apr 2010 - 06:21
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Agreed today to buy this lot from a friend for $60 (text of the advert follows): 2 beige G3 Macs, 1 desktop, 1 tower 2 desktop Apple 6100/DOS Centris 660AV IICI…
· 50 posts · started 1 Mar 2010 - 15:49 · last 10 Apr 2010 - 02:32
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Is there a possible way I can use the StyleWriter I got in a recent conquest? It's the first StyleWriter, not II or anything. I got a Performa 400 with the Styl…
· 5 posts · started 1 Apr 2010 - 01:01 · last 6 Apr 2010 - 04:44
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Hi there. I'm testing some of my external 400k drives. Some of them have a perculiar problem which is completely the opposite of most of these drives: When you …
· 4 posts · started 31 Mar 2010 - 03:46 · last 1 Apr 2010 - 07:09
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Last week I scored some beautiful Black hardware: - NeXTstation TurboColor, with SoundBox ADB, and ADB keyboard and mouse, pristine. - NeXT MegaPixel 17'' displ…
· 4 posts · started 29 Mar 2010 - 11:09 · last 29 Mar 2010 - 15:14
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First off, hello. I am a new member here. Secondly, I was driving down the street today and saw what looked like the top of a mac in a pile of trash on the side…
· 8 posts · started 21 Mar 2010 - 04:46 · last 21 Mar 2010 - 19:48
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http://cgi.ebay.com/RARE-1984-Original-Macintosh-128k-w-boxes_W0QQitemZ290412270219
· 14 posts · started 14 Mar 2010 - 05:02 · last 19 Mar 2010 - 22:12
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=380181665536
· 10 posts · started 15 Mar 2010 - 04:11 · last 16 Mar 2010 - 06:15
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Anybody tired SE ROMs in a Plus? Any reason not to try in terms of risking damage? There is some software that will only run on an SE. My SEs are packed away or…
· 10 posts · started 19 Sep 2009 - 21:54 · last 14 Mar 2010 - 21:44
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I bought a set of System 7 Pro disks from a friend to use with my recently acquired Classic II. However, I've come across an issue with two controls in the cont…
· 3 posts · started 10 Mar 2010 - 16:35 · last 10 Mar 2010 - 17:47
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Hello all, I recently purchased a dual floppy Macintosh SE off eBay for a mere $20! I'd been really wanting to mess around with some old Macs earlier. Then I fo…
· 6 posts · started 7 Mar 2010 - 20:47 · last 8 Mar 2010 - 02:09
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Help, I tried to book up my SE 30 the other day. When the Key board and mouse are connected, the SE will get to the welcome mac screen and will not complete the…
· 6 posts · started 5 Mar 2010 - 22:02 · last 7 Mar 2010 - 08:35
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How can I make boot floppy disk if I have only new Macbook Pro and don't have a working vintage mac? There are many instructions how to make it on an old mac, b…
· 4 posts · started 2 Mar 2010 - 17:03 · last 4 Mar 2010 - 05:21
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http://cgi.ebay.com/Power-Mac-9500-132-CD-Floppy-Network-Tower_W0QQitemZ250584449182QQcmdZViewItemQQptZApple_Desktops?hash=item3a57ff409e#ht_1472wt_941 I know t…
· 10 posts · started 27 Feb 2010 - 18:05 · last 2 Mar 2010 - 23:03
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On top of my other conquest, I just picked up separately a free LaserWriter 12/640PS from my dentist's office (they had bought new equipment). I had been eyeing…
· 6 posts · started 2 Mar 2010 - 00:26 · last 2 Mar 2010 - 03:53
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I've got about 10 disks which go to the Jasmine MegaDrive which I can't read because the drive in question is presumed to be lost to the ages, though I still ha…
· 4 posts · started 22 Feb 2010 - 18:28 · last 1 Mar 2010 - 13:48
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My Mac Classic has started to ask strangely. It boots up just fine from the internal HD or from a disk and everything looks alright but I can't click on anythin…
· 12 posts · started 20 Feb 2010 - 04:29 · last 26 Feb 2010 - 16:02
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Dropped into the local Salvation Army Thrift Store today. On the back shelf was a white mouse. I had not seen this type before. Flipping it over I saw the famil…
· 3 posts · started 19 Feb 2010 - 00:44 · last 19 Feb 2010 - 20:34
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8-o I just found this pic while googling "AppleDesign" and have never seen a Q700 equipped with any other feets than the rubber Ho-Chi-Minhs from the IIcx/IIci.…
· 26 posts · started 12 Jan 2010 - 14:43 · last 19 Feb 2010 - 01:14
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. . . recoupment? I'm not sure what to call my latest . . . re-acquisition! When I was in Philly, my (very wonderful) ex-wife brought down a few boxes of goodie…
· 12 posts · started 18 Aug 2009 - 03:22 · last 17 Feb 2010 - 05:17
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