Well as it turns out, I need glasses. My vision is 20/30 in the left and 20/40 in the right. Getting them later this evening. Also, today is Ash Wednesday which…
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Well ok, I finally have aquired a IIc plus (its on its way here). So I was wondering, how far fetch'd is it to build a portable IIc? Is the mobo very big? I was…
I went over to a friend's house to set up their new Lexmark all-in-one printer with fax capability. In exchange for doing so I got her old printer, a Dell Photo…
Freecycle near me had a listing from someone about 30 miles away that he had a pile of old computers at the curb including a MAC PORTABLE! I drove up there and …
Anyone know of a good way to convert a MacWrite document into something modern? I have a MacWrite doc that I can read on my SE using MacWrite, but it won't conv…
I got a PowerBook 145B from the friend who gave me the iMac and the PowerBook 150. The keyboard is much better than my 150's (The keys are quite stiff on the 15…
Its finally here! I got my Performa 578 today, that i bought off of eBay last week. Never before have i owned a 5xx series. It came complete with Keyboard, Mous…
When you can have this ... http://yllan.org/mac/RetroKeyboard/ (and probably an emulator like Mini vMac)
First thing is to choose a computer. All my games presently need OS 9 or lower. Would the G4 machines be too fast fir the games? The ram will be 1gb Right now t…
Well, after my last FreeCycle debacle, I found someone who was giving away some old 5.25" floppy disks. I called him up, and he delivered them to my door! He ga…
Hey. I saw this advertised on the local CL, and jumped on it... A G4 AGP PowerMac with: A 1 gHz Sonnet Upgrade 1 GB RAM CD-R 2 HDs And the original CDs for $150…
I bought a mighty mouse (Wired) from best buy on sale. I am posting from my car on my macbook. The mouse works on my lap. Very cool looking. I like the scroll. …
Would I have to make such a thing or was there ever one for connecting say your old external FDHD to your PowerBook? Also, does anyone know if the HDI-20 was pr…
I was away visiting friends the other day and during the evening we decided to do a bit of skip-raking (ie. "dumpster diving"). This produced an original Apple …
Does this ever happen? Mine boots up fine but refuses to recognise a mouse ir keyboard. Any troubleshooting tips?
got this one for 5 bucks + shipping. the case was really beaten but I already did put the internals into one of my 520 cases that looks much better... The 540c …
There's still a day to go and this thing is over $200! http://cgi.ebay.com/Apple-II-3-5-Card-and-Uni-Drive-3-5_W0QQitemZ320202998950QQihZ011QQcategoryZ51046QQss…
I found a Compaq iPAQ IA-2 Internet Appliance at the local thrift store for $15. Apparently it boots from ROM and has a spot for a hard drive. So far that's abo…
There was an add for a StyleWriter ll on the local FreeCycle. I emailed and we made arrangements to meet. I mentioned in the email that I was interested in old …
I just got this to accompany my iBook for recording. The one I got is a 1/4", this defiantly beats mac's with built in sound in. I actually bought this at my lo…
RE-PC sells all kind of computer parts. http://www.repc.com/ Anything in a computer, PC or Mac, it's there All kind of sun boxes and servers. Printers of all ty…
I am having a strange problem with an ADB keyboard hooked up to a IIgs. If I connect it up and turn on, everything works fine. But, if I then turn off the compu…
I'm leaning towards getting a duo 280c. I used to have one and liked it, it was all good, all except the keyboard, which just wasn't very responsive. The 280c d…
Ran some errands today. Went to the post office and then to the storage unit. To get to the storage place I took a cross street that I've never driven on. Right…
PowerMac 8500/120 500MHz G3 Sonnet card 400MB of ram 40GB and 2GB hard drives ATI Radeon 7000 video card Came with a Logitech Trackball (ADB) and extended keybo…