I was looking at a IIx on craigslist, and I couldn't figure out what the Nubus card in the front is. See attached picture. I know the one in the back is the tob…

I came across something interesting recently, the golden master for OT 1.3. Apparently in the GM they didn't implement any OS restrictions on the installer, so …

Only a minor conquest, but I'm pleased with it as I am a fan of mechanical keyboards and have fond memories of typing on the Extended II when I was at school. I…

This thing was pretty dirty, When i sprayed the pledge on it you could see the filth liquify, so, i used some paper towel to wipe it down and give it a little b…

Does anyone know whether it is advisable to run an LCIII or an LC475 constantly (24/7), without a case fan? The reason for the question is that I want to replac…

I dropped the money a few days ago on a Refurbished MacBook Pro with the following specs: 2.6Ghz Quad-Core Core i7 15" Retina-Class Display 16GB DDR3 RAM 512GB …

Hi everybody, Just as a heads up, the forum will be down for a reasonable amount of time tomorrow as we apply a very important set of patches to our current ins…

Found this article online, which details how to fit a 3400 with a CardBus USB, and am prepared to get one off of eBay. Does this look like a good fit, or would …

I recently bought a SCSI Doc PowerBook 25 to HDI-30 SCSI adapter. I successfully used it to boot my SE with the disk from the PowerBook. It boots nicely on Syst…

These posts exist to provide guidance + information on SPECIFiC MODELS which provide SUPPORT FOR MAC OS 9 to those who wish to use an old powermac g4 for music …

Hi to you all! I have an A9M0106 800K floppy drive bought off ebay, worked twice, then quit. Broken tiny white plastic gear on stepper motor shaft, Sony stepper…

after using a heat gun and I/C's from a 6500 board,,, i finally got HAP's Prototype TAM board working. i am just curious because i also soldered on the rom chip…

This one has been a little elusive for me but "ask and ye shall find". In one of my other posts, I stated that my 68k collection is almost complete but I needed…

WeirdStuff had a brand new in box Jaz 2GB drive (SCSI) and a brand new Full Height ZFP SCSI case for $15. Just needs one of those giant full heigh HDD face plat…

Good morning all, I am currently working on the restoration of a Macintosh 128k. After replacing a 1.6A 250V fuse (which was not present when I opened the Mac u…

Got a great Macintosh 512ke. Had to clean up the floppy drive and re-align it with the front bezel but she boots up fine with System 5.1. It came with the M0001…

A few years ago I was lucky enough to buy a NIB 850AV monitor from a parts dealer on eBay. The video and sound from this monitor are both truly spectacular with…

Hi all! I got a Macintosh Classic with a MicroMac Accelerator attached to its cpu pins on the motherboard. The accelerator card is marked "MMXL" and contains a …

I have found a few versions of System Picker online and was wondering what was the last version? I have found 1.0B10 and 1.0a3.

Hi All, Just bought some components separately to make up a G4 Cube system. After some research, it looks like the stock ATI card will not run the Cinema displa…

Using a Farallon ethernet card, I've managed to hook my LC475 up to my home network with relative ease and am able to access my FTP server and browse the web. F…

Sorry to cross post, but this is best placed here. Here's a link to the thread in the G3/G4 forum: viewtopic.php?f=13&t=22054

Tilting at Luggable Windmills: Take 1 Portable Accelerator Card Table 13-4 lists the MC68HC000 processor signals available at the Macintosh Portable 68000 Direc…

Earlier this year I was lucky enough to land myself a Pismo with a XLR8 G4 card inside. I took the card out and installed it in my existing Pismo, keeping the o…

I've been given a strawberry G3 iMac 400/DV that is nice and clean but won't power up. So far I've replaced PRAM battery and tried pushing the CUDA switch. On o…