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That's right folks. I am the proud owner of Mr. Steven Job's personal Apple IIe. Here's the backstory: I found it in a dumpster outside his mansion before it wa…
· 48 posts · started 23 Apr 2013 - 17:56 · last 25 Apr 2013 - 20:00
OS 9
I love collecting vintage OSes. It's like a collection within a collection. It's taken me a while to score OS 9 in the box. I have a few copies of OS 9 that cam…
· 1 posts · started 25 Apr 2013 - 17:45 · last 25 Apr 2013 - 17:45
Networking
I came across a Belkin QuikNet on ebay. I couldn't find much information on it on Google and got no results searching here. What is it? Would I be able to use i…
· 2 posts · started 25 Apr 2013 - 01:08 · last 25 Apr 2013 - 03:34
Hardware
Hi there, Among the pile of stuff that I managed to get a few weeks ago is an external SCSI harddrive case, as shown below: I'd like to find out who made it etc…
· 14 posts · started 21 Apr 2013 - 17:51 · last 25 Apr 2013 - 01:19
Software
Home today, and wanted to try a leopard install in the Powermac G4. Already tried a couple of weeks ago, but didn't worked (KP at the installation process) Toda…
· 11 posts · started 22 Apr 2013 - 13:06 · last 24 Apr 2013 - 20:13
Hardware
Today there was a flee market near my place. I went looking for books and perhaps some old macs, you never know. Then suddenly I saw her. She was sitting on a s…
· 14 posts · started 21 Apr 2013 - 11:08 · last 24 Apr 2013 - 18:14
Software
Just wondering if there was any chance of using this ultra-thin CD/ROM slot loader with a PowerBook 1400 MoBo? :?: Connectors don't matter in this application, …
· 7 posts · started 23 Apr 2013 - 07:00 · last 24 Apr 2013 - 17:41
68k
I bought an Apple IIc, and found out the case isn't screwed together. At all. I would obviously like to fix this! I was wondering if anyone would have an idea w…
· 4 posts · started 23 Apr 2013 - 21:07 · last 24 Apr 2013 - 08:40
68k
Hey all, I'm a total newb when it comes to the Newton. I've always wanted one ever since I saw the demo for the MessagePad on my Macintosh Performa 631CD. I'm n…
· 5 posts · started 20 Apr 2013 - 21:47 · last 23 Apr 2013 - 22:43
Hardware
First of all, hello! I'm new! Last month I bought an SE/30 off eBay, and it's in otherwise perfect condition except it had very faint sound. I did my research a…
· 13 posts · started 16 Apr 2013 - 02:38 · last 23 Apr 2013 - 21:12
Hardware
Hello, I just aquired a Macintosh LC II and its 12 inch monitor from a friend of mine who got it at an estate sale. When I hooked everything up and turned on th…
· 24 posts · started 21 Feb 2013 - 08:07 · last 23 Apr 2013 - 19:55
Hardware
I was debating on running Mac OS 9.1 on my Powermac 6100/66. Is that recommended? I imagine that it would be slow as molasses, even though I maxed out the ram t…
· 31 posts · started 9 Apr 2012 - 21:43 · last 23 Apr 2013 - 19:31
Hardware
So I was looking at the Quadra 800 motherboard, and the layout looks remarkably smilar to a IIci, all the way down to the ports and the placement of the program…
· 7 posts · started 19 Apr 2013 - 18:38 · last 23 Apr 2013 - 17:54
Hardware
Retrofited an LC-PSU Board into an Apple IIe Power Supply the only catch is no -12 vdc, LC PSU does not provide it. Well it works, the color of wires already ma…
· 9 posts · started 18 Mar 2013 - 03:11 · last 23 Apr 2013 - 13:16
68k
So, i was just looking into that old and beaten Classic i had in a box for what seems like years. Caps are leaked, green muck on the traces, it still starts, bu…
· 14 posts · started 19 Apr 2013 - 16:46 · last 23 Apr 2013 - 11:42
PowerPC
Does anyone know if sonnets firewire and USB cards are compatible with my pm7300. If they aren't can anyone recommend cards that work. I have already maxed out …
· 1 posts · started 23 Apr 2013 - 05:19 · last 23 Apr 2013 - 05:19
PowerPC
Does anyone know if sonnets firewire and USB cards are compatible with my pm7300. If they aren't can anyone recommend cards that work. I have already maxed out …
· 1 posts · started 23 Apr 2013 - 05:19 · last 23 Apr 2013 - 05:19
Hardware
Maybe the fumes or the Lead/Tin solder is starting to effect me... I'm in the middle of re-capping yet another Macintosh Portable Logic board right now. It came…
· 8 posts · started 21 Apr 2013 - 06:15 · last 23 Apr 2013 - 01:19
Hardware
Any ideas on how to remove the corrosion from the legs of the various components on this motherboard? I've included a photo of what it looks like so far. To be …
· 13 posts · started 9 Mar 2013 - 21:20 · last 23 Apr 2013 - 00:55
Hardware
I'm curious. I've been looking at the SE's motherboard and I see connectors for the SCSI drive, floppy drives, the speaker, and the power connector... but I don…
· 5 posts · started 13 Apr 2013 - 20:31 · last 23 Apr 2013 - 00:53
68k
Just did the resistor swap in my LC630 tonight to bump it up to 40MHz. I do have a real 33MHz 68040 chip and a heatsink that I stole from a Q700. Successful res…
· 12 posts · started 17 Apr 2013 - 02:56 · last 22 Apr 2013 - 21:17
Troubleshooting
It appears that the caps in my Mac SE/30 have finally died. There were signs of trouble for awhile now such as no sound through the internal speaker, but when I…
· 47 posts · started 1 Dec 2012 - 18:08 · last 22 Apr 2013 - 14:18
PowerPC
Not sure if this is the right forum area, but.... I have 10.4.11 set up on a Powerbook G4 and am connecting to a mixed SMB network (Windows, Linux, Mac...) The …
· 3 posts · started 22 Apr 2013 - 00:23 · last 22 Apr 2013 - 01:36
Peripherals
Scored this one off the old craigslist today. I wasn't real sure what exactly I was getting, but it's something I don't already have, so I figured why not. The …
· 18 posts · started 10 Apr 2013 - 00:16 · last 22 Apr 2013 - 00:39
Software
I've found a possible Mac conquest however it's located in Delft Netherlands!! What a long shot, but is anyone within reasonable distance and can help me out at…
· 16 posts · started 16 Apr 2013 - 01:48 · last 21 Apr 2013 - 20:24
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