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A lot of Compacts lose their 800k FDD when somebody damages them while trying to clean the heads. If the top head is lifted more than about 1cm the metallic spr…
· 7 posts · started 9 Mar 2013 - 05:10 · last 10 Mar 2013 - 01:57
Troubleshooting
Greetings Mac liberators. I though for moment you weren't gonna let me join your club because I prefer my 68k computers with a Commodore badge on them so thanks…
· 16 posts · started 8 Mar 2013 - 16:51 · last 9 Mar 2013 - 22:33
Hardware
GAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 8-o The apartment still reeks of it! I'm still amazed that it didn't quite set off the smoke alarm. If I hadn't been almost next to …
· 30 posts · started 28 Feb 2013 - 15:21 · last 9 Mar 2013 - 21:42
Hardware
Hello everyone, I'm having a little bit of a difficult time taking the motherboard out of an LC. I can't seem to separate the fan from the motherboard. I'm sure…
· 4 posts · started 9 Mar 2013 - 07:43 · last 9 Mar 2013 - 21:14
Hardware
Last night I collected a haul of Apple spare parts and various other bits and pieces. Of the spare parts I've so far managed to build: (1x) 2.5GHz MacBook Pro (…
· 5 posts · started 5 Mar 2013 - 15:16 · last 9 Mar 2013 - 17:30
PowerPC
I have no experience with newer Macs whatsoever. I have a Rev A iMac, but believe it's not enough to play modern, games that where available for the Mac OS 9. S…
· 26 posts · started 4 Mar 2013 - 14:03 · last 9 Mar 2013 - 10:34
68k
I'm trying to figure out which revision of motherboard is in my Apple IIe. Can anyone help me out? I've attached some photos... Thanks!
· 4 posts · started 8 Mar 2013 - 23:22 · last 9 Mar 2013 - 09:01
Hardware
Hello everyone, I am trying to get a Macintosh Classic Color to turn on. I am using a keyboard that once belonged to a Macintosh Power 5400. I used the on butto…
· 15 posts · started 6 Mar 2013 - 06:15 · last 9 Mar 2013 - 07:46
Software
It seems that I am getting hold of a WorkGroup Server 9150 sometime soon (I will believe it when it is in my car on the way back home, mind you). Naturally, I t…
· 12 posts · started 3 Mar 2013 - 04:59 · last 9 Mar 2013 - 02:54
Software
{ "lightbox_close": "Close", "lightbox_next": "Next", "lightbox_previous": "Previous", "lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try aga…
· 1 posts · started 8 Mar 2013 - 18:21 · last 8 Mar 2013 - 18:21
OS 9
I´like to install "Authoring Support 1.1.9" to my unsupported Powermac 8600. How do I do this? I´ve upgraded the machine (G4 800, 1GB Ram) to Mac OS 9.2.2 (Auth…
· 4 posts · started 27 Feb 2013 - 03:02 · last 8 Mar 2013 - 18:09
Hardware
. . . :O Sorry a system error occurred."Finder" __floating point coprocessor not installed. Click to expand... I get this error when I try to do a screen shot. …
· 7 posts · started 7 Mar 2013 - 16:20 · last 8 Mar 2013 - 17:16
PowerPC
Hello. I picked up a 533Mhz Digital Audio for a few £'s recently with the intention of using it as a dedicated machine for my amateur radio station for digital …
· 4 posts · started 8 Mar 2013 - 13:21 · last 8 Mar 2013 - 16:31
Software
Found in a basement full of junk, free of course. 10gb drive, 384 ram, put a fresh install of tiger on it, runs surprisingly fast considering the specs with slo…
· 5 posts · started 8 Mar 2013 - 07:05 · last 8 Mar 2013 - 07:32
Hardware
Why? I have no idea. I think the price was reasonable. http://www.ebay.com/itm/221194806594?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649
· 14 posts · started 6 Mar 2013 - 19:25 · last 8 Mar 2013 - 06:01
Software
Newties rejoice! It's 1997 all over again. Those were the days, when men were men, when Macintosh computers didn't yet look like multicoloured jellybeans, and w…
· 9 posts · started 28 Nov 2012 - 23:50 · last 7 Mar 2013 - 17:49
Hardware
This may sound like a vague question, but is there any way to use the composite output of a Raspberry Pi with a Macintosh Classic's CRT? I know the Classic uses…
· 11 posts · started 25 Feb 2013 - 23:16 · last 7 Mar 2013 - 11:15
Software
I'm about to pull my hair out here. I did a hard reset of an eMate 300 and now the NewtonWorks suite is gone. When I attempt to install the NW packages from the…
· 7 posts · started 29 Mar 2012 - 22:50 · last 7 Mar 2013 - 07:36
Software
So, for the first time, I have been playing around properly with an 8/24GC Nubus card acquired some time ago. Acceleration for this card is provided by the 8/24…
· 2 posts · started 5 Mar 2013 - 21:46 · last 6 Mar 2013 - 03:05
Troubleshooting
Clearly not since...well...2003, anyway. Some of you might remember my caddy loader that I picked up on eBay in December, after spending the last 9 years lookin…
· 3 posts · started 24 Feb 2013 - 05:30 · last 6 Mar 2013 - 01:27
Software
Got it and know nothing about them other than its missing cord and battery.
· 33 posts · started 2 Mar 2013 - 00:12 · last 6 Mar 2013 - 00:04
68k
I forgot I had these. A few pictures of a prototype PowerBook 170 and 540 that were being sold on my local Craigslist. Unfortunately at $2000 it was waaay out o…
· 6 posts · started 4 Mar 2013 - 17:07 · last 5 Mar 2013 - 19:58
Hardware
I'm planning to recap my IIGS monitor since it's over 20 years old. What would be the best capacitors to do the job. I'm used to recapping logic boards and PSU'…
· 1 posts · started 5 Mar 2013 - 09:49 · last 5 Mar 2013 - 09:49
Peripherals
Considering using an s-video cable as a substitute for an ADB keyboard cable (for test and backup purposes). They are both 4-pin mini-DIN male to male. Any risk…
· 5 posts · started 28 Feb 2013 - 11:28 · last 5 Mar 2013 - 08:02
Hardware
While feeding my demons and searching for p0rn of insects getting drunk on rotten fruit (i'm a complicated man, don't ask), i came across this page: http://www.…
· 4 posts · started 2 Mar 2013 - 22:42 · last 5 Mar 2013 - 04:26
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