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I bought a IIci sort of on impulse recently. I managed to get the machine and a monitor for just under $70 shipped (more than half was the shipping cost). The o…
· 4 posts · started 15 Feb 2013 - 20:04 · last 15 Feb 2013 - 23:50
Hardware
Also known as a 1.8" LIF/ZIF Solid State drive. Uses a Sandisk 1.8" 16GB Solid State drive. Connected to a LIF/ZIF to 44-pin IDE Connector (provides data and po…
· 7 posts · started 1 Jun 2011 - 23:25 · last 15 Feb 2013 - 23:09
PowerPC
More of a hardware "repair" than a hack. I was getting tired of how my cheap Philips CD-Rs just wouldn't work in my PowerBook G4 no matter what speed I burned t…
· 5 posts · started 12 Feb 2013 - 04:15 · last 15 Feb 2013 - 23:05
Hardware
Hi All New to the forum, but been on IRC over the past couple of days talking to some of you, also a big thank you to the mod who authorized my registration, do…
· 10 posts · started 24 Jan 2013 - 12:34 · last 15 Feb 2013 - 11:38
Hardware
Got one for price of shipping and plugged it in, hit power and nothing. tested power supply with voltmeter and its juicing as it should. Opened it up and found …
· 14 posts · started 12 Feb 2013 - 01:28 · last 15 Feb 2013 - 07:19
PowerPC
So today I went to Fry's and picked up a couple neat things at good prices, all in a way having to do with my Macs. Samsung 120GB 840 Series SSD (Non-Pro model)…
· 1 posts · started 15 Feb 2013 - 06:19 · last 15 Feb 2013 - 06:19
Networking
OK so I am trying to install mac os 7.5.3 onto my macintosh quadra 610. I have tried a cd that I burned but when I try to install the os using this cd my instal…
· 8 posts · started 28 Jan 2013 - 22:27 · last 15 Feb 2013 - 03:35
Software
This ram for my LC475 just arrived. I did some google searching, I can't find how much a 128mb 72 pin Simm would have cost in 1994. My guess is 1000 Dollars. It…
· 19 posts · started 31 Jan 2013 - 21:37 · last 15 Feb 2013 - 03:28
Troubleshooting
OK, it's not an Apple, but it did use a couple Motorola CPUs, the 6800 and 6809. The most exciting thing about this arcade, I think, is that it has the original…
· 15 posts · started 13 Feb 2013 - 01:57 · last 15 Feb 2013 - 02:45
OS 9
I've been taking a few deliveries and freebie pickups over the past week. Last week I took delivery of the MacBook Pro and PowerBook collection. I've been busy …
· 1 posts · started 14 Feb 2013 - 21:36 · last 14 Feb 2013 - 21:36
Hardware
Picked this today after an ad at local macintosh users forum. I was looking for the backlit-display parts for my Portable i got from Juhani few weeks ago, this …
· 14 posts · started 10 Feb 2013 - 18:33 · last 14 Feb 2013 - 12:25
Troubleshooting
I recently bought a fully working macintosh plus. with that, another macintosh plus came in ok cosmetic condition but the owner said it wouldn't boot... when i …
· 19 posts · started 23 Jan 2013 - 10:42 · last 14 Feb 2013 - 08:33
Hardware
I pulled from an older HP that a friend wanted to get rid of a 250GB Western Digital hard drive, 7200rpm 8MB cache (I installed it, harvested out of an old LaCi…
· 2 posts · started 14 Feb 2013 - 04:13 · last 14 Feb 2013 - 05:35
Hardware
Basically Passive Matrix LCD's are total crap, here are my Pick's With the Macintosh Portable, If you can, choose the one that is back lit.
· 24 posts · started 23 Nov 2012 - 07:06 · last 13 Feb 2013 - 22:54
68k
To keep the 68040 in my head from overheating So: Apple 820-0377-A Different variants of this motherboard--- 20mhz LC /wo Ethernet 20mhz LC /w Ethernet 20mhz Fu…
· 5 posts · started 12 Feb 2013 - 19:40 · last 13 Feb 2013 - 17:16
PowerPC
http://www.ebay.com/itm/140914495299?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649 Well its not a 6100 its a preforma, but yeah the same as The Pow…
· 4 posts · started 9 Feb 2013 - 06:42 · last 13 Feb 2013 - 17:06
Networking
So I managed to actually get my hands on an eMate a while back, and an orinoco wavelan card I managed to get some help from Newton poetry, and geek technique. I…
· 6 posts · started 30 Oct 2012 - 17:27 · last 13 Feb 2013 - 05:54
Software
Got my Indigo iBook (366 MHz PowerPC G3, Firewire) today. In fact, my first "clamshell" iBook. To my surprise, it came with AirPort card (802.11b) installed, th…
· 17 posts · started 8 Feb 2013 - 12:32 · last 13 Feb 2013 - 03:40
Hardware
So today I picked up a blueberry iMac G3 (tray-loading 333MHz) as a board and system spare for my strawberry iMac which I plan to put in the music/guest room, b…
· 23 posts · started 1 Feb 2013 - 02:19 · last 12 Feb 2013 - 23:49
68k
So one if the benefits to having a Full 040 is the fact that the FPU is integrated. let's say you overclock your Quadra 700 to 30mhz, and because the FPU is int…
· 2 posts · started 12 Feb 2013 - 20:29 · last 12 Feb 2013 - 23:47
68k
G'day just wanted to write this one down so in at least writing it down gives me an outlet. I've a project. its a modern retro interpretation of the g4 cube. It…
· 17 posts · started 9 Feb 2013 - 12:44 · last 12 Feb 2013 - 20:37
68k
I believe it's time i update my Quadra 650 to it'S full potential. You know, the works: a cdrom, new caps, larger disk, max VRAM. Ram is maxed out, so there isn…
· 3 posts · started 12 Feb 2013 - 13:04 · last 12 Feb 2013 - 19:32
Hardware
I have a Griffin DB15 to VGA adapter which I use to hook my 6400 up to my KVM switch. Since I started using it (I had a Mac CRT before that) it's always bothere…
· 19 posts · started 21 Nov 2012 - 22:35 · last 12 Feb 2013 - 15:32
Hardware
And Pismo makes Two. This is the second conquest in the series, first being the iPod minis I picked up last week. I found this on eBay listed as "For Parts or N…
· 39 posts · started 2 Jun 2011 - 05:02 · last 12 Feb 2013 - 15:03
Hardware
I've just joined the community, and am pleased to announce a successful resuscitation of a sound-less SE/30. Out family's first computer, when I was a kid, was …
· 22 posts · started 8 Jan 2013 - 11:01 · last 12 Feb 2013 - 10:10
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