Well, I recently saw Hap selling a Portable for a pretty good price, so I snatched it up! It has a few cosmetic issues, but not in places too noticeable when si…
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Ugh.I'm having a major brain fart. At some point in the last year, I changed the hard drive icon on my SE/30 (System 7.1, update 3) and now I can't remember how…
Just got in a G4 15" 1.5ghz Powerbook the owner said just quit turning on. It boots up just fine for me (65w aftermarket power brick). The unit looks pretty muc…
About a year ago I watched Ferrix97's video on Powerbook power supply repair and how to open one up. I tried using a couple screw drivers as spacers but found t…
Hi Folks! I've finally decided to post details about my "vintage" mac setup on the Internet! I say vintage with quotes, as I don't really know if a 9600 would c…
Recently I thought I'd take advantage of some extra time to unpack my neglected Macs since their recent move. I started on trying to make a sort of OS 9 server …
I just did a bit of a search and it appears the firmware patch to allow booting of Powermac G3's with an Encore G4 upgrade installed has now been made available…
Hi guys, I just put my hands on a very good shape iMac G4 700 Mhz. The machine is working well so far. There was no keyboard or mouse, but that's not an issue f…
I would like to test a Grappler Plus card for which I don't have a ready cable (to printer). Is that possible? When I try to enable the slot it's in the machine…
I printed out one of bbraun's, but the side holes didn't line up with an SE/30's HDD chassis. So I made a couple brackets myself, thought I'd share with anyone …
My oldest 800mhz G3 'book suddenly has a major issue - won't turn on with any regularity, can occasionally get restarted and booted by pressing the power button…
So you install 2 GB of ram and OS 9. Then you go to about this mac and you see that hey the system recognizes that there is 2GB of ram!!! And you get all excite…
Hello fellow. First congratulate you for having this forum so fabulous. About a month ago came into my hands my first Apple computer, nothing more and nothing l…
Would there be interest in a new 99 euro 500mhz 68020 mac with 24bit graphics and 16 bit audio?
So I got my working SE (THANKS!) Whooo hoo. I am loving it to pieces. I want to get MPW going. I want to stick with System 6. Is there a version of MPW for 6 th…
This is an LC I bought as part of a deal because one of the ROMs was dead and would not boot. I recently got a new set of ROMs, put it in, and "BONG!" It's aliv…
Image is worth a thousand words here: { "lightbox_close": "Close", "lightbox_next": "Next", "lightbox_previous": "Previous", "lightbox_error": "The requested co…
I can't for the life of me remember the name of this game, I downloaded it on AOL at some point between 95 and 97 on an LC III running System 7. Graphics and so…
Hi gang. So I've been working with an LC III that's absolutely driving me up the wall. When I got it from eBay, I plugged it all in and it did nothing. Black sc…
I haven't posted in quite a while, but I thought that this recent conquest was worth posting. I have been thinking about converting my collection to a more New …
I've recently relocated my Color Classic from my mom's house, where it's lived happily since 1993 choking on cigarette smoke. I think it is going to need a reca…
Just acquired an Apple II+ today along with a Disk II. I posted these questions in my conquest thread, but I figured it made sense to post them here too: When I…
I'm new to the "hobby", just starting my collection of vintage machines. Here's my first! The original Macintosh, rescued from the bowels of a trash bin in (ver…
Hi Guys, just going to put it out there that I'm interested in getting an ethernet card for an SE/30 if anyone has one. I recently recapped an SE/30 and got the…
I've been maintaining what was formerly a fully operational LC III for the past couple of months following the completion of board and PSU recapping (c.o. Unise…