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Is there anything that can be done with an SE with dead ADB ports? This machine was a street find, and I stupidly hot swapped the mouse in the process of trying…
· 10 posts · started 5 Aug 2012 - 02:28 · last 8 Aug 2012 - 23:13
Hardware
I bought a Mac Plus from a guy a few months back for $50 - which might seem like a lot, except it came with a Lacie ZFP 50MB HDD, one of the original beige carr…
· 12 posts · started 4 Aug 2012 - 21:54 · last 8 Aug 2012 - 22:57
68k
Is there such a thing, for the original LC PDS? Just curious. The only LC PDS cards I know of are video, sound, Ethernet, Apple II, and accelerators, but a DOS …
· 6 posts · started 25 Jul 2012 - 18:46 · last 8 Aug 2012 - 09:52
Hardware
Scored a 350Mhz 9600 over the weekend on ebay for £50. Has 2 4GB SCSI drives, 512MB RAM and zip, cd and floppy as standard. Quite pleased with myself, although …
· 31 posts · started 16 Jul 2012 - 15:44 · last 8 Aug 2012 - 09:46
Software
. . . another epic Radius VidCard conquest? http://www.ebay.com/itm/280921552161 I have two Red Apple 24ACs and one Red Radius Version, but is this one the elus…
· 18 posts · started 22 Jul 2012 - 05:04 · last 8 Aug 2012 - 09:15
Software
Hi lads, I would like to convert a large number of sitx archives that have acumulated in my todo folder to something system6 can read. On macos7/8 or Linux, if …
· 2 posts · started 7 Aug 2012 - 15:45 · last 7 Aug 2012 - 19:18
Software
I scored this sweet OS X banner from 2001 for $50 bucks. I can't find where Apple displayed it. I dug around the internet for old pics of the Apple Stores to ma…
· 4 posts · started 27 Jul 2012 - 20:57 · last 7 Aug 2012 - 11:31
Troubleshooting
Hi, First the simple question: I have a PB 170 with an (understandably) dead battery. There are a number of replacement batteries available on Amazon and they'r…
· 7 posts · started 15 Jul 2012 - 03:31 · last 7 Aug 2012 - 05:44
Peripherals
Do we have a way to take a 68K Mac's SCSI hard drive and turn it into a virtual disk for use with either Basilisk II or Mini vMac? (I know of the copyrom progra…
· 7 posts · started 10 Jan 2012 - 13:37 · last 6 Aug 2012 - 19:02
Troubleshooting
picked up a macintosh classic at the hamvention today. Has a ram card, its HDD, etc... Guess what. I got VERY lucky because it has the Maxell red battery. but i…
· 23 posts · started 18 May 2012 - 00:23 · last 6 Aug 2012 - 14:02
Development
I haven't yet gotten a reply, but I have seen multiple people claim that if you ask Freescale via their support page, they will send you a licensed copy free. O…
· 6 posts · started 11 Jul 2012 - 00:03 · last 6 Aug 2012 - 12:00
Hardware
As I said Thursday, my Classic died the same day as its creator. When I opened it to see if it was a simple matter of cleaning the motherboard, I found one badl…
· 5 posts · started 9 Oct 2011 - 06:15 · last 6 Aug 2012 - 04:35
Peripherals
http://web.archive.org/web/19991127151834/http://motu.com/english/software/mosaic/mosaic.htmlQuote State-of-the-art music desktop publishing software for the Ma…
· 4 posts · started 8 Jul 2014 - 17:19 · last 6 Aug 2012 - 02:28
Peripherals
I was just offered 1,000 brand new 5.25 memorex disks but they are 2shd I know HD and DD has issues on the 3.5 disk. But anyone use he DSHD disks on Apple II se…
· 9 posts · started 4 Aug 2012 - 03:31 · last 4 Aug 2012 - 20:33
Software
Hi, I was reading about the Supermac S900/S910 Mac clones that supported dual CPUs, so in theory you could place your existing CPU in the proprietary secondary …
· 3 posts · started 29 Jul 2012 - 12:22 · last 4 Aug 2012 - 15:42
Hardware
I have a beat-up 540c that come out of the dump and a working 520 that I just bought off of eBay to get an extra battery and a power adapter. I'm hoping to turn…
· 3 posts · started 3 Aug 2012 - 21:07 · last 4 Aug 2012 - 08:35
Hardware
Ok, so I managed to get one of my SE/30's running OS 7.6.1 using Gamba's instructions. Now I'm trying to get OS 8 (then 8.1) on my other SE/30. I have a SE/30, …
· 15 posts · started 27 Jul 2012 - 22:37 · last 4 Aug 2012 - 07:01
Peripherals
Nice colorful iMac 128K (easy folks, the damage has been done, just enjoy it). I'm guessing this thing at one point had a painted blue mouse. Maybe even a green…
· 2 posts · started 3 Aug 2012 - 17:23 · last 3 Aug 2012 - 18:20
68k
Hi folks, Lately I was thinking about upgrading my Powerbook's RAM. Since the RAM in old 68k and PPC powerbooks is proprietary, and finding a "chiped up" RAM mo…
· 1 posts · started 3 Aug 2012 - 07:36 · last 3 Aug 2012 - 07:36
PowerPC
I can't for the life of me figure out how to boot from a CF card either in a PCMCIA adaptor or using a USB adaptor. I can hold down option and see the main volu…
· 8 posts · started 31 Jul 2012 - 14:08 · last 3 Aug 2012 - 06:47
PowerPC
Hi, Basically what the title says. I got it among a lot of several other parts machines (among which was another 17" PowerBook), and I was able to piece it toge…
· 6 posts · started 1 Aug 2012 - 18:56 · last 2 Aug 2012 - 23:48
Hardware
I've always loved the looks of the Quicksilver G4 and hated the looks of PC cases. When it came time to build a new PC, I decided I would do what several before…
· 2 posts · started 24 May 2012 - 19:21 · last 1 Aug 2012 - 23:28
PowerPC
Does anyone have any insight into whether CopyROM gives accurate ROM images for the early PCI Power Macintoshes? I makes the correct sized files. I am trying to…
· 5 posts · started 21 Jun 2010 - 22:05 · last 1 Aug 2012 - 16:48
Hardware
. . . again, it's not a Mac or Apple but this IBM PS/2 Model 80 Type 8580-111 will likely wind up housing either my 9700 PEx ProtoBoard or the 9500 MoBo the PEx…
· 51 posts · started 16 Mar 2011 - 01:39 · last 1 Aug 2012 - 05:53
OS 8
Hi, Erase me if this is illegal but Im looking for a system cd (or just a system folder) for my old Powerbook 5300. It would be best if it was Czech, but that i…
· 2 posts · started 31 Jul 2012 - 21:59 · last 1 Aug 2012 - 00:48
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