I found a few things at my local surplus. First, in the FREE section, I almost had a heart attack. A large, brown, Apple box that said A/UX Media & Manu…
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Hi, It's not a peripheral per se, but... I have an ATI Radeon 9800 (I think) with ADC and DVI ports, and it just suddenly went dead one day. I was able to get i…
I'm writing this in the hopes that any other mac collectors that manage to find one of these very elusive "Micronet Raven Pro 2" Nubus cards won't have to go th…
. QuartzGL QuartzGL (called Quartz 2D Extreme when it was introduced in Mac OS X Tiger) is GPU acceleration for the Quartz 2D API. As of Mac OS X Snow Leopard, …
I need to open my recently acquired iMac G3 DV to adjust the focus on the screen and upgrade the HDD. I can kinda tell that the plastics are brittle, and was wo…
I guess I should have left dirty enough, but working, alone. :-/ I was moving the IDE card and all the HDDs from my comatose 466 DA over to the Quicksilver 2002…
Some new conquests: 2 x Macintosh IIci (for parts) - one OK PSU, both motherboards had few broken SIM-slots. Gave them to a friend for projects/parts. Kept the …
What are the best HDD backup options for an OS9 tower? I don't assume I can simply drop four drives in the box and setup some kind of RAID array . . . I never t…
Today, I scored these: iMac G4 NuPower G3 500mhz Beige upgrade in the original box. Powerbook 280 complete. I picked up the LC575 as it was still sitting there,…
Okay my quadra arrived today and of course I have a bunch of questions for you guys. I am attaching some pictures of it that will help you guys know what I am t…
I got hold of a Macintosh Display Card 8•24GC rev B ROM today. Can anyone see on the chips how much vram this is?
I've recently had to transfer my re-capped SE/30 logic board into another (SE/30) Mac, as I'd managed to damage my analog board with some resoldering I tried to…
I am happy to report that after a couple of months of planning and research, I've managed to replace the caps in an old Classic II. I soldered the new caps on l…
I have some questions about the System Saver that the post office says should arriving tomorrow. First up is, once I get the System Saver (to avoid DMCA issues)…
Hi all, I have created an album of photos from my recent restoration of a Quadra 700: https://picasaweb.google.com/108602450026684563488/Quadra700Teardown
I'm sure you've all had them. Let's hear about them. Big and small. This is quite small, but it was disappointing all the same. I was going to snipe a G3 PowerB…
I just won this mouse on ebay. Does anyone have any experience with using this? Does it use a standard ni-cad rechargeable triple-A battery? I know it has two a…
I got what I thought was an absolute steal today: An iBook G4 in amazing condition for 30$. I had no assurance on the computer's working state, but was willing …
gday, I'm learning hypercard from an old tutorial off the net, the picture xcmd script example tells me to request a filetype of 192. is there a list with filet…
As I continue building my MDD setup for long-term OS9 use, I'd like some recommendations for expansion cards. Requirements: 1) Useful 2) Compatible with OS9 Wou…
I have an iMac G4 (15", 800MHz, 60GB, 768MB, Superdrive, Airport) that I recently wiped and tried to reinstall the OS. I have tried many versions of Mac OS incl…
Available for $5 on craigslist, right near me. Is it worth it for eBay parts?
Hi all, Quick question: I need to reattach the insulator card to my Mac Plus analog board. It was originally attached with double sided foam tape. What do you u…
wikipedia said these were plagued with power supply issues, i happen to have one, that came from that load of mac's i received over the weekend. this one happen…
I picked up a powerbook duo 280 at the hamfest. It fired right up and started booting into MacOS 8. But the screen is bad, starts that tunnelvision shit when yo…