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I did a good faith purchase on Craigslist for a guy's old IIci. I live in California, he's in Chicago. I paid $150 + about $30 parcel post shipping for a boxed …
· 10 posts · started 16 May 2012 - 00:53 · last 17 May 2012 - 05:47
PowerPC
Hey guys I ran across a problem when copying OS 9 applications across to run in classic mode under OSX 10.4 in the sense that the system simply wouldn't recogni…
· 16 posts · started 13 May 2012 - 22:34 · last 17 May 2012 - 02:06
68k
Hi, First time posting in this area! Anyway, I just got a seemingly dead Classic II. It's the first Classic that I've seen in person (all I've had previously we…
· 1 posts · started 17 May 2012 - 00:18 · last 17 May 2012 - 00:18
PowerPC
Picked up a few little gems from a regular client of ours at work who had some of the remaining Apple hardware from a now defunct Apple Reseller. I didn't know …
· 5 posts · started 15 May 2012 - 17:46 · last 16 May 2012 - 14:26
Troubleshooting
OK so i will finally be upgrading the ram in my SE tomorrow. I am letting it sit all night unplugged just in case. Ive read several guides on how to perform the…
· 10 posts · started 15 May 2012 - 22:58 · last 16 May 2012 - 13:09
Peripherals
Hello, I have a SE/30 that hasn't been on in about 4 years. The internal HD is corrupt enough that it won't boot from it. I built a new System 7.5.3 boot disk u…
· 3 posts · started 16 May 2012 - 05:05 · last 16 May 2012 - 10:01
68k
Browsing through a 1987 rev. Mac Plus user's manual, I find the following on page 177 in the section on peripherals for your Plus. Things to note: 1) It's an '8…
· 2 posts · started 15 May 2012 - 16:29 · last 16 May 2012 - 04:48
68k
Howdy comrades, I was asked to build Dhrystone for 68k Macintosh, just for fun. I felt I should share it with you all. This ancient benchmark will measure the i…
· 11 posts · started 22 Feb 2012 - 07:01 · last 16 May 2012 - 04:39
Networking
I keep waffling back and forth about whether to put my AudioMedia II NuBus board to use in my hifi system, for digitizing high-quality audio. A big drawback is …
· 13 posts · started 12 May 2012 - 17:51 · last 16 May 2012 - 01:15
Software
So i have decided on a quadra 610 for my summer project. I have already bought one online, but it will take about a week to get here. I bought it thinking that …
· 5 posts · started 15 May 2012 - 03:31 · last 15 May 2012 - 22:48
Development
For all you Mac OS X retro gamers, I've written my first game. It's an old fashioned text adventure. I grew up on these things, and always wanted to write my ow…
· 4 posts · started 3 Apr 2012 - 15:52 · last 15 May 2012 - 21:57
PowerPC
Got some machines turned over to me few days ago, non 68k or PPC but.. Macbook (late 2007) 2.2Ghz C2D, 1GB RAM, 160GB HD, DVD-+RW, Black. No PSU but i had one u…
· 18 posts · started 14 Apr 2012 - 21:56 · last 15 May 2012 - 16:14
Software
Okay, so I'm getting ready to crack open my first Mac. I've gotten a hold of a genuinely bashed up Mac Plus that despite a heavily fractured case still bongs an…
· 6 posts · started 9 May 2012 - 14:21 · last 15 May 2012 - 13:02
Hardware
I have several Macs and some drives will boot as a extra disk (no startup) but when I plug some in the computer trys to boot off it, no matter what I do heck a …
· 6 posts · started 11 May 2012 - 04:12 · last 15 May 2012 - 12:01
Software
No problem for the 9" Periscope from the classic series, I can knock off the glassblown tip at the end of the CRT, but my 17" DOA StudioDisplay's CRT has a cove…
· 11 posts · started 12 May 2012 - 19:14 · last 14 May 2012 - 23:12
Software
I would like to ask if the old games especially adventures like Monkey Island, Larry, Rise of the Dragon etc. support double mouse button on Mac with Mac OS 7.6…
· 6 posts · started 11 May 2012 - 06:34 · last 14 May 2012 - 11:14
PowerPC
So recently I met this guy through my work that up until two years ago, was exclusively a mac repair specialist. I started talking to him and he took me to one …
· 7 posts · started 5 May 2012 - 07:07 · last 14 May 2012 - 07:57
PowerPC
Some of my Pismos have fairly loose screens now (5-10 degrees of play). Is there a "best practice" to retighten them, or is a little bit of extra looseness due …
· 4 posts · started 31 Mar 2012 - 17:11 · last 13 May 2012 - 21:20
Software
Price differences and the inclusion of extra software in one of the auctions aside, does anyone know the difference between this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/270971…
· 2 posts · started 13 May 2012 - 13:56 · last 13 May 2012 - 15:05
68k
They all work, Also, Once I get the full 040 from my buddy on here, I'm going make the Q605 into a web server, i'm looking forward to it My buddy said i can thr…
· 30 posts · started 7 May 2012 - 05:49 · last 13 May 2012 - 08:22
Software
I have a rather bad problem that I have run into. Because I store my mac software on a Windows 2000 server I keep all my files stuffed to preserve the resource …
· 7 posts · started 12 Apr 2012 - 18:54 · last 13 May 2012 - 04:24
Hardware
Quite a while back, I liberated an $11.99 B&W StudioDisplay after testing it in the Thrift Shop. Apparently, one needs to run these things for more than…
· 1 posts · started 12 May 2012 - 23:20 · last 12 May 2012 - 23:20
Hardware
After what seems like forever, I am finally the owner of a PowerBook G4 12". It comes to me by way of a business associate who I first met in 2005 and see once …
· 4 posts · started 11 May 2012 - 12:03 · last 12 May 2012 - 20:51
Networking
Hey guys, just discovered this forum a few days ago and I'm already loving it. Im hoping that you could help me with a problem I am having with my g3's. Ok here…
· 5 posts · started 9 May 2012 - 22:52 · last 11 May 2012 - 21:33
Troubleshooting
Hey everyone, Due to technical difficulties temporarily beyond our control, the Forum Rules page is currently showing a broken layout, and is also locked from e…
· 1 posts · started 11 May 2012 - 18:32 · last 11 May 2012 - 18:32
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