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I rather suspect the answer to this will be what I expect, but I think it's worth asking the question just in case there's something I've either missed or over-…
· 23 posts · started 22 Apr 2012 - 15:55 · last 5 May 2012 - 11:38
68k
Firewire SD card reader DIY: Despite the speed increase depends on several factors, is easy to obtain 3X (or even more) compared to USB 1.1. Just put a IDE SD C…
· 3 posts · started 4 May 2012 - 17:04 · last 5 May 2012 - 08:53
Troubleshooting
I pulled out my old IIfx to turn it on for the first time in a year or two. Didn't power up. Figured one or both of the batteries went bad. Opened it up and sur…
· 5 posts · started 4 May 2012 - 18:13 · last 4 May 2012 - 23:14
Networking
I don't know why this isn't working, so I'm looking for some advice on where to start. I have a linux based netatalk server that runs perfectly well serving up …
· 10 posts · started 16 Apr 2012 - 12:15 · last 3 May 2012 - 22:50
Hardware
Does not work. The SE/30 zebra striped and wouldn't boot. A definitive bust. There's no mention of this in any of the forum searches, so I thought I'd throw it …
· 26 posts · started 2 Apr 2012 - 03:50 · last 3 May 2012 - 01:55
68k
Can I be reading this right? This advert appears to say that accelerators (at 25MHz and at 40MHz) for the Mac Classic were once sold. Have never heard of them, …
· 28 posts · started 27 Feb 2011 - 03:58 · last 2 May 2012 - 21:24
Troubleshooting
Just bought a 512k off of craigslist for $25. Pretty complete, with ImageWriter I, external 400k floppy drive, MS Flight Sim, Mac Paint and Mac Word, docs, etc.…
· 10 posts · started 18 Jan 2012 - 06:14 · last 2 May 2012 - 15:40
Troubleshooting
I was out doing a bit of dumpster diving over the weekend and scored a G5 with the dual 2.5, 1.5GB RAM and a SuperDrive. Doesn't appear to have any coolant leak…
· 22 posts · started 23 Apr 2012 - 20:56 · last 2 May 2012 - 14:38
PowerPC
FINALLY! I've wanted one since new. This was impossible.. I think I was 9 or 10. I didn't have $6K. If I was able to buy every single mac I wanted back in the 9…
· 9 posts · started 1 May 2012 - 03:09 · last 2 May 2012 - 00:19
68k
I have an Apple branded Quantum "Viking II" 9.1GB SCSI HDD. I've connected the drive externally and partitioned it using Lido. But I really would like to put it…
· 2 posts · started 2 May 2012 - 00:07 · last 2 May 2012 - 00:17
Troubleshooting
Well, Computer Hardware club at my school has acquired a Mac Classic. It's ugly and yellowed as sin, and currently not working (checkerboard, though I did get i…
· 13 posts · started 8 Sep 2008 - 00:42 · last 1 May 2012 - 21:42
Software
If I understand correctly, the superdrive in my Mac Classic is able to read and write dos formatted disks. Is there image software available to write a dos .dsk…
· 4 posts · started 28 Apr 2012 - 19:17 · last 1 May 2012 - 21:24
68k
Some discussion about using the IIsi NuBus Adapter Card in the SE/30 has been cropping up with regularity around here, so as a former mod of this forum and . . …
· 10 posts · started 4 Apr 2012 - 16:19 · last 30 Apr 2012 - 21:33
Hardware
I've been looking for a G4 iMac for a long long time now, but they are usually pick up only and/or go for stupid prices. I've missed out on a few good ones over…
· 3 posts · started 30 Apr 2012 - 13:28 · last 30 Apr 2012 - 17:55
Troubleshooting
The final(?) piece for my for my Pet IIfx is finall in place. Right now the only card in it is the Futurta II SX-DSP w/10baseT DaughterCard. It's running at onl…
· 19 posts · started 27 Apr 2012 - 16:49 · last 29 Apr 2012 - 18:22
Hardware
I bought a broken Mac Classic for a Mini ITX project. I plugged it in just to see what it would do. Blank screen, DOA. I could hear something knocking around in…
· 6 posts · started 28 Apr 2012 - 03:54 · last 29 Apr 2012 - 03:08
68k
If only I had 25k in my wallet... http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-APPLE-LISA-1-COMPUTER-SYSTEM-COMPLETE-BOXED-RESTORED-WORKING-/160784312263
· 10 posts · started 21 Apr 2012 - 16:10 · last 28 Apr 2012 - 00:16
Troubleshooting
ScanDump™ Project Listing: Video Adapter Docs Scan Dump Peripherals Scan Dump June, 1992_MacUser_Accelerators_Compared Accelerator Comparisons: July 1991 MacWor…
· 3 posts · started 21 Apr 2012 - 16:38 · last 27 Apr 2012 - 18:56
Peripherals
. . . don't get me wrong, I still prefer full travel clickey keys with sculpted caps and tiered rows . . . . . . bu t I finally gave in and went to pick up the …
· 8 posts · started 6 Apr 2012 - 06:14 · last 27 Apr 2012 - 18:45
Hardware
I picked up a sick 512Ke to rehabilitate and am stumped at what the problem is. There is no startup `bong` and there are thin horizontal lines over the entire s…
· 7 posts · started 25 Apr 2012 - 06:15 · last 26 Apr 2012 - 03:37
Troubleshooting
I love these things, I've used one on and off for about 13 years. It's hardly a real conquest, I found it while rummaging through the Magic Boxen, but since I h…
· 3 posts · started 25 Apr 2012 - 16:47 · last 25 Apr 2012 - 20:55
Troubleshooting
Hi, The subject line pretty much says it all. I acquired this TiBook, and it has a mild case of the typical-for-that-model-over-tight-screen-hinges problem that…
· 3 posts · started 24 Apr 2012 - 05:39 · last 24 Apr 2012 - 23:52
68k
Picking the stuff up tonight. I'll be back later tonight after I find out what it all is.
· 6 posts · started 23 Apr 2012 - 23:09 · last 24 Apr 2012 - 13:57
Hardware
My 12" 867mhz PowerBook has had issues since day one, I've already replaced the hard drive in it & now it doesn't want to restart, or come out of sleep.…
· 3 posts · started 23 Apr 2012 - 20:07 · last 24 Apr 2012 - 08:35
Development
I added a basic 68k programming guide to the wiki. Right now it just covers installing MPW and compiling a basic program, but the next tutorial will go more in-…
· 12 posts · started 24 Feb 2010 - 18:35 · last 24 Apr 2012 - 07:47
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