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I have just collected a PM 7600 tonight. The ad was advertised as "free to collect locally" and it was just 5 minutes from home Moreover, many items were includ…
· 12 posts · started 30 Jan 2012 - 20:55 · last 12 Feb 2012 - 17:37
OS 9
. . . the screen pic says it's product identifier is PowerMac 3.6? Boot ROM version looks like 4.5.7f1 I'm not sure where the cutoff was for running native 9, l…
· 3 posts · started 12 Feb 2012 - 03:31 · last 12 Feb 2012 - 16:03
Software
I managed to score this 1984 Apple Scribe Printer on eBay for 99 cents. The guy was pretty local, so shipping was only $11 bucks. { "lightbox_close": "Close", "…
· 3 posts · started 12 Feb 2012 - 00:21 · last 12 Feb 2012 - 14:20
Troubleshooting
I'm fixing up a 466 DA G4 for a friend and running into an issue booting in OS 9, which is something he needs to do. The machine boots into 10.4.11 with no prob…
· 9 posts · started 5 Feb 2012 - 21:13 · last 11 Feb 2012 - 18:11
Peripherals
My PB Dueo 2300c was working perfectly back in the UK, I packed it to be shipped to Japan and once here I found that the display is all garbled. The machine sti…
· 5 posts · started 4 Sep 2011 - 04:08 · last 11 Feb 2012 - 16:50
Hardware
Bought originally the Powerbook online, but the guy started talking and offered "some other vintage mac stuff" for me as well, so ended up buying them all. Had …
· 23 posts · started 7 Feb 2012 - 20:01 · last 11 Feb 2012 - 13:08
PowerPC
This is my best conquest in some time. Recently I posted in ehmac.ca (Canadian Mac Forum) replying to a classified ad where someone was offering another user a …
· 3 posts · started 10 Feb 2012 - 04:07 · last 11 Feb 2012 - 04:47
Troubleshooting
I received this earlier this month via courier after completing another transaction with Strimkind (as usual, many thanks for the awesome packaging), and, natur…
· 19 posts · started 22 Jan 2012 - 05:01 · last 10 Feb 2012 - 23:27
Networking
My Quadra 605 is connected to a LAN through an Apple Ethernet LC Twisted-Pair Card. I'm running OS 7.6.1 with TCP/IP under OpenTransport 1.1.1 using DHCP server…
· 8 posts · started 27 Aug 2011 - 05:55 · last 10 Feb 2012 - 22:01
Software
My TV has one (don't know left or right) dead speaker. Don't know if the speaker or some other component is broke. I tried a zillion settings with software, new…
· 4 posts · started 7 Jan 2012 - 20:19 · last 10 Feb 2012 - 21:24
Hardware
There's a "new" style Turbo040, the type with the cache soldered on the card, in this lot: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Macintosh-IIci-M5780-w-DayStar-Digital-Asante…
· 12 posts · started 18 Jan 2012 - 18:09 · last 10 Feb 2012 - 18:19
Peripherals
Latest conguest turned out to be really nice one. Originally the eldery guy was selling 512k but it turned out to be 512k/800 (M0001D) later when he made some d…
· 4 posts · started 9 Feb 2012 - 20:19 · last 10 Feb 2012 - 05:16
Hardware
The subject of SCSI-IDE-CF and other alternatives to aging SCSI HDD's gets brought up regularly, and inevitably performance is discussed. Tests are performed, p…
· 3 posts · started 9 Feb 2012 - 21:29 · last 10 Feb 2012 - 05:10
Hardware
Finally got my hands on a Platinum Macintosh ED (512k). Powers on to the over-voltage crowbar. Hopefully it's repairable, I'll have a look sometime though I'm n…
· 31 posts · started 2 Feb 2012 - 01:54 · last 9 Feb 2012 - 10:20
Software
This one http://www.villagetronic.com/vtbook/index.html Would it be possible to run Quartz Extreme on it with PCI Extreme? If so, it would be a neat way for any…
· 6 posts · started 8 Feb 2012 - 00:39 · last 8 Feb 2012 - 21:04
Troubleshooting
http://www.ebay.com/itm/PowerBook-Keyboard-Replacement-New-D661-1652-/330580210533?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4cf81db365 Mine needs a keyboard. This…
· 14 posts · started 4 Feb 2012 - 22:54 · last 8 Feb 2012 - 19:47
Development
I'm alright with C++, I've always wanted to build an application using C++ on my Macs. I use System7-OS9.2.2, and I'd like to know what the best tool out there …
· 8 posts · started 26 Dec 2011 - 20:29 · last 8 Feb 2012 - 18:59
Peripherals
. . . yep, I just borked the Scanmaker 4 that I snagged today on powerup! Like an idiot, I just plugged it in and powered it up like I did the first one I bough…
· 8 posts · started 3 Oct 2009 - 00:37 · last 8 Feb 2012 - 05:35
Hardware
due to a change I am going through in life (and a turning point into being a free person) I am moving out suddenly from where I am, have a nice job lined up, ex…
· 12 posts · started 5 Feb 2012 - 06:03 · last 8 Feb 2012 - 03:47
Software
Hey folks, I'd like to say a public "thank you" to a fellow 68KMLA'er (TheNixer) for my latest conquest. I've got myself a Performa 200! I realise it's "just a …
· 11 posts · started 6 Feb 2012 - 04:38 · last 8 Feb 2012 - 03:30
Troubleshooting
As it says in the title, the PowerBook G3 I recently acquired suddenly choked and died in the middle of a reboot and won't boot. It's giving me four beeps, whic…
· 19 posts · started 31 Jan 2012 - 05:58 · last 8 Feb 2012 - 02:50
Software
I don't know if ever this has been covered here, but this came across tonight after watching an program on TV about "Commodore 64" and how it changed the cultur…
· 14 posts · started 4 Feb 2012 - 22:07 · last 7 Feb 2012 - 14:39
Troubleshooting
Yesterday evening I went out to go, and pick up an upgraded "Wallstreet" Powerbook G3 (it had a 500MHz Sonnet Crescendo G4 board installed). The unit was being …
· 28 posts · started 30 Jan 2012 - 14:00 · last 7 Feb 2012 - 05:39
Troubleshooting
Hello I have a http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/powerbook_g4/stats/powerbook_g4_1.67_15_hr.html . She's a very nice machine but the screen goes black 2 min…
· 19 posts · started 11 Jan 2012 - 05:09 · last 7 Feb 2012 - 04:18
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