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I'm looking to possibly upgrade the SCSI drive in my Power Mac 8500. What type of SCSI drive should I be looking for? I'm a little bewildered by wide SCSI, ultr…
· 5 posts · started 26 Sep 2011 - 21:02 · last 12 Oct 2011 - 01:19
Hardware
Front of the POWERUSER 40MB external SCSI hard drive. The Rear, with SCSI ID selector, dual 50-pin CENTRONIX connectors, power jumper cable plug, power cable co…
· 2 posts · started 6 Oct 2011 - 13:08 · last 11 Oct 2011 - 22:04
General
been a while since i've been on. but I'm back!!!! and soon I will be getting a Powerbook 180
· 2 posts · started 23 Aug 2011 - 17:17 · last 11 Oct 2011 - 21:17
68k
I saw this on eBay and apparently it is an external SCSI display adapter...Cool, but is there any performance hit with one of those, like...Is it really slow?
· 19 posts · started 12 Jun 2007 - 21:53 · last 11 Oct 2011 - 16:24
Peripherals
Not having much luck with thrift shops last week, I gave another one a try. This time I visited the Goodwill ComputerWorks, a recent opening in Pittsburgh's Law…
· 2 posts · started 11 Oct 2011 - 05:28 · last 11 Oct 2011 - 06:02
Hardware
I went back to Computer Works to get some stuff for my iBooks. After seeing that their Hard Drives and Ram were Overpriced and Batteries came with no warranty, …
· 2 posts · started 10 Oct 2011 - 12:17 · last 11 Oct 2011 - 05:13
Development
With my recent conquest of development software, I thought it would be useful for me and others if I try to "bookscan" the programming manuals I got for Symante…
· 6 posts · started 16 Jul 2011 - 06:42 · last 11 Oct 2011 - 00:19
Hardware
I replaced the RAM and the VRAM! The Centris now has 68mb of RAM and 1mb of VRAM. But it still gives me the Chimes of Death! > So if it's not the RAM and…
· 3 posts · started 21 Sep 2011 - 15:46 · last 11 Oct 2011 - 00:13
Hardware
Hi, I rescued a Mac IIsi today. I opened it up, and it is missing its hard drive. The battery has also leaked, corroded some areas here and there on the motherb…
· 5 posts · started 7 Oct 2011 - 14:13 · last 10 Oct 2011 - 15:54
Hardware
I just went out and bought a multimeter to try to diagnose the problem with a failed SE/30 MacCon ethernet card. The multimeter tells me that two of the SMD com…
· 7 posts · started 8 Oct 2011 - 22:03 · last 10 Oct 2011 - 05:26
Hardware
I've got a 12" RGB, commonly known as an LC Monitor (the kind a shadow mask tube in place of a Trinitron), and am having some focus issues with it which seem to…
· 5 posts · started 31 Jul 2011 - 20:06 · last 9 Oct 2011 - 00:21
Hardware
I have a IIx that I have been restoring to working order, and it's mostly working well. I've got it currently configured, as follows: 8mb RAM 9gb UW SCSI Seagat…
· 6 posts · started 10 Jun 2011 - 21:23 · last 8 Oct 2011 - 23:58
PowerPC
I went to Computer Works and picked up eight iBooks at $10 each. They need some stuff to make them useable (Battery, Charger, Ram, HD and Keyboard) which will p…
· 4 posts · started 2 Oct 2011 - 18:55 · last 8 Oct 2011 - 21:53
Hardware
When I was a wee lad, I would sometimes go to Weird Stuff at it's original location off of Lawrence Expressway across one of the early Fry's Electronic's store.…
· 5 posts · started 8 Oct 2011 - 00:38 · last 8 Oct 2011 - 18:27
68k
I picked one up. Looks like a 50MHz 030 accelerator, based on Derrick Garbell's article here: http://www.wap.org/journal/IIciwicked/default.html I have the same…
· 6 posts · started 22 May 2010 - 07:04 · last 8 Oct 2011 - 04:18
68k
Man oh man - did I have a good week! Early this week, I purchased a PowerPC 7600/132 off Marktplaats; the Dutch version of Ebay/Craig's List. It is a bit of a g…
· 14 posts · started 15 May 2011 - 11:18 · last 8 Oct 2011 - 02:12
Troubleshooting
I've been struggling to get my external HD to work with my Mac Plus. I thought it was a question of SCSI cable length, but I was wrong. I finally broke down and…
· 21 posts · started 1 Oct 2011 - 06:59 · last 7 Oct 2011 - 01:31
Networking
Hi All, Great site. I recently bought a couple of old Mac Plus'. One is in really good condition and has a CMS 20 meg hd, it fires up and everything on it seems…
· 8 posts · started 28 Sep 2011 - 01:17 · last 6 Oct 2011 - 21:55
68k
Most will know about the mammoth conquest jsarchibald carried out and shared with us in July - viewtopic.php?f=3&t=16410. Anyway, I've just recently ret…
· 27 posts · started 24 Sep 2011 - 09:34 · last 6 Oct 2011 - 13:41
Troubleshooting
I'm having trouble getting a couple of compact Macs to recognize a Zip 100 drive on the SCSI bus. Forget about driver problems or formatting questions-- I can't…
· 31 posts · started 4 Sep 2011 - 22:26 · last 6 Oct 2011 - 00:22
68k
I borrowed my brother's measurometer (to use the technical term) and wrote down the pinout for the motherboard PSU plug on the 6100, and I'll probably do one fo…
· 2 posts · started 6 Jul 2008 - 16:04 · last 5 Oct 2011 - 21:00
Troubleshooting
Hi, Im not quite sure how to solve this. When I download Classic mac aplication on my windows computer and unpack it, or sometimes I dont even need to do that, …
· 5 posts · started 4 Oct 2011 - 21:44 · last 5 Oct 2011 - 17:53
Peripherals
LEM conquest for me. A little pricey, $30, but that included shipping. Brand new, unopened Apple Extended Keyboard II, model M0312 with the Alps mechanical key …
· 3 posts · started 4 Oct 2011 - 23:12 · last 5 Oct 2011 - 17:42
PowerPC
Bought an iMac with broken ram for 80USD and fixed it up for 2 USD iam very happy with this find
· 4 posts · started 1 Oct 2011 - 16:31 · last 5 Oct 2011 - 10:23
Peripherals
In between teaching, two tutoring sessions, and a meeting, I had a break and no other errands to run. I decided I'd check out the newly-opened thrift store in m…
· 1 posts · started 5 Oct 2011 - 02:41 · last 5 Oct 2011 - 02:41
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