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Grabbed a 512ke and an SE with 2.5mb ram, 800mb floppy and 20mb miniscribe for $10 each from craigslist today. The owner works for Intel in Hillsboro and was ge…
· 1 posts · started 16 May 2011 - 08:00 · last 16 May 2011 - 08:00
68k
I came across a file on a certain server based on a hot online protocol. Can't remember which server exactly. The file, "aux-0.7-bin.tar.gz" seems to contain ju…
· 5 posts · started 8 Sep 2007 - 10:48 · last 16 May 2011 - 04:23
PowerPC
Hello, i just helped a friend clean his apartment and got an 1,33ghz iBook g4 that i replaced my 866mhz Powerbook g4 with, but i still have the powerbook laying…
· 3 posts · started 15 May 2011 - 21:20 · last 16 May 2011 - 03:56
Peripherals
. . . { "lightbox_close": "Close", "lightbox_next": "Next", "lightbox_previous": "Previous", "lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please t…
· 6 posts · started 26 Mar 2011 - 03:41 · last 16 May 2011 - 02:05
68k
I recently got Linux (Debian 6.0 sid) running from the command line on a Quadra 605. A number of other people got the parts together, but I wrote up the method,…
· 8 posts · started 17 Feb 2011 - 05:38 · last 15 May 2011 - 05:08
Hardware
Today will be forever be remembered as a sad, sad day in my house. For today a good old friend as passed on. My PowerMac 6100. I was trying to get the MaxPowr G…
· 13 posts · started 8 Feb 2011 - 04:43 · last 15 May 2011 - 01:25
OS 9
I was wondering if these would be compatible with a powerbook Duo 2300c. The system requirements don't include Mac OS classic, but I don't understand how a HD c…
· 18 posts · started 7 Mar 2011 - 01:25 · last 14 May 2011 - 23:04
Peripherals
Four new Macs here: --Mac TV with proper keyboard, mouse, and remote control. It powers on although the hard drive isn't spinning up. Not a big deal though as I…
· 5 posts · started 13 May 2011 - 04:05 · last 14 May 2011 - 11:30
Software
I've been trying to put together a boot/install CD for Mystic (non 640x480) CCs. My plan is to take all the files from disk images (modifying the necessary ones…
· 2 posts · started 13 May 2011 - 05:59 · last 13 May 2011 - 06:51
Hardware
I have this weird issue with my LC III running 7.1. After I first power it on, whenever an app opens a network connection (Network Time updating the clock or Fe…
· 2 posts · started 9 May 2011 - 02:41 · last 12 May 2011 - 13:58
Software
Scored this guy on eBay for a mere $36 bucks. The pictures in the auction showed the case to be in pretty bad shape. There was some oxidation on the ports and s…
· 3 posts · started 12 May 2011 - 01:05 · last 12 May 2011 - 01:52
PowerPC
I was at the junkyard on a mission to acquire a P4 system when out of the corner of my eye, stacked up high above piles of obsolete lab equipment... A wild 7100…
· 8 posts · started 11 May 2011 - 00:04 · last 12 May 2011 - 01:30
Software
I bought a Mockingboard v1a and am super excited. However, the installation instructions are only for the Apple II, not the IIgs. I'm a little perplexed as to w…
· 3 posts · started 7 Apr 2011 - 00:41 · last 12 May 2011 - 00:47
Hardware
I just got a PowerBook 3400c off of a member here and when I get it, it will not turn on. I have done dang-near everything I can do to get it working. So far I …
· 4 posts · started 10 May 2011 - 01:07 · last 11 May 2011 - 23:45
Hardware
Hi guys, Wow, it's been a long time since I posted! I've been very musically active recently and so unfortunately have not been able to do much with my computer…
· 17 posts · started 8 Dec 2009 - 23:51 · last 11 May 2011 - 19:06
PowerPC
Anyone have or have seen the pinout for the connector on the G4 Mini which is used to connect the Airport card and Bluetooth module? From the block diagram, it …
· 1 posts · started 11 May 2011 - 18:39 · last 11 May 2011 - 18:39
Peripherals
Anyone here a guru with SCSIProbe 4.3? Does anyone know how SCSIProbe determines that a SCSI bus is not terminated? If someone knows this, it could help me debu…
· 1 posts · started 11 May 2011 - 04:31 · last 11 May 2011 - 04:31
Networking
Anyone have the pinout/connector type of the duo's internal modem port? I got some "plans" for this port.
· 4 posts · started 22 Mar 2011 - 03:41 · last 11 May 2011 - 02:33
Peripherals
I bought a 1gb microtech roadrunner 2.5" scsi drive but it does not appear to fit the internal scsi cable for my PowerBook 540c...looks like one pin receptacle …
· 3 posts · started 8 May 2011 - 07:07 · last 10 May 2011 - 22:36
Troubleshooting
Man, what a score. I grabbed this for $10 on my way up to a computer rummage. It's the 3-ring binder edition of Inside Macintosh volumes I through V plus the X-…
· 6 posts · started 7 May 2011 - 22:55 · last 10 May 2011 - 20:36
68k
Does such a thing exist? I'm running my LC III without a PRAM battery and on startup the 32-bit memory addressing is turned off by default. I could just pop in …
· 5 posts · started 8 May 2011 - 00:55 · last 10 May 2011 - 19:28
Hardware
I just came into two 512s and sadly, both floppy drives don't work. Once drive accepts a disk, tries to read it, and then spits it back out. I can boot the mach…
· 3 posts · started 10 May 2011 - 01:49 · last 10 May 2011 - 14:14
Hardware
i helped the computer club where i live to throw away and sort through old computers so they offered me to buy an LC and LC 475 and an Performa 450 for 200SEK s…
· 4 posts · started 6 May 2011 - 17:44 · last 10 May 2011 - 14:13
Software
Someone has contacted me to tell me System 4.0 Finder 5.4 does not work on his Macintosh II (i.e., the 68020 machine). At least, he says it won't boot from an 8…
· 4 posts · started 6 May 2011 - 20:27 · last 10 May 2011 - 14:03
Hardware
I have no intention of monkeying with CRTs but I want to recap my se/30. I am technically proficient with Mac repairs but I have a wife and two boys and I gener…
· 27 posts · started 8 Apr 2011 - 22:08 · last 10 May 2011 - 01:45
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