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In my lackadaisical search for a source of flybacks for the compact Macs, I came across this part number. They list it as an Apple flyback transformer, but ther…
· 19 posts · started 18 Nov 2010 - 20:59 · last 22 Feb 2011 - 21:10
Hardware
after picking up my Asante EN/SC Desktop adapter earlier, Today I came home and found a Sonnet G3/L2 upgrade card for my PM 6500, and a 6MB RAM Module for my Po…
· 9 posts · started 25 Jan 2011 - 05:02 · last 22 Feb 2011 - 20:44
PowerPC
So I was running Norton System Info on my iMac G3 and I found out, much to my surprise, that the system benchmarks only slightly less that a G4 at 500 Mhz in te…
· 4 posts · started 20 Feb 2011 - 21:59 · last 22 Feb 2011 - 06:08
Peripherals
Today I got the chance to check out the warehouse this guys been storing his old computers he got from schools all over the state. I did some looking around and…
· 3 posts · started 17 Feb 2011 - 19:50 · last 22 Feb 2011 - 01:32
Troubleshooting
Gazing out across the internet, I am astounded by how much the 190 is trashed. It was a legendary machine, and how dare you bash it. Why? Where, oh where, do I …
· 22 posts · started 10 Sep 2010 - 21:02 · last 21 Feb 2011 - 08:55
Software
This is apparently the time of the year that keeps on giving, as my find today was an original iMac. I quickly tested it and it powers on and boots to Mac OS 9.…
· 15 posts · started 11 Feb 2011 - 12:37 · last 21 Feb 2011 - 07:40
Troubleshooting
It started out a bit difficult. First I wanted to test the box before installing the ][e card, and I needed to fiddle with cd600i jumpers to something it was ha…
· 8 posts · started 17 Jan 2011 - 13:39 · last 21 Feb 2011 - 05:20
68k
So... It's been a while, guys! On Tuesday I met Danamania, did a tech trade... I gave her my SE/30 and Colour Classic (they needed a loving home ...) and got in…
· 11 posts · started 19 Feb 2011 - 14:15 · last 21 Feb 2011 - 02:49
68k
Has no internal CD-ROM, instead it came with an external one. 36mb RAM, noisy 250mb HD, Supra 33.6 modem, couple system floppy disks along with ClarisWorks and …
· 16 posts · started 5 Feb 2011 - 22:24 · last 20 Feb 2011 - 23:51
Hardware
Picking up an early Newt at the weekend. I have never used anything earlier that NewtOS 2 (MP2000, 2100, eMate 300), so it will be interesting to see an early i…
· 7 posts · started 17 Feb 2011 - 02:07 · last 20 Feb 2011 - 17:34
Software
I own a pre-FDHD SE as my only Mac, and I would like to upgrade its installation of System 7.0 to 7.1, which as I understand, was the last version released on 8…
· 4 posts · started 5 Aug 2010 - 07:10 · last 20 Feb 2011 - 16:48
Software
It's the only version of Mac OS that I don't have around, and yet everyone else seems to have it. Is there some spot on the internet I missed? Or perhaps an eBa…
· 23 posts · started 8 Jan 2011 - 04:28 · last 20 Feb 2011 - 16:42
Software
I have looked long and hard for CDU (Connectix Desktop Utilities). It is a very cool little control panel that lets you change the color scheme of System 7 amon…
· 1 posts · started 19 Feb 2011 - 17:19 · last 19 Feb 2011 - 17:19
PowerPC
ALPS keyswitches are common on Apple keyboards, namely the Apple Extended, Apple Standard, M0116, etc. While they are rated for millions of actuations, sometime…
· 9 posts · started 5 Jan 2011 - 02:03 · last 19 Feb 2011 - 15:09
Hardware
to do something with this G3 Desktop. I am not sure what I want to do with it, but I want to do something server-ish, and want to run it under at minimum 8.1. T…
· 9 posts · started 16 Jan 2011 - 07:08 · last 19 Feb 2011 - 13:35
OS 9
I am in need of an OS8/9 IRC client - can anyone point me in the right direction? What does everyone use? Thanks in advance for the help.
· 8 posts · started 14 Feb 2011 - 23:42 · last 19 Feb 2011 - 13:16
Software
We are a tech shop so I just stumbled across a bunch of 16MB SIMMS, from when who knows when. I want to have two working SE/30's. How much RAM before its pointl…
· 13 posts · started 22 Jan 2011 - 13:39 · last 19 Feb 2011 - 02:08
Peripherals
Maybe others have noticed this, but it seems on a 512ke, 128k ROMs system that under the Apple menu - "About the Finder" it puts a period after the 512k. wherea…
· 3 posts · started 18 Feb 2011 - 10:41 · last 18 Feb 2011 - 23:12
Peripherals
Got myself a barely-used (about 600 pages printed, if I have read the configuration runes rightly) LexMark C500 colour laser printer yesterday evening, complete…
· 1 posts · started 18 Feb 2011 - 21:25 · last 18 Feb 2011 - 21:25
Troubleshooting
Hello, My Mac Classic (OS 7.0.1) doesn't boot anymore when the SCSI CD-Rom drive is connected. I get the question mark. As soon as I remove the scsi connector i…
· 5 posts · started 1 Feb 2011 - 22:54 · last 18 Feb 2011 - 19:43
68k
My 68k Mac army has just doubled in size! Just the base unit, but it's in nice shape and everything is working (they even built the low cost computers to last b…
· 4 posts · started 17 Feb 2011 - 20:17 · last 18 Feb 2011 - 15:32
68k
A few months ago I realized that although Amiga and Atari Falcon have had 060 accelerator cards made for them in the past, no mac or accelerator card for one ha…
· 75 posts · started 22 May 2007 - 00:36 · last 18 Feb 2011 - 08:58
PowerPC
Was looking for my copy of my quad G5 service manual to do a little work on the spare I just got in and ... it's for the wrong model of PM G5. I guess I should …
· 4 posts · started 13 Feb 2011 - 22:44 · last 18 Feb 2011 - 05:40
Hardware
With my Macintosh 128K came a book. It is called "Presenting the Macintosh" by Merl K. Miller and Mary A. Myers. It is written even before the Macintosh was lau…
· 1 posts · started 17 Feb 2011 - 20:35 · last 17 Feb 2011 - 20:35
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