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Hello all. Long time browser, first time poster My SE/30 has been packed away for a few years after it finally succumbed to simasi mac. Before dying, it was usi…
· 10 posts · started 29 Jan 2011 - 07:16 · last 12 Feb 2011 - 00:46
Hardware
Turns out one of the guys in my technical college class used to go to schools and take out old computers to send parts to recyclers. I brought in my LC 575 for …
· 6 posts · started 9 Feb 2011 - 19:52 · last 11 Feb 2011 - 23:00
Troubleshooting
So I reached over to turn on the MDD this morning so I could do some more work on the (irresponsibly) delayed Classilla 9.2.2, and ... it blinked its power ligh…
· 9 posts · started 6 Feb 2011 - 00:53 · last 11 Feb 2011 - 21:48
68k
This one's made by Novy Systems, but Novy Systems made a number of Mac SE accelerators and I can't pin down which one this is: I'd love to know what the jumpers…
· 10 posts · started 6 Feb 2011 - 19:46 · last 11 Feb 2011 - 16:28
Hardware
This one for $15 and a couple of gallons of gas. It was untested, do to lack of a power supply. :lol: Its 266 MHz proc booted right into 9.0.4 off its 3.81 Gig …
· 2 posts · started 11 Feb 2011 - 05:36 · last 11 Feb 2011 - 14:21
Hardware
Hi, I thought we could use this new thread to cover info about the PowerExpress 9700 prototype powermac and efforts to get them booting. Past information to get…
· 10 posts · started 28 Jan 2011 - 10:41 · last 11 Feb 2011 - 13:56
Hardware
I had a Compaq D530 sitting around and gave it to a coworker. She brought her old one in so I took what I wanted out of it and will recycle the rest. 512MB RAM …
· 6 posts · started 10 Feb 2011 - 00:50 · last 11 Feb 2011 - 13:02
Peripherals
I found a new use for my Qudra 605. I recently bought a mid-90's Akai S2000 sampler for my studio. I needed to build an external SCSI cas to hold a CD-ROM, ZIP,…
· 4 posts · started 28 Jan 2011 - 17:02 · last 11 Feb 2011 - 11:52
Hardware
Hi, This story has both a good side and a bad side. My wife works at a local newspaper, and she told me that they were clearing out some old equipment from the …
· 4 posts · started 10 Feb 2011 - 11:56 · last 11 Feb 2011 - 08:00
PowerPC
So I decided to try and install Leopard onto my Gigabit Ethernet. I ran LeopardAssist from Tiger and rebooted to a kernel panic. Some googling alerted me to the…
· 16 posts · started 2 Feb 2011 - 14:55 · last 11 Feb 2011 - 07:42
Networking
Folks, I have been able to get Netscape 2.02 up and running on my SE/30 (thank you JDW) running MacOS 7.5.5 but am having real problems with javascript error me…
· 11 posts · started 29 Oct 2010 - 03:53 · last 11 Feb 2011 - 04:28
Hardware
I got one! YAY! HDD is dead, no battery, no rear door, screen has vignetting and only 4MB RAM... but it's got a clean case, no cracks and it boots off the flopp…
· 7 posts · started 2 Feb 2011 - 22:16 · last 10 Feb 2011 - 21:57
Networking
This is the first draft in my guide in setting up Windows 2000 as a Macintosh File and Print Server capable of printing to virtually any printer attached to a n…
· 7 posts · started 26 Jan 2011 - 03:08 · last 10 Feb 2011 - 20:17
Hardware
I have an Apple IIe with the following setup: 1Mhz 6502 CPU 64KB RAM Slot 5: Apple SCSI Card Slot 6: Apple Disk Controller Card Slot 5's SCSI card is hooked up …
· 7 posts · started 9 Feb 2011 - 04:31 · last 10 Feb 2011 - 15:53
Peripherals
Just bought this one on eBay. It's one of the printer driver disks for the early LaserWriter/ImageWriter (back when you had to get an actual disk to get an upda…
· 5 posts · started 10 Feb 2011 - 03:27 · last 10 Feb 2011 - 13:26
Networking
One of the oldest TCP/IP applications for Macintosh is TOPS Terminal. It was released in 1988, free of charge, by SUN Microsystems. In the documentation it is t…
· 12 posts · started 10 Jan 2011 - 20:35 · last 9 Feb 2011 - 19:13
Hardware
I just read online that the PPC 740 (aka G3) is pin-compatible with the 603ev. Although i'm sure there more to it than just this, but couldn't a 603 be desolder…
· 26 posts · started 27 Jan 2011 - 19:40 · last 9 Feb 2011 - 08:42
Hardware
Hey Everybody, Sorry for the inconvenience and delay recently, I don't know what it's doing at your houses, but recently the site has been a tiny bit slow for m…
· 1 posts · started 9 Feb 2011 - 07:58 · last 9 Feb 2011 - 07:58
PowerPC
Not really a "conquest" per se, since I bought it retail (all told around $10K), but I realized I never posted it here. Meet my new-to-me dual-core 4.2GHz POWER…
· 8 posts · started 8 Feb 2011 - 05:58 · last 9 Feb 2011 - 03:19
General
February 7, 2011 — Mike Maginnis and Ken Gagne, two long-time Apple II users, are proud to announce the Apple II community's first co-hosted podcast. Open Apple…
· 1 posts · started 8 Feb 2011 - 22:42 · last 8 Feb 2011 - 22:42
Software
My package was delivered early this morning (about a quarter to nine EST) containing the Quicktake 200 camera I had purchased on eBay a couple of weeks back. Th…
· 28 posts · started 24 Dec 2010 - 16:07 · last 8 Feb 2011 - 22:15
Software
After probably buying $30 worth of materials in many, many failed attempts to make a custom serial cable to connect to my USB Serial adapter, I finally got a lu…
· 4 posts · started 26 Jan 2011 - 01:03 · last 8 Feb 2011 - 16:34
Hardware
Just got a Power Mac G# B&W from a small shop here in milwaukee. The specs are: PowerPC 750 @ 350mhz 586mb SDRAM 6GB HD DVD-Rom Zip 100 drive ATI Rage 1…
· 19 posts · started 18 Jan 2011 - 04:44 · last 8 Feb 2011 - 04:38
Software
I've noticed, as of late, that my PB 1400 spends quite some time on the Happy Mac and Welcome to Mac OS screens (before the extensions parade). Is this more rel…
· 6 posts · started 4 Feb 2011 - 03:39 · last 8 Feb 2011 - 01:06
Software
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· 4 posts · started 5 Feb 2011 - 20:47 · last 7 Feb 2011 - 22:50
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