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HI ..I have a PB 5300c with a 3Com 3c589 card . was connecting ok until I had a major crash and had to reinstall os 7.5.3 on SSD card to boot . Boots Ok now fro…
· 8 posts · started 12 Oct 2015 - 02:39 · last 25 Oct 2015 - 06:17
Hardware
All the sites I have seen say that the 6500 tops out at 128MB but I know the official max is often not the actual limit. It is easy to get a couple 128MB simms …
· 5 posts · started 24 Oct 2015 - 05:38 · last 25 Oct 2015 - 02:03
Hardware
I get a chime of death every time I boot the Quadra 700 (just randomly started happening). I narrowed it down to a RAM issue. I've tried every variation of chip…
· 18 posts · started 22 Oct 2015 - 21:07 · last 24 Oct 2015 - 08:31
Hardware
So, after reading trag's contribution to a thread involving CPU card compatibility in edge-slot Powermacs, I note that there are actually fairly significant dif…
· 7 posts · started 19 Oct 2015 - 03:46 · last 24 Oct 2015 - 08:28
Troubleshooting
I am researching old (pre-OS X) Mac viruses, the older the better. I've found references to quite a few historic documents that speak about their methods of inf…
· 19 posts · started 19 Aug 2015 - 18:13 · last 24 Oct 2015 - 06:34
PowerPC
Hi all, I won an MDD dual 1.25GHz for about USD20 in an auction. I am surprised how loud it is. Aside from replacing the HD, does anybody here have any suggesti…
· 8 posts · started 23 Oct 2015 - 08:27 · last 23 Oct 2015 - 23:55
Troubleshooting
Hello everyone, I recently acquired a Powerbook 520c in cosmetically very nice condition. It doesn't turn on, though, and after measuring the output of the char…
· 1 posts · started 23 Oct 2015 - 22:05 · last 23 Oct 2015 - 22:05
PowerPC
Hi all, I had avoided the Second-Coming Macs in an effort to keep my collection in check. My only criterion was that it had to have ADB - hence the B&W …
· 2 posts · started 23 Oct 2015 - 08:35 · last 23 Oct 2015 - 18:30
Hardware
Hi, I have a problem : i have recupered a PowerBook 280C and a Duo Dock II and i have a problem. The first time i power up the PowerBook, it works, but after ~5…
· 5 posts · started 22 Oct 2015 - 13:45 · last 23 Oct 2015 - 09:18
Troubleshooting
Im a bit stuck on this code, I've already looked at online but still cannot pin point what it means exactly: SADFACE 00000005 00008000 any idea? I've washed the…
· 13 posts · started 11 Oct 2015 - 12:49 · last 22 Oct 2015 - 02:59
Troubleshooting
Hallo ouens ek hoop almal is goed hey! I'm having some problems with recent acquisitions that I am hoping someone may be able to advise me on... { "lightbox_clo…
· 3 posts · started 21 Oct 2015 - 10:11 · last 21 Oct 2015 - 17:23
68k
Hi, got this card off ebay, but without the connecting cable: Anyone know where I can get a second hand cable? Would the cable be the same as the Radius Pivot I…
· 4 posts · started 20 Oct 2015 - 11:00 · last 20 Oct 2015 - 21:52
Hardware
Hello. Was wondering if anyone out there knew what would cause a Centris 650 to have a green tint to everything on the screen. Even the grey start up screen has…
· 8 posts · started 15 Oct 2015 - 23:40 · last 20 Oct 2015 - 19:47
Networking
Hi people. Got my hands on a laserwriter finally. Ended up getting an Apple Laserwriter 4/600 PS. I have it hooked up to my LC475. Printer is sitting there with…
· 21 posts · started 4 Sep 2015 - 17:38 · last 20 Oct 2015 - 07:58
Troubleshooting
A week or so ago, I bought a Macintosh SE (SuperDrive) from eBay. The seller sold it to me for $60 + 17.68 shipping. Which given the price this and other compac…
· 44 posts · started 17 Sep 2015 - 07:50 · last 20 Oct 2015 - 07:33
Hardware
Hello, My Mac II is not booting. From what I can see, one of the two 3V soldered batteries is dead. Who in hell even considered soldering batteries on a board! …
· 18 posts · started 17 Oct 2015 - 21:18 · last 19 Oct 2015 - 22:27
68k
The SSL certificates were replaced. The new certificate fingerprints are below. www.68kmla.org: SHA-256 Fingerprint 9F 7D 9D D7 E6 5A 9A 7E 5D 71 91 0D 33 FD 06…
· 1 posts · started 19 Oct 2015 - 10:41 · last 19 Oct 2015 - 10:41
Troubleshooting
I recently obtained a couple of compact Macs with Sony SuperDrives. In both cases the drives wouldn't read disks. I did the usual servicing of the insert/eject …
· 11 posts · started 17 Oct 2015 - 06:25 · last 19 Oct 2015 - 03:51
Troubleshooting
Hey there! I feel that it's somewhat lame that my first post to the 68k MLA forums is to ask for assistance, but "it is what it is" I guess. So here's what I've…
· 6 posts · started 18 Oct 2015 - 10:55 · last 19 Oct 2015 - 01:43
Troubleshooting
Tonight I was enjoying some Wizard's Fire (and of course, the built-in Brickout game for when you want to take a break from your game to play a game), and when …
· 9 posts · started 14 Oct 2015 - 05:54 · last 18 Oct 2015 - 16:25
PowerPC
Does anybody have any information or experience to share with regards the use of genuine Apple OEM 604 daughtercards from x500/x600 series machines (and others …
· 6 posts · started 17 Oct 2015 - 04:07 · last 18 Oct 2015 - 09:01
Peripherals
I have a double 800 k SE with no ADB, i know the problem is coming from the Logic Board, using a different board works great. Any idea where to start with ?
· 8 posts · started 12 Oct 2015 - 07:36 · last 18 Oct 2015 - 07:32
Hardware
The answer may be obvious, but I received a non-working Mac Color Classic. I replaced the battery, turned the computer on, hit the power key on the keyboard. No…
· 39 posts · started 25 Sep 2015 - 14:11 · last 18 Oct 2015 - 05:03
OS 9
I'd like to reinstall OS 9 on my beige G3. All I have is a CD from a G4 cube. It boots from it, but the installer won't cooperate. Anyway to bypass that alert? …
· 1 posts · started 18 Oct 2015 - 00:16 · last 18 Oct 2015 - 00:16
68k
OK so I said no more Macs but then there was this PowerBook 150 on sale for 15$ so how can I resist. I actually have some memories of this PowerBook as it was k…
· 8 posts · started 15 Oct 2015 - 04:44 · last 17 Oct 2015 - 16:41
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