I took apart my Macintosh Portable this evening to make a count of the different capacitors I'll be needing to replace as part of the standard "holy crap this i…
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Just out of curiosity, did the slot load iMacs that came with DVD drives have special decoder hardware? Or was the decoding hardware integrated into the Rage 12…
Hi all. I have a couple Macs with leaking capacitors that need to be replaced but I don't know exactly which capacitors I need. Hopefully some of you who have d…
During my semi-weekly walk around the area to check out the e-waste rooms at the nearby uni, I found a complete Apple IIc. It has the monitor, extra floppy driv…
Appears to make it legal to break software encryption on old software. http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/07/26/us_government_legalizes_iphone_jailbreaking…
I want to do SLIP on my desktop Power Mac G3 running OS X 10.2.8. This is the model with built-in printer and modem port. I tried doing a Code: slattach /dev/tt…
Anybody know where I could find GIFs/PNGs of all the old icons mentioned in this thread? If they already exist in that format, it's easier than jumping through …
I'm looking on ebay for a cheap firewire cable as the only one I have is the too-short one that came with my LaCie drive. I found a couple of cheap ones from HK…
Hi all, I've done a quick google but not come up with much, so I thought I'd be lazy and post here to see if anyone knew the answer. I've got a couple of Lisa 2…
Ok, I just bought an emac for $20, the reason why I wanted one was to start an home file server. I have 3 pc's that I would like to shift files between. Is ther…
Not been here for a while... I don't think this has been posted anywhere else. Via Daringfireball.net: http://www.computerhistory.org/highlights/macpaint/
I am trying to load some samples onto a flash card in my Alesis QS6.1 synth. Documentation says I can go serial port (Mac) to serial port (Alesis). The included…
Today user IPNixon, a non-MLA friend, and I went to the local university surplus and bought a pallet. Of macs. Twenty four macs in total, mostly G4 towers, and …
This isn't really a great accomplishment, but I thought it was worth trying: http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/pb100/PowerBook100Wireless.html Summary version: conn…
I was taking apart my old Duo Dock 1 the other day when I remembered that the PCB board says "Gemini" where the AAUI connecter would go. Is this true on all duo…
Hi, My current project is resurrecting a (non-backlit 2MB RAM/40MB HD) Mac Portable, which I've had sitting around for years - I recall it used to chime but nev…
My "new" iMac G3 has 9.2 OS and I have no intentions of installing OS X because i have other iMac's with OS X. ( For now I am working with OS 9.2 on this IMac G…
Hi all, I am currently working on repairing the keyboard that came with my Macintosh 512k(e). Four of they keys have broken off, and one of the keyswitches is b…
Hello guys and gals I just had my very first conquest This is what i thought that never would happen since the people my city seems to never throw out any compu…
I am looking to install a 10GB HD in my 1400 with a 233 Vimage G3 upgrade installed. I have the driver on floppy but alas no floppy drive for the 1400. If I ins…
The iMac G3 has OS 9.2 installed. The internal optical CD drive is read only. I tried an external LG DVD burner connected via FireWire. Although DVD's and CD's …
Hi, courtesy of ePay, an Apple Techstep with 4 x ROM packs and original discs and manuals - no doubt LCGuy will see this, but there is another TechStep on there…
I picked up an ATI 9000 AGP Mac video card (DVI + ADC) and was wondering can I test it in a PC AGP slot (without damaging anything since the Mac card has pins f…
For some reason, my Quicksilver 2002 (not the machine in my sig) will only think that its ethernet port is operating at 10mbps half duplex, no matter what I con…