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I found this little beauty in a dumpster years ago and managed to get it running System 6 just fine. A few years (and a few moves) later I tried to turn her on …
· 4 posts · started 6 Jul 2010 - 17:38 · last 7 Jul 2010 - 04:34
Troubleshooting
Well, I'm just tossing the idea around in my head (maybe this belongs in mods more?), but I can't find any info on somebody doing an ATX conversion of a G5 iMac…
· 6 posts · started 1 Jul 2010 - 22:31 · last 6 Jul 2010 - 21:50
Hardware
Long time coming this box was originally promised to me a year ago. I got an email last week saying that it was finally out of storage and ehre is what I picked…
· 8 posts · started 4 Jul 2010 - 04:49 · last 6 Jul 2010 - 20:14
Games
Hello, new to the forum and have been racking my brain to remember a text based adventure game I played when the SE first came out - think it was called The Vil…
· 3 posts · started 5 Jul 2010 - 12:44 · last 5 Jul 2010 - 23:45
Hardware
I am still looking for the 300 MHz card from my 8600, which I packed away somewhere ages ago. I figure that especially with all of the G3 upgraded PowerMacs out…
· 15 posts · started 12 Jun 2010 - 08:15 · last 5 Jul 2010 - 19:43
Hardware
Good Afternoon fellow macheads, *rant warning. skip to 2nd paragraph for actual problems* Heh, I would've joined this forum years ago had I known about it. Abou…
· 12 posts · started 3 Jul 2010 - 14:46 · last 5 Jul 2010 - 00:24
Peripherals
This really isn't new hardware, but it feels like it. After sitting idly for the better part of four years, I replaced the power supply in my IIci last night. T…
· 4 posts · started 2 Jul 2010 - 01:52 · last 4 Jul 2010 - 19:32
Software
So I'm noticing a lot of ebay auctions and youtube videos that show classic macs and lisa's with disks that clearly aren't original (black, blue, red disks) but…
· 11 posts · started 10 Jun 2010 - 05:05 · last 4 Jul 2010 - 17:28
Hardware
This would be the lombard I mentioned in my thread in Conquests. It chimes (one of the speakers is scratchy) and the hard drive powers up. The issue is nothing …
· 3 posts · started 4 Jul 2010 - 05:10 · last 4 Jul 2010 - 07:44
Hardware
Earlier this week I won 2 Powermac G5 systems of a well known auction site for $240 shipped. Both are June 2004 models with 1GB of RAM with dual 2GHz processors…
· 3 posts · started 4 Jul 2010 - 03:03 · last 4 Jul 2010 - 05:38
Software
Stock 450 mhz cube for next to nothing.. Installed a 120 gb hd, airport card and replaced the rage 128 with a Geforce2 MX yesterday. I've got better video cards…
· 2 posts · started 1 Jul 2010 - 16:13 · last 4 Jul 2010 - 02:58
68k
If anyone programs for the Mac anymore, then they might find this document of use: http://68kmla.org/wiki/Programmers_One_Liners
· 1 posts · started 3 Jul 2010 - 21:55 · last 3 Jul 2010 - 21:55
Software
Hi there! I've got a Macintosh 512K that would seem to be upgraded to a 512Ke (its internal floppy can read 800K disks). Now, it also has a SCSI port sticking o…
· 7 posts · started 1 Jul 2010 - 13:08 · last 3 Jul 2010 - 06:29
PowerPC
Apologies if this is in the wrong forum, but I finally got around to installing BeOS 5 Pro on my Power Computing 604/150 last night, so it's sitting happily on …
· 5 posts · started 17 Jun 2010 - 16:48 · last 2 Jul 2010 - 23:00
Peripherals
I have a Macintosh LC running System 7.0. When I insert a 1.44MB floppy into its SuperDrive, it prompts me to format the disk, but gives me the options of "One-…
· 2 posts · started 1 Jul 2010 - 12:41 · last 2 Jul 2010 - 14:33
Hardware
This thread is created as a place to look at the real differences between these two revisions. The hope is that this will be based on physical hardware at our d…
· 12 posts · started 15 Sep 2009 - 23:40 · last 2 Jul 2010 - 02:47
Hardware
Just received a PowerBook 180 as a gift from a middle-aged couple who had no use for it and were going to dump it. b: For an 18-year-old computer, this thing is…
· 5 posts · started 1 Jul 2010 - 05:30 · last 2 Jul 2010 - 01:56
Hardware
It works. I used Audion's MP3Pro encoder to make files at 64Kbps Stereo, and then fiddled with the MP3Dec preferences to find an acceptable level of cpu loading…
· 8 posts · started 11 Jun 2010 - 08:12 · last 1 Jul 2010 - 15:08
Troubleshooting
A while back I found a 400mhz G4 Sawtooth for $5. After replacing the DVD-ROM drive with something I can actually use, it works except for one strange issue. Ea…
· 4 posts · started 30 Jun 2010 - 15:29 · last 1 Jul 2010 - 12:05
Troubleshooting
I recently acquired 2 color classics on CL and while I can boot them from an external CD drive, format the HD with drive setup 1.7.3 and install the OS, 7.1, 7.…
· 9 posts · started 26 Jun 2010 - 14:14 · last 1 Jul 2010 - 03:34
PowerPC
Seems like the original series of CRT iMacs turned Apple around when they came out. For some time the used machines were the cheapest G3 you could find making t…
· 19 posts · started 19 Mar 2010 - 07:16 · last 30 Jun 2010 - 19:01
Hardware
I probably won't be making any hackintoshes, and I probably won't butcher my working Apple CD SC Plus for it, but wouldn't that make a splendid case? I haven't …
· 13 posts · started 22 Jun 2010 - 03:22 · last 30 Jun 2010 - 05:44
Software
ok, im well on my way to reconstructing my old 1400 tht got stolen a few years ago. I just found my 2 24mb modules tht I had hidden . My problem is that it wont…
· 11 posts · started 27 Jun 2010 - 22:47 · last 30 Jun 2010 - 03:17
Software
On the intarweb somewhere, there is a TechStep for sale. Anyway, normally I wouldn't do this, I'd just have to grin and bear it, but since it is for a rare Appl…
· 17 posts · started 18 Feb 2008 - 19:38 · last 29 Jun 2010 - 23:54
68k
Hi all. I'm going to the airport tomorrow and was wondering if a Macintosh Classic would be affected by the baggage check X-Ray machines. any advice greatly app…
· 4 posts · started 29 Jun 2010 - 22:21 · last 29 Jun 2010 - 23:01
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