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Hi all, I have a 5 port USB 2.0 PCI card I’m trying to make work in my beige G3/233 desktop. My Mac is running Mac OS 9.2.1. I got the USB card used with no pac…
· 5 posts · started 28 Sep 2015 - 15:21 · last 28 Sep 2015 - 20:44
Hardware
Does anyone have a quadra 700 schematic? I want to try to resurrect it. Well my quadra 700 died yesterday. One of those damn Maxwell batteries peed all over the…
· 18 posts · started 27 Feb 2015 - 03:30 · last 28 Sep 2015 - 19:58
Software
I've got a 7100/66av and I'm wondering what people think the latest system/OS is best for it. It came with 7.1, but I swapped in a 74GB 10k RPM hard drive. In o…
· 10 posts · started 3 Sep 2015 - 23:25 · last 28 Sep 2015 - 19:58
Troubleshooting
Hello, to help someone trying to resurect a lisa1 I added twiggy drive support to my emulator (IDLE). Since some twiggy floppy were imaged by bitsavers.org ther…
· 4 posts · started 23 Sep 2015 - 08:46 · last 28 Sep 2015 - 15:15
PowerPC
Has anyone used these people? I'd like to get a new battery for my Pismo, but at the moment it's looking rather grim. I tried emailing batteryrefill.com but I'v…
· 8 posts · started 9 Sep 2015 - 10:14 · last 28 Sep 2015 - 08:11
PowerPC
I think it's indigo, but not completely sure. Can someone verify this for me please? My cat loves my vintage Macs too. Back when we used our bondi iMac on a dai…
· 41 posts · started 7 Apr 2015 - 06:59 · last 27 Sep 2015 - 23:55
Hardware
Yesterday, I found a garage sale on craigslist that claimed to have "Mac computers". So I went to it. There, sitting on a table was a Power Mac G4 tower with a …
· 6 posts · started 30 Aug 2015 - 17:09 · last 27 Sep 2015 - 21:26
General
Hello! A short announcement: Vendor accounts will now have green colored ranks. We also have a new vendor, intertialcomputing! Thanks, //wthww
· 1 posts · started 27 Sep 2015 - 20:25 · last 27 Sep 2015 - 20:25
Peripherals
Last night I picked up a Pioneer SCSI DVR-S201 DVD burner with firmware version 2.02. Hope to upgrade that when I can. So far I’ve had it read commercial DVDs a…
· 7 posts · started 26 Aug 2015 - 16:35 · last 26 Sep 2015 - 20:18
Peripherals
Just got back from the Salvation Army store with my latest: an Apple Quicktake 150. No cables or manuals or anything, but it looks to be in pretty good shape. K…
· 3 posts · started 18 Sep 2015 - 18:50 · last 25 Sep 2015 - 20:59
68k
My SE/30 is almost perfect. It has a 32bit clean ROM, a 1GB hard disk, 68MB RAM, an Asante Maccon ethernet card - and A/UX 3.01 installed. The only fly in the o…
· 2 posts · started 25 Sep 2015 - 12:05 · last 25 Sep 2015 - 13:42
Troubleshooting
Ok so I have a few working widget hard drives for the Lisa... I have recapped the boards where required.. They run pretty good... The next question is do I do a…
· 16 posts · started 10 Sep 2015 - 01:40 · last 25 Sep 2015 - 01:26
Hardware
Picked up a LaCie Biggest F800 RAID array. It only had four 120gb PATA HDs in it but I replaced them with 400gb HDs. Still deciding whether to keep it as RAID 0…
· 7 posts · started 21 Sep 2015 - 19:30 · last 24 Sep 2015 - 20:43
Troubleshooting
I have been given an Imac G4 Sunflower PSU to have a look at, anyone here has already repaired one. Is there any Capacitor related problem with those as well.
· 2 posts · started 24 Sep 2015 - 07:16 · last 24 Sep 2015 - 18:08
Troubleshooting
I have just recently added 2 X 32Mb DRAM sims to my Centris, both brand new, made by a company at confirms these are compatible specifically with a Centris 650.…
· 1 posts · started 23 Sep 2015 - 21:11 · last 23 Sep 2015 - 21:11
Hardware
So I've been on a PB100 kick... Recapping a 100 right now.. still waiting on the new caps.. I've chosen Tantalums except 3 electrolytics.. I've done the display…
· 5 posts · started 16 Sep 2015 - 21:20 · last 22 Sep 2015 - 02:55
68k
My latest Mac and Apple II find: - Apple IIc - Apple /// - Mac SE - Mac SE/30 - Power Mac G4 All are operational.
· 12 posts · started 3 Apr 2015 - 16:41 · last 20 Sep 2015 - 16:10
Hardware
So I picked up a Performa 600 untested from a pawn shop for $15. Brought it home, powered it on. The power supply powers up, the hard drive spins up, but no chi…
· 5 posts · started 18 Sep 2015 - 05:32 · last 20 Sep 2015 - 01:11
Hardware
A few years back, I recapped my Portable, replaced the burnt-out main fuse, made a new battery, replaced the HDD (with the kind help of fellow Portlander mcderm…
· 4 posts · started 16 Sep 2015 - 22:50 · last 19 Sep 2015 - 15:49
Hardware
Couldn't resist sharing this. There is a common misconception, especially in vintage computer newbies, that only the red Maxell batteries can leak. Proof that e…
· 9 posts · started 23 Aug 2015 - 05:53 · last 19 Sep 2015 - 04:11
PowerPC
Need help finding the driver/hack to enable a powermac 8600 to capture video at higher fps: think it was 30fps at I believe it was 640x480? I remember a german …
· 5 posts · started 12 Sep 2015 - 00:06 · last 18 Sep 2015 - 15:02
68k
Two general questions about LCs and systems with LC040 that I've wondered for a long time: 1. Is it possible to replace the LC040 with 68040 in a system with a …
· 17 posts · started 6 Jul 2015 - 20:37 · last 18 Sep 2015 - 02:05
Hardware
MDD
Picked up 1.42ghz MDD, 2gb RAM, 2-185gb HDs, DVD burner, GeForce4 Ti, airport and dead power supply. Before I got it home, I thought I’d just move the processor…
· 5 posts · started 15 Sep 2015 - 19:29 · last 17 Sep 2015 - 18:19
Peripherals
So I have done a few LWII (HP Cartridges) wiper blade replacements and they work great!!! Basically all the HP and LWII cartridges by now need them replaced.. T…
· 3 posts · started 16 Sep 2015 - 21:01 · last 17 Sep 2015 - 18:04
Troubleshooting
Hello, I was trying to fish the 26 pin header through the back of my Lisa, so that I could connect an Apple Lisa 2/10(XL) External Widget Port Adapter. Unfortun…
· 4 posts · started 17 Sep 2015 - 01:53 · last 17 Sep 2015 - 06:07
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