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Goodwill ComputerWorks - Austin decided to resume selling older hardware. The result was an afternoon of 68k conquest: Quadra 605 LC III IIsi Atari 1040 STE unu…
· 12 posts · started 7 Sep 2009 - 03:43 · last 9 Sep 2009 - 23:03
OS 8
Does anyone know where I can find it? I was hoping to play with it since it is so outdated and supports OS 8.5.1 but I'm stumped as to where I can find it.
· 8 posts · started 15 Aug 2009 - 20:30 · last 9 Sep 2009 - 19:08
OS 9
IIRC, wasn't there a native MacOS 9 Aqua theme (not kalidascope!) that made OS9 look like OS X? Anyone know where I can find it? I think it was called Liquid or…
· 8 posts · started 18 Aug 2009 - 21:29 · last 9 Sep 2009 - 16:56
Software
As a spur of the moment thing I decided to dig out my two old Amigas to see what state they were in after years of being left idle. Happily both seem in working…
· 5 posts · started 9 Sep 2009 - 01:27 · last 9 Sep 2009 - 15:31
Hardware
One of these has just arrived from a fellow lister. It is working fine from what I can see. And what a beautiful screen! I can see why they were in high demand …
· 3 posts · started 5 Sep 2009 - 14:22 · last 7 Sep 2009 - 21:57
68k
This is an interesting example of something that's been discussed here before, for dealing with the scarcity of old 50-pin SCSI drives: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/e…
· 2 posts · started 7 Sep 2009 - 14:54 · last 7 Sep 2009 - 21:41
Troubleshooting
I was thinking that maybe instead of just the "Software" forum we could have Sub-Forums for each of the system softwares up to OS 9? I'm not sure if this has be…
· 8 posts · started 6 Sep 2009 - 14:01 · last 6 Sep 2009 - 22:48
Software
I've always loved the TiBook. When they came out, I couldn't believe how amazing and modern the design was. Well my time has finally come to be a TiBook owner! …
· 5 posts · started 5 Sep 2009 - 05:13 · last 6 Sep 2009 - 22:17
Hardware
So I was pulling a Farallon LC PDS NIC when I pulled the card a little too hard and it went soaring half a feet in the air... luckily on my shorts. Can I assume…
· 10 posts · started 9 Aug 2009 - 01:01 · last 6 Sep 2009 - 19:24
Troubleshooting
These issues aren't so major, but i'm after some ideas as to why they may be occuring. 1. When powering up the Mac from a Cold Start (such as turning it on afte…
· 13 posts · started 31 Aug 2009 - 05:54 · last 6 Sep 2009 - 18:34
Hardware
Just picked up a very nice looking pismo. The first one I have had! No hardrive. Plugged it in. Nothing. Checked and reset the ram, added a hardrive. Checked al…
· 7 posts · started 2 Sep 2009 - 05:54 · last 6 Sep 2009 - 18:19
Hardware
. . . you be the judge! I was upset after finding out that a really nice USB KBD that I'd found and tested with HP_Mini at the Thrift where I liberated my 21” G…
· 19 posts · started 3 Sep 2009 - 05:25 · last 6 Sep 2009 - 16:14
68k
Hi, Just opened my Macintosh Plus to give it a quick check-over, to make sure that no components have blatantly malfunctioned. Generally, it looks okay on the i…
· 7 posts · started 2 Sep 2009 - 20:06 · last 6 Sep 2009 - 15:41
Software
Well guys (and girls), I think everyone here would agree that the atmosphere on the forum (and the Lounge in particular) has been a little sucky of late. I thou…
· 152 posts · started 22 Aug 2009 - 10:17 · last 6 Sep 2009 - 12:04
Hardware
Hi, In the old days, when my Lombard was much younger, when I would swap out batteries with my Lombard in sleep mode, my green light would keep on blinking, and…
· 3 posts · started 4 Sep 2009 - 20:58 · last 6 Sep 2009 - 02:20
Peripherals
I have a MIDI keyboard and a PowerBook 180. I also have a MIDI to 15 pin sound port cable. The 15 pin sound port can plug into the display port on the PowerBook…
· 5 posts · started 5 Sep 2009 - 01:37 · last 6 Sep 2009 - 01:55
Hardware
I have two '12 RGB monitors with varying problems. One spent an extended time period in a heavy smoke area, while the other fell CRT first onto the ground in a …
· 3 posts · started 5 Sep 2009 - 01:33 · last 5 Sep 2009 - 07:12
Hardware
Both are very loaded. Both are in a match to earn my favor. Its a death match between beige macs. 7100: 80mhz 601 & 512k Cache Maximum RAM 1gb HD OS 7.6…
· 19 posts · started 15 Jul 2009 - 04:38 · last 5 Sep 2009 - 01:38
Peripherals
About a week back I bought an LCIII and some other bits off a member on an Australian Mac forum I go on. Came through today, here's what I got: - LCIII (manual …
· 8 posts · started 4 Sep 2009 - 01:02 · last 4 Sep 2009 - 17:06
Hardware
First a bit of back story - Skip ahead if you want to get to the goods I did some work for a local church years back involving restoring a few older computers (…
· 10 posts · started 3 Sep 2009 - 00:12 · last 4 Sep 2009 - 15:35
Software
I just noticed this today: { "lightbox_close": "Close", "lightbox_next": "Next", "lightbox_previous": "Previous", "lightbox_error": "The requested content canno…
· 6 posts · started 3 Sep 2009 - 16:15 · last 4 Sep 2009 - 07:27
Troubleshooting
I've been thinking about this for a little while now, and it seems to me that in my old Elementary school, there were candy iMacs that could go all the way down…
· 9 posts · started 2 Sep 2009 - 00:32 · last 4 Sep 2009 - 03:07
Hardware
Hey everyone just found a Power Macintosh 8100/110 on the curb in NYC. It has a MaCally Keyboard and a Kensington Mouse. Tons of upgrades towards the rear. Look…
· 29 posts · started 24 Aug 2009 - 02:59 · last 4 Sep 2009 - 02:54
Peripherals
So I've been thinking. What is an EPIC OMG ELEVENTY Conquest, and what is a small conquest. How do we categorize these conquests? I read a thread about a Mac Pl…
· 17 posts · started 26 Aug 2009 - 14:59 · last 4 Sep 2009 - 00:04
Hardware
OK... when i plugged in my adaptor and lcd monitor into my LC III, no picture. after messing with the switches on the adaptor i got a picture, but after unplugg…
· 17 posts · started 13 Aug 2009 - 20:58 · last 3 Sep 2009 - 06:12
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