A few weeks ago I got a nice external Apple 2GB SCSI hard disk from a friend. I tried using it with my Classic (running system 6.0. 8) and no matter what device…
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This is a rather interesting guide to solving the usual troubles. The writer effectively remove the whole capacitor before the soldering iron is ever applied. S…
While my classic-computing hobby has been dramatically slowed by work / life / random distractions, I have managed to snag a couple of additions to my ever-expa…
Sorry folks, but when I got the Torx screwdriver today, I couldn´t resist. Opened the Mac. Figured how to get out the board. ALL CAPS LEAKING! 8-o I´m washing i…
Hello 68kmla, :?: I'm looking for a little help to get my entry up and running. I'm planning on taking part in the Retro Challenge coming up in about a week. Wh…
So I have a PowerBook 180 running System 7.1 with OpenTransport 1.1.2 installed. It works great, I want to try and get this one online, just for fun. So I have …
Talk about hazardous to your health. The thing is sitting on the carpet, with no visible means of support. LOL http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&…
Having had some recent successes in re-celling Duo and 5xx-series batteries, I just opened a PB1xx series battery, expecting to find something like 5 x 1.2v NiC…
Okay, I did some reading yesterday about the SE. Seems the SE was the improved Plus. It works between 10-20 % faster, option for internal HD, later models with …
Yes, I've finally done it. I've had 2 drives running flawlessly in my 1st B&W G3 for many years now, so today I decided to try and get 3 running in my #…
So i was having a look around the net today, and found something rather neat: Dale Adams on the Fall '93 '040 Macs For those who don't feel like clicking the li…
Over the past couple days or so I've been working on a G3 mini tower I picked up on ebay for $30 shipped. So far all I've done is clean it up a bit, get it runn…
As per title, grabbed myself a sweet, brand new in box, never opened ZIP drive for my 3400c but it don't seem to work. When I insert a disk it grunts 3 times an…
Freecycle FTW... hopefully no-one nabs before me! "I have a Mac 512K (circa 1984) and Mac SE30 (circa 1987?), including operating system disks. Also an Apple Co…
Hi all, I'm the proud owner of a pristine PowerBook 145B, with its stock 4 MB of Ram and 80 MB hard disk, which runs just fine. Today I took the 4 MB Ram card i…
So my PowerBook 140's hinges just broke today. Miraculously, the video cable seems to be alright. Is there any real way of fixing the hinges?
The following article mentions that the APDA distributed a generic SCSI driver in assembler... http://www.mactech.com/articles/mactech/Vol.04/04.01/ModifyingSCS…
I'm looking for OrangePC software later than version 3.1.1. For experimentation, I've popped my OPC 620 into a PowerMac 8200 (currently upgrading to Mac OS 8.0 …
Hello! This is my first post here. Nice place, you guys. First off, I know my way around a Mac. But as you guys know, it doesn't take an engineering degree to w…
I have searched about this, but all my sources conflict with each other. This is the question: I have an 8mb RAM module in my PowerBook 180c. What other models …
I am curious as to what the reliability rates have been with 2.5" SCSI hard drives for older PowerBooks. I've got a few of these drives, one of which is dead an…
I was going to post this in the Trading post, but I thought I'd ask a few questions here first. I am looking to upgrade my LC with a 68881 FPU as well as the 68…
This is the kind of software I'm now seeking. My finds: Keep It Up: site is down. Google apparently knows nothing about it. Wayback Machine = also nothing. (Rem…
I don't post about everything I get but this find was kind of cool for me. As some of you know I collect boxed mac software, mostly from the 68k era and I like …
I just got my first PowerPC ever, a cute little PB53000cs. All my life I've been a Windows user, and the past few months I've been collecting 68k compacts so I'…