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Quick question.... When I buy an alignment tool for the pots on my color classic, do they need to be plastic or some other non conductive material? I have seen …
· 8 posts · started 1 Jul 2015 - 16:10 · last 2 Jul 2015 - 02:38
Software
Ahh... well looks like a P400 snuck in there. figured i would stack up my LC-III collection while i was at it. These LC-III have my favorite vintage hard drive …
· 25 posts · started 17 Jun 2015 - 21:32 · last 2 Jul 2015 - 01:54
Troubleshooting
Hi everybody, after more than 20 years my classicII seems dead. But I hope it's something which I can repair, but I need a hint maybe: The symptoms are: During …
· 7 posts · started 1 Jul 2015 - 18:28 · last 1 Jul 2015 - 21:10
OS 8
Scored this almost new box of powerPC upgrade. The box is distressed and has markers "$10.00" and "Do not open" plus some water stain. But inside is quite nice …
· 8 posts · started 9 Sep 2014 - 00:35 · last 1 Jul 2015 - 16:29
Troubleshooting
Hi.... My Color Classic has always had a perfect screen. No bleeding of colors, no off colors, just perfect in every way. While I was running it today, I reboot…
· 21 posts · started 20 Jun 2015 - 22:41 · last 1 Jul 2015 - 04:45
Networking
I am trying to create a LocalTalk to ethernet bridge (or something) with ethernet to my PM 7100 and localtalk to an SE. The end goal is to use the internet on t…
· 19 posts · started 30 Jun 2015 - 02:22 · last 30 Jun 2015 - 23:51
Troubleshooting
It seems that in most, if not all Color Classics I've seen, the display does not use the entire width and height of the CRT screen real estate, but leaves about…
· 34 posts · started 18 Jun 2015 - 17:27 · last 30 Jun 2015 - 14:52
Peripherals
$100 got me: SE/30 which still boots, but surely needs a re-cap G3 blue & white, with extra pci USB card and scsi card (bonus!) PowerMac 54300/120. Wish…
· 1 posts · started 30 Jun 2015 - 03:19 · last 30 Jun 2015 - 03:19
Software
Hi folks... Many months ago, I stumbled across a web page that talked about how you can take your Color Classic case apart and soak in it in some solution. This…
· 8 posts · started 28 Jun 2015 - 17:26 · last 29 Jun 2015 - 19:39
Software
Collected this morning for 10 euros, already have a pair, but this was a Firewire unit. Complete with charger, Mac Os 10.2.8, 192 Mb of Ram, unfortunately is th…
· 10 posts · started 28 Jun 2015 - 11:18 · last 29 Jun 2015 - 06:57
PowerPC
I recently picked up a few Macs from a recycling center. This is one of the ones I setup in my office. I needed a new hard drive and a good cleaning but other t…
· 10 posts · started 19 Jun 2015 - 05:46 · last 29 Jun 2015 - 02:04
Troubleshooting
Suggestions appreciated on how to fix... my first pad fail (yup I'm new at this recapping thing... good times) { "lightbox_close": "Close", "lightbox_next": "Ne…
· 26 posts · started 17 Jun 2015 - 02:35 · last 28 Jun 2015 - 03:35
Hardware
I recently acquired a Macintosh Portable M5120. See my posting in Conquest: https://68kmla.org/forums/index.php?/topic/25152-macintosh-portable/ Now I'm startin…
· 26 posts · started 11 Apr 2015 - 13:11 · last 27 Jun 2015 - 18:23
Hardware
I recently recapped an SE/30; all appears well except for one oddity. On a cold boot, no system is detected and the blinking question mark floppy is displayed. …
· 8 posts · started 26 Jun 2015 - 19:08 · last 27 Jun 2015 - 15:53
Troubleshooting
Hello, I'm new to the forum and Macintosh. I recently bought a non working SE/30 on eBay that came with a nice surprise in the form of a (hopefully working) net…
· 34 posts · started 19 May 2015 - 04:47 · last 27 Jun 2015 - 13:23
Software
I setup a dual-boot machine in my 7100, because the most recent HD in it came with three partitions. 7.6.1 was installed on one and the other two were blank. I …
· 5 posts · started 26 Jun 2015 - 05:25 · last 27 Jun 2015 - 04:44
PowerPC
Folks.... I have wanted to buy the correct alignment tool for my Color Classic. But I can not figure out if it is a spade tip or maybe a six sided tool, nor the…
· 3 posts · started 26 Jun 2015 - 20:09 · last 26 Jun 2015 - 21:07
Hardware
hello people Just had a bad experience on ebay with a French seller. won a color classic for 66 euro.....he did not ship it...after 4 days he replies with insul…
· 23 posts · started 6 Jun 2015 - 16:04 · last 25 Jun 2015 - 17:38
Hardware
Hi folks... After I sold all my Macs but for my color classic, it seems hard to service it with out another working older Mac in the house. I had to sell all bu…
· 41 posts · started 23 Jun 2015 - 15:45 · last 25 Jun 2015 - 16:18
Hardware
Recently purchased a Quadra 650(68040/33) and today I opened and discovered a mystery card in the PDS slot.The card is Formac ProQuadra 50 v1.8.Any idea what th…
· 62 posts · started 7 Jun 2015 - 17:19 · last 25 Jun 2015 - 16:13
Development
What were the options for Referencing/Bibliographic Software in OS 7-9? Any idea what the pick of the litter would be?
· 4 posts · started 22 Jun 2015 - 21:13 · last 24 Jun 2015 - 20:37
Software
*in alphabetic orderAbsynth 2 (Synthesizer) - Native InstrumentsSTATUS: AcquiredQuoteAbsyth itself is best described as a three-oscillator structure where each …
· 10 posts · started 22 Jun 2015 - 23:05 · last 24 Jun 2015 - 17:55
Troubleshooting
Hello, I just received my first powerbook, a 180c. The laptop itself seem to have survived the trip but not the power brick, no voltage on my multimeter. When I…
· 4 posts · started 24 Jun 2015 - 02:24 · last 24 Jun 2015 - 15:09
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