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Hi guys! It's christmas... The long gone multimac.ch archive is back online, at . The guy's a fellow swiss collector, who's managed to collect a huge amount of …
· 14 posts · started 18 Feb 2013 - 17:16
Hardware
I don't know if anyone has posted this link already but here is a real good YouTube channel on old Macs that I am addicted to right now. This guy does a real go…
· 23 posts · started 3 Sep 2014 - 16:44
Hardware
Might as well start one of my own "Latest..." topics. I received in the mail today: A PowerMac 6100/66 (Specs unknown, except it has no hard drive) A Mac IIcx (…
· 114 posts · started 3 May 2013 - 05:28
Troubleshooting
When trying to use Mini vMac to play the old Wizardry ("Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord") game from disk images, it insists on reading the "master" disk (wh…
· 11 posts · started 1 Jul 2010 - 08:36
68k
Would it be possible to shove an 060 into my LC? Or am I just dreaming?
· 63 posts · started 31 Oct 2010 - 17:00
68k
Hello all, I just want to share my experience regarding a newly acquired Mac Plus. It was flup-flup-fluping when I bought it and to my surprise it had the Radiu…
· 14 posts · started 31 Jan 2015 - 19:58
Hardware
Since the boards need recapping, I'll assume that the onboard video of my IIci's are Kaput! But it could be something else. I hook up my Macs to a Gateway 700e …
· 19 posts · started 30 May 2015 - 01:57
Troubleshooting
I'm really hoping this isn't a recap issue (although it probably is) I had my Macintosh portable working about 4 weeks ago. I checked it once again today, and f…
· 20 posts · started 15 Feb 2015 - 23:44
Peripherals
Been weeding through my compact mac collection, taking the batteries out so they won't blow up on me, and came across something weird. This 512k had a big blue …
· 28 posts · started 20 Nov 2012 - 21:07
Troubleshooting
The dearth of information on these cards on LowendMac is apalling. Spectrum/24 Series III Spectrum/24 Series IV Spectrum/24 Series V Spectrum/24 PDQ Spectrum/24…
· 194 posts · started 7 Jul 2012 - 18:22
Software
. . . from waaaaay back in the day! My PB100 was my main Bookkeeping/Quicken/Spreadsheet WorkStation until I was forced, kicking and screaming, into upgrading B…
· 9 posts · started 26 Feb 2010 - 20:23
Software
Hi all, Scored an Apple M2115 external SCSI 4GB HD on eBay like this one... http://myoldmac.net/picts_static/Mac/AppleExternalHardDrive_.jpg I've been looking f…
· 4 posts · started 16 May 2012 - 03:18
Software
Hey guys, the zener diodes at DL21 and DL22 was overheated and fell off my board. i cannot find them, so does anyone know what the value of these zeners are? or…
· 8 posts · started 10 Jun 2008 - 22:01
Hardware
Latest addition to my collection! Unfortunately purchased slightly too late from a recycler, the smashed screen, surround and drives had been disposed of but th…
· 10 posts · started 17 Nov 2015 - 08:09
Troubleshooting
So for my first compact Mac, I picked up a 512KE. And it worked great! Until I put in my first floppies. I ordered disks for Mac OS 1.1 and Finder 1.0 I believe…
· 14 posts · started 15 Jul 2012 - 18:02
68k
I have a Mac SE I picked up a while ago with a General Computer Hypercharger 020 however I haven't been able to find anything saying what the jumpers are for or…
· 6 posts · started 18 May 2015 - 22:29
Troubleshooting
I got an old PowerBook 170 AC adapter for repair. Model: M5140 (APS-20U). It is completely dead and I can see some very light plastic deformation from heat in t…
· 26 posts · started 5 Jan 2015 - 21:56
Hardware
I recently came into possession of this video card and haven't been able to find much info about it just googling. What I could find suggests that it is capable…
· 14 posts · started 12 Dec 2015 - 15:41
Hardware
I thought it might come in handy in the future to have all the info about XPostFacto in one place on here, so I've copied across the info that I also posted on …
· 33 posts · started 2 May 2007 - 04:01
68k
When powered on, my LC III intermittently emits whining noises in varying tones through its speaker. I've swapped the speaker to no avail. The kicker is that if…
· 18 posts · started 28 Oct 2008 - 23:48
Hardware
Here's an auction for a Supermac expansion board for the 128K/512K Mac. It appears to have a connector which the seller describes as an expansion slot, however,…
· 6 posts · started 30 Mar 2009 - 18:49
68k
Has anyone ever tried to put together a reference to what modern LCD monitors are capable of syncing with 68k Macs? Every time that I set up one of my older mac…
· 68 posts · started 24 Apr 2012 - 13:58
Hardware
Hi folks, it's me again! My usual "luck" has brought me a PowerBook 190 in mint condition that was supposed to be working, but actually it isn't. Let me explain…
· 37 posts · started 26 Apr 2015 - 16:12
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