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The holy grail of 68k macs arrived at my doorstep today. Cost was 40 bucks for the machine, and 30 for shipping. Booted right into os8. Surfs the internet, cool…
· 3 posts · started 18 Jun 2008 - 00:36 · last 18 Jun 2008 - 10:23
Hardware
yeah, I have one of these beasts. I upgraded the RAM heavily, and put in a large 20gb HD. For the longest time it was booting with no video, but something told …
· 14 posts · started 14 Jun 2008 - 09:10 · last 18 Jun 2008 - 05:28
Games
I honestly had no expectations of finding anything worthwhile at the sale. I went with the hope of netting a biography or two but found nothing in the book sect…
· 3 posts · started 18 Jun 2008 - 02:28 · last 18 Jun 2008 - 02:50
Hardware
I have an LC 520, and it no workie. I set it up, flick the rear power switch to on, and it makes a really quick (seemingly shorter than usual) CRT-energizing no…
· 3 posts · started 14 Jun 2008 - 21:39 · last 18 Jun 2008 - 00:18
Troubleshooting
Today, my PB 160 developed this strange issue randomly. It boots normally, than goes to a bright yellow screen and sometimes starts flashing. Is this a RAM issu…
· 12 posts · started 14 Apr 2008 - 23:06 · last 17 Jun 2008 - 16:59
Hardware
Well last week I powered up my iMac to discover it had gone deadskies. It'd boot to the Apple logo (Jag 10.2. 8) , and then freeze, and display static. (like a …
· 10 posts · started 8 Jun 2008 - 07:55 · last 17 Jun 2008 - 16:20
PowerPC
i want the best video card for a quicksilver g4 dual 1 g machine. well less than 150 $ us. i have a 7500 apg currently per alk [8D] which works great i would li…
· 6 posts · started 17 Jun 2008 - 01:15 · last 17 Jun 2008 - 13:41
Hardware
With matching black keyboard and mouse, to boot! You guys have no idea how excited I was to find this thing; I almost needed new pants. It's in really good shap…
· 19 posts · started 13 Jun 2008 - 19:52 · last 17 Jun 2008 - 03:41
Hardware
I got a bunch of Mac Stuff right now. First up is a heavily upgraded PowerMac 7500/100 which now has a 200Mhz 604e Processor in it, as well as 160MB Ram, a Mach…
· 2 posts · started 16 Jun 2008 - 04:25 · last 17 Jun 2008 - 03:25
Networking
My Q605 is being rather difficult. I have an asante LC ethernet card in it. I do NOT have the asante driver for it (do I?). I plug in an ethernet cable and it b…
· 7 posts · started 16 May 2008 - 03:33 · last 16 Jun 2008 - 14:30
Software
Got lucky with this one i think Got two CDs from a friend - recently he got a whole bunch of CDs and there were two Apple CDs there - was nice to get em [] ]'&a…
· 3 posts · started 16 Jun 2008 - 07:28 · last 16 Jun 2008 - 10:02
Software
When did Apple start selling software applications in competition with third parties? We all know MacWrite and MacPaint came with the first 128K & 512K …
· 2 posts · started 16 Jun 2008 - 05:33 · last 16 Jun 2008 - 05:40
PowerPC
Found this bizarre custom red Power Macintosh 5500 in the trash on my block. Pretty decent paint job, and the big stenciled apple is a nice touch. Doesn't seem …
· 7 posts · started 15 Jun 2008 - 04:03 · last 16 Jun 2008 - 02:56
Troubleshooting
How possible is it to transplant hard disk platters, at least for the purposes of data recovery when a drive mechanism is otherwise physically dead? In particul…
· 30 posts · started 31 May 2008 - 05:04 · last 15 Jun 2008 - 21:56
Software
Mediavision Pas 16 - A 16bit sound system for Mac LC Comes with Trax and SoundEdit Pro software and the Patch Panel box. Kensinton Notebook Keypad -adb Apple Hi…
· 8 posts · started 15 Jun 2008 - 05:29 · last 15 Jun 2008 - 17:23
PowerPC
From Patnukem (local), I got a Power Macintosh 7200/120 w/ 8MB RAM (4 onboard, 4 Stick), CD-ROM, Floppy, and Apple 12" Monitor. It's gonna be fun to play around…
· 7 posts · started 15 Jun 2008 - 02:33 · last 15 Jun 2008 - 15:55
Networking
Yesterday I was seeing one of my regular customers, setting up a brand new Panasonic HDD/DVD recorder for them. Anyway, after I was done, they showed me this bi…
· 10 posts · started 11 Jun 2008 - 01:17 · last 15 Jun 2008 - 15:52
Hardware
Stopped in at one of my local stops today and saw a silver box in the corner. Turns out it was somebody's homebuild PC...very nice aluminum tool-free case, and …
· 4 posts · started 14 Jun 2008 - 05:22 · last 14 Jun 2008 - 20:41
Troubleshooting
Hi, My dad has a platinum PowerBook G4 laptop that has been acting strange lately. When you hit the power button, a gray screen comes up and the little wheel ma…
· 5 posts · started 13 Jun 2008 - 20:16 · last 14 Jun 2008 - 18:35
Hardware
Does anybody know how to set the processor clock on one of these? I have enough spare parts that I'd like to try upgrading the processor to a faster chip, like …
· 2 posts · started 13 Jun 2008 - 22:26 · last 14 Jun 2008 - 06:19
Software
Check it out. I am considering picking it up, just for collectibility, but the price still seems a bit steep. Compared to the few I have seen in the past though…
· 2 posts · started 14 Jun 2008 - 02:24 · last 14 Jun 2008 - 06:12
Software
Just liberated a nice Apple QuickTake 200 from the media center of one of the schools I work for. It was going to be surveyed out, but since it wasn't tagged fo…
· 1 posts · started 13 Jun 2008 - 20:05 · last 13 Jun 2008 - 20:05
PowerPC
So a few months ago I bought an iMac from the thrift store to play around with, mostly because I have never used one before. I really bought it to teach myself …
· 5 posts · started 12 Jun 2008 - 06:17 · last 13 Jun 2008 - 15:31
Hardware
I have an iMac-DV 400MHz G3. I need to write 800k floppy disks, and was wondering if anyone could provide input on what kind of USB floppy drive to get, and wha…
· 25 posts · started 23 May 2008 - 16:55 · last 13 Jun 2008 - 15:06
PowerPC
I just bought a Powerbook G3 Wallstreet. It was sold as working from ebay. I open it up and turn it on and BOOM! Lines allover the LCD. The LCD is fine, but it …
· 3 posts · started 12 Jun 2008 - 23:27 · last 13 Jun 2008 - 05:27
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