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I have no idea what I'm doing, and only minimal familiarity with the Mac, so please bear with me. I have a Performa 636CD (same as LC 630, or Quadra 630 with ne…
· 5 posts · started 11 May 2015 - 01:20 · last 16 May 2015 - 07:38
PowerPC
I've actually had this eMac since 2007 or 2008 (Leopard had JUST been released) but never really documented it or even mentioned it. Backstory is there used to …
· 17 posts · started 15 May 2015 - 06:22 · last 15 May 2015 - 23:41
Hardware
My 2400C battery was gutted by a previous owner, with no hide and a hair of a picture or diagram anywhere on where the wires go. So, this might be a long shot, …
· 8 posts · started 12 May 2015 - 00:36 · last 15 May 2015 - 01:08
68k
I won't ask where to find it for obvious reasons but from what I have seen so far, versions of 7.0.1 and 6.0.8 are only available in high density 1.44mb disk im…
· 35 posts · started 16 Apr 2015 - 05:53 · last 14 May 2015 - 23:17
PowerPC
I recall reading somewhere... fairly recently even, that there was a certain CPU upgrade available for the 9xxx/8xxx/7xxx series PowerMac's that had an apparant…
· 6 posts · started 12 May 2015 - 13:41 · last 13 May 2015 - 15:03
Hardware
Just opened up both my IIc's thinking that I would have a 256K RAM Upgrade in one of them. The cleaner (and older) of the two (little case yellowing on it) was …
· 8 posts · started 9 May 2015 - 20:14 · last 13 May 2015 - 04:40
Hardware
Hello all, I recently recapped an SE/30 motherboard. I cleaned the board with a toothbrush and soap and hot water, let it dry for a week or more and then replac…
· 7 posts · started 12 May 2015 - 05:52 · last 12 May 2015 - 22:31
Troubleshooting
So today a friend of mine came in with a big and beige PowerMac. It powers on and works, but the screen and picture tend to pop and go out. Are these models pro…
· 17 posts · started 7 May 2015 - 16:32 · last 12 May 2015 - 16:55
Troubleshooting
hello. today i got a 128k logic board. but it came with sad mac code "04006c". when i turn it on i heard bong and that code came up. i had serched the code thro…
· 35 posts · started 4 May 2015 - 14:50 · last 12 May 2015 - 14:59
Hardware
I am trying to work on a g4 mdd dual 1.25ghz tower, for someone. When plugged in no power. I did take apart the power supply and from what i can tell a ceramic …
· 7 posts · started 20 Apr 2015 - 05:25 · last 12 May 2015 - 00:14
68k
Was anyone else aware of this? I just discovered it this evening. I searched for a Sheepshaver port and found a few people who'd said they'd failed. I'm using a…
· 4 posts · started 4 May 2015 - 06:21 · last 11 May 2015 - 01:19
Peripherals
Hello! I wanted to start making the Replica I from the book "Apple I Replica Creation Back to the Garage" but i got problems with finding the appropriate PCB Ma…
· 2 posts · started 10 May 2015 - 15:03 · last 10 May 2015 - 15:59
Hardware
This topic seems to fit in the hardware hacks section... although this is about an Intel mac. I have a Late 2009 Mac Mini 2.53 I picked up in late 2012 for $100…
· 5 posts · started 7 May 2015 - 15:12 · last 10 May 2015 - 07:44
Hardware
I'm very attached to my LCIII. It was the first Mac that I purchased brand new, back when I was at Uni. I bought it to 'replace' my SE/30 (it didn't replace the…
· 11 posts · started 28 Apr 2015 - 21:22 · last 10 May 2015 - 07:32
68k
As the title suggests, I am jonesing for some info regarding the use of modernish TFT displays on pre-PPC Macs, as I have a couple of VGA adaptors and limited s…
· 8 posts · started 27 Apr 2015 - 22:01 · last 9 May 2015 - 17:30
Hardware
Over the past couple of months i recently got 2 macintosh II's complete, with hds and floppy drives as well as video card. Of the two one has the tiny silver cy…
· 13 posts · started 20 Apr 2015 - 05:39 · last 9 May 2015 - 06:26
Troubleshooting
Got an SE30 going, however, it continually give a dialog box stating the disk is unrecognized and asks to reject or initialize. The icon shows an external disk …
· 24 posts · started 1 May 2015 - 22:02 · last 9 May 2015 - 01:57
68k
Yesterday i spotted an LC III for sale, was only 10 euros, but advised only for spares. Already have one of those, but too cheap not to call the owner. The LC w…
· 4 posts · started 7 May 2015 - 15:55 · last 8 May 2015 - 15:36
Troubleshooting
Today I finally pulled my Performa 635CD out of my closet and set it up. Part of me was honestly expecting to see a Sad Mac or something else equally fatal. Aft…
· 30 posts · started 16 Mar 2015 - 06:46 · last 8 May 2015 - 05:37
Networking
Hi. I'm trying to make a System 3 boot disk for Mini vMac. I have it in a .sit file, but the StuffIt Lite on my current boot disk doesn't like it. My question i…
· 19 posts · started 2 May 2015 - 05:35 · last 7 May 2015 - 12:56
Peripherals
Hi, I have a classic two which has to support for hd20 emulation. It has a hard drive in it, which spins up and makes noises, but it does not mount when I boot …
· 3 posts · started 7 May 2015 - 01:39 · last 7 May 2015 - 06:06
Troubleshooting
So I just went to boot up my Classic and got the following sad mac error... 00000002 0000FFF7 The first boot produced a bong, then the sad mac appeared, 2nd att…
· 10 posts · started 5 May 2015 - 03:40 · last 6 May 2015 - 20:03
Hardware
Hi all - I've just received an LC 630 and it seems completely dead - when its plugged in and switched on from either the keyboard or the switch it does nothing.…
· 9 posts · started 7 Mar 2015 - 02:59 · last 6 May 2015 - 12:54
Software
I had a few bad Macintosh Conquests lately. From a local recycler I got a Powerbook 140 & a Macintosh IIcx which don't work. The Powerbook is beyond hel…
· 13 posts · started 1 May 2015 - 04:41 · last 6 May 2015 - 02:21
OS 9
http://www.waveidea.com/fr/products/ableton_live/faqs.phpseems like this page is 'frozen in time'
· 1 posts · started 4 May 2015 - 20:04 · last 4 May 2015 - 20:04
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