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So, I went to start up my Macintosh Plus for the first time in a while and the system itself was fine. However, when I went to use the mouse I could only move t…
· 2 posts · started 2 Jan 2015 - 12:17 · last 8 Jan 2015 - 20:08
OS 9
This is driving me nuts. I have three PCI cards for encoding video, and none of the have ever, ever worked right for me. Currently I have a VCR on loan and have…
· 8 posts · started 6 Jan 2015 - 17:00 · last 8 Jan 2015 - 18:11
Troubleshooting
Saleae just sent me a Logic Pro 8 logic analyzer. I guess they're trying to raise awareness in the hobbyist/hacker community by sending free hardware to blogger…
· 19 posts · started 11 Dec 2014 - 23:10 · last 8 Jan 2015 - 15:33
Hardware
I have a color pivot monitor model 0356. The focus appears to be off. If I turn the brightness and contrast down, the focus seems to improve, but they are too d…
· 2 posts · started 8 Jan 2015 - 03:14 · last 8 Jan 2015 - 04:11
68k
I had a good day today, the same person that had the free Classic brought me an SE/30 today, free again! I also got the stuff I traded with another member here …
· 2 posts · started 8 Jan 2015 - 00:17 · last 8 Jan 2015 - 00:36
PowerPC
I went to my friend's home the other day to pick up a SCSI 68 to 80 adapter he found for me. He then said if I wanted his PM 7300/200 I could have it for free. …
· 6 posts · started 1 Jan 2015 - 21:37 · last 7 Jan 2015 - 22:33
Software
I just picked up this 512k off ebay. Before this the oldest mac I had was a Quicksilver so I am quite new to the pre OS X macs. { "lightbox_close": "Close", "li…
· 2 posts · started 7 Jan 2015 - 21:36 · last 7 Jan 2015 - 22:01
Troubleshooting
The flash tool program that I developed for the Mac Plus ROM adapter doesn't work under System 3.2 - it bombs with error ID = 12, which seems to mean I called a…
· 5 posts · started 7 Jan 2015 - 18:35 · last 7 Jan 2015 - 20:53
Hardware
My firend picked up a lot of old Macs that were sitting in a basement for last 10 years. Mostly from the 1991-98 era, including two Power Macs 6100. I fired the…
· 12 posts · started 26 Dec 2014 - 16:43 · last 7 Jan 2015 - 16:59
Networking
Happy New Year! I got my hands on a lot of old computer gear recently. None of it is that interesting on the Mac side of thing (some interesting Amiga pieces...…
· 3 posts · started 7 Jan 2015 - 03:06 · last 7 Jan 2015 - 14:39
Troubleshooting
I recently managed to get my Mac SE on the net using a DaynaPORT pocket SCSI/Link. I have been having trouble getting any of the really OLD browsers to go to an…
· 5 posts · started 5 Jan 2015 - 05:08 · last 7 Jan 2015 - 09:02
Hardware
I'm comparing the specs and these machines looks almost identical, minus the CPUs that they use. The system bus speed is the same, it has the same amount of PCI…
· 15 posts · started 31 Dec 2014 - 11:14 · last 6 Jan 2015 - 18:41
Troubleshooting
I'm ready to switch out the 68LC040 33mhz chip in my Mystic CC mobo for a 68040. There seem to be a few 25mhz chips on ebay but I can't find a 33mhz or 40mhz fo…
· 7 posts · started 5 Jan 2015 - 17:52 · last 6 Jan 2015 - 16:50
Hardware
Hello Guys, I have a Macintosh Performa 200, it has a good power supply, Hard drive, CRT.. everything is okay with it except the logic board. The logic board ha…
· 42 posts · started 6 Dec 2014 - 17:19 · last 6 Jan 2015 - 16:04
Software
Hello, I have an LCII that I recently re-capped and acquired a DaynaPORT LC II ethernet card for. I installed the card and it successfully passes the diagnostic…
· 6 posts · started 4 Jan 2015 - 20:08 · last 6 Jan 2015 - 12:59
Software
I read somewhere that the restore/recovery CDs that you got when buying a system back then were pretty much machine-specific. What would the real difference be …
· 5 posts · started 5 Jan 2015 - 16:34 · last 6 Jan 2015 - 06:45
Troubleshooting
Hello I am thinking of bidding on a Performa 200 whose symptom is a solid white screen. Has anyone here come across this issue and is this enough to place a gue…
· 12 posts · started 4 Jan 2015 - 11:39 · last 6 Jan 2015 - 04:30
Software
Hey, So i have stuffit light install on my se from a .sea file. but this verson of stuffit and the few others i've managed to find don't see the .sit files I ha…
· 15 posts · started 2 Jan 2015 - 19:11 · last 6 Jan 2015 - 04:17
Hardware
This was an interesting one. When it arrived years back, it had a slight issue with a flickering image that'd drop the green out from time to time. I stored it …
· 8 posts · started 29 Nov 2014 - 01:25 · last 5 Jan 2015 - 21:04
Hardware
I have a Sonnet SATA card in a 9600 along with an SSD from OWC. In a real world test, I got about 10MB/sec transfer rate going from one directory on the SSD int…
· 13 posts · started 2 Jan 2015 - 17:49 · last 4 Jan 2015 - 20:53
Hardware
My first new/old Mac in years! Ended up paying too much ($55) but it was local, and has the rear door (though on second glance, the latch seems to be missing--o…
· 19 posts · started 28 Dec 2014 - 01:16 · last 4 Jan 2015 - 02:19
Networking
I have a null modeom comeing from ebay, I'd like to conect my macintosh'es Mac serial to DB9, to the Null,. then to my IBM server. I'd ecentialy like the IBM se…
· 7 posts · started 2 Jan 2015 - 17:57 · last 3 Jan 2015 - 22:37
PowerPC
Hi, I was hoping someone with an iMac G3 could tell me if running the display at 640x480 produces a blurry image. I think the native res is 800x600 but 640x480 …
· 4 posts · started 2 Jan 2015 - 13:37 · last 3 Jan 2015 - 18:35
Troubleshooting
Hello all. I have a mac plus with a unidentified upgrade board(68030,FPU and RAM) that I recent got from someone who was moving. When I turn it on it gets the s…
· 4 posts · started 1 Jan 2015 - 22:35 · last 3 Jan 2015 - 08:43
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