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Well I have a Performa 475 here, got this one from jt. First time I flipped the switch I get a somewhat slow death chime. If I turn it off an on quick I get a h…
· 22 posts · started 13 Nov 2014 - 03:24 · last 25 Dec 2014 - 16:08
Hardware
So, my good ol' temperamental Classic is at it again. After the time of success of booting from the ROM (hard drive is still dead and unconnected) to be able to…
· 4 posts · started 24 Dec 2014 - 00:52 · last 25 Dec 2014 - 01:13
Software
Hey guys I am going to try and explain this as simply as I can, sort of confusing. I have a bunch of old games for Macintosh, however most of the disks are corr…
· 9 posts · started 20 Nov 2014 - 18:01 · last 24 Dec 2014 - 18:48
Development
When I have a crash on my system 7, I can notice "Rescued Items" in the trash. I was just wondering if those files represent the state of the RAM before the cra…
· 8 posts · started 9 Nov 2014 - 20:59 · last 24 Dec 2014 - 18:44
OS 9
Is there a way to change the mouse pointer in OS 9?
· 10 posts · started 30 Nov 2014 - 02:02 · last 24 Dec 2014 - 16:51
68k
I was working on an LC II board I was selling, and fired it up one more time before putting it in a box. Nothing, just a blank screen, not even the chime, it mu…
· 10 posts · started 17 Dec 2014 - 05:28 · last 24 Dec 2014 - 16:42
Hardware
I made a System 1.0 boot disk from a PowerBook 170 using a high density 1.44mb floppy diskette. It boots and works fine on my Macintosh 128k using an external A…
· 11 posts · started 22 Dec 2014 - 14:19 · last 24 Dec 2014 - 00:55
Troubleshooting
Hello all... After 28 years, I managed to get my original Mac 512Ke back from a friend (who kep it in my home country after I moved). For a quick laugh, see her…
· 54 posts · started 18 Nov 2014 - 00:37 · last 23 Dec 2014 - 20:44
Hardware
I did something stupid You know the type of fly back transformers that don't have the bleeder resistor? That caused a big problem for a motherboard that was wor…
· 14 posts · started 23 Dec 2014 - 04:35 · last 23 Dec 2014 - 20:27
Software
I finally had some time to work on the Performa 6115CD that I got from Dog Cow for the price of driving about 75 miles, round trip. I have a few other extras (c…
· 2 posts · started 23 Dec 2014 - 06:46 · last 23 Dec 2014 - 19:06
PowerPC
I replaced the Mac Plus default power-up "beep" with a harp strumming sound. Fun times. Using the current method, any sampled sound of 0.66 seconds duration cou…
· 9 posts · started 23 Dec 2014 - 02:14 · last 23 Dec 2014 - 18:32
Development
Data Desk is a tool for Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA). First released in 1986, it is one of the oldest Macintosh programs still actively developed and sold. I…
· 4 posts · started 21 Dec 2014 - 05:14 · last 22 Dec 2014 - 22:29
Hardware
As Supertramp said: "Dreamer... you know you are a dreamer"... Who knows... maybe there is still a copy of the holy disk somewhere?
· 29 posts · started 17 Dec 2014 - 23:27 · last 22 Dec 2014 - 21:59
OS 9
I just won a Power Mac 7500/100 with a Sonnet Crescendo 500MHz G3 card. Comes with keyboard, mouse, mousepad, and extra RAM. Also has original box for G3 upgrad…
· 13 posts · started 13 Dec 2014 - 05:54 · last 22 Dec 2014 - 12:29
Hardware
I had finally gotten my old Mac 512Ke together after a mildly successful floppy reapir, and after about 1 hour of use it started going crackle crackle and then …
· 28 posts · started 8 Dec 2014 - 21:38 · last 21 Dec 2014 - 21:07
68k
Hey Guys, This video playing on the Macintosh 128K is just fascinating, Any of you know how i can get hold of a copy of this video.. this video is played from t…
· 11 posts · started 19 Dec 2014 - 17:29 · last 21 Dec 2014 - 19:17
68k
We all know the Color Classic II is rare, but I can't seem to find ANY photos of a Performa 250!! Does anyone have one? Do they even exist??
· 8 posts · started 26 Nov 2014 - 18:46 · last 21 Dec 2014 - 01:26
Troubleshooting
I've got a nice 2100 thats been kind of borked up since I got it. The unit powers on and brings you to the screen calibration screen. The screen responds to the…
· 10 posts · started 18 Dec 2014 - 21:35 · last 20 Dec 2014 - 20:10
Troubleshooting
As per the topic title, I fired up my Powerbook 1400c for the first time in a few months and discovered that the mouse button now longer wanted to work. Trackpa…
· 10 posts · started 16 Dec 2014 - 06:14 · last 20 Dec 2014 - 06:27
Troubleshooting
The floppy drive in my newly-acquired IIci had some dust bunnies spilling out the front slot. I opened it up, and found this: View attachment 4996 :O xx( :scram…
· 7 posts · started 19 Dec 2014 - 23:45 · last 20 Dec 2014 - 06:21
Software
While taking apart a G3 Desktop I realized it uses an interesting sound board which I thought I would share here.(personally I find the modular nature of this b…
· 6 posts · started 19 Dec 2014 - 17:31 · last 20 Dec 2014 - 03:23
Hardware
I just picked up a IIci system, my first acquisition in a while. According to the previous owner, it was working as of about two years ago. When I power it up n…
· 28 posts · started 3 Dec 2014 - 23:34 · last 20 Dec 2014 - 03:16
OS 9
A while ago I replaced my G4's CD-ROM with a DVD-ROM. After the change the Mac would no loner boot from the DVD drive, even though it came from another blue G4.…
· 2 posts · started 18 Dec 2014 - 23:28 · last 19 Dec 2014 - 16:21
68k
I am thinking of buying a quadra in the indirect future. I have a performa 6116, imac g3, powermac g4 mdd and powerbook 540c but i would like to have a motorola…
· 24 posts · started 17 Nov 2014 - 08:02 · last 19 Dec 2014 - 05:02
Troubleshooting
Yeah, I know. Its been awhile... Anyways, my current "collection" of PRAM batteries pulled from other machines is starting to die on me left and right. For some…
· 25 posts · started 12 Sep 2014 - 02:38 · last 19 Dec 2014 - 02:40
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