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I just ordered a Quicksilver 733MHz Single CPU I plan on installing it in my Gigabit Ethernet Logicboard. From what I have read it should work as along as suppl…
· 18 posts · started 4 Oct 2014 - 21:46 · last 5 Nov 2014 - 00:31
Peripherals
I'd been watching a post on Kijiji (sort of like Craigslist, but more polite since it's in Canada ) for a couple old Macs. The listing offered a Mac 'Classic', …
· 2 posts · started 5 Nov 2014 - 00:27 · last 5 Nov 2014 - 00:31
PowerPC
Dunno if everyone is aware of this resource, so I thought I'd post it: http://www.everymac.com/monitors/apple/ There are some interesting anomalies, like the Mu…
· 6 posts · started 1 Nov 2014 - 17:18 · last 4 Nov 2014 - 21:17
Hardware
There was a listing on CL for a G3 all-in-one that had been posted for months (I kid you not!) and after they dropped the price again I figured it would be a go…
· 52 posts · started 8 Oct 2014 - 22:17 · last 4 Nov 2014 - 19:31
PowerPC
I have a new toy to play with, someone ask me to have a look at a lonely Ibook. This had no PSU for a test, but the one from a Powerbook G4 made the trick and i…
· 13 posts · started 31 Oct 2014 - 08:48 · last 4 Nov 2014 - 09:44
Networking
I purchased an airport extreme card that fits in a G5 tower but the connector for the antenna does not seem to fit (plus there are 2 antennas and the card has o…
· 5 posts · started 2 Nov 2014 - 20:38 · last 4 Nov 2014 - 08:27
Hardware
The Apple custom ICs that are newly designed for the Quadra 950 computer are: - BATMAN: a custom IC (replaces the Apple Sound Chip) that acts as a sound amplifi…
· 10 posts · started 29 Oct 2014 - 14:49 · last 3 Nov 2014 - 23:53
Troubleshooting
After a lot of false starts, I finally came up with a decent case for Floppy Emu, using laser-cut acrylic instead of 3D printing. With the Apple Garamond font, …
· 26 posts · started 16 Oct 2014 - 22:16 · last 3 Nov 2014 - 17:21
Peripherals
How possible is it to use a 2.5" SCSI drive from a PowerBook with the Portable? I have an adapter cable all wired up, the only thing I haven't figured out yet i…
· 3 posts · started 25 Oct 2014 - 08:42 · last 3 Nov 2014 - 05:53
Peripherals
http://www.macos9lives.com/downloads/manuals/live/Live_v1.0_Addendum.pdfhttp://www.macos9lives.com/downloads/manuals/live/Live_v1.5_Addendum.pdfhttp://www.macos…
· 11 posts · started 1 Nov 2014 - 22:43 · last 3 Nov 2014 - 03:11
Peripherals
This posting just made me laugh. Can you image shelling out $100 for this? http://delaware.craigslist.org/sys/4724715664.html
· 19 posts · started 2 Nov 2014 - 00:24 · last 2 Nov 2014 - 20:33
Hardware
Looking at pin outs, the connectors have nearly identical outputs with the exception of a speaker wire, and they are mapped out on the connector differently. Wo…
· 6 posts · started 29 Oct 2014 - 18:44 · last 1 Nov 2014 - 23:00
Hardware
I acquired two 512K Macintoshes with HyperDrives in this Conquest thread but the later HyperDrive 20 unit needs work so I'm creating a thread to help document w…
· 4 posts · started 8 Sep 2014 - 12:17 · last 1 Nov 2014 - 20:38
Software
I'm assuming this is a Hack. I upgraded from my original Core Duo Mac to a Core 2 Duo Mac so I could upgrade to Lion an upgrade to ICloud. I gave the Mac to a g…
· 5 posts · started 1 Nov 2014 - 17:32 · last 1 Nov 2014 - 19:26
Troubleshooting
Last year...as some people may rememberI bought an EtherWave Mac/PB Adapter https://68kmla.org/forums/index.php?/topic/20368-etherwave-macpb-adapter-and-classic…
· 14 posts · started 27 Oct 2014 - 22:40 · last 1 Nov 2014 - 15:07
Hardware
Picked both of these up along with a pair of Altec 887A speakers for $3. The speakers and Mini work but I haven't yet tested the II - it's wet. First off, the I…
· 14 posts · started 26 Oct 2014 - 02:48 · last 1 Nov 2014 - 15:01
Hardware
I finally figured out on one of my Mac to VGA Adapter how to get other resolution settings on a specific switch setting on the adapter. Thing is this, it does n…
· 19 posts · started 27 Oct 2014 - 04:37 · last 1 Nov 2014 - 00:39
Peripherals
Hi, I got a hd issue with my Mac SE/30. Previously, I had totally recapped it and I replaced UE8 chip to solve a weird screen issue. Suddenly I got the blinking…
· 4 posts · started 31 Oct 2014 - 16:24 · last 31 Oct 2014 - 23:35
Games
So, this goes as follows: Name a mac game or application that you used and would like to see an updated version of. A short description of what the software doe…
· 29 posts · started 28 Oct 2014 - 23:18 · last 31 Oct 2014 - 22:58
Troubleshooting
I took out a working Astec PSU from one of the LCs I got in a lot and began checking for leakage. Sure enough, leaked caps! Not too bad, but better safe than so…
· 4 posts · started 31 Oct 2014 - 00:48 · last 31 Oct 2014 - 03:01
OS 9
What is the largest HDD that you can put in a iBook G3 600MHz translucent 2001. I have a 250GB HDD that I want to put in it but before I go through the nightmar…
· 4 posts · started 30 Oct 2014 - 01:27 · last 30 Oct 2014 - 22:23
Hardware
I recently acquired a working, but neglected Quadra 840AV. It came with 3 hard drives installed, an original CD-ROM drive, and with a 64 MB of RAM. It clearly n…
· 4 posts · started 26 Oct 2014 - 15:27 · last 30 Oct 2014 - 19:23
PowerPC
Was wondering where the sweet spot is for RAM using OSX 10.4.11 Every OS seems to have a spot where low RAM limits overall speed, was wondering what amount 10.4…
· 13 posts · started 20 Oct 2014 - 23:16 · last 30 Oct 2014 - 18:03
Games
I have a feeling some of you are familiar with this issue, so I am going to toss it out there in hopes there is some insight. I know there was some rework of th…
· 3 posts · started 27 Oct 2014 - 01:40 · last 30 Oct 2014 - 03:14
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