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Hey folks, I just received a Classic II with the common "thick vertical bar" problem. So far, so good, same procedure as every year. Wash the logic board thorou…
· 15 posts · started 7 May 2012 - 20:42
Hardware
Introduction:Powermac 9600 machines are the very last Macs to boot System 7 natively, with System 7 originally being programmed to run on 68k machines. The tran…
· 10 posts · started 1 Jul 2015 - 23:23
Troubleshooting
Hey, I was working on a project involving putting a iMac G3 Rev.A board in a xbox 360 case and someone happend to tell me that the iMac G3 Rev A / B / C acutual…
· 79 posts · started 28 May 2013 - 20:05
Software
i was wondering how many people lately have done programing in hypercard, and if so, what you made. Right now i'm working on a database stack that allows the ow…
· 42 posts · started 28 Feb 2010 - 18:02
Hardware
Bought a Flower Power iMac G3 that turned out to have a G4 upgrade inside. It started out as a Snow G3 400 but over time has had many parts added/swapped out in…
· 10 posts · started 15 Mar 2010 - 01:59
Hardware
I picked up a Macintosh Classic knowing it was non functioning for a very nice price. It has horizontal lines across the screen on start up with no bong. When t…
· 15 posts · started 27 Oct 2014 - 07:09
Peripherals
Hi all, I've been getting back into the Mac liberation game lately and I seem to be acquiring more machines than I have keyboards/mice and monitors for :beige: …
· 11 posts · started 13 Jun 2013 - 03:32
Hardware
There are a handful of us who like the G5, and want to keep the machines running. The rest of you can ignore this post! The following link could be of use to so…
· 10 posts · started 28 May 2013 - 17:17
Software
By luck I came across an OrangePC Nubus (can't seem to tell the model but it's a full-length card with a 100mhz DX4 on it) card and I installed it in my Quadra.…
· 30 posts · started 28 Oct 2010 - 06:54
Peripherals
Hi, I have a very nice functioning Portable but I'm worried about the 20+ year old HDD. I'd love to replace it with a CF card, but for that I'd need one of thos…
· 95 posts · started 3 Jul 2012 - 22:29
Software
Looking for drivers for an Applied Engineering Transwarp TW6400 (68040 25 or 33) PDS card used in a IIci.
· 5 posts · started 28 Dec 2010 - 00:59
Hardware
I have a weird issue with my Powerbooks 160 and 165: I can't set the time and date anymore. As soon as I leave the date/time Control panel, the date/time immedi…
· 6 posts · started 7 Feb 2012 - 20:51
Troubleshooting
My Power Mac 6100/60 AV refuses to run 7.6.1. I installed a brand new system from a retail 7.6.1 CD and everything went fine during the installation, but as soo…
· 12 posts · started 29 Mar 2011 - 07:47
Peripherals
I'll keep this short. Two thought: PS/2 and VGA KVM with home-made adapter cables as ADB/Mac video switcher (PS/2 socket = ADB?) 25 pin printer switch box ditto…
· 14 posts · started 9 Mar 2008 - 10:12
Troubleshooting
So I dug up my PowerBook 160 and found out that the hinge is already starting to separate. Is there anything I can do to hold the hinge together?
· 58 posts · started 25 Jun 2009 - 05:20
Peripherals
i need one for the Macintosh SE i need one for the Macintosh LC 1 i need one for the Macintosh LC 3 i would like one for the Color Classic - but i am not greedy…
· 24 posts · started 5 May 2013 - 19:45
Hardware
I was trying out different SCSI configurations for an external HD when I noticed my LC III started giving the chimes of death immediately after startup. I can't…
· 15 posts · started 8 Oct 2015 - 23:48
68k
To the moderators: Please consider making this a sticky as these questions get asked quite frequently on here. There have been some recent discussions about the…
· 31 posts · started 29 May 2007 - 15:12
Software
Woohoo! Not as cool as the Roland, but still damn cool! And at $20, I couldn't pass it up. Has pens, too. Although, I ran into a slight problem, then pens are t…
· 27 posts · started 21 Dec 2013 - 02:05
Troubleshooting
Hi I've just bought on ebay a Lapis color card for my SE/30. The seller didn't test the card himself as he had no external monitor... but the SE/30 which came w…
· 26 posts · started 17 Mar 2015 - 08:56
Troubleshooting
Hey everybody! Tom Lee reminded me recently that the Classic Mac Repair Notes document is still around The file is located here: http://68kmla.org/files/classic…
· 21 posts · started 11 Apr 2013 - 02:50
Hardware
I'm trying to fix a 128k Analog Board and would like to know if I can test the diodes and resistors and capacitors without removing them from the board? i have …
· 21 posts · started 10 Nov 2011 - 14:09
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