Well I just got done recapping my second SE/30 which was working just had quiet sound... Turned it on Happy Chime Still black screen Death Chimeeeeeee (it was v…
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This is not Elfen posting but his youngest daughter, he's in the hospital for observation as it looks like its a bad allergy issue that is he undergoing. Detail…
I've downloaded both Zterm 1.0.1 (68k) from the site and from MacGarden- when I unstuffit with S.E. 5.5 I get an empty folder with just a folder inside called "…
Back in the old day, Macintosh LC had very limited space and was limited to either 2 dlsk drives (original LC) or 1 disk drive and 1 hard drive, no internal CD …
I liberated my IIfx from my attic where it's been for 10+ years. I'm pretty sure I got this back in the late 90's from the University of Maryland Computer Recyc…
Hello everyone. I really love this site and often lurk on here kinda living vicariously through all of you my love for retromac computing. I still have my Lomba…
I have hit a snag in trying to get one of my iBook 500s loaded with 10.4. I am trying to do target disk mode from a G4 iBook to the recipient G3 500 iBook. I ca…
I have a 9600. For some reason when I first got it a while back, pressing the power button would boot the machine. Now it doesn't work. Why?
Hi I have a Macintosh SE/30. Bought it at a market (sold as seen) for very little money. When I switched it on today I can hear what can only be described as a …
I just installed 4 vmram simms in my 700 and it doesn't seem it be working still limited to same colors resolutions I was before. I've moved them around in diff…
Hi, two "new" Powerbooks Got each for 20 €. First one is a PB G4 17" 1Ghz. Sold as broken/not starting, turned out to be a dead AC adapter. case is so so, some …
Where can I start? I opened up my Mac II. Hard drive is missing - check. 1 floppy drive - check. Does not turn on - expected. So what's left? Further inspection…
This problem bothered me a lot. I want to transfer a collections of files from my modern Mac to compact Mac. It is painful to transfer it through floppy disk. S…
Hello all, I have a spare ADB lead which I cut off of an AppleDesign keyboard and an ADB port that I unsoldered from a scrap IIci 'board. I would like to attach…
I've been bouncing between 7.6.1 and 8.1 on my Q700. The main reason why I couldn't decide was that Outlook Express 5.06 which supports gmail doesn't work in 7.…
This is a PB100 I got over the summer, never had one before. Plugging it in and turning it on it chimes, I can see the screen backlight come on and the HD spin …
So, my SE/30 has some burn in on the Tube. And I think the caps may be going on it- the screen gets random interference about once an hour that lasts just for a…
I came across this and thought it was interesting: http://support.apple.com/kb/TA35383?viewlocale=en_US "Apple does not recommend that any PCMCIA module be used…
Bought a six pack of random IIgs cards on eBay. http://www.ebay.com/itm/221538578735 I don't believe the seller knew what he had there. Cards look to be in good…
I'm running 25' of VGA cables and I find that most brands aren't cutting it. I tried 4 different 25' VGA cables just now and all of them give me weird ghosting …
My 610 is my original "new" first Mac, not used or second hand but brand new and it has served me although it's pretty much used for gaming these days. I'd like…
Spent today trying to get my SE/30 working, and I did get it to boot once!! It's always had the classic horizontal stripes SimasiMac, without any chimes. I repl…
I recently acquired a poorly original Macintosh Classic. It had a somewhat gunked motherboard, and since my soldering skills are rudimentary I sent it off to Un…
I have a PC bios Radeon 9550 with 128MB VRAM. I was wondering if I could flash this with a downgrade Mac-compatible ROM to go in my newly purchased Dual-2.5GHz …