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http://macvintage.tripod.com/iisi/overclock.html i know the graphics is kinda sluggish, setting disk cache to 1024K does help! but would changing the oscillator…
On my performa 6116 i have installed a sonnet nubus g3 card with the Apple HPV 7100 1mb vram and i use macintosh color display (M1212). As i remember i can have…
Hi guys, Just wanted to let you all know that the story of how we got the prototype Twiggy Macs to boot is now published. Although I don't agree with the title …
I have a Classic II motherboard that I am trying to bring back to life (bad caps, corroded pads, vias and [possibly?] connections). I don't have access to the C…
Hi Everybody, I recently got a SE/30, LC 475 and Color Classic for free! I've gotten the LC and SE/30 to work (Both needed a new HDD), but the Color Classic is …
I decided to wipe the Sawtooth and install 10.1. Why? I still have no clue. I'm weird. Anyway, I installed 10.1 and grabbed the 10.1.5 Combo Updater from Apple.…
I have a Quantum 540S SCSI HDD mounted internally to my SE/30 as shown here: And here is the technical document on that drive: http://joomla.birdata.com/dss10/5…
I'd like to introduce you to my iBook. It was from a school, and needed a lot of attention. I rebuilt it last year. It's a nice little machine, and I have often…
Once I opened up the cover and gave the spindle a little turn, It's been running good. Anyone still running with a miniscribe in their vintage mac? What do you …
I finally managed to find a reasonably priced ImageWriter II on Ebay last week. Description said unit did turn on but no further testing was done. Seemed safe e…
Do they make a 524,288 by 8 bit VRAM IC? just rumbling around in my head about the potential of beefing up the internal VRAM for the Duo. It has 2 onboard VRAM …
ok so i have 3 IIsi's, they all have nic's in them. They are all running 7.5 So the first 2 have an ok amount of ram one has 9mb then other has 17mb + 73gig 10k…
I seem to recall someone either here or on MacRumors mentioning attempting to re-create the original 1984 Macintosh introduction demo. (The "It sure is great to…
I have a 20mb Sider hard drive that was working fine then when I turned it on it sped up way past the normal RPM. Of course also not working. Tried without the …
I have three hard drives hanging off my Quadra 950. There's two drives internally and a drive that is external. All three of them have been formatted with the p…
I need some input on this: I have a 270c with a killed logic board. its nearly flawless condition, and the LCD is nice and bright. I may have another 270c board…
So, the vintage bug has bit me once again, so I decided to do some old-skool mac gaming with Mac OS 9 as the host. The setup: PowerMac Beige G3 Rev.2 board with…
I'm looking to sell my mac plus, color classic, and SE. title pretty much says it all, what is the safest way to ship these units and have them arrive intact? I…
Just ran into a PB Duo, with an issue I hadn't seen before. It powers on and chimes, but it shows the grey screen. Never makes it to a mouse cursor, or icons or…
So my PowerBook G4's hard drive has one foot out the door (its making noises) and its time to replace it. I mean, its original from January 2005, so its going o…
I've cracked open my 2 Mac II's in prep for refurbishment. On one of the machines the two PRAM batteries are soldered in with axial leads. Seems like the follow…
Hi, just picked up a HD20 off eBay that has had its interface/floppy cable cut off. I have a spare 400K external floppy drive, and I was hoping to use its cable…
Hey guys, I remember hearing this was possible before that others have done it with the Sonnet PCI SATA Card. And have used 7.6-9 without issue. Heres what I ha…
Today i bought a used power mac g4 with the following info: Power Mac G4 1,25GHz (dual) RAM: 768MB HDD: 60GB CD-RW Asus CRW-5232A3 Graphics: nVidia GeForce 4mx …