I finally got around during the past couple of days of idleness over the holidays to reassembling the IIfx (in Mac II case) mentioned in the above posts. Some observations: Dirt…

Very nice. Boxed stuff is so rare. I actually have boxes with no corresponding (serial # matched) machines... I have one for a 7600, one for a PowerBook G3, a G3 Tower, and an App…

Have you tried a different cable? Also, have you tried both the cable and drives on a different Mac? If you have, I'd say there's an issue with the SWIM chip.

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Holy cow, nice! I've been meaning to go to a Goodwill to check it out.

Unless you have files you need to keep, what you do is first boot from the Disk Tools disk. Then run Apple HD SC setup. Erase the HDD. Restart (it should eject the floppy), now …

So I finally got a motherboard replacement for my broken LC, but it has a weird problem. When I connect a floppy drive, it'll constantly try to access the drive. It'll then pop u…

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I spoke too soon, I went to restart and the question mark face was back.

Ok, this was great! I did all these steps and got in. So, how would I search to see if there is private, personal info on it? When I shut down and restart do I need to use the Disk…

MIDI can be transfered either via USB or via a MIDI-to-USB interface. I've used my synths both ways with GarageBand.

If its saying that there's not enough hard drive space, clearly that means the hard drive is working, which makes life easier already. By the sound of it, I'm assuming you have a s…

I've never seen that external HDD, that looks cool. Click to expand... It's a floppy drive. The front piece kinda folds down and props the front end of the drive up a bit. Hard…

I've never seen that external HDD, that looks cool.

So I put in the install me first disk, then it asks for the install disk and back and forth till finally it says there is not enough memory and to delete things, but I cannot get i…

Well thank you! I went and found the start up disk and so far there was a so, this must be on the rigth path?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300363277979&ssPageName=ADME:L:COSI:US:1123 I set it up and everything except for the battery works great!!!

Wow! I just heard back from a seller that he's got a 200 mhz board for a PB 3400 for only $20. Can anyone confirm that it's possible to transplant a 200mhz. board into a unit that …

A flashing question mark means that the system cannot find a System Folder. Have you been able to start the machine up before? Also, does it sound any different (quieter) than it d…

The flashing ? at least means it is trying to do something. The floppy disk needs to have System 7 on it.

You can modify the Sawtooth motherboard to take a CPU from a Quicksilver, but this requires removal of one of the IDE connectors and the need to wire a +12V line to the CPU. Also …

The processor from a Digital Audio will work. One thing you would have to do is change the cpu multiplier resistors. They tell the processor to run at so many times bus speed. your…

The battery most certainly has bulged. I had bulged (and obviously dead) batteries in all my 1xx conquests. To force the door to slide, +1 for the ruler tip above. Then I'd pull! …

Ok, now that's a clear answer, although not the one I hoped! :-/ And fortunately, it's a genuine german Newton, not a schwyzerdütsch version, which would be way worse!

I have a Macintosh LC III. Not sure if I am in the right place. Has not been used for awhile. Went to turn it on and a disk with a flashing question mark came up. There is no disk …