those early Macs use drives that are specific to Macs and you can't use non-Mac drives in them. Yanking the hard drive and scrapping it renders the whole machine useless. Click …

Is is SCSI? Mine is (50-pin) Click to expand... Nice. So, IIRC, you can mount that on any old SCSI Mac and it appears as a hard drive?

Goodness!!!!! Does that key hack work on the Quadra 950????? Mine takes forever and a day to start up since it's got the full 256 megs of ram installed. I wish I bought more ram…

Any chance you work on IIFX motherboards that the idiot previous owners left to battery decay? I know there is at least one pad gone there and who knows what else. but the boards …

I am looking for a PRAM battery for my 3400c, where did you find those $12 batteries? I really could use a link to it. Mind you, I am in the USA, so it would have to be either c…

To address JDW and Quadraman's concerns, yes I do replace ALL of the caps or parts documented and suggested for being replaced; I leave no stone unturned. And I return to you all …

Now if that was an ANS (Apple Network Server 700) I might be convinced to run from the police with one of those... Wait, that might kill me in the process. Still worth it.

Or are you just referring to the "dot" part that to the inexperienced means very little.... Click to expand... bingo

Awesome. I feel like I'm connecting with long lost brothers or something. I get asked at least 3 or 4 times a month similar stuff about why on earth do I collect or tweak, or bu…

is this the drive that is slot-loading/cartridge loading? If it's that one (the one commonly sold with the G3's) it's probably not gonna work with the newer DVD-RAM discs. Is is …

Just got an original Apple-labeled DVD-RAM drive, thanks eBay! $30 shipped. What astounds me is how insanely heavy this bugger is. Easily triple the weight of the Blu-ray drive I…

Did I read that correctly? A + on a new capacitor doesn't mean positive lead anymore? Or are you just referring to the "dot" part that to the inexperienced means very little....

Fortunately we have a recycling depot that doesn't lock the gate at night, so there are pickings to be had – you just have to be ready to run if the cops drive by. Click to expa…

Just got an original Apple-labeled DVD-RAM drive, thanks eBay! $30 shipped. What astounds me is how insanely heavy this bugger is. Easily triple the weight of the Blu-ray drive I…

Just got an original Apple-labeled DVD-RAM drive, thanks eBay! $30 shipped. What astounds me is how insanely heavy this bugger is. Easily triple the weight of the Blu-ray drive …

They pretty much are all bad. This has been true in my own experience and one can also come to that conclusion logically when reflecting upon how many years ago the boards were ma…

(correct polarization) has anyone ever warned a noobie to this operation about the different markings? anyway the caps that need to be replaced are polarized, meaning they have a…

Just older the caps from trag, de solder them out, solder the new ones in correctly (correct polarization) and BAM. Done.

Can you re-cap a Classic II board? If so, what's the cost including shipping and the caps from 43201? Thanks! Click to expand... If you send the logic board via United States P…

That's a simple Cap replacement. Just swap the caps. Click to expand... Do you have a link to the fix? The Japanese website I ususally use for that stuff doesn't seem to be up …

it can be fixed, but yea put the best stuff in the nicest machine

That's a simple Cap replacement. Just swap the caps.

Pickup a Mac SE. 1mb, 800k, 20mb hard drive AND (drumroll) a Radius 25mhz 020 accelerator. :O It doesn't boot, I get a checkerboard on the screen, but I hope there's enough sal…

My friends on the other hand are VERY Careless about this. They do not care pretty much and give me their laptops to repair with their credit cards #, SSs, etc. Of course I don't …

You got lucky if it still has it's hard drive. Most recycling places yank the hard drives and scrap them which really irritates me because those early Macs use drives that are spec…