I have a dead Macintosh Plus (early non-Platinum) just sitting here. I think for the most part a lot of it works, despite the PSU being a little bit flaky due to bad joints and the…

Hmm, I tested it with some RAM and it did the same. No display. Just powers up HDs and Drives.There are many lights on the Mobo. Click to expand... Are the motherboard lights g…

Where do you search on Freecycle (what area)? Click to expand... Youngstown Freecycle is where I look, havn't been lucky there in a while nor have I posted in a while looking. …

What a shame...

What the heck happened?

Hmm, I tested it with some RAM and it did the same. No display. Just powers up HDs and Drives. There are many lights on the Mobo.

I have a 7300 180mhz with 552MB (4x 128MB, 1x16MB, 3x 8MB) RAM and a 2GB SCSI and 7200 120mhz with 2GB and probably 32MB RAM. Both are basically useless to me so hopefully they're …

Pictures of the damage. { "lightbox_close": "Close", "lightbox_next": "Next", "lightbox_previous": "Previous", "lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot …

Not a Mac per se, but were it not for my wife I would probably still have my Motorola StarMax 4000 MT PCI Mac clone. Fantastic machine IMO. I was very pleased with it for the tim…

To my mind, the PCI Macs are at the point that Nubus Macs were at about a decade ago. They're cheap or free to pick up, and as the standard is now deprecated, you can pick up inte…

I finally got around and put in a new battery: it did the trick. No more double chime/reboot.

Can't say I ever seen a complete computer out on trash day / but they do tend to end up on freecycle. Click to expand... I've never seen a computer on the curb here either (Spr…

OK, guys, nice posts, but let's get with the program! THIS THREAD is for Mac Portable piccies/info, especially pic of clear ProtoLuggables! Let's post OTHER Topics covering whichev…

I have pc-133 in my g3. as well as my g4,hd mem I have herd does not work, so try to stay away from it, but you can try it if you find it,

Yup! I got one in mine

Ebay seller macmetex is still stocking the 540c 33MHz CPU modules for like a buck for two. They're a drop-in replacement, and he's a reliable guy. Click to expand... That modul…

About 10 years ago someone was selling an LC prototype case. I remember wishing I had the money for it. It was transparent green and pink. It had two floppy drive slots. It did…

Grrr. I still use 10.3.9 Click to expand... Any Mac that can run Panther can run Tiger, that's the thing. Even a Power Macintosh 7500 with a G3 card can run Tiger. Tiger may be …

Well, if and when tiger loses modern browser support you still might want to get on the entire internet. A kvm is a great idea if you have the space for another machine and if so g…

Actually, I believe their both PB 3400 RAM modules. I got a PB 5300 ram module in my hand here. (Goldenram, 09/30/97) The connector is reversed on the 5300. Apple did this so that …

Here are some Mac prototype pics. Click to expand... But they're just imagination, not real.

Here are some Mac prototype pics.

I'd probably suggest starting with one of those development boards that has a VGA plug on it so you can really wrap your brain around how video generation works on those things. It…

The Prop doesn't use interrupts, BUT by monitoring the clear pin on the shift register I could fake it. I need to start prototyping. Something tells me this will be easier than I …

Grrr. I still use 10.3.9