Latest find, just today. At the Frankston Tip Shop And the more I saw of it, the more excited I got. Price was right. $5 Sapphire slotloader, firewire ports, VGA out. Looked …

My TAM arrived today - was quicker than I thought it'd be! First thing I did when I pulled it out of the box was switch over the voltage on the base unit, set it up then took an i…

I tried equill's configuration (x4 1 MB in the first bank, x4 2 MB in the second) but with no change. I will try the Apple Color Plus '14 next since I think Macintosh IIcis will w…

… The IIci uses DRAM for video and maps it to Bank A. Contrary to other Macintosh models, always install the lowest density SIMMs in Bank A for best performance. Click to expand…

Its a shame I let the RAM I had go along with the IIci board I sold a little while back.

6100 / 1mb cache module Click to expand... You can't use motherboard cache if you have a G3 fitted. Besides, they have cache on them.

Looks like Orson Welles in Citizen Kane to me. Do I win a prize? Say a Sonnet G3?

The monitor I'm using is the Macintosh '12 RGB. I do have a Apple Color Plus '14 display which as for as I'm aware of works with the IIci (or am I mistaken?) I also have x4 1 MB S…

Click to expand... What is that picture even of?

The Vertegri ImediaEngine V7, based on the Tanzania architecture / 240 MHz PowerPC 604e / 64 MB / 2.1 GB / in a heavy, metal portable case. / the first line of portables to ever us…

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Gotta love finding an old Mac with the purple heatsink! Great find!

My Mac clone days started with seven of the Outbound Laptop Model 125s which I found at CompuAdd's back dock sale. I fixed them up and sold four of them for enough money to cover…

Id go for a PowerWave Stargate with Nubus/PCI. } just because nubus is teh win Click to expand... According to a friend of mine who used to work in PCC support, the Stargate…

The on board SCSI chip is simply fried. and unfortunately it is integrated into a chip on the board. The board probably has other issues too. Click to expand... It is rare to h…

OH! And I would like to get ahold of the 1mb cache module if anyone is selling one of those or knows where to find one. Click to expand... They are unobtainium, unless you find…

- More RAM slots, the 7100 has 8, meaning its cheaper and easier to upgrade than the 6100, with its 2. Click to expand... The 7100 has four memory slots and paradoxically, actu…

No fair!!!

There are lots of possible problems here. System RAM needs to be fast (off the top of my head 80ns -- correctly guessed) and 2MB SIMMs don't work. You have to have functioning RAM…

Nice! Have fun with that machine!

So I visited a Salvation Army thrift store in PA that I tend to frequent. Usually in their electronics section in the basement only have monitors and printers. So this time when I …

Well, I just read that 100 NS RAM (aka LC/LC II series RAM) won't work on the Macintosh IIci. Will the IIci give video without RAM?

System 7.0 and 7.0.1 are rather buggy releases, so 7.1 might be a good start.

Update: The printer does not want to power on at all. I would take a look in the PSU, as it might be the fuse or some leaky capacitors, but its really not worth my time. (It's a pr…