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What kind of disks does my Disk ][ use? — #3

Any DSDD (Double-sided, double-density) disks should work. Click to expand... Exactly. Sectored-ness (hard or soft) is irrelevant in the Apple's case. Just avoid HD ('High De…
68kMLA Hardware by david__schmidt Tue, 18 Aug 2009 - 14:05

iBook G4! — #13

My school still uses some G3 iBooks and I see this hapenning to them VERY soon... And I'll have to arm up with a heat gun. I was trying to fix the BGA by putting a small candle cu…
68kMLA Hardware by Mars478 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 - 13:54

iBook G4! — #12

I'll always love the iBooks though and look forward to the day when I finally have the resources to repair one. (I can do the BGA's on the GPU, just not that little sub-processor c…
68kMLA Hardware by iMac600 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 - 13:44

iBook G4! — #11

I'll always love the iBooks though and look forward to the day when I finally have the resources to repair one. (I can do the BGA's on the GPU, just not that little sub-processor c…
68kMLA Hardware by Mars478 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 - 13:41

6400/180 - no red color? — #5

I'd be trying another monitor. Seriously, as Gil said, the MS 15" displays were shocking, even back in the day. I bet if you try another monitor, you'll find that there is nothing …
68kMLA Hardware by phreakindee Tue, 18 Aug 2009 - 13:06

Performa 6400/180 cheap — #9

Nice haul. The Mac looks like its in good condition, with no yellowing. Looks like it comes with some good accessories too...are those game controllers ADB? :O Click to expand.…
68kMLA Peripherals by phreakindee Tue, 18 Aug 2009 - 13:01

Macintosh Plus!!! — #5

Hi, Thanks JRL; I've actually been watching those for a while now. But from my research about these drives, I found that they will not work on my Macintosh 512k without speci…
68kMLA Peripherals by Apostrophe Tue, 18 Aug 2009 - 12:32

iBook G4! — #10

Mine's on its last legs, it's fallen apart and the solder joints have fractured numerous times... it packed up again today. However I still love the computer for the times it did w…
68kMLA Hardware by iMac600 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 - 07:27

What kind of disks does my Disk ][ use? — #1

So I picked up an Apple IIe with a Disk ][ from the local Goodwill. I want to buy some disks to use, but my google-fu is failing me. I seem to recall that it requires hard sectore…
68kMLA Hardware by redrouteone Tue, 18 Aug 2009 - 05:55

Goodwill Clearance Center? — #10

The Goodwill here rarely sells computers. However, one time I went there, they had tons and tons of them. Two Sun Ultra 5s, ~15 PCs, and ~5 laptops (including a heavily upgraded P…
68kMLA Peripherals by JRL Tue, 18 Aug 2009 - 04:10

Performa 6400/180 cheap — #8

Nice haul. The Mac looks like its in good condition, with no yellowing. Looks like it comes with some good accessories too...are those game controllers ADB? :O Click to expand.…
68kMLA Peripherals by macgeek417 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 - 03:56

Liberation . . . gift . . . or . . . — #2

Very nice. Its always really nice to have a machine like that, that you have such fond memories of, come full-circle and be gifted to you.
68kMLA Peripherals by LCGuy Tue, 18 Aug 2009 - 03:30

Liberation . . . gift . . . or . . . — #1

. . . recoupment? I'm not sure what to call my latest . . . re-acquisition! When I was in Philly, my (very wonderful) ex-wife brought down a few boxes of goodies. My Bell &a…
68kMLA Peripherals by Trash80toHP_Mini Tue, 18 Aug 2009 - 03:22

Goodwill Clearance Center? — #9

Most thrift stores for some reason have this aversion to computers. Goodwill, while not serving our particular interests well (crushing old Macs), is actually the only store I've …
68kMLA Peripherals by Mike Richardson Tue, 18 Aug 2009 - 03:02

Performa 6400/180 cheap — #4

Nice haul. The Mac looks like its in good condition, with no yellowing. Looks like it comes with some good accessories too...are those game controllers ADB? :O Click to expand.…
68kMLA Peripherals by leosadvs Tue, 18 Aug 2009 - 02:37

Performa 6400/180 cheap — #5

Nice haul. The Mac looks like its in good condition, with no yellowing. Looks like it comes with some good accessories too...are those game controllers ADB? :O Click to expand.…
68kMLA Peripherals by leosadvs Tue, 18 Aug 2009 - 02:37

Goodwill Clearance Center? — #8

I have never seen an actual computer at the Goodwill here in Ohio, just keyboards, printers, scanners, monitors, and some cards.
68kMLA Peripherals by Unknown_K Tue, 18 Aug 2009 - 02:36

Performa 6400/180 cheap — #3

Nice haul. The Mac looks like its in good condition, with no yellowing. Looks like it comes with some good accessories too...are those game controllers ADB? :O
68kMLA Peripherals by LCGuy Tue, 18 Aug 2009 - 02:17

6400/180 - no red color? — #4

I'd be trying another monitor. Seriously, as Gil said, the MS 15" displays were shocking, even back in the day. I bet if you try another monitor, you'll find that there is nothing …
68kMLA Hardware by LCGuy Tue, 18 Aug 2009 - 02:13

6400/180 - no red color? — #3

Terrible, *TERRIBLE* monitor. They are plagued with all sorts of problems, mostly cold solder connections. There was an Apple Repair Program that expired almost a decade ago. Serio…
68kMLA Hardware by phreakindee Tue, 18 Aug 2009 - 02:12
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