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SCORE!!! Curb: PM G3 B&W!!! — #16

Can't say I ever seen a complete computer out on trash day (there are people with trucks who roam around looking for things to fix/resell around here), but they do tend to end up o…
68kMLA Hardware by Unknown_K Thu, 19 Nov 2009 - 20:54

Why the unusual frequency? — #23

The RTClock / calendar / PRAM chip has its own 32KHz crystal. Everything else runs off the "16MHz" clock. If you don't care about serial baud rates, floppy read / write, or video s…
68kMLA Hardware by MarkS Thu, 19 Nov 2009 - 19:56

SCORE!!! Curb: PM G3 B&W!!! — #15

Yeah, I know! I am excited, with the release of Snow Leopard we'll be seeing all kind of curb things. Some day PowerMac G5s! But this machine is the cutoff for newworld machines …
68kMLA Hardware by Mars478 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 - 14:19

eMac HD replacement - yikes! — #16

The fan should not be loud. It sounds like the fan has become un-lubricated. ~ A year later it started up again so I just lubricated it myself. Anyway... lubricate the eMac fan, …
68kMLA Hardware by Mike Richardson Thu, 19 Nov 2009 - 10:04

Why the unusual frequency? — #22

The RTClock / calendar / PRAM chip has its own 32KHz crystal. Everything else runs off the "16MHz" clock. If you don't care about serial baud rates, floppy read / write, or video s…
68kMLA Hardware by H3NRY Thu, 19 Nov 2009 - 02:15

SCORE!!! Curb: PM G3 B&W!!! — #6

It has no other inputs though, it just is piggybacked onto the ATI 16MB Card. So now I am home and am going to power it up. I'll take a pic of the card for you.
68kMLA Hardware by Mars478 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 - 20:32

Mac Classic corpse — #8

The classic/II seem to be difficult to find info on. When I was killing mine I could not find too much info. Click to expand... Contrary to Mars478 post, Larry Pina's Mac Class…
68kMLA Hardware by Mac128 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 - 19:56

SCORE!!! Curb: PM G3 B&W!!! — #4

So is that fast? If the Macally keyboard is still there when I am going back I will snag it. And I will strip the iMac as well of the Ram and (Hopefully!) Airport card. If I had a…
68kMLA Hardware by Mars478 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 - 18:24

SCORE!!! Curb: PM G3 B&W!!! — #3

[EDIT] OK here are the specs from the back of the machine, 400MHZ, 256MB (None there but I have some RAM), Modem, 9GB U2SC (?), Keyboard, DVD, ATI Rage 16MB. Click to expand... …
68kMLA Hardware by iMac600 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 - 18:21

eMac HD replacement - yikes! — #15

The fan should not be loud. It sounds like the fan has become un-lubricated. ~ A year later it started up again so I just lubricated it myself. Anyway... lubricate the eMac fan, …
68kMLA Hardware by iMac600 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 - 18:17

SCORE!!! Curb: PM G3 B&W!!! — #2

Seems like a RevB to me, I'll be able to stuff it with HDs and use it as a file server for my InsanelyWind projects. I can make a 68Kmla account on the FTP part of it if people wa…
68kMLA Hardware by Mars478 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 - 18:13

Mac Classic corpse — #7

The classic/II seem to be difficult to find info on. When I was killing mine I could not find too much info.
68kMLA Hardware by Mars478 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 - 17:55

Mac Classic corpse — #6

A circuit diagram for the analogue board of the Mac Classic would be a great help in tracing voltages. I can find one for the Mac SE on the web but not the Classic. Any suggestion…
68kMLA Hardware by cranerobinson Wed, 18 Nov 2009 - 17:00

SCORE!!! Curb: PM G3 B&W!!! — #1

Just found this on the way to a shoot. In Brooklyn I found on curb a powermac g3 in fair condition. It has 2 HDs and 1 is scsi. It has no RAM but like 2 SCSI Cards. There's also a …
68kMLA Hardware by Mars478 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 - 13:43

eMac HD replacement - yikes! — #14

The fan should not be loud. It sounds like the fan has become un-lubricated. The same thing happens to Power Macintosh 6500 CPU fans, and the really small fans on certain ATI Vide…
68kMLA Hardware by Mike Richardson Wed, 18 Nov 2009 - 00:30
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