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Unconquest: Closet space! — #4

I set 4 broken iMacs on the curb last night, as well as an IBM typewriter, some dead stereo equipment and a broken Apple StyleWriter, all from the (overcrowded) warehouse. I could …
68kMLA Hardware by Mike Richardson Fri, 17 Jul 2009 - 17:25

Powerbook 180c issues — #7

The necessity for the system battery to approach its full 7.5V (NOTE: not full charge) before a depleted backup battery will recharge you will find many references to in these foru…
68kMLA Hardware by equill Fri, 17 Jul 2009 - 16:24

Duo Type 3 battery questions — #3

I took a quick measurement of the biggest dent, and it seems to be 1mm, maybe a little bigger give or take. The other two noticable dents are definitely not bigger than 1mm.
68kMLA Hardware by JRL Fri, 17 Jul 2009 - 15:55

Duo Type 3 battery questions — #2

Depends - how small? If they were more than 1mm deep, I'd be dubious. Have you a lesser Duo you could try it out in?
68kMLA Hardware by Bunsen Fri, 17 Jul 2009 - 14:20

Unconquest: Closet space! — #3

I set 4 broken iMacs on the curb last night, as well as an IBM typewriter, some dead stereo equipment and a broken Apple StyleWriter, all from the (overcrowded) warehouse. I could …
68kMLA Hardware by Unknown_K Fri, 17 Jul 2009 - 06:44

Unconquest: Closet space! — #2

I set 4 broken iMacs on the curb last night, as well as an IBM typewriter, some dead stereo equipment and a broken Apple StyleWriter, all from the (overcrowded) warehouse. I could …
68kMLA Hardware by Mike Richardson Fri, 17 Jul 2009 - 06:35

Maximum HD capacity on a 6100 — #9

Isn't 2GB the max file size on HFS, not the max volume size? Power Macs certainly came with >2 GB hard disks before Mac OS 8.1 was released. Click to expand... In my exp…
68kMLA Hardware by Outlander Fri, 17 Jul 2009 - 00:10

Powerbook 180c issues — #6

Well, I think the 16 MB is from software (i.e. RAM Doubler). So it has a 4 MB chip installed, along with the onboard RAM.
68kMLA Hardware by JRL Fri, 17 Jul 2009 - 00:02

IIsi ROM SIM gives death chime in my SE/30s — #12

The System 8 UI looks absolutely awful in monochrome. The System 7 one was finely tuned to be minimalist and work on small monitors. The System 8 UI assumes only madmen run monochr…
68kMLA Hardware by porter Thu, 16 Jul 2009 - 23:55

Powerbook 180c issues — #5

You mean "à propos de cet ordinateur", missed it on my way to control pannel like 5 times... there is 2 lines for memory, integrated memory is 8192kb, total is 16384kb. Is that in…
68kMLA Hardware by ryan55 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 - 23:40

IIsi ROM SIM gives death chime in my SE/30s — #11

...running OS 8.1 on these systems, but I never thought people actually did it seriously, since a 16 Mhz 68030 is probably not the best CPU for running such an OS. Click to expa…
68kMLA Hardware by JDW Thu, 16 Jul 2009 - 23:36

Powerbook 180c issues — #4

http://www.academ.com/info/macintosh/pbook.shtml is the link. (the info is at "The Rest Of The PowerBook 100 Series") To check, just click on the Apple logo on the top-left and…
68kMLA Hardware by JRL Thu, 16 Jul 2009 - 23:35

Powerbook 180c issues — #3

I would check the specs, but i forgot how to do so, especially in french , can you remind me how to do so? It has 4megs of ram i beleive. The sticking drive is not too bad, on …
68kMLA Hardware by ryan55 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 - 23:25

Powerbook 180c issues — #2

I'm thinking you will be able to use the AZERTY keyboard normally in English fine, as it's just a different keyboard layout, not something that uses different software. Also, the …
68kMLA Hardware by JRL Thu, 16 Jul 2009 - 23:00

IIsi ROM SIM gives death chime in my SE/30s — #10

Interesting, I never knew about the horizontal lines - I always thought it was done to make the SE/30 a 32 bit clean system. I've read on Gamba before about people running OS 8.1 o…
68kMLA Hardware by LCGuy Thu, 16 Jul 2009 - 22:43

Pair of 840avs — #15

I promised pics, but due to working alot, I leave my camera in the car. I brought it in to take a few pics, so I might as well snap a few others. Quadra from the front: { …
68kMLA Hardware by coius Thu, 16 Jul 2009 - 17:08

Macintosh Portable issues — #4

I've also acquired a bunch of motherboards with various problems. One a random note, washing the motherboards in the dishwasher seems to help clear up the leaked electrolyte from t…
68kMLA Hardware by bd1308 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 - 15:17

LC II Buying info? — #12

I had the one floppy and hd config lc ii, but i made a post on free cycle and i found somebody who said i could have 5-6 b&w g3s and that they have a ton of old beige macs …
68kMLA Hardware by zerotypeq Thu, 16 Jul 2009 - 14:45

Macintosh Portable issues — #3

Ive been on close contact with Houlton, who rebuilds and sells Portables on ebay. I have purchased a brand-new rebuilt battery last year, and the portable remains plugged in 24/7 a…
68kMLA Hardware by bd1308 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 - 14:44

IIsi ROM SIM gives death chime in my SE/30s — #9

When swap my stock SE/30 or the IIfx ROM sim in, both work fine. Click to expand... Von I really hate to say it, but such is strong evidence that: (1) You have a bad IIsi ROM, …
68kMLA Hardware by JDW Thu, 16 Jul 2009 - 14:17
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