butbutbut...the red one is even called "redline", which means it HAS to be fast - if you go past the redline, you blow the engine

So I have a Classic II with 4 mb of RAM. I got it open (finally) removed the old memory and installed 2 4mb 30 pin SIMMs. I power up the Mac, go to "About This Macintosh" and it …

I doubt this applies but my powermac is a real pita about VGA too, if you start that machine up without a monitor plugged in it defaults to the tv out, which means you gotta hook i…

Dude, let me take an inventory on my vintage stuff. Since I am downsizing my 68k/early-PPC stuff, I may end up having more adapters than I really have use for. I'm getting to the…

I'm sorry to say the orange goes faster. It also looks better. //wthww

I have the 840avs now. Well... They are sitting in the kitchen. However, at this point they are useless since i have no adapter for the video, neither a monitor to use it with. I…

I have an 840av in nearly stock config, paired to an AudioVision display, which although "for" the x100 powermacs, works fabulously if you've got the correct adaptor. I tried 7.6.…

I want a red one, cuz red goes faster

Sounds like either the thread is all chewed up in the hole on the front panel, or else the screws are out, its just friction on the back panel stopping them falling out. To tell th…

//wthww

Seems like a good trade to me. I've always liked the 840AV's and in particular the nice compact case style which has alwaysd struck as both cute and elegant at the same time. Th…

If I had two working examples (I do happily have one), I would pop in a 68-pin scsi and Nubus Jackhammer, and install MacOS 8.1 on one of the machines. A Nubus card like the Spigot…

Oh man, I meant to say AdoptAMac.com was the site. Not We Love macs. Forgive me, I dunno where I got that from. EDIT: I meant to also say that I was getting the 840avs from Chri…

Keep one as the parts machine. We Love Macs was cheaper? Thats..... weird. (we need a raised eyebrow emotican) Click to expand... actually, since the adapter would do greater …

"der PoewrMAClone in der Box" - I like that

Am I OK to assume that my problem is there and that this computer won't see more than 2GB anytime soon, not even multiple 2 GB partitions? Click to expand... 1. Mac OS is not r…

found an old advertisment for MaxxBoxx they looked great, like iMacs in colors { "lightbox_close": "Close", "lightbox_next": "Next", "lightbox_previous": "Previous…

Keep one as the parts machine. We Love Macs was cheaper? Thats..... weird. (we need a raised eyebrow emotican)

Put them on a shrine and admire their awesomeness? Sell one of them, and set the other one up with a fast and large HDD and use it for analog video capture?

I would not "practice" on a IIx board, they are kind of rare. The IIx was not out very long before the IIfx came out and many of the II and IIx systems were upgraded to IIfx boards…

. . . hands down the IIx is a FAR better machine! Back in the day I was shopping for a used Mac II in order to save money. One of the used dealers said I was nuts and that the IIx …

Meh - but it's got the "trickle bug"? It clicks and the keyboard LEDs blink. I can only turn it on by plugging it in and hitting the reset button. I'll look up the procedure for fi…

Excellent news.

Never used one. Although I wouldn't mind a Genesis or MaxBoxx if it came my way. I am in the process of slimming down my collection, so adding new machines would be counter produ…

It's alive! I unplugged and replugged it one more time, hit both reset buttons in front, now it's at the "?" prompt - of course, there are no drives installed. Let's reinstall the …