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Reconstructing Apple I BASIC from a Cassette Tape — #1

Folks, I don't think you can get any geekier than this. Retro reverse engineering: Reconstructing Apple I BASIC from a Cassette Tape If my wife ever found out that I found this S…
68kMLA Hardware by QuadSix50 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 - 00:40

Apple IIe - Pop pop, fizz fizz — #1

Well that's something no user wants to hear. I picked up my Apple IIe at a recycling event today. I powered it up for the second time ever. Got it all hooked up to the monitor, got…
68kMLA Hardware by funkytoad Sun, 13 Jul 2008 - 08:46

Dead G4 (Sawtooth) AGP — #1

I have G4 AGP (450Mhz) which I have just upgraded with a Sonnet Encore 1.8Ghz processor and I have been running it ok for about a week and a halve with tiger 10.4.11 with all the l…
68kMLA Hardware by Retroman Fri, 11 Jul 2008 - 09:26

Weird Sawtooth G4 Performance Issues... — #1

Hello all, Just got a Sawtooth G4 - specs are as follows 500mhz 1GB RAM Leopard 10.5.4 / MacOS 9.1 on the same 120gb drive. stock 16mb rage 128 pro DVI For whatever reason, t…
68kMLA Hardware by sambapati87 Fri, 4 Jul 2008 - 22:54

iMac G3 backup battery — #1

Hi, I'm in a good mood; today me and my dad were over at the house we're trying to sell, to clean up the yard and stuff. While there, I picked up our hp Photosmart printer. I br…
68kMLA Hardware by Apostrophe Wed, 2 Jul 2008 - 03:27

Apple IIe Complete in Box great right? — #1

Well I bought a Monitor II, Apple IIe, Disk II, Parallel Pro Card, 80 column card, etc. It was complete in all the boxes, with manuals and disks, and extra parts with only little u…
68kMLA Hardware by ILoveMacs84 Tue, 1 Jul 2008 - 17:51

iBook battery reset => Back alive? — #1

I just love my iBook SE (366 Clamshell). however, the battery seems to be completly dead. The iBook was running OS X, so i installed Mac OS 9 to run the Battery Reset application…
68kMLA Hardware by didius Tue, 24 Jun 2008 - 21:59

CF in a 2300c — #1

I am having some trouble installing a system on a CF card installed in a 2300c via an IDE-CF adapter (Chinese & utterly generic). The attempt thus far, which has now been …
68kMLA Hardware by beachycove Sat, 21 Jun 2008 - 22:07

So, Beige G3's. — #1

What do you guys have for specs on yours? Can be tower, desktop, or AIO, although I prefer the server version myself I have: G3 Tower (server version) OS 9.2.2 433MHz G3 (o…
68kMLA Hardware by Brett B. Fri, 20 Jun 2008 - 20:38

G3 AIO CD-ROM not ejecting. — #1

yeah, I have one of these beasts. I upgraded the RAM heavily, and put in a large 20gb HD. For the longest time it was booting with no video, but something told me to give it anothe…
68kMLA Hardware by iamdigitalman Sat, 14 Jun 2008 - 09:10

5300 processor clock configuration — #1

Does anybody know how to set the processor clock on one of these? I have enough spare parts that I'd like to try upgrading the processor to a faster chip, like a 180 or 200MHz mode…
68kMLA Hardware by Franklinstein Fri, 13 Jun 2008 - 22:26

Dead, dead, deadskies. Help please? — #1

Well last week I powered up my iMac to discover it had gone deadskies. It'd boot to the Apple logo (Jag 10.2. 8) , and then freeze, and display static. (like a bad digital TV pi…
68kMLA Hardware by LCGuy Sun, 8 Jun 2008 - 07:55

Craigslist: eMac 700Mhz $130 — #1

I am picking up an eMac 700Mhz off of Craigslist for $130. it was $135, but since I am the only one serious about it, and am picking it up today, he knocked off $5. specs: eMa…
68kMLA Hardware by coius Sun, 28 Oct 2007 - 20:42

Apple T-shirt! — #1

Wooo! Just got back from the Apple Store and I got a Leopard T-shirt! So even though I can't have Leopard, I've still got the T-shirt! My G3 cried when it saw the T-shirt from t…
68kMLA Hardware by The Macster Fri, 26 Oct 2007 - 19:04

Two Freecycle G3s and a G4 — #1

I just got word that I can pickup two G3 BW towers and a G4 tower tomorrow from a local Freecycle post. I'm told the two G3s may run and the G4 at least needs a new hard drive. T…
68kMLA Hardware by jkoci Wed, 24 Oct 2007 - 01:12

VIC-20 in-box $1 ... Think it's busted though... — #1

Hey there everyone... It's been a while since I've posted. I wanted to say to those who've PM'ed me, I will follow-up with you in time. My mind's been all over the place as well as…
68kMLA Hardware by classic mac 500 Tue, 23 Oct 2007 - 22:15

LCII and PC something and odds and ends — #1

Went to a local school fete before and lib'd an LCII and a PC of some description for $5. Teacher who was on the stall said she also owned an SE, but I couldn't convince her to pa…
68kMLA Hardware by AusNick Sat, 20 Oct 2007 - 05:17

A heavy video conquest — #1

Picked up, with the help of the giver, two 20-21" monitors. One Rasterops and one Radius. The two computers had the video cards in them. The MacIIfx has a Rasterops Paintboard Li …
68kMLA Hardware by Maconthemove Fri, 19 Oct 2007 - 22:12

PB 145 and Toshiba Satellite Pro — #1

I was in the thrift shop today and got a PowerBook 145 and Toshiba Pentium notebook PC. Anyone know if a PB 100 power supply will work on the 145?
68kMLA Hardware by stevep Fri, 19 Oct 2007 - 21:19

PowerMac 9500/132 — #1

Picked up a PowerMac 9500/132 for free in the Quokka (local free for sale paper). Power supply was dead but the machine was loaded! Had more than 300MB of RAM (3 x 64MB chips plu…
68kMLA Hardware by macgreg Wed, 17 Oct 2007 - 08:59

Powerbook 1400cs — #1

They wanted $20 for it, but since they couldn't show me that it really worked, I offered $15. The machine itself had decent wear and tear, but still looked pretty good. Since the…
68kMLA Hardware by dudejediknight Sat, 13 Oct 2007 - 21:14

mac plus with weird harddive — #1

Hi, I've just acquired a mac plus (nothing strange there) with an extremely strange external hardrive. It's a paradise scsi 20 mb external hardrive. It has two connectors, a SCSI…
68kMLA Hardware by nahuelmarisi Sat, 13 Oct 2007 - 00:14

Lombard & Tangerine — #1

Just picked up a Lombard 333 Powerbook and a Tangerine iBook 300 = $0. The Lombard has 128MB/4G/CD -no DVD decoder- and the iBook 64MB/6G. Both in perfect working order. I've gi…
68kMLA Hardware by Bunsen Wed, 10 Oct 2007 - 10:12
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