Someone gave me 2 of these machines that he had in his attic since about 2001. they came from a local school district and has all the school programs on them.
Well, i fired one of…
68kMLAHardwareby techknightMon, 21 Dec 2009 - 01:27
I still need to mitre the edge so it'll fit nicely, but so far I think it's turned out great. Took me about 2 hours to dremel the whole thing.
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"lightbox_close": "Clo…
68kMLAHardwareby olePigeonMon, 21 Dec 2009 - 00:31
So I'm starting to go through my collection to decide what to keep, and what to dump, er, pawn off, er, offer to the MLA members...
The first two are a IIvx (that I have never eve…
68kMLAHardwareby Anonymous FreakSun, 20 Dec 2009 - 07:25
Looking for some advice...
I have a B&W G3. It originally a 400mhz system, but a few weeks ago, I upgraded it to a G3/500 with a cheap ZIF from IC-China. It is currently r…
I have a dead 500mhz Sawtooth. It has been sitting for awhile down in the basement. It quit one day , after a few attempts to revive it, it went to the basement. A motherboard f…
I have a 22" 1680x1050 LCD monitor hooked up to my B&W G3 that has been chugging along fine at that resolution for quite a while now. All of a sudden, after a fresh reboot …
Below is the last few weeks of scores from evilbay.
In addition to these, when I went to pick up some of the items from a local seller, I also bought the following:
Quadra 700, m…
I'm getting a Hooper (PB 3400c) in a couple of days - decided to try my hand at restoring one, since I've done a lot of work on 5300's. The one I bought (for $2 plus shipping) has …
68kMLAHardwareby J English SmithFri, 18 Dec 2009 - 17:45
i got another PB G3 (this time off ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=360214039605&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT#ht_2938wt_928)
333mhz,64mb,cd
as…
I just enlisted yesterday. I have been on a quest to resurrect my IIci, my first Mac that I bought new in Nov of 1990 hence my user name.
I was a lucky one who got the metal SIMM…
68kMLAHardwareby IIciNov90Mon, 14 Dec 2009 - 23:55
I have an internal Assante ethernet that works with one of my SE/30 units. I have moved it to the other one, and this causes a boot error. I have washed the board, and will be re…
Advertised as:
800MHz G4 tower with 512MB RAM and 40GB hard drive (self install)
17" Apple LCD
Turned out to be:
Dual CPU 1GHz, 512MB, 80GB self-install Seagate Barracuda
17" …
Hi,
I just got something nice in mail yesterday - 13 books of the Inside Macintosh series I was missing, which I caught from a single eBay auction. Now I can really start warming …
Hi guys,
Wow, it's been a long time since I posted! I've been very musically active recently and so unfortunately have not been able to do much with my computers. I still have a…
68kMLAHardwareby ApostropheTue, 8 Dec 2009 - 23:51
I opened my SE 4MB dual 800k today for the first time. I'm still terrified of CRT's, so I could not touch anything. However, I noticed that there is a DE-9 port in the expansion po…
. . . This was something I was looking for back in the days of the IIfPEx Hack . . .
. . . which was lost in the storage room disaster.
Anyways, if anyone has a DOA …
68kMLAHardwareby Trash80toHP_MiniTue, 8 Dec 2009 - 00:10
well my apple /// was working and it started to smoke and once the smoke cleared it quit working
i pulled the power supply out of the case and i couldn't see any blown parts what …
I have a dead LC with a dead power supply.
An electrician tried to fix it, but the integrated circuit is damaged.
I'm looking for a used power supply on the internet and found tw…
68kMLAHardwareby tequiqueenFri, 4 Dec 2009 - 13:16
I went to turn it on a few minutes ago and got no sign of life. No display, no startup tone, no click noise, no fan. I will provide voltage readings in a short while, when I get …
How well does a Pismo function under X? I have two Pismo parts machines and am pondering spending some money ($100 or so) on a battery and memory to make a single low-end (probably…
68kMLAHardwareby beachycoveThu, 3 Dec 2009 - 02:11