Just got another Powerbook 1400; this one needs a little TLC. Is the best source of parts still Wegener Media? I need a rear foot/screw, PCMCIA door, cover latch etc. Also, does a…

Hi all, The various threads here about 128MiB 72-pin SIMMs working in certain machines that were never intended to use them got me thinking. What, precisely, about the Classic II …

I have been able to hack the built-in video driver of my PowerMac 8500 to support 1920x1080 and 1680x1050 LCD panels perfectly (been using 1920x1080 for over a month now with zero …

The machine (240 V Classic - not II) has not been switched on for about 4 years and appears dead. I have opened up and can see the voltage on the inside of the mains switch but I …

I am working on a project with my Plus. The analog board is dead and while I do plan to fix it, I want to play around with a microcontroller. Anyway, One thing I'll need the microc…

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110449049167 Just waiting for the postage quote (should be around $20)

A friend of my moms was looking to upgrade her mac. She went from a 933mhz w/ 256mb of ram and a big ol clunky crt to my dual 1ghz g4, 1.5gigs of ram and the 17" adc monitor. I mad…

I've been busy the past few weeks with some new items: C600/240 96MB RAM 3.5GB HD USB Card Boots to 9.1 but a bit noisy G4/400 192MB RAM 20 GB HD CDRW No OS; Does not boo…

I just had my first occasion to replace a hard drive in an eMac. My goodness, what a gigantic PIA! It was easy to do, but it took about an hour from start to finish and included s…

When my Color Classic starts from a cold boot, this is what happens: 1. Upon powering on, the Mac startup chime immediately sounds. 2. The screen then lights up, followed by the …

I sold my emac to a friend for 90buckss he had been wanting a mac, but doesn't really have the money so I sold him the emac hes just going to pay me a little with each paycheck, bu…

I've got an old SE FDHD with a problem. I had set it up for my 10 yr old nephew with system 6.0.8 and a copy of MOTU Performer 2.2 to get him started with keyboards and midi. It wa…

I have the motherboard for a bondi blue 233 MHz iMac. I remember that this Mac cannot use a drive bigger than 6 GB for a start up disk. I remember trying to partion a larger drive …

Had some good luck with free conquests recently: Power Mac G4/450DP 2X Snow iMac/600's Beige G3/233 AIO Beige G3/233 DT PB 3400c 3X Duo 280c's IIci 5X SE's Apple IIgs 2X …

Picked up a Free Powerbook 3400 that the guy considered non Functional. I turned it on with another power adapter and it booted after holding down the PRAM reset. First time the …

This is sort of interesting.... The write-up gets the nomenclature wrong, as there never was a 604e that ran at 300Mhz; that distinction belongs to the 604ev, which is a different…

This is sort of interesting.... The write-up seemingly gets the nomenclature wrong, as there never was a 604e that ran at 300Mhz; that distinction belongs to the 604ev, which is a…

Howdy all I've got a ye olde G3 beige desktop, with a zip drive, 256MB RAM, 8GB disk, etc. OS X 10.2.8. It will work correctly for about 30 mins - an hour, but will then turn off…

So, I've recently discovered that Carnegie Mellon's computer club owns a Lisa 2/10 (unfortunately with Mac XL mods). I'm trying to get this machine operable again, but we want to …

Having never owned one (until now) I am not sure exactly how the SCSI on the IIFX is different other than the black SCSI terminator. The unit I got (free) has the IIFX, 3 video ca…

I picked up a 17" Apple Studio Display, and a Power Mac G5 from a music school about a week ago. - The CRT monitor works great. I have it connected to my 68k PowerBook. The color …

Technically haven't actually grabbed it yet, I'm leaving work early in a bit here and driving about an hour to pick it up. Not the color model, 28 megs ram, unknown HD. Boots into …

Warning-Warning-Warning Forum newbie question! How do I test an LC power supply outside of the computer? I've searched this forum, and didn't find a definitive answer, but I susp…

Hello 68kmla community, 4-5 years ago I was given an ancient powerbook 145b by a relative but it did not have the powercord. I've recently purchased a power cord and started fiddl…

I'm looking to put together a '040 machine with an Apple IIe card. From what I know, I think I want to find a Quadra 605, put a real '040 in it, and overclock it to 33MHz. Is there…