So I booted up the 9600 this evening and it froze before the icons appeared on the desktop, which I discovered  after I turned back around to open up Classilla and check something …

Hi! My friend has a iMac G3 with the id Powermac4,1 with a Airport Card. When he is trying to connect to his wireless network he gets the error message: There was a error joining …

1) This isn't about Einstein... 2) Does anyone have any thoughts on possible compatibility of any ARM-based smartphone and NewtonOS? - That's it.  I don't really know enough to a…

About two weeks ago I switched from Roadrunner to U-Verse.  The modem for Roadrunner was in my office, while the modem for U-Verse was in my living room and on the opposite side of…

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230415157626 Get em while you still can.

Nothing too big but managed to pick up a power board for my 128k for $25 shipped. I made that bid a week ago and didn't think it would win, but I guess demand for these is slackeni…

I am giving my Newton MP 2100 to a friend and I want to remove any and all personal data on it beforehand. Is there an easy way to reset it back to factory settings/data. I do no…

Screen cost me £7.27 from eBay How nice to have an old friend back ... Ok Front bezel claims to be a 1400C/133 when it's in fact a 1400/166 was a cs but the Active Matrix screen i…

I never knew that these existed, but sure enough, one came plugged into the LaserWriter I acquired today. It is essentially a 4-port standard RJ45 ethernet hub attached to an AAUI …

I posted a wanted ad for vintage macs on freecycle just recently since my curiosity about the old things has gotten the better of me. Hello. If you have any old macs you wan…

A recent eBay purchase of a Lucent Wavelan Turbo Silver PCMCIA has given me wireless Newton 2100 connectivity for the first time since I began to use a Newton in 1997-98. This was …

Has anyone used one of these with a beige PCI Powermac?

my teacher has two of the older iMacs. one is a Blondi blue and the other is an indigo, i might be able to find some space in my room to keep it, now I need to convince my parents …

Picked up 5 pismos the other day. The guy had about 16 from a lot he got from a school a year or two ago and only sold these to pick up RAM upgrades for the other machines. He is…

Hi all, I recently found an Ethernet network card for my SE/30, which is pretty cool. Now, the card only has a BNC connector, which is much less cool. To tell the truth, I had…

Well I have been searching for quite a while, and I finally decided to post. I today, dug out an old Powerbook Duo. The dock does have the un-assigned Ethernet port on it but I am…

I'm using ADT (*not* ADTPro because of a hardware issue) to transfer disk images from a Mac to a GS. Disk images (.dsk) transfer fine, but individual files do not. Is there a pro…

went to the Outlook recycling joint in Mornington the other day Picked up the following FastNet Localtalk dongle. iomega ZIP250 sans PSU and cables Iomega Zip100 disk. I also …

So, is it just me or is the RCBBS gone down? Anyone want to fill me in on this? Is it finally getting the upgrade we've been talking about for such a long time? Also, interestingl…

Hello all, I am looking into getting a classic Mac to just 'play around' with in terms of games and I/O control. I never had a Mac before and I want something that is small and p…

Hi - I'd like to request a deletion of the page [wiki]AudioVision 14 Display[/wiki]. Reasons: - it is an exact duplicate of [wiki]AudioVision 14[/wiki] - [wiki]AudioVision 14 Di…

Here's a few pics of some of my older conquests. I've included a few pics of the basement double tier area... Feel free to guess at what some of the stuff is. { "li…

Not so much direct Mac hardware, but this sure is making my PM9600/350 and 8500/G3 450 happy. Que Firewire CDRW external drive - Minus power supply - Repinned the power supply con…

Finally a look at the tools we should actually have.

I'm thinking of entering the Retrochallenge with a little project of my own: to not only get my LCIII (my very first computer) on the Internet for the first time, but also to use i…