So I'm trying to clear up some confusion. According to Low End Mac, EveryMac, and just about every other site I can find, this machine needs 70ns 168-pin DIMMs. However, every we…

Hi folks.... I have not done the 640 X 480 mod to my Color Classic yet.  I would like to take a 575 logic board I just bought and plug it into my Color Classic.  Can I do that wit…

I've actually had this eMac since 2007 or 2008 (Leopard had JUST been released) but never really documented it or even mentioned it. Backstory is there used to be a place in Napa …

I recall reading somewhere... fairly recently even, that there was a certain CPU upgrade available for the 9xxx/8xxx/7xxx series PowerMac's that had an apparant link to failures of…

Saturday there was a recycling program at a church and I volunteered to help with the electronics. Most of the people there were really nice but this one guy hated me, he wouldn't …

Why on earth is the max ram in this Mac an odd amount? I haven't tried to put a 32mb simm in the slot labeled 16mb max... But I was curious if anyone ever tried, or modified this? …

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I just bought a near-pristine (Only one or two paint chips, good hinges) 400 MHz PowerBook G4 for a really good price. I would like to keep it that way. Does anyone have suggestion…

Browsing ebay late at night before bed can make for some odd acquisitions. Today I got in the original model G5 1.6Ghz in pretty decent condition. Sold for $30 shipped (one of tho…

I have hit a snag in trying to get one of my iBook 500s loaded with 10.4. I am trying to do target disk mode from a G4 iBook to the recipient G3 500 iBook. I can put the host 1.33 …

Scored this almost new box of powerPC upgrade. The box is distressed and has markers "$10.00" and "Do not open" plus some water stain. But inside is quite nice with books, papers, …

Hello all, I recently acquired a PowerBook 540c. So far, I'm very happy with it, blah blah and blah. Anyways, as I was snooping around the System Folder, I noticed something: a Po…

Sonnet Crescendo 1ghz G4 for beige PCI Powermacs. I've been seeing a few of these being sold by Mac dealers on ebay for $225-$250 so grabbed this one because it was only $100. You …

Having tried one and found it worked fine in beige machines, I cleaned my seller out of his entire stock to upgrade the rest of my beige PCI Powermacs. I might even have one left o…

i am now the proud new owner of an imac g3 500mhz. yay! i got it for a bargain- 10 dollars at a yard sale! also, i just upgraded the memory to 512 megs from the 192 it had! howeve…

Hey quickie here, the iBook G4 I have has a dim screen, could I swap it with my 500MHz G3 iBook screen? or is the wiring different somehow.

FINALLY! We gave the teacher who was using this an Intel Mac Mini. Specs are: 800Mhz, 256MB RAM (Or more, this is off the faceplate), 60GB HD, 15". It has the Power Cord. The Scre…

I was reading about various cooling solutions in the fall, and found a page or blog which mentioned an actual MDD G4 liquid cooling kit from a company, the company got their CPU bl…

It's time to take apart my Power Mac G4 ( Quicksilver 2002 ).   Does anyone here have a PDF manual for this beloved beast that you could share ? I promise to return in .

So what browser are you using on your Quadra running Mac OS 8.1 or lower? Is iCab 2.9.9 the best available?

Too rich for my blood, but read it and drool: http://cgi.ebay.com/Apple-PowerBook-1400C-Vintage-New-Sealed-G3-Ready_W0QQitemZ280461029188QQcmdZViewItemQQptZApple_Laptops?hash=item…

Hey, I was trying to sign up there and it stated, "to make sure you're not a bot contact the board admin" but there was no link to do so, what happened?

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What and where can i find a OS 9 browser ? The browsers that come with OS 9 thru 9.2 are really flakey running in OS 9 .

Has anyone ever done a Mac mini inside of an iMac G3 while retaining the original CRT? On a tray-loader you have an actual Mac-style video cable right there. All you would need to…