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Question about the Mystic Color Classic upgrade — #1

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…
68kMLA OS 8 by mraroid Sat, 23 May 2015 - 02:23

Performa 631 ram — #1

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? …
68kMLA OS 8 by 68k family Sun, 3 May 2015 - 02:41

Almost new PowerPC upgrade for Centris and Quadra — #1

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, …
68kMLA OS 8 by wilykat Tue, 9 Sep 2014 - 00:35

What browser are you using? — #1

So what browser are you using on your Quadra running Mac OS 8.1 or lower? Is iCab 2.9.9 the best available?
68kMLA OS 8 by Quadraman Wed, 10 Feb 2010 - 08:23

Performa 6300 Takeapart Procedure? — #1

I can't seem to find anything on the correct procedure on taking apart a Performa 6300CD (or 6320CD). Splitting Mac OS 8.6 and Debian between a 1.2GB HDD is quite a squeeze. Could…
68kMLA OS 8 by CoreDuo Mon, 18 Jan 2010 - 16:20

Macintosh SE/30 and Internet DSL — #1

Hi, My SE/30 could connect to network, the hard disk damage, I replaced the disk and ran the system installed 7.5.3 and upgraded to 7.5.5, I installed drivers for network card, b…
68kMLA OS 8 by tano SE Mon, 11 Jan 2010 - 06:23

Color Classic Finally up and running (My Experience) — #1

Okay I finally got the Color Classic running after a frustrating experience with the LC 575 motherboard. I bought an LC 550 which I received today with some cracked corners on the …
68kMLA OS 8 by MacClassic10 Wed, 6 Jan 2010 - 04:34

Having some trouble with a hard drive... — #1

Okay. I've got a Power Macintosh 7500 (see signature) with a 68-pin Ultra 160 SCSI LVD/SE Adaptec controller card. The model number of the card is AHA-2940U2B. It says on a labe…
68kMLA OS 8 by phreakout Tue, 1 Dec 2009 - 04:20

External Drives — #1

I came across two external drives today, first is a USB2 CD-RW from goodwill for $6. Normally they have no computer stuff, but I found it in the bottom of a bin with the original c…
68kMLA OS 8 by John8520 Sat, 5 Sep 2009 - 23:04

Odds and ends — #1

Boxed Color StyleWriter 2200, looks complete 2x Good condition RGB displays 1 really nice no yellowing RGB display 2x PM 7200s Box of software, etc. including a boxed OS 8, and…
68kMLA OS 8 by Mike Richardson Fri, 17 Jul 2009 - 01:22

My new macs — #1

After i picked up my 8100/110 several months ago, i had no monitor to use with it. On sunday, i found someone on craigslist selling a 7200 with monitor and a bunch of accessories, …
68kMLA OS 8 by ryan55 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 - 22:20

PB1400 G3 — #1

In your opinions, is it really worth shelling out $200 to bump my 1400 to a G3/400?
68kMLA OS 8 by rpaxton32 Sat, 17 Jan 2009 - 18:34

PowerBook 5300 Wifi Network with Vista??? — #1

Hi, Im going to buy a Wifi card for my PB5300cs, a question of sharing information with a main computer comes up. Anyway my point is, would it be possible to file share between: …
68kMLA OS 8 by somorastik Fri, 2 Jan 2009 - 12:36

Powerbook 1400cs 177 not booting OS 7.6 — #1

Hello all, I have a .toast file with Mac OS 7.6 on it. I know the file works because it was tested before being sent to me. I burn it in Toast ( 7.1 ) and go to boot up my 1400, I …
68kMLA OS 8 by beta_train Fri, 14 Nov 2008 - 02:22

PowerBook 1400 Wireless Issues — #1

Greetings everyone. I just reinstalled Mac OS 8.6 on my 1400 and I have an ORiNOCO WaveLan wireless card for it. Before I installed 8.6, the card worked perfectly (System 7.6). But…
68kMLA OS 8 by rpaxton32 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 - 16:24

pre-production 2400c — #1

I finally got off my lazy arse and uploaded these pix to my Flickr. Here are: Top Bottom Open display Partial disassembly and part of the logic board
68kMLA OS 8 by Franklinstein Wed, 11 Jun 2008 - 00:15

Differences in changing the clocks — #1

I noticed that the time as reported on the front page was incorrect by 1 hour; it was 1 hour behind. I checked to make sure that my time zone was correct in my profile. Check. I…
68kMLA OS 8 by dbraverman88 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 - 05:02

7300/200! — #1

I went and picked up a Power Mac 7300/200 off Freecycle today! Though I haven't gotten to try it yet; my mom's being completely unreasonable saying that I now have too many comput…
68kMLA OS 8 by IPNixon Sat, 6 Oct 2007 - 22:15

ERROR MESSAGE ON iMAC G3 DURING BOOT UP — #1

On the process of trying to install a new hard drive on a iMAC G3, I get the following error message on boot up. It's the first thing that shows up on the desplay. Quote: BOO…
MacNN OS 8 by HARPER

What's after NeXT (OS X)? — #1

So does anybody know if Apple is planning a whole new OS (starting from scratch) for the future? I cannot believe that OS X is the last OS for Apple even if there are continual yea…
MacNN OS 8 by sc_markt

AppleTalk on Mac OS 8.5 CD — #1

I have to remember to turn my Epson printer off before booting from the 8.5 CD. No way to turn AppleTalk off. Is this something I just have to accept and put up with? I ended up …
MacNN OS 8
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