Should we hot glue replacement components? Capacitors vibrate but does the glue make any difference to life span?

Oxidation, nothing, that's corrosion, and it looks like something got spilled on the board. How can you tell that C1 has been replaced? Looks to me like the original factory hot g…

QT 1.5 was the first to support Cinepak, I believe, but I'm not sure if I have it. I definitely have 2 and above, so I will just have to fire up my old Plus and see if anything use…

Sooooooo ... which version of QT added 68000 support? Or was this yet another unfulfilled promise of Apple's, when they realized there was no point? Click to expand... It was i…

Here's an interesting blurb from an Apple Developer's Tech Note: QUICKTIME 1.0: “YOUOUGHTA BEIN PICTURES” d e v e l o p Summer 1991 QuickTime 1.0 works on all color-capable …

A decent solution may be to use the SlideShow program from Kid Pix. You'll need either Kid Pix 2 or Kid Pix Companion. I'm not sure if the program itself can run on a 1MB machine s…

Did you know that the Mac II chord is also the first chord in "Norwegian Wood"? Now, if only it played the rest of the song!

Seeing how the SE/30 is basically a Mac IIx stuffed in a compact case, I don't think it's likely there have ever been SE/30's with the classic chime. More likely you didn't make an…

Every SE/30 I've worked with has used the Mac II chime. Also, the Classic II uses the LC chime. The only Macs that use the standard compact Mac chime are the 128K, 512K, 512Ke, Plu…

The minimum system I've ever tried is an unmodified PB140, which produced better-looking video than I'd expected. Click to expand... Given that the 140 meets the 68030 minimums…

That "8088 Corruption" hack is pretty impressive, indeed! I admire the twisted mind(s) that conceived of, and executed, its development. Given that it evidently uses a VQ-based co…

I always love to know the story behind machines. This may sound weird, but when I get computers off of FreeCycle I ask the person who is giving it away the story of the machine. It…

OK, Thank you! I wanted to have an original monitor for it, but it didn't come with one. Thanks again, agg23

The 650, like the other Quadras, didn't actually come with a monitor, you had to provide one yourself. Typical monitors that were used on it included: - The Macintosh Color Displa…

It would have been an Apple 14" monitor or similar. Maybe even the AudioVision.

search http://www.apple-history.org for the Centris 650 you will see a pic of it

Some people view the gas and time spent running around looking for machines is wasted, I think it is part of the fun in collecting. Click to expand... I completely agree. My fi…

I don't collect thinking of profit down the road, and didn't notice the auction had free shipping. Some people view the gas and time spent running around looking for machines is w…

$50 a machine, not exactly the best deal in the world considering shipping charges. I guess if you were local it might be worth it. Click to expand... The auction's listed with…

$50 a machine, not exactly the best deal in the world considering shipping charges. I guess if you were local it might be worth it. For me it is more fun snagging smaller lots and…

Wow. I'd love that.

Huh, how many boxes would that shipment take? Personally, I think one auction with everything ruins the fun of hunting down the desired machine...

Lovely machine, especially when you add a full '040, 1MB video and lots of RAM. Plays DOOM-era games and of course great performance with apps. Speakers are going iffy on mine thou…

I'd always wanted a 575! When I was quite young I was begging my parents for a Performa AIO but all we found on sale was the 550, we bought it for $990, REFURBED. It did the trick …

I always thought that the 575's were the fugliest macs ever. But I really would not mind owning one and especially at that price! The Price is right! Click to expand... followe…