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…

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 …

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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 …

Folks, Went to an AUSOM members-only swap meet on the weekend, didn't pick up a much mac stuff, a couple of Pismo CD and DVD drive units, a couple of games, stuff, boxes of stuff,…

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.

What are your opinions on the screen of the PowerBook 5300cs? Is it the worst of the worst of passive matrix or is it one of the better ones? Better or worse than 1400cs?

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 .

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…

Rare Voodoo 5 6000 video card http://cgi.ebay.com/3Dfx-Voodoo-5-6000-AGP-128MB-Video-Graphics-Card-RARE_W0QQitemZ300393220766 Not many of these got out before 3dfx gave up and so…

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…

Found a pawn shop on ebay selling a Powerbook G4 1.67ghz low res with bad screen for $100. Supposedly works apart from the screen. I have a Bookendz docking station on the way for …