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Disk drive woes — #1

After installing system 7.5 my machine actually works a lot better, I haven't been getting any weird startup issues or anything else of the sort but as of today my disk drive doesn…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by anothrgrnworld Tue, 8 Sep 2009 - 03:15

Flaky TiBook — #1

I have recently acquired an 867MHz Titanium Powerbook G4. Since having it the past few days, I've learned this thing has got a huge set if problems. Most of these I think can be …
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Hrududu Tue, 8 Sep 2009 - 01:02

Forum Suggestion: System 6, 7 , 8 ,9 Sub-Forums? — #1

I was thinking that maybe instead of just the "Software" forum we could have Sub-Forums for each of the system softwares up to OS 9? I'm not sure if this has been discussed before.…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Mars478 Sun, 6 Sep 2009 - 14:01

iMacs that go to Black & White? — #1

I've been thinking about this for a little while now, and it seems to me that in my old Elementary school, there were candy iMacs that could go all the way down to Black & …
68kMLA Troubleshooting by returningmacuser Wed, 2 Sep 2009 - 00:32

*Ow* my thumb still hurts... — #1

Last night I opened my 512k to record all its capacitors (I think I've found a way around my worries about lead, so now I'll be ready to replace those capacitors!!! ). But anyw…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Apostrophe Tue, 1 Sep 2009 - 22:56

Macintosh 512+ Oddities... Any ideas? — #1

These issues aren't so major, but i'm after some ideas as to why they may be occuring. 1. When powering up the Mac from a Cold Start (such as turning it on after being switched of…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by iMac600 Mon, 31 Aug 2009 - 05:54

RetroBrighted SE/30 System — #1

Folks, I did all the work this past Spring, but it took me until now to upload the photos to my Flickr account. Simply put, I used both liquid and gel versions of RetroBright on m…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by JDW Sun, 16 Aug 2009 - 10:49

A couple keyboards and something even better — #1

Anyway, yesterday I call my Grandpa (who had noticed that one of his friends had a couple old Apple ][gs, and I ended up getting one a while back), and tell him that I've gotten ar…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by MrMacPlus Sat, 15 Aug 2009 - 18:35

2G iPod — #1

So I was poking around craigslist yesterday, when I came across "First Gen iPod - $20." Interested, I clicked to find what appeared indeed to be a 1G iPod! E-mailed the girl, and w…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by MultiFinder Sat, 15 Aug 2009 - 03:52

Help me save a Mac SE? — #1

Hello all! I'm hoping that one or more SE gurus here can help point out something (simple?) that I've missed. I'm new to the compact Macs, but enjoy tinkering with and using the S…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by cseals3 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 - 00:36

Clamshell video out — #1

I've just acquired a beat-up firewire clamshell -- the screen is cracked, and the rest of the poor thing looks like it was run over by a truck (for all I know, it was). Other than …
68kMLA Troubleshooting by tomlee59 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 - 20:51

I just beat up my SE 30 — #1

This thread will give you a very bad impression of me, I'm sure. A few years ago I acquired an old SE 30. The other day I was showing it off to friends online, and I thought I'd s…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Rezmason Tue, 11 Aug 2009 - 03:06

Macintosh LC III — #1

My Macintosh LC III from GreenDoc came today in the mail. Besides some uniform yellowing, it's in perfect condition; both tabs snap together nicely (no tab issue, luckily). The on…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by JRL Tue, 11 Aug 2009 - 01:33

Mac Plus endless re-boots — #1

Ok then - Mac Plus, it boots, or rather it can boot all the way to the desktop and it can sit there for a while - usually less than ten mins - then it re-boots. it generally gets t…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by wgoodf Sun, 9 Aug 2009 - 17:34

I am 1/200th of the 68kMLA... :P — #1

Total posts: 524[0.50% of all posts / 2.50 posts per day] Click to expand... Wow. I didn't know I'd made that many posts. :?:
68kMLA Troubleshooting by macgeek417 Wed, 5 Aug 2009 - 07:36

AppleColor RGB Monitor — #1

Just picked this up from Dan Knight yesterday. Paid $15 for it. Included the video cable. Cabinet is pretty yellowed, not nearly the same shade as my Iigs. It's a bass ackward m…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by iamdigitalman Tue, 4 Aug 2009 - 23:36

Hard Drive Interference on Classic II — #1

I've noticed occasional screen interference when the hard drive is accessed on a Classic II. The cables are connected securely and I'm assuming the problem is with the analog board…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Scott Baret Tue, 4 Aug 2009 - 22:23

School Lab:eMac 700 MHZ. — #1

Hey everyone! Just got my eMac 700. It was a teachers and had a trillion stickers. I haven't powered it up, but dang this thing is heavy!!! I might put OS 9 on it :beige: I'll…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Mars478 Mon, 3 Aug 2009 - 21:06

400k floppy drive woes — #1

Hi all, I'm back from a leave of absence from these forums; I stopped posting for a while following a few problems between me and certain other members here. I'm back in the hope…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Apostrophe Sun, 2 Aug 2009 - 00:16

iMac G4 Optical Drive partial (?) writing problem — #1

Greetings, Wondering if anyone has experienced this, something similar, or any thoughts on the cause or a solution. At my wife's office, on an iMac G4, using Toast Titanium, the o…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by NeverGoBack88 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 - 18:55

Dead Macintosh IIfx — #1

I had bought some new equipment for my IIfx for connecting it to internet. I hadn't used it for about two years and it worked perfectly then, and now it won't start No boot soun…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by dxlr8r Tue, 28 Jul 2009 - 19:55

My goodbye message — #1

Dear 68kMLA Community, My times on this forum have been wonderful. I have enjoyed learning about the vintage Macintoshes from all of you, and I would not be in this position with …
68kMLA Troubleshooting by System7 Tue, 28 Jul 2009 - 05:14

GeForce4 MX 32 MB drivers for 9.2.2? — #1

Anybody got a link for a free download? My head hurts from all the freakin' marketing-ploy garbage polluting Google hits these days. jt xx(
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Trash80toHP_Mini Tue, 28 Jul 2009 - 00:00

Service videos for 1xx/2xx/5xx on ebay — #1

Now this is an odd find: On offer is a VINTAGE COLLECTABLE - BRAND NEW Apple PowerBook {x00} Series Video Service Course as part of the Apple Service Training Courses. This …
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Bunsen Mon, 27 Jul 2009 - 02:46
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