It's been a while so my memory may be fuzzy, but I got my first Mac at work in Nov '83, and bought my own Mac in May '84. A bit later Apple came out with the first 3.5" Apple][ dri…

Okay, whoever was laughing at the start of this thread needs to see these clips... really quite remarkable! Click to expand... I'm still laughing. You realize how much work it …

My 12" PB is on the fritz again. The optical drive died a while back and I was able to use FWTDM to reinstall, etc, etc. I just got the flashing ? again now, but I can't reinstall…

You must be thinking about the original Wallstreets because the rev 2 models did fit the whole screen in 640x480 and 800x600 modes on the LCD (you were stuck with 1024x768 on the o…

Never hurts to order spares, as they are inexpensive and easily lost. Click to expand... Good point. I'll hold off until I know what's inside but I'll probably order some extra…

Alright, Tom replied. Should I buy one for $35 shipped?

Try writing to Tom Owad, who wrote the article I linked. A few years back he had crates of the things, NIB, which he couldn't get rid of. Rid of which he could not get. Whatever…

It's been a while so my memory may be fuzzy, but I got my first Mac at work in Nov '83, and bought my own Mac in May '84. A bit later Apple came out with the first 3.5" Apple][ dri…

I make no guarantees, and this is the advice of an inveterate packrat. Grabbing half a system "just in case" the other half turns up is the precipice of the slippery slope to craz…

I like my B&W's but thats around the time Apple went trendy with form over function. Click to expand... / such gimmicky computers as the iMac & Cube (?) etc, b…

With a RAM upgrade to 1MB or more and an 800K floppy, short full screen animations were possible, such as these:http://web.me.com/henryspragens/stuff/Mac_Movies/Mac_Movies.html Cl…

I just got a Classic II and it seems I might need to replace the caps too. I haven't the tools to open it yet so I don't know what's inside. What capacitors (type and quantity) wou…

What if one person wants to pay $500 and another person offers $1500? Is the machine worth $500 or $1500? Click to expand... Obviously, it's worth two different prices to two d…

THAT'S THE ONE! / VGA port?? Click to expand... IIRC it was only made in Blueberry / it shipped with a standard VGA connector Click to expand... Later models were also colo…

Okay, whoever was laughing at the start of this thread needs to see these clips... really quite remarkable! The Apple II music is awesome too!

The memory alone costs about $250 new on Dealram. He also said "1.4 TB HDD's" which I assume means two of them (and probably 1.5 TB as I've never seen 1.4 TB). Those are over $100 …

A system, or any item, is worth however much someone wants to pay for it. If someone pays $1500, then it is worth $1500. If someone would only pay $500, then it is worth $500. It i…

There is something cool about beige macs, I like my B&W's but thats around the time Apple went trendy with form over function. Click to expand... That'd be the effect …

The original Classic was released as part of a line-up which also included the LC and the IIsi. All three of the machines were intended for the low-budget market: Classic as the ch…

I find it odd how Apple went from expandable SE/SE30's to a Classic 2 with no expansion whatsoever. Click to expand... Maybe stupid, but not odd. There's a simple explanation w…

Rodime were one of the worst makes of drive back in the day. I believe an early edition of The Macintosh Bible mentions Rodime as an unreliable drive. A simple Google search reveal…

I just got a Classic II and it seems I might need to replace the caps too. I haven't the tools to open it yet so I don't know what's inside. What capacitors (type and quantity) wou…

The memory alone costs about $250 new on Dealram. He also said "1.4 TB HDD's" which I assume means two of them (and probably 1.5 TB as I've never seen 1.4 TB). Those are over $100 …

My feeling is that every computer will get obsolete. You pay 3K 2.5 yr's later it's worth 1.5K or whatever... if you got it at a good price and you are happy with it, that's all…

None the less, the G5 did get screwed with 10.6 BUT it will not stop working B/C of that... How many people actually buy a new OS when it first comes out, I myself do not go out o…