i want to recell or at least put a battery inside the original battery case but can't figure out a way to remove the top without causing a lot of damage. Has anyone managed to fig…

I'm very attached to my LCIII.  It was the first Mac that I purchased brand new, back when I was at Uni.  I bought it to 'replace' my SE/30 (it didn't replace the SE/30 - I still h…

I have found a nice "Power Mac" : there is a Pentium 4 inside, and a BIOS.   It's a Developer Transition Kit from 2005, the first officiel Intel Mac, with Mac OS X 10.4.1.   {…

I am posting this from my recently conquered and initially troublesome, but now operational 9600/200MP which I received as some of you might recall from a member a couple of hundre…

Hello all, This is an update on recent events. A few days ago the MLA's database was corrupted due to a non-graceful shutdown at the hosting provider. I restored from a previous 2…

As the title suggests, I am jonesing for some info regarding the use of modernish TFT displays on pre-PPC Macs, as I have a couple of VGA adaptors and limited space. I assume the o…

So...I finally got another ADB keyboard and a vga adapter...and as luck would have it...I also got my local surplus store (Astro Too)'s lone AAUI adapter. Tada! I have it all hooke…

So, under that cover panel on the Classic just above the power switch, there are what appear to be two unlabelled adjustable potentiometers or such on the analogue board... I've ne…

Sorry for the topic, could not resist.  I just acquired a US Macintosh Plus in nice (outside) condition. It is a 1987 model. It even came with a voltage transformer as it wa…

Hi folks, it's me again! My usual "luck" has brought me a PowerBook 190 in mint condition that was supposed to be working, but actually it isn't. Let me explain. I found this Powe…

I got given three Powerbook Duos today! On the downside, I tested the 2300 and the power adaptor popped and smoke came out..  The same happened with a different adaptor and a 280.…

Ok, so I have managed to find my way back into the apple collecting hobby accidentally. I have since aquired an Apple IIgs that when I turn it on, I get Fatal System Error 0911.…

This obviously isn't a 'new' topic.  My previous soldering iron (and I...) ruined the pads (on C12) here.  I'm looking for any advice specifically on that.  Then I have to recap it…

Hi, This afternoon, I have decided to restart my Apple ///, after some effort it works but the speaker make continuously a buzzing noise. Have you any idea of what could cause thi…

So, I just decided to consolidate my various stuff and things into a single thread on another forum yesterday so figured I may as well do the same here. Some of the stuff here you …

A nice find again. An Apple ][ ITT 2020 OEM. A birthday present from my wife! The case seems to be OEM. To replace the original ITT grey one ( if have this one too......) Monito…

is this possible? for example, i have a delta 410 card.. that on windows lets me use it with protools m-powered, whille on mac os x.. its dissallowed by the software (i believe thi…

Over the past couple of months i recently got 2 macintosh II's complete, with hds and floppy drives as well as video card.  Of the two one has the tiny silver cylinder looking caps…

I am trying to work on a g4 mdd dual 1.25ghz tower, for someone.  When plugged in no power.  I did take apart the power supply and from what i can tell a ceramic disc capacitor ble…

I am working on as complete of list as possible for compact Macs and their many variations. With small notes. There have been some posted here and there, but nothing very comprehen…

Pretty good haul. I say it's a haul because I had to haul all this around while I went to more sales! Many people just don't put out computers until you ask. Ask and you come back …

A few weeks ago CompuNurd had a SE\30 board for sale that he recapped but could not get it past a grey screen and mouse pointer after a bong. I decided to buy it, it sounds to be i…

Well, as of late I have noticed my SE Superdrive has developed a bit of a jittery display most noticable when it first powers on, and some ever so slight dimensional changes with c…

The 68000 on one of my Mac 512k's seems to have had three pins connected to something at one point.   Curious if folks can guess what device/upgrade might have originally been i…

Im trying to make a somewhat comprehensive list of compact Macs and the many, many variations. I noticed that the Plus normally carries the model M0001A. But I see there is a varia…