A Plus indeed. Not a plus in the sense of added gain or benefit, but a Macintosh Plus 1MB. { "lightbox_close": "Close", "lightbox_next": "Next", "lightbox_previous…

The fans in my original (1Ghz) 17" PB have been acting strangely. I have been using it in hot locations recently, but now in the AC with very low processor usage and average bottom…

Yep, Scott was kind enough to sell me the Macintosh IIci that he conquested a bit back. It is indeed a horrible paint job, but it scrapes off easily. Works great too!

Two LC 575s for $5/each. Average condition...stickers, some yellowing, some sticker removal ghosts - but no cracks or missing plastics. Best, they both have network cards. Got t…

How do I get my IIci with 7.5.1 and an Ethernet card, on the internet so I can browser 68kmla in complete nostalgia, (And also win my "Lets play a game..." Thread

I came back from vacation and my iMac G3 450 DV is dead. No powerup at all. Nothing. Any suggestions on what to do look for? I think there may have been a lightning strike near…

Good morning! So i have a G4 with gigabit Ethernet running at 400MHz (4x100), 512MB PC133 (4x128). I have a dual G4 533 (4x133) in my possession and would like to install it. Now …

Hey everyone just found a Power Macintosh 8100/110 on the curb in NYC. It has a MaCally Keyboard and a Kensington Mouse. Tons of upgrades towards the rear. Looks like it was a vide…

...looking at me through my PowerBook screen with a big sad title, "FOR PARTS." I am of course talking about a mint PowerBook 180 in unknown condition because of the ever-present …

Hello, A year or so ago I purchased a grab bag of parts on Ebay that included a MicroMac Carrera040 http://micromac.com/products/carrera040.html. The card is the 33mhz model desi…

I just wrote a System 7.5 NAD floppy to complete the OS 8 on LC III hack, anjd was gretted with "Sorry, a system error occurred. bus error to temoporarly turn off" blah blah blah..…

What is this on this 512k? Its in the second picture over the power button. Looks like SCSI to me. http://cgi.ebay.com/Macintosh-512K-Computer-M0001W_W0QQitemZ300340673161QQcmdZ…

Introducing http://68kmla.org/wiki/Upgrades/Networking! I started working on this with Mars478's help. It's still pretty small though.

Well guys (and girls), I think everyone here would agree that the atmosphere on the forum (and the Lounge in particular) has been a little sucky of late. I thought I'd take a few m…

I love this (and I don't know why): http://technabob.com/blog/2009/02/21/apple-ii-disk-drive-mac-mini-casemod/

What are the best (if any) options for fullscreen video playback on a bare bones Plus/Classic? Ideally I'd like to take some existing short mpeg files and convert them to play on t…

Just throwing out an idea here: There's always been a lot of discussion about multi-tasking on the Apple II which generally doesn't go very far... I think the reason for that ther…

Well I'm back to working at the old Apple shop on campus as the resident Apple Tech, and just to sweeten the deal my boss gave me a LaserWriter 12/640 which appears to be in mint c…

I'm going to my grandma's house tomorow, so i'm hoping that the Preforma 630CD i stuck in her attic when i was ~6 years old is still there! *crosses fingers*

The chap I got a Radius Two Page Display (Radius Mono 20GS) from a year or so ago has just given me a couple of associated rarities after a bout of move-inspired housecleaning: the…

My wife's iMac G5 started running warmer than normal (75C to 80C) and the fan started getting noisy. So I opened it up for the 3rd cleaning and noticed all the bulging capacitors! …

Does anyone have a clue to why the "Hours of Use" (the one you get in TechTool) gets reset a few times a week? It should display something like 43000 hours since 2004/3/19, but ab…

Hi, With the advent of Snow Leopard, G4 towers sure are getting cheap these days ... picked up this beauty for AUD $99! It came in pristine condition (bar many stickers on the si…

I just spent 5 minutes washing tar off my hands. Today I received a MacDirect SCSI enclosure with some Conner hard drive in it from eBay. It was described as working. I added it to…

my fan is noisy! i am sure that it is no noisier than anyone else's fan, but recently its been bugging me. has anyone ever ran their SE without the fan? i assume it would be mor…