Wee, just had a successful eBay win:
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After hearing about it for years I finally bought a copy of Hard Disk Toolkit. It's version 2.0 and the manual is a hulking beast of a book. I've used just about every other hard d…
68kMLAHardwareby Scott BaretThu, 23 Jul 2009 - 06:24
Hi,
In a recent post I commented on having to strip down my Powerbook 2400c to replace a scratched/dim LCD panel with one I purchased on eBay for .99c many moons ago. I finally g…
I have successfully managed to resurrect my 20MB MiniScribe which I pulled from my SE that I acquired last month. The SE was powering on with the common flashing question mark icon…
I made two posts here exposing a recently registered user to be a spammer: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=10574
The spammer's post, as well as my two posts, were removed from the thr…
68kMLA68kby Mike RichardsonWed, 22 Jul 2009 - 07:30
I bought a modem/router with ethernet ports and wireless.
I connected it to my Quadra 650.
The display on the 650 started flickering/rolling.
Is there any reason for the two to …
Picked these up at the HAAUG swap meet last weekend. I offered them all cash, but all refused. I'm puzzled by people's lack of appreciation for high quality classic games, but at…
I have just bought an indigo G3 400mhz (slot loader cd model) off eBay for £10
Sure I admit it's not as if they are not readily available but it's my first owning of an iMac
Off …
I want to use a zip drive with my SE30. Where can I get a suitable Omega driver on a Mac disk? I would need installation instructions as well.
Rollie44
Hi,
This is my first time posting here... I've been a Mac user for a long time, and have a few classic systems in my collection that are running fine now, but I know that someday …
So on my original Macintosh LC (the one I just rebuilt) it refuses to play nice with any external SCSI device.
The weird thing is that internal SCSI works fine, and it boots off a…
Hi,
For the first time in several years, I have unpacked my very old friend the Macintosh SE. We have moved house and I no longer have space to store her, so must put her up for s…
Hey, does anyone have the procedure to overclock the 6200 motherboard from 37.5mhz bus to 40mhz? Takashi's 6xxx overclocking site hasn't been around for awhile( http://www.bekkoam…
HEY EVERYBODY! MY NAME IS RICHARD, AND THE REASON I AM MAKING THIS POST IS THAT I WAS WONDERING SOMETHING ABOUT SCSI "MICRODOCKS" FOR POWERBOOK DUOS. MY QUESTION IS ARE THEY RARE?
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Please go pick this up now! I'd gladly reimburse for a couple 57X's next time I'm over there.
Also a $5 IIgs, some early PMacs ... good day for vintage computer buffs!
So before I came here, my Macintosh LC (my original one) had to be parted out because there was only a grey screen on startup and the floppy drive was totally dead. (it wouldn't re…
I wanted to update a file and get this error in Safari & Firefox:
"Files of the MIME type "application/zip" are not allowed to be uploaded."
I can upload Stuff-Its howeve…
Dearest comrades in the quest to liberate 68k Macintosh computers,
Today there was an electronics recycling drive in my town (Lexington, MA) and I brought a CRT and some old cell …
Hi!
I got a really cool lombard, running 10.3 and 9.22, ethernet connection works perfect, but i can't use the wifi card, it's a aironet 350series in any OS, the system just hang …
Hi,
a nice surprise from a friend:
- LC475 - older style LCxx case, 32MB RAM/dead 80MB HD, a little lifeless at first but the old "jumpstart" of switching it on and off brought i…
Okay, I've read the famous PDF about classic mac procedures, and I'm pretty sure I need to fix the solder connections on the J1 connector. I'm a little unclear on exactly what to d…
I've found its way easier to give old macs away on Freecycle than to find them!
I've dispatched 3 mostly broken G3 iMacs and a G3 Minitower to happy collectors/tinkerers in the la…
I bought an adc lcd, like new condition not a single mark on this baby and it had the original box with manuls and everything
here is a pick of it hooked into my qs http://img198.…
Boxed Color StyleWriter 2200, looks complete
2x Good condition RGB displays
1 really nice no yellowing RGB display
2x PM 7200s
Box of software, etc. including a boxed OS 8, and…
68kMLAOS 8by Mike RichardsonFri, 17 Jul 2009 - 01:22