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Everything on ebay is going up, an 840AV went for $150 a while back and I remember when you could get one for $40. Could be that so many younger people have time on their hands (n…

Although often discussed, I have been tracking 128K units sold on eBay for over 2 years now and lately I am noticing a disturbing rise in prices and am at a loss to explain it. Fi…

I don't know if I ever posted about it, but I got a Quicksilver carcass (case, PSU, mobo, and even a set of Pro Speakers) from my office for $25 a couple years back. I had everythi…

I guess you're not "Remote" enough to qualify for the subsidised sat feed?

Got this from East Carolina University surplus for $15, its a fairly basic 733 with no RAM or HD (they wanted $50 for one with those). Click to expand... Wow... and I thought I…

Yeah, thats the thing...if you're in a reasonably big area, in most cases you can get ADSL no problemo, however there's still a lot of people in country areas who simply can't get …

Torx T-15 bit / and wedging it into the end of a standard Bic pen Click to expand... Or for something that'll take a bit more torque without shattering, a piece of copper plumb…

ADSL isn't really available in a lot of places here in Australia, only in built up areas Click to expand... Just to clarify, 90% of Australians live in the larger cities, and p…

It's a mod I've certainly considered, but never tackled. The pinout for the HDI-45 socket is here.

Nice. I assume finding RAM/HD isn't going to be a problem for you.

Got this from East Carolina University surplus for $15, its a fairly basic 733 with no RAM or HD (they wanted $50 for one with those). Also picked up an Apple Pro Keyboard for $7 …

I'd like to get started on one of my recent finds. It's one of the keepers, being the first PPC Mac. It's missing its hard drive, I guess I could borrow one from a Performa. I'm ju…

It turns out it was the cord was not in a port that was hooked into the network. Once you connect an ethernet cable with a network connection it will show up in the list in the net…

It was up as recently as March, and there was even a new forum started. I signed up, but the registration was never completed by the administrator. I gather their intention was t…

The Apple Display Card 4*8 and 8*24 NuBus video cards had an upgraded ROM available that allowed them to be switched to 832x624. Has anyone dumped this ROM, or can loan me a card w…

According to this: http://www.marketingvox.com/55-of-us-adults-have-home-broadband-but-10-use-only-dialup-039691/ in April '08 dialup in the USA was at ~10%. Given the preceding …

I dunno, in the states the average mans BS guess is 40% are still on dialup, and a quick google of dialup internet -zipcode will bring up a much wider array of providers than cable…

if you can figure out where to store 3 22 inch long screwdrivers ... http://www.harborfreight.com/3-piece-long-reach-torx-screwdriver-set-66601.html

i put a PCI based logic board in there and it works fine. only the original logic board does it. even after capacitor replacement. dunno. oh well. I have another logic board of the…

Use a 1.5mm flat screwdriver with a long thin shaft, and grab the handle with snub-nosed pliers to get enough torque to do the initial unscrewing. Haven't damaged a mac yet by doi…

Shouldn't it be in the internet archive?

I don't know what things are like in other countries, but here in Australia dialup is available anywhere in the country from quite a few different providers, including the main one…

There is the old trick of taking a Torx T-15 bit from any ratcheting magnetic tool bit screwdriver and wedging it into the end of a standard Bic pen (pull out the ink and pen cartr…

Anyone have any idea how to use SLIP to connect an Apple II to a PC running Windows XP and get internet? It seems like a plausibly doable solutions, but some pointers would be help…