Seems the shim method isn't the best. Works for a while then dies. I've been reading plenty of weird and wonderful re-flowing techniques involving heatguns, burning alcohol in met…

The apple 2 was a computer made by a dork for other dorks to toy with and share, that sprit still lives in the // world Mac on the other hand was something you gave your aunt so s…

the heat gun would work as long as you keep in mind thermal stresses, and dont heat up or cool down anything super quick. Also its going to have to be a fairly stout heat gun, I tr…

I got the 500 to boot off a iMac install CD (my iBook only came with 10.2 install CDs) so it seems in ok shape apart from the hard disk. As for the 800, I read about applying heat…

I second this - hopefully we can find someone with enough spare time to scan the entire book. Click to expand... "Macintosh Hacker's Bible" is apparently available from a libr…

Testing will follow later, after I blow the dust hippos outta' that FILTHY POS! Click to expand... Did I say dust hippos? Definitely LARGER than THAT! I've NEVER seen such a MASS…

Like Flash and Real Audio and VideoWorks, the player program was free. The movie encoder program was for sale. So the MacMovies on a BMUG disk won't make a movie, but will play bac…

Actually, the Hardware Test CD is booting now on the 500. I got a bit muddled and was actually using the AppleCare TechTool CD instead (it's been a long day :I ) . I think it mig…

Hi trag, yes you remember right, but why anybody'd want to add ROM code to a 25-year old Mac is beyond me. In the day, we needed to add code to init our SCSI port and support the …

The DIPs are historical artifacts. Until the early or mid 1990s, most monitors used a fixed frequency. For all intents and purposes, this meant that a monitor ran at particular h…

Sounds like the 800mhz is a lost cause. Definitely has the logic board graphic chip problem. I would personally concentrate your work on the 500mhz which has what seems to be a m…

a MacMovies movie player distributed on the BMUG disks, some of which I have and will look through. With any luck it will take standard MacPaint files for use as frames. Sound rema…

WOW!!! 8-o That's cool - Newton Bic. Nice find!

why anybody'd want to add ROM code to a 25-year old Mac is beyond me. In the day, we needed to add code to init our SCSI port and support the Micah hard disk in the 64K ROM enviro…

but its not 1984 any more ... and yes I have been reading this thread, and video works uses a propitiatory format, so good luck figuring that one out! One would need to write a pl…

You can adjust the adapter to work with different resolutions.

Nope, but I'm thinking that I could share the single cable/interface between the $5 NuBus one I got offered. He's also selling extras (whole boxed cards) for $25.

Is it Nubus?

So if you drop a 292 CPU into a PDQ, you get the 83MHz bus and the better video? Or would there be other components in the 66MHz models that choke on the higher bus speed? I gues…

Hi trag, yes you remember right, but why anybody'd want to add ROM code to a 25-year old Mac is beyond me. In the day, we needed to add code to init our SCSI port and support the …

This is the cheapest G5 I could find that didn't say Parts or Repair on it: http://cgi.ebay.com/power-pc-g5_W0QQitemZ250494997439QQcmdZViewItemQQptZApple_Desktops?hash=item3a52aa5…

It's like a used car. Someone may replace the engine and all major support parts costing the person 5 grand in parts. But the car's only worth maybe 3 grand. This happens all the t…

to a realist it is, to mac fanatic its not, funny things about mac's I guess whats going to be interesting is when these mactels start hitting vintage, that should even out the pl…

You'd be lucky to get $700. Honestly, you're insane to think you'll get more, or the buyer is a sucker. They're almost vintage. You never get your investment back with upgrades, an…

The 030 card is a nice find, but I think the real prize is the boxed software which mostly gets trashed these days.