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Scored a Perfect iMac G4 800MHZ — #1

Last night from Craigslist, the LCD is bright and the arm is tight. The guy told me that this was hardly used. I got it for 130.00 with speakers, mouse and keyboard.
68kMLA PowerPC by MacManiac1701A Mon, 7 Dec 2009 - 16:42

3400c — #1

I found one of these at the flea market with no power adapter, battery or hard disk. Would there be a way to use one of my Wallstreet/Lombard AC bricks on it with an external hard…
68kMLA PowerPC by quinterro Sat, 5 Dec 2009 - 18:28

Presto 040 for IIci — #1

I have a Presto 040 that came with an LC computer I bought. Were there two physically different cards for the LC and II series Macs? Or was it just one card, but had an adapter f…
68kMLA Software by olePigeon Sat, 5 Dec 2009 - 02:51

PowerBook 150!!! — #1

I picked up a PowerBook 150 in excellent condition for $10. It works perfectly and seems to even have a working battery. The drive is empty but I'll be booting it up later tonight …
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Scott Baret Fri, 4 Dec 2009 - 23:06

SE/30 - blown ADP ports — #1

I've read this is a fuse. Can't remember where I saw that. Can anyone tell me where this fuse is, and how to change it ?
68kMLA Hardware by ortencia Fri, 4 Dec 2009 - 20:12

Apple /// power supply trouble — #1

well my apple /// was working and it started to smoke and once the smoke cleared it quit working i pulled the power supply out of the case and i couldn't see any blown parts what …
68kMLA Hardware by OTAlucard Fri, 4 Dec 2009 - 19:44

LC power supply compatibility — #1

I have a dead LC with a dead power supply. An electrician tried to fix it, but the integrated circuit is damaged. I'm looking for a used power supply on the internet and found tw…
68kMLA Hardware by tequiqueen Fri, 4 Dec 2009 - 13:16

~tl retired — #1

Well, no one made a topic on this?
68kMLA Hardware by RichardG Fri, 4 Dec 2009 - 11:46

Core Solo Mac Mini - Ubuntu install ... how? — #1

I've had a core solo Mini sitting around for a while, it's split between OS X & XP. I'd like to erase the OS X part and put Ubuntu on it instead. Is this possible? I've Goo…
68kMLA Software by Pinstripes Fri, 4 Dec 2009 - 06:22

Just stopping in.... — #1

I just wanted to stop in and introduce myself. I've been lurking in the background just reading the forums. I had registered before, but somehow got sidetracked and never got aroun…
68kMLA PowerPC by nick3012 Fri, 4 Dec 2009 - 06:20

Need some manual repair help — #1

I have been wanting to modify an Asante SE/30 ethernet adapter card to remove the stock pass-through connector and replace it with a right-angled connector. My attempts so far hav…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by tt Thu, 3 Dec 2009 - 21:39

Apple Performa 200 has vertical lines — #1

I am trying to bring a Performa 200/M4150/Macintosh classic ii back to life. { "lightbox_close": "Close", "lightbox_next": "Next", "lightbox_previous": "Previous", …
68kMLA Software by wgreenhalgh Thu, 3 Dec 2009 - 21:32

Help! I think my SE/SE30 power supply is dead! — #1

I went to turn it on a few minutes ago and got no sign of life. No display, no startup tone, no click noise, no fan. I will provide voltage readings in a short while, when I get …
68kMLA Hardware by phreakout Thu, 3 Dec 2009 - 20:21

Lucent Silver WiFi Card Question — #1

Can anyone help? I am having trouble connecting on my home network with my Powerbook 1400/166 equipped with a Lucent/Orinoco Silver card. It works fine on the open network at work,…
68kMLA Networking by J English Smith Thu, 3 Dec 2009 - 16:17

Spare Pismo question — #1

How well does a Pismo function under X? I have two Pismo parts machines and am pondering spending some money ($100 or so) on a battery and memory to make a single low-end (probably…
68kMLA Hardware by beachycove Thu, 3 Dec 2009 - 02:11

For "take it away" — #1

Today's pick up, besides a Apple "floppy" HD I have to test out more thoroughly, was this! http://www.floodgap.com/iv/618 Your eyes do not deceive you: it is an SE/30 with WebSta…
68kMLA Peripherals by ClassicHasClass Thu, 3 Dec 2009 - 01:56

Yikes! — #1

I picked this one up on eBay about a week ago. I was looking for a cheap G4, mainly so that I could install 10.4 onto my PowerBook G3 Lombard's hard disk, since I could not get the…
68kMLA PowerPC by Gil Thu, 3 Dec 2009 - 01:48

Color Classic Screen Color Issue — #1

The screen of my Color Classic would intermittently go off color - as in the red would become greenish and so on. It was intermittent a few weeks ago, now it seems to be off color…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by enigmaaaaa Wed, 2 Dec 2009 - 17:21

SE/30 Capacitors — #1

I have a pair of SE/30's, from the serial numbers one is Irish and the other is American, and I'd like to replace the capacitors on both. One did work occasionally, but now only s…
68kMLA 68k by VMSZealot Wed, 2 Dec 2009 - 12:37

The mystery of the Quadra 605... — #1

Hi guys, I recently got this Quadra 605 from ebay http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260510108280 However, it doesn't work. When I tried to turn it on the…
68kMLA Hardware by edibot42 Wed, 2 Dec 2009 - 02:42

Just got a Macintosh IIE — #1

Just got one yesterday for free! Drove 45 minutes to get it. I got 6 boxes of disks with it, a bunch of software, 2 drives, and all the manuals with it. Actually, got 3 copies o…
68kMLA Software by JPauli Tue, 1 Dec 2009 - 04:34

Having some trouble with a hard drive... — #1

Okay. I've got a Power Macintosh 7500 (see signature) with a 68-pin Ultra 160 SCSI LVD/SE Adaptec controller card. The model number of the card is AHA-2940U2B. It says on a labe…
68kMLA OS 8 by phreakout Tue, 1 Dec 2009 - 04:20

Compact Mac Case Mods — #1

Any of us here into the case modding scene? I have a Macintosh SE FDHD here that shouldn't be too hard to get working again, looks like the HD is blown but that's all. The case ext…
68kMLA Hardware by iMac600 Tue, 1 Dec 2009 - 02:51

Adding an LCD to a Color Classic — #1

I was looking at bare bones LCD panels, and I can find them for around $20 or so for an 800x600 panel. However, finding pinout information was impossible even from the manufacture…
68kMLA Hardware by olePigeon Tue, 1 Dec 2009 - 00:51

SE fan replacements — #1

I've got an SE with a really noisy fan I'd like to replace. Unfortunately, the SE uses an odd paddlewheel style fan instead of the fans you typically find in systems since that ti…
68kMLA 68k by bbraun Mon, 30 Nov 2009 - 00:34
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