Capacitor replacement on iMac G5 — #1
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! …
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Gets reset few times a week — #1
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…
G4 MDD 1.25Ghz — #1
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…
A Filthy useless SCSI Enclosure covered in tar — #1
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…
running without a fan- Mac SE FDHD — #1
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…
I've done some stuff on the Wiki. — #1
Hey everyone I just added some pages to the Wiki. Just tell me if they're ok. Thanks
Here: http://68kmla.org/wiki/Upgrades/Processor
and Here: http://68kmla.org/wiki/Upgrades/Net…
Upgrade Path For Apple II — #1
Was there an upgrade path for original Apple II users? If so how far could one go before having to buy a whole new computer?
II
Plus
IIe
IIe enhanced
IIe Platinum
IIgs
bus errors? — #1
I have a Quadra 700 here that constantly gets bus errors at startup, right before it would load extensions. Often though, this does not happen. The ratio is about 50/50 if I had to…
Getting a Classic II on TCP/IP — #1
I've got a Classic II running 7.5.5 and MacTCP 2.1. I've also got an AsanteTalk adapter that appears to work. When it's plugged into a switch, the RX light flashes, as does the act…
What kind of disks does my Disk ][ use? — #1
So I picked up an Apple IIe with a Disk ][ from the local Goodwill.
I want to buy some disks to use, but my google-fu is failing me. I seem to recall that it requires hard sectore…
What is this PDS card? — #1
Anyone know what this is: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=370246807920
It looks about the size of an Asante network card and is that a math coprocessor …
Liberation . . . gift . . . or . . . — #1
. . . recoupment? I'm not sure what to call my latest . . . re-acquisition!
When I was in Philly, my (very wonderful) ex-wife brought down a few boxes of goodies. My Bell &a…
Performa 6400/180 cheap — #1
Well, I just had my week made. I was out this evening, when I hadn't planned on being out at all and was kind of not wanting to drive places. I happened to be driving past an old p…
6400/180 - no red color? — #1
(just noticed this may be in the wrong forum, sorry...)
I just grabbed a cheap 6400/180 (see post in conquests), came with an M2943 multiple scan monitor. All seems to work well, …
Enhanced Apple IIe — #1
Well I didn't know that the Apple IIe was available in platinum color beside of Platinum IIe with numeric keys
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Internal SCSI Issue — #1
I've got a partially restored Quadra 700. It came with nothing, no RAM, floppy drive, hard drive, or even internal device cables. It now has all the internal devices, maximum RAM…
iBook G4! — #1
Another Conquest here! (Sorry in advance since it is not really vintage, Judging by the conquest wars going on...)
Got me an iBook G4 from a family friend! Said he didn't need it …
Macintosh Plus!!! — #1
Hi,
Just bought this as a Buy-It-Now on eBay for a total of $50.00.
The seller includes the keyboard, mouse, and even the owner's guide as well! So overall, I'd say, a great eBa…
cheapest smallest mac? — #1
What is the cheapest/smallest mac?
The contenders I can think of are;
Quadra 700
Powerbook duo 280c
MacMini
I want something... I think I could live with os 7.1 if I needed to…
Macintosh LC III repair help! — #1
Would somebody happen to have the LC III motherboard layout? My LC III was shipped to me without the ROMs installed and I need to know the correct position of the ROMs so hopefully…
RetroBrighted SE/30 System — #1
Folks, I did all the work this past Spring, but it took me until now to upload the photos to my Flickr account. Simply put, I used both liquid and gel versions of RetroBright on m…
Retro style Mac Plus Photo!!! — #1
Just thought I'd share :beige:
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A couple keyboards and something even better — #1
Anyway, yesterday I call my Grandpa (who had noticed that one of his friends had a couple old Apple ][gs, and I ended up getting one a while back), and tell him that I've gotten ar…
OS X 10.2.9?? — #1
" There are rumors that 10.2.9 will be released in mid-2009 to address several bugs and vulnerabilities that remain in version 10.2.8."
http://lowendmac.com/osx/jaguar-10.2/index.…
Quadra won't save a file — #1
So I have my 840av working.... it's running off've a 2gig external hard drive.
I recorded some video and saved the file which then has to be converted, but when I try to save the …