I took a trip to Goodwill during my lunch break today. While there wasn't a lot of computer stuff (only some $70 LCDs), I did find a rainbow Apple logo in a CD rack. That Apple lo…

I just got word that an acquaintance has finally managed to pry loose a long-promised classic Mac. I had no idea what to expect from this or when (if ever) I would get it - the fir…

I've just acquired a beat-up firewire clamshell -- the screen is cracked, and the rest of the poor thing looks like it was run over by a truck (for all I know, it was). Other than …

I'm thinking of pulling it out of my closet and upgrade the OS a little. Trouble is, the only computer I have that has floppy is an eMachines T2080. But I figured I can image the O…

OK several problems. When turn on, it doesn't not make the bong sound. I don't know if a Mac SE 30 should make that sound or not when starting up. Second, sound volume is kind o…

I got this bag a while ago and decided to look at it tonight. 2 of the RAM sticks are new and have 'NEI - 100 37101' & on another sticker 'n1 x 36-70' and are from 1996 3…

Hi, I've been busy the past week restoring my dead SE/30 - I have a spare SE/30 machine for parts as well. Both had the Simasimac at startup, so I took about replacing all of the…

This thread will give you a very bad impression of me, I'm sure. A few years ago I acquired an old SE 30. The other day I was showing it off to friends online, and I thought I'd s…

My Macintosh LC III from GreenDoc came today in the mail. Besides some uniform yellowing, it's in perfect condition; both tabs snap together nicely (no tab issue, luckily). The on…

While Working on my powerBook 150 today, I got it to a almost perfect condition. Put it back together and, a Black screen and a bad smell. On further inspection it seems that I hav…

So today I went to a thrift store in hopes of finding any old macs. Nada, Later on in chinatown, I thought i'd stop by an old hardware shop which sells electronics and Keyboards an…

I went to a book sale where it was $3 for a filled bag. There were a lot of computer books, not just many vintage Mac ones. I did manage to find Macworld Illustrator 5.0/5.5 Bible…

Hey everyone, the eMac in my sig has some DVD problems. I installed a nice superdrive, (Not apple branded) from an old DVD player/creator. The DiskDrive does NOT Detect DVDs but do…

I hope this gets a good home: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250480615872&_trkparms=tab%3DWatching#ht_506wt_1101 Most notably, it has the elus…

I figure i'll get better results if i post here. According to Mactracker, the LC III had 1 ram slot. If this is the case, what is the other slot that looks like a ram slot? EDIT:…

I know... a PC floppy drive isn't vintage mac-related, but i didn't feel like making two topics; one here and one in the Lounge. Besides, I need it to transfer data to "Treebark" (…

Ok then - Mac Plus, it boots, or rather it can boot all the way to the desktop and it can sit there for a while - usually less than ten mins - then it re-boots. it generally gets t…

I finally got around to tearing down the old Macintosh 512k to see what the problem is. Visually the electronics appeared fine, so it looks like I need your help, 68kMLA. It has t…

Unrestored Classic II motherboard with leaky capacitors: { "lightbox_close": "Close", "lightbox_next": "Next", "lightbox_previous": "Previous", "lightbox_error…

Cost me $270 USD. I think it was an awesome deal. I got the guy to knock off $30. Btw, there are NO scratches on it ANYWHERE. It came out of my local college according to the g…

I got an LC475 with a 3rd socket beside the two VRam slots. It´s a little bit smaller than the two VRams, and I have no idea what this could be. At this pictures (nr. 4 + 5) you s…

I am looking on craigslist and saw a 1.8Ghz Dual G5 Power mac that is about $300. Comes with 160GB HDD. 1GB RAM. I know RAM installs in pairs, but I think this would be a major s…

The title says it all, which forum is appropriate for hacks now that we don't have a Hacks forum? jt :?:

I have an LC575 with 7.5.5 and here is my question: is there someway to output video from the machine? Either through hardware or software. I do gaming reviews and want to do some …

I noticed this OS mentioned in one of Dr. Bunsen's posts, I thought ubuntu support was strictly x86! 8-o How does this compare with the NetBook Remix a/o the current x86 releas…