I never knew that these existed, but sure enough, one came plugged into the LaserWriter I acquired today. It is essentially a 4-port standard RJ45 ethernet hub attached to an AAUI …
68kMLANetworkingby beachycoveTue, 2 Mar 2010 - 03:38
I posted a wanted ad for vintage macs on freecycle just recently since my curiosity about the old things has gotten the better of me.
Hello. If you have any old macs you wan…
68kMLAGeneralby Performa6360Tue, 2 Mar 2010 - 03:16
On top of my other conquest, I just picked up separately a free LaserWriter 12/640PS from my dentist's office (they had bought new equipment). I had been eyeing it up for years. Qu…
68kMLAPeripheralsby beachycoveTue, 2 Mar 2010 - 00:26
So I had to rip every box out of my house storage area to find one freakin power cable for my digital cable box and I ended up finding a few things I forgot I owned:
-Commodore 64…
Agreed today to buy this lot from a friend for $60 (text of the advert follows):
2 beige G3 Macs, 1 desktop, 1 tower
2 desktop Apple 6100/DOS
Centris 660AV
IICI
Quadra 650
IIC…
68kMLAPeripheralsby beachycoveMon, 1 Mar 2010 - 15:49
I know that this forum is meant to be for 68k Macs, but I thought that since you have PPC Mac sections, you should have an iPhone section. What do you guys think?
All the following Apple-branded service training videos on VHS videocassette, to join the 68k Powerbook service videos previously purchased, and those donated by tyrannis, for digi…
I have been away from the pre-mac Apple world for a long time. My parents bought for me a Franklin Ace (clone) when I was a kid, but they never got me software except for some lame…
i am now the proud new owner of an imac g3 500mhz. yay! i got it for a bargain- 10 dollars at a yard sale!
also, i just upgraded the memory to 512 megs from the 192 it had! howeve…
68kMLAPowerPCby cjtmacclassicMon, 1 Mar 2010 - 05:24
Managed to pick up a PM 9600/300 to go with my 8600/250. Still not found a full blown 9600/350 that I could afford yet, but this will do for now. Seller says it came from a graphic…
A recent eBay purchase of a Lucent Wavelan Turbo Silver PCMCIA has given me wireless Newton 2100 connectivity for the first time since I began to use a Newton in 1997-98. This was …
68kMLANetworkingby beachycoveSun, 28 Feb 2010 - 20:04
I have an old Macintosh Classic II computer. Lately, instead of booting normally, it has been flashing a disk icon with a question mark on it.
I need to boot it from a floppy. Unf…
Not ALL that amazing, AFAIK, but I got some pretty neat stuff, I'm a very happy camper! :rambo:
Here's all the new IRS Funded Goodies arranged on the MacCoffeeTable™ I've ment…
68kMLAHardwareby Trash80toHP_MiniSun, 28 Feb 2010 - 04:14
As long as I was posting it in a different thread, I figured I'd give it its own thread:
According to TGTTMFH:
ROM SIMM Socket
Code:
Pin Number Signal Name
1 …
I just scored the first Mac I ever used! My best friends Quadra 605, that he received for Christmas 1993. Neither he or I have seen or used the computer in over 12 years. Long stor…
http://cgi.ebay.com/Power-Mac-9500-132-CD-Floppy-Network-Tower_W0QQitemZ250584449182QQcmdZViewItemQQptZApple_Desktops?hash=item3a57ff409e#ht_1472wt_941
I know there is already a b…
68kMLAPeripheralsby Performa6360Sat, 27 Feb 2010 - 18:05
What are your opinions on the screen of the PowerBook 165c? Is it the worst of the worst of passive matrix or is it one of the better ones? Better or worse than 1400cs?
68kMLAHardwareby Performa6360Fri, 26 Feb 2010 - 19:35
What are your opinions on the screen of the PowerBook 5300cs? Is it the worst of the worst of passive matrix or is it one of the better ones? Better or worse than 1400cs?
68kMLAGamesby Performa6360Fri, 26 Feb 2010 - 19:35
The idiot being me, of course
I have a 2100 sitting around, and the battery is just about toast. I'd like to get my hands on the AA battery tray, but Newton bits & pie…
68kMLATroubleshootingby PinstripesFri, 26 Feb 2010 - 01:02
FINALLY! We gave the teacher who was using this an Intel Mac Mini. Specs are: 800Mhz, 256MB RAM (Or more, this is off the faceplate), 60GB HD, 15".
It has the Power Cord. The Scre…
Found a 128k that needs work for $150 on ebay. Got $12 Bing cashback and $3 ebay bucks. 8-o
It's the early model that just says "Macintosh" on the back, no "128k" after it. …
68kMLAHardwareby QuadramanThu, 25 Feb 2010 - 18:02