I redid mine using just a normal soldering iron, and yea a few are in a tight spot but it is doable. Maybe I should ebay mine with "new capacitors" in the header Actually it i…

Be sure to avoid the dreaded Bomb Shelter so you can bask in the glory of crashes galore!

It's supposed to be in perfect working order, and that's got to be worth something. Click to expand... Part of the spirit of the MLA is to rescue these old Macs and then return…

It's supposed to be in perfect working order, and that's got to be worth something. Click to expand... Everyone likes to think that they can get a working compact Mac at any ti…

OpenDoc, CyberDog, PowerTalk, QuickDraw GX, let's show the world how it was supposed to be! Make sure all binaries are FAT CFM, that way if your PPC suddenly decides it's had enou…

Oh, and don't forget Macsbugs. Then you can show your friends how user friendly and powerful the Mac is when it crashes. }

Yeah, you're always best off having 32 bit addressing turned on unless you've got software that only supports 24 bit.

You also want as many plugins for said internet browsers as you can get your hands on....mmm, sweet plugins....

Pics!

Duuuuudddeee thats WAY too much! You have been ripped off no offense. 8-o

One more question - should I have 32-bit addressing on? Or will it not matter until I exceed the 12mb Click to expand... You can't use more than 8MB without 32-bit addressing, …

Perhaps this is why my video is changing? Click to expand... I didn't think you performed the 640x480 mod. Click to expand... No, I didn't perform the hi-res mod, but perha…

Just wait until CaryMG gets back here and sees us all laughing at him. :'( We're sorry, CaryMG!!! xx(

It's supposed to be in perfect working order, and that's got to be worth something. Click to expand... Part of the spirit of the MLA is to rescue these old Macs and then return…

It's supposed to be in perfect working order, and that's got to be worth something.

:lol:

Cool! Thanks for all the info... Very interesting... I'll get the soldering iron out, and try not to ruin anything!

Misusing the PMU as if it were a CUDA has a good chance of not resetting your MLB when you need to do so. Click to expand... I followed this: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1939…

Haven't even seen these yet, but ... I now have one or two early PowerBooks from the "gray plastic" era. I saw a CL post for a bunch of freebies in a driveway, with a pic of about…

Looks pretty nice, not too terribly yellowed.. though for $110 I'd want more than a 30MB HDD and 8MB RAM.

8-o :lol:

You had better be sure that you make good use of that Mac Classic II! You'll have to use it for something useful, every day, to make up for that price!

Perhaps this is why my video is changing? Click to expand... I didn't think you performed the 640x480 mod. An interesting side note here: I put my Mac TV logicboard in the CC …

… I have an external cd-r … but when I put a cd in the cd-r drive, it isn't mounted on the desktop … Click to expand... If the 840av is indeed the successor to/baton-carrier af…

You seriously paid $110 for a yellowed Classic II? Oh dear...