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Scored a working iMac G5 from my employer, but need to recap the power supply and motherboard before I dare to use it much. Got several others which aren't powe…
· 7 posts · started 18 Oct 2009 - 22:43 · last 21 Oct 2009 - 00:22
I got a 400Mh Boindi Imac, !!!!!!! This is my 6th Imac g3 this one is all stock from what I know , I am going to boot it when i find a keyboard and mouse!! can'…
· 4 posts · started 5 Oct 2009 - 21:24 · last 12 Oct 2009 - 03:41
I just got my shipment of 2x1GB sticks of RAM for my PowerBook. I ordered them on Wednesday night, and would have had them sooner, but UPS ground doesn't ship o…
· 6 posts · started 14 Jul 2008 - 16:01 · last 11 Oct 2009 - 06:17
I have a iBook G3 Snow and I would like to know if I could recell it easily and within $40? If not I might as well just buy a new in package battery off eBay fo…
· 5 posts · started 8 Oct 2009 - 15:16 · last 10 Oct 2009 - 06:45
I just installed Leopard on this(fresh install) and ever since, when I scroll on a web page, the area around my mouse pointer moves down the page(its hard to de…
· 4 posts · started 26 Sep 2009 - 18:21 · last 27 Sep 2009 - 08:05
I just got a PowerBook G3 Lombard yesterday, and everything worked fine, but as of today, the Command key no longer works. I tried resetting the PRAM - but it d…
· 2 posts · started 25 Sep 2009 - 03:30 · last 25 Sep 2009 - 14:35
I did a search, but I couldn't really find the information I needed. I don't really know a lot about video cards... bear with me. I have a Sapphire Radeon 9600 …
· 2 posts · started 20 Sep 2009 - 18:35 · last 24 Sep 2009 - 20:32
since doing a cpu upgrade to my powermac G3 AIO.... I was going to sell it but decided to keep it. I formatted the drive, zeroed out all data... installed OS 9.…
· 6 posts · started 19 Sep 2009 - 04:31 · last 21 Sep 2009 - 00:21
I know, my history with iBook G4s isn't all that fantastic. In my nature though I had to try... this little machine is another victim of the "fractured solder s…
· 30 posts · started 3 Sep 2009 - 02:21 · last 18 Sep 2009 - 17:09
So I've recently gotten a copy of Rhapsody 2 that I'd like to get running on an older Mac. I honestly don't know much about the software, but if I were to insta…
· 2 posts · started 15 Sep 2009 - 06:02 · last 15 Sep 2009 - 06:27
Anybody running a Pismo with a G4 Upgrade? I'm thinking about upgrading to Leopard to use mine as network backup Mac, but I've heard that Time Machine requires …
· 5 posts · started 22 Mar 2009 - 00:24 · last 14 Sep 2009 - 18:14
picked up a 2001 quicksilver recently with a new psu 512 mb of ram 60 gig hd and a sad sad ati rage 128 16 mb video card for 50 euro 733 mhz i upgrade the ram t…
· 24 posts · started 28 Aug 2009 - 03:14 · last 3 Sep 2009 - 03:11
Hello, I am buying an old Power Mac G3 to use as a file server for my collection of vintage Macs. I would love to connect a 17 inch Apple Studio Display (Flat P…
· 19 posts · started 30 Aug 2009 - 19:12 · last 3 Sep 2009 - 01:37
Were can you get old Macs in Ohio? Preferably the Dayton area? I can't find anyplace that sells them, or people who want to get rid of them. :'( Thanks, agg23
· 3 posts · started 31 Aug 2009 - 17:49 · last 1 Sep 2009 - 04:03
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…
· 17 posts · started 16 Aug 2009 - 20:47 · last 1 Sep 2009 - 03:57
What kind of SCSI card was available for the G3 Power Mac? I think it was 68 pin, but I don't know whether it is an HD-68 or a VHDCI-68? I want to be sure befor…
· 1 posts · started 31 Aug 2009 - 12:01 · last 31 Aug 2009 - 12:01
I installed Xubuntu 8.10 on my iMac G3, though this time to take up the entire hard drive. After I finished the lengthy install and rebooted, I got the normal b…
· 1 posts · started 31 Aug 2009 - 05:14 · last 31 Aug 2009 - 05:14
I have replaced the 40GB drive in my iLamp to an 80GB Seagate. Now, when I was swapping drives I noticed the old drive had this white paper taped to the drive. …
· 6 posts · started 28 Jul 2009 - 18:46 · last 28 Aug 2009 - 13:52
I came back from vacation and my iMac G3 450 DV is dead. No powerup at all. Nothing. Any suggestions on what to do look for? I think there may have been a light…
· 4 posts · started 24 Aug 2009 - 14:58 · last 25 Aug 2009 - 19:20
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 ac…
· 25 posts · started 8 Aug 2009 - 17:55 · last 16 Aug 2009 - 16:19
I'm sure this sounds silly, but how do you slide the hard drive out of the Power Macintosh 5500 chassis? I unlocked the visible release tab but it seems like th…
· 8 posts · started 13 Aug 2009 - 18:00 · last 14 Aug 2009 - 04:48
Sorry for the new topic, this is the emergency. I found the auction: http://cgi.ebay.com/Lot-of-mixed-Macintosh-CDs_W0QQitemZ270440956609QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAU_C…
· 1 posts · started 11 Aug 2009 - 02:51 · last 11 Aug 2009 - 02:51
I fancied a trip to a semi-local used bookstore the other day (Sunday) and rescued 8 used Mac books. They are: Power Macintosh 8600 Users' Manual The Power Mac …
· 7 posts · started 4 Aug 2009 - 17:46 · last 11 Aug 2009 - 02:07
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 Illust…
· 2 posts · started 10 Aug 2009 - 16:31 · last 10 Aug 2009 - 17:57
I am searching allover for this and cant find it. I really want to experience the crashes. Could anyone point me in the direction of the hated Mac OS 7.5.2?? }
· 13 posts · started 4 Jul 2009 - 20:55 · last 9 Aug 2009 - 16:53
So I've got my 450MHz AGP Sawtooth running. However it is only recognizing 1GB of RAM. According to LEM and everymac.com it will accept 2GB. I have a 512MB and …
· 10 posts · started 4 Jul 2009 - 00:25 · last 7 Aug 2009 - 16:40
I'm typically not a huge fan of AIO machines. Back in 2001 my father decided he wanted to get a new mac, and decided on an iMac G3/600, which came in Snow and G…
· 9 posts · started 6 Aug 2009 - 17:57 · last 7 Aug 2009 - 08:45
Got a iMac G4 800MHz 17", local pickup from eBay for just £84. In the UK these are worth about £200, so it might be sold for a profit. Needs a clean inside and …
· 3 posts · started 4 Aug 2009 - 12:09 · last 5 Aug 2009 - 02:56
Picked up a cosmetically immaculate 400MHz Titanium PowerBook G4 last week, wasn't powering on and needed CD drive replacement. Had a spare 500MHz one at home, …
· 5 posts · started 30 Jul 2009 - 07:53 · last 1 Aug 2009 - 16:45
A guy at work had this and didn't have any use for it.. it's a G4 Cube, 450 MHz, 786MB RAM, 20GB, DVD-ROM, in LIKE NEW condition with the original speakers and …
· 8 posts · started 29 Jul 2009 - 23:42 · last 30 Jul 2009 - 21:47
WoOt! I won one of the items I have been looking for, for a while. 1 used Powermac 6360 for $36.65 ;D Hopefully it arrives in good shape, but so long as the pow…
· 4 posts · started 29 Jul 2009 - 02:34 · last 30 Jul 2009 - 03:17
So I was working on a client's Mac Mini, and I found a 10.2 Disk 1 in the CD Drive. I shot an email to the owner and he said that he had no use for that and tha…
· 13 posts · started 26 Jul 2009 - 16:15 · last 27 Jul 2009 - 23:21
I picked up a g5 dual 2ghz today it came with no ram, the fans in front of the g5s are missing, no video card and no ram (it does have a super drive though). No…
· 5 posts · started 25 Jul 2009 - 03:35 · last 27 Jul 2009 - 21:23
Hey, I created this account in case I get an iMac G3, and me and my brother share a PC, so as you can see I'm a bit of a beginner when it comes to computers. :-…
· 7 posts · started 25 Jul 2009 - 05:55 · last 25 Jul 2009 - 22:01
I have just bought an indigo G3 400mhz (slot loader cd model) off eBay for £10 Sure I admit it's not as if they are not readily available but it's my first owni…
· 2 posts · started 21 Jul 2009 - 19:57 · last 25 Jul 2009 - 15:57
I bought an adc lcd, like new condition not a single mark on this baby and it had the original box with manuls and everything here is a pick of it hooked into m…
· 4 posts · started 17 Jul 2009 - 01:36 · last 19 Jul 2009 - 08:37
Well, I am curious about how much my Sonnet G4 Accelerator for Nubus PPC Macs is worth. I hear it is an extremely rare part. It also has the adapter ribbon and …
· 7 posts · started 13 Jul 2009 - 21:56 · last 17 Jul 2009 - 15:48
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, …
· 4 posts · started 13 Jul 2009 - 19:33 · last 14 Jul 2009 - 17:06
Hello, I'm a forum lurker, so don't expect much posts from me, although I will be lurking around this forum for a while (probably until my sudden desire for a m…
· 5 posts · started 11 Jul 2009 - 02:52 · last 13 Jul 2009 - 13:08
I recently acquired an iMac G4 Flat Panel that will not boot. When turned on, you can hear the hard drive spin then stop, then the DVD combo drive spin and stop…
· 12 posts · started 21 Jun 2009 - 15:08 · last 10 Jul 2009 - 02:08
Sometime recently 68kMLA passed 1,000 registered members. We are also close to 10,000 threads according to phpBB. We already passed the 10,000 thread according …
· 21 posts · started 7 Jul 2009 - 10:40 · last 8 Jul 2009 - 19:12
Do the greyscale active matrix screens in the PowerBook 1xx series consume significantly more power than the passive matrix displays? I know that the early colo…
· 3 posts · started 1 Jul 2009 - 14:50 · last 2 Jul 2009 - 22:42
Over the past couple days or so I've been working on a G3 mini tower I picked up on ebay for $30 shipped. So far all I've done is clean it up a bit, get it runn…
· 35 posts · started 2 Feb 2009 - 02:18 · last 24 Jun 2009 - 03:39
Okay, well, it's conquest time once again, guys. This time at the same college that I've scored: -2x Blue and White G3s (November 2008) -3 various PCs, Athlon p…
· 11 posts · started 19 Jun 2009 - 18:20 · last 20 Jun 2009 - 18:15
I have found a pristine (though untested, as yet) Apple 12" RGB monitor at a local computer shop, along with an assortment of other old Apple items (two rather …
· 16 posts · started 27 May 2009 - 02:39 · last 20 Jun 2009 - 00:47
I have a Beige G3 that I have set up running OS 8.5 with AppleShare IP. For some reason, it keeps crashing. I can't seem to figure out the problem. If I boot it…
· 10 posts · started 19 Jun 2009 - 02:30 · last 19 Jun 2009 - 22:36

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I have Dark Castle on my SE/30 internal hard drive. It launches and plays no problem. I copied the files to an Enermax 20DL external SCSI drive with System 6.0.…
· 1 posts · started 11 Jul 2009 - 21:09 · last 11 Jul 2009 - 21:09
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