Just finished a fresh install of System 7.1.1 on my newly arrived Quadra 700 w/ 1MB VRAM and 20MB RAM. Everything looks OK, but the Options button in the Monito…
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I'm planning on selling my Centris 650 and to do that, I want to put a fresh install of System 7 on there. However when I put in the Install disk it tells me: T…
Prices are what I paid, not sale prices. 2x Power Mac G4 533 MHz 1x Power Mac G4 500 MHz Nice specs. $45 each. Working, ready to go condition. Can re-sell on ad…
I recently acquired a Powermac 7600/132 with video inputs. Does anyone know if I can use this to digitize VHS tapes? What application would you use? The CPU has…
Just came across a sealed box of claris works 2.1 for both 68k macs, and early power pc.. Myself, always like claris..up to 4.0 better than MS word....but Word …
Just won a boxed MacWrite II in the final minute on eBay!!! I now have three MacWrite IIs, two of which are in their original box. My new dilemma is whether I i…
does anyone know where i can find a coppy of mac os system 7.6 or how i can make floppies of system 7.5.3 from the apple arcived files from their site? i have a…
Hi, How can I remove the startup password to the notebook "Apple Macintosh Duo 230"? I remember the startup password is removeable from any kind of Apple Vintag…
I am trying to set up a couple G3 500 MHz computers for my grandkids. They are on a DSL connection. They are running OS 9.2 I can connect to the internet using …
I just snagged a copy of ClarisWorks from a thrift store today. Version 1.0, the shrinkwrap was still on the box (albeit ripped open) and the floppy envelope wa…
So it seems that Apple offers free downloads to 6.0.3 and other software from that era but nothing earlier. Since the earliest Mac that will run it is the Plus,…
I got an Apple vs Windows tape sent to me about a week ago. The seller was in Galveston It's produced by Apple, circa 1996 or so. I will digitize it sometime af…
Argghhhhhhhhhhhhh..... Breath in... I've got a Mac classic II for just one application, just the same way that I got a Mac IIsi for the same application, but I …
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I can't seem to find this anywhere-- exactly how much does a Disk ][ controller card weigh? Anyone have one to find out? Know off-hand? Here's a picture of one.
I used to have all these 5.25" Apple II educational games. They were made by a company called SVE. They had a red label. The most notable ones included the loll…
So, today I got a dual 450 gig-e, with a rage128pro in it. I right away hooked it up to my LCD, and started it off an OSX installer, to see that the video was v…
Hey Guys: This might be old news but I heard about this archive a long time ago (maintained by Apple until 2001) full of "unsupported" System software and other…
This is all from the b*stard recycler (Scrap Computer). Today someone else was the manager and he was a lot nicer. Three broken eMac 1.25 GHz, $25 each. Capacit…
At Goodwill today I picked up a USB Floppy Drive for $4. Works perfectly with OS X 10.4, slow though. I hope it can write 800k disks.
I'm SOOOOOOOOOO close to having my protools rig up 100%.... Not only that, but I don't feel like going through an install process. Trust me, this is the easiest…
Virtual PC 6.0 is complaining about not having HTMLRendering Lib and I can't get my OS 9.2.2 CD to install it. I don't know WHY it needs it, I just know I don't…
I have a beige G3 (check signature) that I want to be able to play DVD's on. VLC kinds sucks for that because you can't do anything else while using it and even…
I need an application called something like SmoothTalk. Anyone know where I can download it?
Picked these up recently, at estate sale...CHEEP! On the firing line..my 500 days at Apple Gil Amelio The 2nd coming of Steve Jobs ( Alan Deutschman ) West of E…
I got this powerbook 520 from a teacher who knows i collect vintage macs!! for free!! it not have the charger but i figured how to use other charger to start it…
Okay, it's that time again... The new RC site is up, and it's time to get your entries in (or at least start thinking about them). Pretty much the same as past …
i want to transfer some draws from my plus to my g4, i have the macpaint files here (the g4) but i dont know how to open it.. i try with photoshop but doesnt wo…
Hey all - I've been thinking of a project built around an SE, and had a couple of questions. One of the things I'd like to do is drive an LCD as the primary dis…
Hi everyone! Im glad this forums are still alive. Im working on liberating an old Quadra 700 which I got as a gift, and I also got an external Yamaha SCSI CD bu…
Hey everybody, I hate to resort to this shameless begging, but here goes... We aim to provide this site as a free resource but, as I'm sure you can imagine, we …
Me and a freind liberated a IIe from school and it works great, and is sweet to look at and play with but with no software it is just eyecandy. I was wondering …
Before I begin I'd like to apologize beforehand for my complete ignorance in this matter. I know how to reinstall OSes for my other Macs, but ever since I got t…
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I ordered 20 800k floppy disks from DisketteConnection.com for my Macintosh SE, and they arrived today. Needless to say, after the SE formatted it, the floppy d…
Well, as I've had absolutely no time to even start any of my projects (thanks to my day job), and having been told I need to put together a fairly substantial p…
Hi everyone... I'm trying to perform a clean reinstallation of the system software on my Color Classic (it's full of junk from the previous owners), but I'm hav…
Hi, A few weeks ago I acquired a Macintosh SE from eBay. It's an awesome Mac, and doesn't seem to have anything at all wrong with it. These 20-year-old Macs are…
What are the differences between 1.0v4 & 1.5v3? Is there a way to get 1.5v3? I have 1.0v4, but if there's not much of a difference... I haven't been abl…
My Lombard (400 Mhz) Will not open anything that uses Open GL. Anyone know a fix? I am running Tiger.
Is there any place to get a slot loading bezel for a Lombard/Pismo expansion bay?
Hello all, I'm having some trouble on installing Mac OS 9 on my Pismo. Recently I downgraded the thing from Tiger to Panther (it was dragging itself in every ap…
Anyone have any expereince upgrading their Cube's video card? Mine's got the stock Rage128. I saw a couple of articles on other sites, but wondered if you fine …
Booted up a beautiful Quadra 610 to find the ? Disk flashing on screen. I got it to boot up properly a couple times, but it's pretty much on its last legs, maki…
I finally got this working!! For anyone who is curious as to what it looks like, I made a video of it on youtube. It's running on my Platinum //e. http://www.yo…
Firstly "Filemaker Pro 2.0" - arrived this afternoon, will put it on the SE/30 when i get it fixed http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=166344490 and…
I have a copy of the original MacTerminal, but does anyone know if the one that caused Apple to write the Comms Toolbox is available anywhere?
Hey all, My new lombard works great except for one thing: after being awake for a while the trackpad starts to "jump" around -- when I lift my finger off of the…
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So I got a 40" Dynax (Best Buy?) TV for free, with a note that just says "won't turn on." Opened it up and found that the huge capacitor had literally blown its…
http://www.sweetwater.com/publications/sweetnotes/sn-earlysummer98/page-03.htmlaccording to this graph, mac os 8.1 was current at the time of the v4.0 releaseor…