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I found an Apple PowerCD player at a flea market today for $2 (talked down from $5). No base, ac adapter or remote. I'll have to see if it works.
· 8 posts · started 31 Aug 2008 - 21:24 · last 3 Sep 2008 - 02:58
I got myself the following: New Math Blaster Plus MacWrite Pro (with shrinkwrap!) Number Munchers Word Munchers ...all to add to a MacDraw II I got recently (wi…
· 3 posts · started 3 Sep 2008 - 01:25 · last 3 Sep 2008 - 02:06
First time I seen a Q840 and I grabbed it. Nice shape but missing a hard drive.
· 7 posts · started 28 Aug 2008 - 04:18 · last 3 Sep 2008 - 02:04
I have been using my Newton at least once a week (usually during the boring weekly tech report meetings of endless powerpoinr slides of tedium). I love my Newto…
· 5 posts · started 29 Aug 2008 - 13:37 · last 3 Sep 2008 - 01:45
Hey all! I'm new here as a user, but I've been browsing the forums for the past couple years... I decided to become a user since I now have a working 68k Mac in…
· 6 posts · started 31 Aug 2008 - 18:41 · last 2 Sep 2008 - 22:22
I'm thinking of getting an older iMac, so I can retire my aging 9500.. I like using my laserwriter 16/600...and stylewriter 2400... but you can't use 'em offhan…
· 2 posts · started 2 Sep 2008 - 11:48 · last 2 Sep 2008 - 17:31
I'm looking into buying an iMac G3 (Slot loaded CD/DvD) w/ 500MHz, 256MB (up to 1GB on this model i believe) and Mac OS X 10.4 (tiger i believe) installed. At m…
· 13 posts · started 30 Aug 2008 - 22:16 · last 2 Sep 2008 - 16:42
Got this from a friend that didn't know what to do with it. Just sitting around her house. Awesome. 80 meg HD, 8M RAM, and the modem! Compliments my 170 very we…
· 3 posts · started 2 Sep 2008 - 03:56 · last 2 Sep 2008 - 04:35
Hello all. New user here. I have been a huge fan of Macs since before they were sold, I've been using them in one form or another since 1983 (Yes they existed b…
· 18 posts · started 24 Jul 2008 - 22:20 · last 2 Sep 2008 - 03:56
I just bought this -> http://shrani.si/f/1a/6u/2WSzr8He/d3b91.jpg Evereything that I know about this system version is that it was not officially release…
· 9 posts · started 29 May 2008 - 08:12 · last 2 Sep 2008 - 02:52
Can one use a Color Classic as a monitor too? Does it have an DB15 connector? [] ]'> There is one PowerMac and one Color Classic ending soon on ebäh, bot…
· 7 posts · started 30 Aug 2008 - 12:55 · last 2 Sep 2008 - 01:48
I went to the Value Village today and got some normal conquests (USB card with two ports , Ethernet card, Yellow cat5 cable and a power cord for standard PSUs),…
· 14 posts · started 7 Aug 2008 - 20:47 · last 1 Sep 2008 - 21:36
For £5. It has the L2 cache, PCI ethernet and a 2MB PCI graphics card of some sort. I love the look of the 6400/6500 series, much curvier then most other old ma…
· 18 posts · started 30 Aug 2008 - 12:22 · last 1 Sep 2008 - 19:01
OK, so I decided today was the day to switch displays, the good display from the Lombard with the bad power card and 333 MB, to the one with the broken display …
· 6 posts · started 10 Apr 2008 - 19:01 · last 1 Sep 2008 - 17:14
I found this at the side of the road during the hard rubbish collection: ;D http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/940/imac1cy6.jpg It's a 266 mhz, the sticker on it …
· 25 posts · started 18 Aug 2008 - 22:55 · last 1 Sep 2008 - 07:19
I guess I can tell the long version of the story... Back in mid-July, I got a Mac Plus at a sale, but with a crippled mouse (no ring or ball). I went to the loc…
· 1 posts · started 1 Sep 2008 - 01:02 · last 1 Sep 2008 - 01:02
I have recently gotten a PowerBook 180c and want to change the desktop pattern to a 640x480 PICT image. I open it in simpletext and copy the whole thing, though…
· 16 posts · started 2 Jul 2008 - 18:52 · last 1 Sep 2008 - 00:22
I've just gutted a color classic...and have a bunch of stuff I basically rebuilt one into a spanking ' clean ' shell from the NIXER.. ( stand up and take a bow …
· 1 posts · started 1 Sep 2008 - 00:21 · last 1 Sep 2008 - 00:21
I need to find the system 6 CDEV called backdrop. I've already searched quite a bit.
· 6 posts · started 31 Aug 2008 - 05:51 · last 1 Sep 2008 - 00:16
Hi, I have a Macintosh Color Display that I use with my Centris 610. Everytime I turn on the Centris, after about half an hour I put my hand on the vent holes o…
· 17 posts · started 25 Aug 2008 - 22:24 · last 31 Aug 2008 - 21:51
hey what OS would u put on a 6500 with a 400mhz G3 upgrade? OS 9.1 or 8.6? I'm thinking 8.6? With OS 9.1 its slowww...
· 16 posts · started 25 Aug 2008 - 03:35 · last 31 Aug 2008 - 21:19
It's just on three days since I last logged into this site (GMT 1648 Thu 27 Aug 2008). During the interval, neither 68kmla.org nor 68kmla.com returned anything …
· 8 posts · started 31 Aug 2008 - 05:59 · last 31 Aug 2008 - 21:12
I picked up this lot from quinterro today: http://68kmla.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6997 In addition, there were: Toshiba 40x CD-ROM and 4 GB HD in a 2-bay SCSI…
· 1 posts · started 31 Aug 2008 - 20:54 · last 31 Aug 2008 - 20:54
These were from my dad who purchased the Canon EOS for more than a grand back in 1988 or 1989 and the camcorder a bit later. The Canon EOS doesn't work, but I'l…
· 4 posts · started 19 Aug 2008 - 00:38 · last 31 Aug 2008 - 19:05
My sister in UK found a working Mac SE in a hotel she just bought. It starts up and is in graet condition. however, there is no mouse and keyboard. I have found…
· 8 posts · started 29 Aug 2008 - 13:42 · last 31 Aug 2008 - 18:54
Radius VideoVision card with a VideoVision Studio Upgrade daugther board and a memory daugther board. Video card (unknown) with a MoviePak Adapter assy daugther…
· 11 posts · started 31 Aug 2008 - 04:31 · last 31 Aug 2008 - 17:02
A Robotics teacher I know game me some free PC's and other things. AMD Duron 800 MHz system (two HDD's, 256 MB of PC-100) Celeron 633 MHz system (one HDD, 64 MB…
· 6 posts · started 27 Aug 2008 - 00:47 · last 31 Aug 2008 - 16:27
After the successful SE/30 re-cap I decided to do a Classic II board. A Classic II board was the first board I ever did. I think ever other pad got lifted off. …
· 6 posts · started 29 Aug 2008 - 05:40 · last 31 Aug 2008 - 11:10
I've sent multiple(5+) PMs to iamdigitalman with no response, and I doubt it's his fault... I've taken care to PM him when he's on, but still...it's the same. (…
· 12 posts · started 2 Aug 2008 - 05:00 · last 31 Aug 2008 - 05:58
My brother gave me a 6GB and a 60GB laptop hard disk to try in my Lombard. While 10.3 will install on the 6GB, the Combo update to 10.3.9 won't. With the 60GB i…
· 2 posts · started 31 Aug 2008 - 04:47 · last 31 Aug 2008 - 05:34
ok, here is my situation. my old mac lc3 just had a bad os update and the firmware is either (A). dead or ( B) needs to be reflashed. but the problem is that i …
· 8 posts · started 30 Aug 2008 - 14:38 · last 31 Aug 2008 - 00:40
My dad came back from his office today with a whole bunch of Mac stuff that his office no longer uses. There were a few mice, an OS CD for a Power Macintosh G3,…
· 11 posts · started 24 Aug 2008 - 22:42 · last 30 Aug 2008 - 21:09
I'm putting together one good Colour Classic, from parts of three CC Carcasses...Here's a video glitch...When it boots up, the picture has a green tint..colours…
· 16 posts · started 28 Aug 2008 - 11:12 · last 30 Aug 2008 - 18:53
OK we had fun with this one last time, so let's everyone post your dream 68k peripherals, internal or external. Let's start with a list of all those "I wish the…
· 84 posts · started 3 Jun 2007 - 22:21 · last 30 Aug 2008 - 08:47
get this 75 bucks for a 867 mhz quicksilver with 768 meg ram the case was fantastic the videocard turned out to be a geforce 3 and inside i fine an atto ul3d sc…
· 6 posts · started 28 Aug 2008 - 03:53 · last 30 Aug 2008 - 05:17
I have a Centris 650 with the internal modem that was installed at the factory. I would like to move the modem to a G3 Blue/White tower. Is the modem compatible…
· 8 posts · started 28 Aug 2008 - 14:53 · last 30 Aug 2008 - 05:10
The spacebar is discolored, as is the case with 99% of the "clean" keyboards I've seen on EBAY. ... For what it's worth, my Mac 512k ... has not only a mint cas…
· 12 posts · started 26 Apr 2008 - 03:12 · last 30 Aug 2008 - 03:44
This isn't something I've scored, but am thinking about. Problem is, yeah I can probably scrounge up the money in a few weeks. I'm really interested in keyboard…
· 7 posts · started 22 Aug 2008 - 23:28 · last 30 Aug 2008 - 02:51
What do you people think about Carbon beeing outphased? I mean.. I like Mac OS X. But, I don't really like Objective C. It's okay, not soooo bad. But fixing the…
· 13 posts · started 29 Aug 2008 - 09:55 · last 30 Aug 2008 - 00:37
I was wondering why Deus Ex was horrible on my 9500/G3 - Radeon. Slow, graphics tearing etc. Turns out it was this nasty extension that came on the Sonnet cpu u…
· 2 posts · started 28 Aug 2008 - 12:21 · last 30 Aug 2008 - 00:00
Hey, I have been wanting to do a hack to backlight my lobmard keyboard. I was thinking I should use some light string, but I dont know how I should power it. I …
· 4 posts · started 20 Aug 2008 - 04:03 · last 29 Aug 2008 - 23:59
I have received Mac OS 6.0.8 in the mail today from TheNixer. I performed the installation on my SE, restarted it, and sure enough, the Finder now reads System …
· 4 posts · started 29 Aug 2008 - 16:50 · last 29 Aug 2008 - 21:48
after i sold my tibook, i had the choice of an HP with an amd turdion, or this. it's an intel pentium(!!)dual core, with 2 gigs of ram, 250 gig hard drive, and …
· 1 posts · started 29 Aug 2008 - 19:39 · last 29 Aug 2008 - 19:39
My friend of 3 and a half years died on the 13th. He was a good cat, but he had fatty liver disease which came on really strong. This is a cat who would eat a L…
· 17 posts · started 28 Aug 2008 - 14:29 · last 29 Aug 2008 - 17:31
In the process of re-capping an SE/30 board. I did 2 caps yesterday without any problems, it tested fine. I did 4 caps and ran out and decided to test the progr…
· 10 posts · started 21 Aug 2008 - 01:51 · last 28 Aug 2008 - 22:37
I need an application called something like SmoothTalk. Anyone know where I can download it?
· 3 posts · started 28 Aug 2008 - 03:20 · last 28 Aug 2008 - 20:20
I'm trying to use MPW for the first time. I'm trying to compile some source-code from Mac Tech. It's an MPW project, but the makefile calls for C, and in my MPW…
· 7 posts · started 27 Aug 2008 - 21:38 · last 28 Aug 2008 - 18:03
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