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Hi Guys, I recently acquired ethernet cards for my SE/30, but I'm unsure of their brand, I asked the seller and he was also unsure. Can you help me to identify …
· 4 posts · started 20 Dec 2011 - 10:36 · last 20 Dec 2011 - 23:08
Saw an sales add for Macintosh IIsi, 20€. 20Mhz 68030, 9Mb RAM (1+ 8) , 1.4Mb SuperDrive, NO HARD DISC nor keyboard etc. Should be clean and working perfectly. …
· 8 posts · started 18 Dec 2011 - 08:32 · last 19 Dec 2011 - 21:09
OK, no box or drives, but... •7600 mobo with 64 (16x4) MiB RAM and fully populated VRAM sockets. Includes speaker and A/V connectors board. I think I'm seeing a…
· 4 posts · started 18 Dec 2011 - 19:19 · last 18 Dec 2011 - 21:18
Please forgive me if this has been asked before, I've noticed members post very nice screenshots from their Compact Macs onto this forum so I know it is possibl…
· 4 posts · started 18 Dec 2011 - 05:21 · last 18 Dec 2011 - 16:21
I was wondering, does someone here have experience using a Mobius Speedster with an SE/30? I have one I would like to test out, but I don't want to risk damage …
· 4 posts · started 17 Dec 2011 - 21:25 · last 18 Dec 2011 - 15:13
Heyo, As I'm slowly working towards a variety of casemods using compacts, I want to seek the opinion of members as to which of the compacts are the most common.…
· 19 posts · started 15 Dec 2011 - 22:24 · last 17 Dec 2011 - 20:16
I recently bought an iMac G3 to give to someone. When the computer is on for a while (About 30min-1hour), the backside gets VERY hot (Like touch it and it burns…
· 5 posts · started 4 Dec 2011 - 04:46 · last 17 Dec 2011 - 01:54
Okay, I had completed a recap of the logic board for member of this forum. New capacitors in place and thoroughly cleaned of debris. I go to attach the board to…
· 3 posts · started 16 Dec 2011 - 11:13 · last 16 Dec 2011 - 20:18
Hi all, Tonight I've just made a dumb thing: killing the perfectly good OS 9 installed on my PM G4 Quicksilver 2002. Long story short: I've replaced its entire …
· 10 posts · started 10 Dec 2011 - 21:32 · last 16 Dec 2011 - 04:13
. . . I posted this Internal CD Hack just about 10 years ago. I gave this pampered IIfx a good going over after I brought it to the Apartment from my Storage Ro…
· 39 posts · started 25 Feb 2010 - 03:37 · last 15 Dec 2011 - 20:24
As many of you are aware, my little IIci just doesn't have the juice to run much more than 8MBs of RAM and a 25MHz 040 Radius Rocket. So I was wondering if it w…
· 11 posts · started 2 Sep 2011 - 22:09 · last 15 Dec 2011 - 18:21
I don't know if this is known or not but I found this file in my SE's hard drive. Altough the idea is completely obsolete(IBM vs Apple,when were they last direc…
· 5 posts · started 23 Aug 2011 - 20:48 · last 15 Dec 2011 - 15:32
Does anyone know if you can use an 800K floppy drive to read 400K disks with a Mac 128K or 512K (the ones with 64K ROM)? I know those machines can't read 800K d…
· 8 posts · started 14 Dec 2011 - 18:26 · last 15 Dec 2011 - 04:05
Anyone interested? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Apple-1-Computer-1976-Original-/170746093288?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item27c1429ee8#ht_500wt_1361
· 4 posts · started 13 Dec 2011 - 10:36 · last 13 Dec 2011 - 18:06
Hello, I have a couple repair questions for 128k/512k machines. 1) I have 2 of these machines that show no video unless the analog board is flexed, then BAM is …
· 13 posts · started 28 Nov 2011 - 05:48 · last 13 Dec 2011 - 03:22
Is it possible to install a DVD ROM or DVD RAM drive in a Quadra?
· 14 posts · started 23 Feb 2010 - 18:30 · last 11 Dec 2011 - 22:44
I just recapped my Mac IIci. I was very careful. But I did wash by hand and dry the motherboard, just as I have done with other boards without problems. All the…
· 14 posts · started 4 Dec 2011 - 19:52 · last 11 Dec 2011 - 21:06
Hi, A recent acqusition, a G4 Quicksilver tower, contained a Village Tonic MPDD Pro PCI graphics card inside: http://www.villagetronic.com/mpdd/mpddpro_tech.htm…
· 2 posts · started 11 Dec 2011 - 08:21 · last 11 Dec 2011 - 11:34
I'm working on another project and I'm curious if for the Microsoft Premium Softcard //e you were able to partition SCSI devices so that you could have both Pro…
· 1 posts · started 10 Dec 2011 - 21:05 · last 10 Dec 2011 - 21:05
I see that you have icons from IconFactory for many of the older machines - while this is nice and quaint, has anyone investigated the possibility of asking the…
· 15 posts · started 5 Feb 2010 - 14:38 · last 10 Dec 2011 - 14:06
As many of you know, there is a case for an Apple Multiserver case on ebay. I won't post the link here as its all over the internet. There is some reference on …
· 2 posts · started 9 Dec 2011 - 06:57 · last 9 Dec 2011 - 16:32
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/12/08/rare_apple_80s_multiserver_70s_apple_ii_rom_prototypes_appear_on_ebay.html { "lightbox_close": "Close", "lightbox_…
· 2 posts · started 9 Dec 2011 - 06:26 · last 9 Dec 2011 - 06:55
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· 14 posts · started 30 Jul 2011 - 19:34 · last 9 Dec 2011 - 00:20
I hate waiting for something I know will be here today. I won a 867MHz 12" Aluminum PowerBook on eBay the other day for a whopping $66. The problem? The superdr…
· 11 posts · started 2 Dec 2011 - 16:42 · last 8 Dec 2011 - 22:07
For my winter break I'll be continuing my development of MacRefLib. Won't be submitting it as a Retrochallenge entry this time around, but will be hoping to rea…
· 1 posts · started 8 Dec 2011 - 19:22 · last 8 Dec 2011 - 19:22
I have my eye on Powermac G5 Dualcore 2Ghz with 3.5GB RAM etc. But wondering, should i bother to get it to replace (have an space issue with "collection") the 1…
· 6 posts · started 7 Dec 2011 - 06:14 · last 8 Dec 2011 - 11:18
As posted to macos9: Classilla 9.2.3 is released, after a long (and partially unexpected) hiatus.Like 9.2.2, this is a bugfix release, but there are several imp…
· 12 posts · started 12 Oct 2011 - 03:57 · last 7 Dec 2011 - 21:06
. . . what's the best way to get around the password protection to overwrite a password protected Windows install/do the above? Maybe I should have posted this …
· 2 posts · started 6 Dec 2011 - 16:20 · last 7 Dec 2011 - 02:27
I got from a friend a powerbook 540c. He didn't know if it works because he hadn't power adapter and batteries. I bought a power adapter and two intelligent bat…
· 9 posts · started 12 Nov 2011 - 06:40 · last 6 Dec 2011 - 18:39
(maybe we should open up a megathread for small questions like this around here?) i've been struck by G3 fever! after refurbishing and giving my love and care t…
· 3 posts · started 5 Dec 2011 - 20:57 · last 6 Dec 2011 - 00:59
Having never had a TAM before, it seems to keep a couple of the fans on when it sleeps. This got better after I pulled the PCI USB card, but it still has some (…
· 11 posts · started 3 Dec 2011 - 17:31 · last 5 Dec 2011 - 21:10
Picked up an older HP Vectra. Not for the machine itself, which didn't work, but for its memory. It had 3 512MB PC133 DIMMs in it. They are now in my dual G4/45…
· 3 posts · started 4 Dec 2011 - 23:50 · last 5 Dec 2011 - 11:32
Here I have a Classic II I have acquired off ebay for a low price of $29+Shipping. The computer wouldn't boot right away upon turning it on, it showed a "?" sym…
· 10 posts · started 28 Nov 2011 - 21:27 · last 4 Dec 2011 - 23:51
Bought an iMac G4 700mhz 15", 768Mb RAM, 40GB HD, combo drive with apple wireless keyboard, powercord and original speakers for 50€. The seller thought the HD w…
· 1 posts · started 4 Dec 2011 - 19:51 · last 4 Dec 2011 - 19:51
Has anyone experience with reading data from ADB licence keys you conect between computer and the keyboard? I know some older versions od Form Z have been hacke…
· 6 posts · started 30 Nov 2011 - 16:08 · last 3 Dec 2011 - 23:10
Just snagged an Apple model M0130 Floppy Drive in excellent condition for $5. It's yellowed, missing a rubber foot, and has tape residue on it, but there are no…
· 2 posts · started 3 Dec 2011 - 21:47 · last 3 Dec 2011 - 22:21
So, I have a 1gb 80 pin SCSI hard drive I wanted to use in an SE/30. So I bought an 80 pin to 50 adapter for it. However when I boot up the system with disk too…
· 25 posts · started 29 Nov 2011 - 05:41 · last 3 Dec 2011 - 20:55
Preliminary research and thoughts: Inspired by the recent spate of video hacking on compact Macs, EvilTim's MPxPlayer, and of course the Poor Man's Greyscale Pr…
· 12 posts · started 26 Nov 2009 - 06:10 · last 3 Dec 2011 - 16:52
I normally post this stuff in my IIfx thread, but this time I'd also like to share it here in order to point out some of this years nicer conquests, if you can …
· 9 posts · started 1 Dec 2011 - 03:55 · last 3 Dec 2011 - 16:13
Well, the Color Classic is refusing to power on. Inspected the logic board, caps look okay. Replaced PRAM battery, no difference. The PS makes a slight whine wh…
· 15 posts · started 20 Nov 2011 - 21:55 · last 3 Dec 2011 - 12:31
I had this card bookmarked on ebay but forgot about it. Kind of shocked it went for $180 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Orange-PC-MS-DOS-Coprocessor-card-NUBUS-Mac-Int…
· 1 posts · started 2 Dec 2011 - 15:54 · last 2 Dec 2011 - 15:54
I don't remember who it was, where it was or when it was posted, but somebody wanted to see a pic of my fully operational . . . . . . DuoTrackball Upgraded 190c…
· 8 posts · started 18 Oct 2011 - 01:13 · last 2 Dec 2011 - 15:51
Steve's passing has inspired me to pick up my resto /mod / now memorial project that I began years ago on my Classic. The case is in awful shape and needs *fill…
· 4 posts · started 7 Oct 2011 - 00:55 · last 2 Dec 2011 - 03:02
. . . maybe . . . so far it's just a quirky collage of found objects displaying relatively natural effects, but it made me think . . . . . . about using frisket…
· 3 posts · started 29 Nov 2011 - 15:50 · last 1 Dec 2011 - 22:32
So, I recently traded my spare Pismo to BGoins12 for an MDD without a power supply. Over the weekend, I put a post on the LEM swap list looking for one. Disappo…
· 7 posts · started 30 Nov 2011 - 05:40 · last 1 Dec 2011 - 22:16
Alright, finally got them set up next to each other. The bookends of the 17" iMac line. On the left is the July 2002 iMac G4 - 17". Running Mac OS 9.2.2, browsi…
· 3 posts · started 1 Dec 2011 - 06:16 · last 1 Dec 2011 - 19:25
Having just successfully connected a Mac Plus running System 3.2 to a Power Mac 8500 running System 9, I have to say that LocalTalk is the best thing ever. How …
· 31 posts · started 26 Sep 2011 - 18:42 · last 1 Dec 2011 - 14:01
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