I've got an LCIII that has system 7.5.5 on it. The system is not a fresh install, but I've turned off most of the extensions. It has 36MB of memory. It seems pr…
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Well FedEx smashed up my favorite compact mac in transit to its new owner. So Is it possible to transfer the innards into a CLassic case? I would assume no, but…
Hey guys i need your help with something. I purchased an old ADB Gravis Blackhawk joystick. I know it works because when I move the joystick the pointer corresp…
FWBhammrDisk130 SCSI MO drive Alps GlidePoint Apple compatible MCE Technologies 16X iMac CD-RW Drive for iMac Rev. A-D NIB with toast 5.13
hi :b&w: .. im new to this forum and i have some questions about a quadra 605. the hard disk on this quadra just dead but i make a backup on my g4 mac, …
I have G4 AGP (450Mhz) which I have just upgraded with a Sonnet Encore 1.8Ghz processor and I have been running it ok for about a week and a halve with tiger 10…
Hey Guys, Im looking for Lisa / Mac Portable Parts in Australia, I am currently participating in the Retro Challenge, but I'm now in a predicament! The Lisa 2 I…
I have a Mac SE running system 6.0.something -- I'd love to use it with that classic mac digital clock program I saw on here a while ago. I'd have to find it (l…
Not for YouTube -- which I use this for > "YouTube" Video Grabber [it Works Flawlessly -- but for other streaming video websites: like Break.Com, for exa…
Got this as part of a multi-machine haul from Freecycle. It's a PCI/"Yikes!" model, but it's outfitted nicely, with 704MB RAM, and two ATI Rage128 PCI video car…
Does Classic under OSX benefit (indirectly) from the Unix foundation it runs on: Is it, in other words, in any sense multithreaded, or does it run in a single u…
I found 3 classic macs on the dock of a Computer place i go to. One is a working Macintosh SE, the other is a nonworking SE FD/HD and the other is a Mac Plus. I…
Today I received the Macintosh SE that I purchased from Nairon. It's giving me hell because it doesn't want to tidy up. I'm thinking of a paint job. What color …
I nearly pulled the trigger on Sawtooth last night but thought better of it. It had a Sonnet upgrade in it and the final price was below what I would have put i…
Got two Sun SPARCStations 20 and an IBM T20 via FedEx yesterday. One of the Suns looks a bit shot, so I've moved all the RAM and the processor to the other one,…
Hell yeah! I scored a free Pentium 3 laptop. It is made by Enpower and is old school. It is all black and nice and boxy! I love it. Specs: Pentium III @ 750MHz …
Well at least I'm excited. 512mb of RAM, no HD (but I have a 120gb around that I'll throw in). I do web development on a MBP, and I'll be setting it up as a tes…
Got in the mail today Daystar XLR8 MachspeedZIF G4 550 boxed with everything that is supposed to come with it, but used. New 600mhz model is $200 from Daystar w…
Today I rescued a Power Pc G4. It was going to eWaste and the owner contacted me. The only thing missing is the monitor. :'( I can put it in my room because it …
As is typical with these displays, mine has developed the click-zoom failure (where a slight audible 'click' is followed by the display quickly zooming in befor…
Hi, As I told in other posts, I use a B&W G3 with G4 zif from Yikes! 400 at 450mhz (trying 500mhz still). I followed the voltage tweaking guide to achie…
I tried to find an active Basilisk community to ask this question, but it looks pretty sparse out there. Does anyone know how (or if it's possible) to toggle ou…
last night someone put up a laserjet, on freecycle. i got it! i got it home and set it all up. this thing is huge, and looks a little overkill for our household…
The Microdrive I mentioned elsewhere arrived today, complete with generic USB adapter. And lookit - it's got an Apple on the back! Must have been an iPod pull. …
I am having some trouble installing a system on a CF card installed in a 2300c via an IDE-CF adapter (Chinese & utterly generic). The attempt thus far, …
So my friend offered me some gear: an 8600 which I stripped. I took the RAM (8x64MB sticks), the VRAM, CPU (Sonnet 400MHz G3 512k Cache), AV Module, PRAM batter…
A customer owns a Dual 1.8ghz PowerMac G5 that has issues. He also bought a stripped G5 containing a working mainboard. I get to take the non-functional mainboa…
Just purchased (off a MacTalk member in Perth) an Apple Newton 2000 MessagePad (upgraded to 2100 specifications). Included in the bundle were all cables and ada…
Free. Zero. Zip. Nada. I'm not sure of its specs yet except it has a Seagate 40gb hard disk. The reason it went for free is some complete idiot decided to flick…
Hi, I'm in a good mood; today me and my dad were over at the house we're trying to sell, to clean up the yard and stuff. While there, I picked up our hp Photosm…
I was given as a gift a CLEAR Apple Macintosh IIsi casing about 5 years ago. I have never heard or seen of another one. I know about the Clear Macintosh Portabl…
Closing some gas in my understanding: How did the 68000 do complex mathematical calculations? Obviously both the Mac and Lisa had spreadsheet and graphics/CAD-t…
Got this from techfury90 a few days ago, for free, I guess it could be considered an early birthday present. (My birthday is July 18th, btw, so get your package…
Ok, equant, here's an interim method that might end up being the final method. It doesn't absolutely minimize power, but it provides a large reduction with almo…
I spotted a "SCSI DVD-RW" external drive on eBay that was selling at a reasonable price. The enclosure was definitely Wide SCSI but the mechanism was ATA/IDE. I…
I got this one from the flea market. It came with a P3-600 processor, no memory and no hard drive. I've added some memory and it is now running Damn Small Linux…
I'm wondering, why is it that when I play an MP3 on my Performa 6200CD in iTunes, that it only plays the mp3 and then isn't responsive at all? In some cases if …
I noticed Arfink and Gobabushka are looking to use a Tandy 102 in the challenge, that is cool. Do either of you have the expansion based that allows the Tandy 1…
[For those of a non-UK disposition, the title is what's called 'Yorkshire' - an offshoot of English whereby letters and sounds are just randomly ignored] I land…
Spewing. Got given some PC stuff a couple of days ago, and in amongst it there was a PC card ethernet adapter, I was quite excited, Mum was mad that I had yet m…
Has anyone ever tried getting an Apple IIe PDS Expansion Card to work in a Quadra 950 PDS slot? I am thinking about making a retro machine and I was like "yeah …
Conquests have been quiet here lately, but last week I got a PowerMac G3 (Blue and White) @ 350 Mhz, 256 MB memory, 40 GB HD, a matching (Blue and White) 21in A…
Both from Mactalk, yet to receive: - Stripped G4 Quicksilver with "1Ghz" CPU. I'm 99% sure Apple didn't make a single processor G4, so hoping this is a dualie! …
...or, "Can I start early?" I know I said that I couldn't do an endurance challenge real well, but on the night of 10 June, my Pismo was forcibly removed from m…
Ok I have asked at the lisa list but I will also ask here (68kmla has always been so helpful) so if you are part of the lisa list I am sorry you have to read th…
I have an Apple //e and a Mac Plus. I will be getting a Mac Classic II in the near future. I would like to get a printer for these. I know nothing about the pri…
Curious if anyone knows of any cross compiler or Apple II Dev tools that run on 68k macs? Thanks, Nathan
658 pieces of BU40.... --wait for it--..........7 transistors starting at $.99. I checked the datasheets and the ratings for collector-base and collector-emitte…
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This has been on my mind for years, and have never acted on it. But where does it say that an LC or Classic is stuck at 10 Megs of RAM? Most II Series data bus …
So, this isn't really my conquest, but I'm at least storing, sorting, and repairing for a piece of it. CC_333, his mom, dad, and mori512 helped all helped out a…