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Hey... If a Mac SE shows his Happy Mac and switches then to the blinking question symbol, this just means 'No System' right? Could one suspect him the function …
Hey guys, I have an original ImageWriter from 1984 (photo here). It actually still works! I found the ribbon "ink" for it at Staples (2 packs for $15) and some …
I finally found a good deal on a IIgs midi interface for my IIgs, and it showed up today. Now I need to go buy a midi cable and then I can see if it works!
So I scored this cool thing from e-bay. I am looking forward to some old school e-book action on my 5300 when it arrives.
I remember playing it on the same computer as Taskmaker. It had NES style graphics, and I encountered a dragon VERY early on.
Apple G4 PowerMac Power Mac Dual 450MHZ CPU Processor part number 661-2305 i have a PowerMac G4 AGP sawtooth. i have done the device check and got 00000007 as m…
Got a (in my sig) Q605 - 33Mhz hack, full RC040, 64MB SIMM, 250MB hard disk, PDS etherent, I think MacOS 8.1 It was put away working about 2-3 years go. Pull it…
Picked up a working WriteMove II and was looking to see if anyone had a copy of the installation disk(s)... I was able to download the driver off of GCC's websi…
after installing RAM in my PowerBook 520, i seemed to have noticed something. Which I am not certain if it was there before or not, but the screen seems to adju…
I finally got a new(er) hard drive for my iBook G3. I pulled out of a Toshiba that was going to be tossed. It's a 100GB Fujitsu. Date says it was made in 2005. …
I got'z my new macbook ^_^ . I feel happy now This was a replacement for my last one that I bid farewell to the horrible rebuild that it kept coming back to me …
I got yet another mac yesterday. I bought a Umax S900 for $30 from the original owner. It still has the front cover on it, and the original CPU was included. Th…
Hmm, tough call around if this should go in this forum or the A2 forum - I'll try here. So my new (old) Apple IIe card for my LC turned up today so quick as a f…
Hard to tell — Daystar adaptor of some sort, looks like it makes one slot two, but for what slot? http://cgi.ebay.com/DAYSTAR-digital-expansion-card-for-apple_W…
Does the ANS require attached video to boot like many old Macs do? I got mine set up last week then moved it back into its niche (sans video), but could never l…
I bought this: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320239543738 under the assumption that it would fit in my 7300. To the naked eye, it…
IIfx won't turn on Tried brand new PRAM batteries in both slots with no success. Bad power supply? Bad motherboard?
Look at what I just installed into the rack at work: Inside revealed: http://idisk.mac.com/fourseason7444-Public/xserve-int.jpg Installed but not yet powered up…
Well this is a weird set of "liberations" if you could call it that, but I got in a cool little haul recently, all of it stuff I bought from techfury90. The fir…
I got a quicktake 150 camera that I got from my brother. Problem: the second installer disc, is badly damaged (keeps wanting to format) and I need to get the so…
In the spirit of our recent Lounge discussions, these are all straight-up liberations; that is, I got them for free. Non-Mac liberations are in parentheses. - T…
Name's Tony - I see some familiar nicks from other forums, which is good. I do IT in S. Florida for a cruise line, and have been into computers since early 80's…
There is a dead Quadra 610 on ebay that I'm willing to pull the CPU out (if I win the auction) for my LC 475, but how do I pull it out?
I've been playing with Fantasm lately, and was wondering if anyone had a registered version (versions 2 or 3)? I have no problem paying for it, but development …
is it possible to convert a PowerBook 520 to a 520c doing an LCD swap? What would actually keep it from using a color screen?
Roll up, roll up and cast your votes: What's the best Powerbook for System 6? Note that speed is not the only consideration here. Other factors that go into mak…
thank-you to patnukem, I have scored a PowerBook 520 (my first 68k PowerBook since 1998) for $30 cash. I will be picking it up either tomorrow, or on wednesday.…
Hi, I have 2x 2 Gb Seagate Barracuda that I'm trying to reformat/initialise for system 7. When I got them, I think they were partition, but when I remove the pa…
I have a 630-0102-E that has some parts left off of it, and wanted to find a schismatic for it so I can find some parts for it. Thank you in advance.
Finals just wound down for my third year, and I felt it was about time to stop in and see what had changed. I have tried going through a few threads here and th…
I got a Quadra 630 from someone on here a few months ago, and it worked great, but it had a newer OS loaded than I like. (I like having the earliest possible OS…
Could an adapter like this be used to convert a TTL level signal from the Compact Macs to a DVI LCD? http://news.thomasnet.com/fullstory/469492 I don't know any…
Ebay seller IC-China has just listed a stack of new ZIFs; some G4s and some G3s. Have a look in their shop under Chips->IBM and ->Motorola. I just…
Hi, I'm looking for some software for System 6 that would allow me to take screenshots, any ideas?
Does anyone still use Hotline servers? There doesn't appear to be many around anymore. So I'm thinking that no one really uses them anymore. Do you? If not, wha…
Got a nice little Pismo 500/512 MB/40 GB pseudo-locally for $50 today. Works very well, just has a shot battery.
Drove up to Ennis yesterday and got the 4 Color Classics from macsane. Excellent condition.
Greetings fellow connosuers of retro technology! I'm posting this message at work from my latest conquest, a Netpliance i-Opener. It's an interesting little dev…
http://bestgadgetworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/3660.jpg I got a gift card from Best Buy and didn't know what to get so I snagged one of these. It was mar…
Got a working 81/110 with 64mb of ram. Thought I could put in a Sonnet G3 200 something mhz card in it, but not sure. Another Aduiomedia II card Toast Platinum …
I picked up a Belkin TuneCast FM Transmitter. I finally found one cheap enough that I could use to relay music from my Laptop or PC to a stereo system (Harmon K…
Hey all! I'm new here, but I have followed the last RetroChallenge with much interest. I was wondering when the next one is. I have a blog set up for the purpos…
Here's a couple of odd-ball questions. Can the 100 display 512x342 or only 640x400? Has anyone actually tried to boot a 100 with anything less than System 6.0.7…
Hi, I've got a Dayna EN/SC network adapter on my mac plus, and I have instaled the drivers on System 6.0.8. When it comes to appleshare over ethernet everything…
Yeah, I am shopping around for a 68k PowerBook just for the hell of it, and came upon a 520c. Guy says it has loose plastic around the screen but can be fixed. …
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Hello guys, I have a Macintosh SE/30 which I have bought off somebody. I have thoroughly cleaned the macintosh analog and logic board. when I say thoroughly cle…