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I've got a 12" RGB, commonly known as an LC Monitor (the kind a shadow mask tube in place of a Trinitron), and am having some focus issues with it which seem to…
· 5 posts · started 31 Jul 2011 - 20:06 · last 9 Oct 2011 - 00:21
I have a IIx that I have been restoring to working order, and it's mostly working well. I've got it currently configured, as follows: 8mb RAM 9gb UW SCSI Seagat…
· 6 posts · started 10 Jun 2011 - 21:23 · last 8 Oct 2011 - 23:58
When I was a wee lad, I would sometimes go to Weird Stuff at it's original location off of Lawrence Expressway across one of the early Fry's Electronic's store.…
· 5 posts · started 8 Oct 2011 - 00:38 · last 8 Oct 2011 - 18:27
Will it work, I'm dumping one of the 6400's and would like to beef up the 5200, looks as if it should fit but I don't want to fry it.
· 6 posts · started 27 Sep 2011 - 23:58 · last 30 Sep 2011 - 21:58
Scored a Powerbook 170 and couple other PBs as mentioned in this thread: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=16943 The bezel is a little loose on the hinge and one side…
· 11 posts · started 26 Sep 2011 - 00:34 · last 28 Sep 2011 - 03:16
This one came to me as a parts machine, and at a price worth a small risk, but in fact the problem was a flaky power adapter. Booted right up from a good one. I…
· 8 posts · started 22 Sep 2011 - 17:33 · last 25 Sep 2011 - 18:08
I have a performa 520 Logic Board that was working quite happily in a Color Classic. After not being used for a month the machine suddenly won't start up. It wo…
· 4 posts · started 8 Sep 2011 - 15:02 · last 25 Sep 2011 - 05:34
Couple of questions: 1.What OS between 7.5.3 and 8.6 would be best for a mailserver? 2. If the system is clean, no bad caps (WOW!), good strong power supply, an…
· 3 posts · started 18 Sep 2011 - 02:12 · last 18 Sep 2011 - 14:27
I had originally posted this in Trag's trading post thread, but since both he and I believe it would find a larger audience here, I figured I'd re-post. I have …
· 8 posts · started 14 Sep 2011 - 02:27 · last 17 Sep 2011 - 22:57
Whilst cruising ebay for LCDs for Taco CCs and other hacks, I found a seller offering cheap controller boards to drive bare LCD panels from a range of inputs - …
· 8 posts · started 16 Sep 2011 - 07:31 · last 17 Sep 2011 - 19:35
There must be some kind of 12 step program I can join for this. Bear in mind, just six days ago I owned zero Macintosh systems or equipment. From left to right:…
· 14 posts · started 7 Sep 2011 - 06:33 · last 15 Sep 2011 - 06:41
A friend gifted me a working Duo 230 that he rescued from a trash bin. We got it to my house, and it booted up fine. System 7.1, 12 MB RAM, 120 MB hard drive, 1…
· 8 posts · started 11 Sep 2011 - 22:48 · last 12 Sep 2011 - 23:25
Got it for the amazingly low price of $15 with the AppleVision 1710 Monitor (DOA). But the system works. Specs: 120 mHz 601 64 MB DIMM 168pin 1.2gb HD 8x CD ROM…
· 8 posts · started 17 Aug 2011 - 02:36 · last 12 Sep 2011 - 18:35
Hey guys, just bought a Mac SE/30 on craigslist from a professor on a college campus. This is my first 68k Mac purchase in awhile. Anyway, I noticed an "800k" d…
· 7 posts · started 7 Sep 2011 - 23:22 · last 9 Sep 2011 - 00:21
I'm working on a project as detailed in the Room of Duo to get a PCMCIA card slot into my Newertech UltraDock.(Should be arriving in a few days) However, the ca…
· 4 posts · started 4 Aug 2011 - 18:54 · last 6 Sep 2011 - 03:46
So there are lots of 020/030 accelerators for the SE and Plus (actually not sure about 030s for the Plus but I think so anyway). Some of them have RAM slots tha…
· 2 posts · started 5 Sep 2011 - 18:49 · last 6 Sep 2011 - 03:39
OK, I bought *another* compact Mac today, a Mac 512Ke. It booted up fine from a 6.0.8 floppy, and everything worked fine. I left it on while I went to another r…
· 10 posts · started 3 Sep 2011 - 01:15 · last 4 Sep 2011 - 16:34
Woohoo! I've got a working Mac 512K, my first Mac in over a decade! I purchased the 512K system yesterday from a woman who recycles electronics. It booted to th…
· 10 posts · started 1 Sep 2011 - 23:32 · last 4 Sep 2011 - 10:01
I borrowed a friend's SE/30 that had been in storage for years. It's got an internal hard drive that works, with System 7 and a copy of Norton Utils, among othe…
· 7 posts · started 1 Sep 2011 - 07:39 · last 4 Sep 2011 - 02:28
Hey folks, I have a G4 Quicksilver from 2001 with an 800MHz processor. I'm going to be beefing up the memory to 1.5GB but I had a question about the CPU. Curren…
· 5 posts · started 3 Sep 2011 - 00:24 · last 3 Sep 2011 - 20:02
Well not really a conquest, but a rescue plan from another collector that needs to clear his house. Uploaded with ImageShack.us Uploaded with ImageShack.us .. I…
· 14 posts · started 24 Aug 2011 - 13:39 · last 1 Sep 2011 - 22:31
My sister's B&W Powermac went completely bonkers, so I handed over my Ruby iMac. Originally it ran just fine with 400MHz, 128MB RAM, and OS 9 (Japanese)…
· 25 posts · started 19 Jul 2011 - 02:44 · last 31 Aug 2011 - 19:57
I'm considering buying a Mac 512K system, and the seller sent me the image below. Any idea what would cause those wide diagonal bars?
· 4 posts · started 31 Aug 2011 - 04:04 · last 31 Aug 2011 - 06:50
Made it to the local flea market this weekend and found a Powerbook 520c with power supply and HDI30 SCSI adapter. Seller had no idea if it worked or not. Power…
· 3 posts · started 16 Aug 2011 - 20:25 · last 29 Aug 2011 - 15:58
My recently acquired Apple IIc read disks perfectly but when I try to format or duplicate disks (with ProDos v1.1.1 or 1.0.2), after the normal drive noise (lik…
· 12 posts · started 12 Aug 2011 - 09:01 · last 27 Aug 2011 - 05:47
FOR FREE! Well, mostly. It came across the LEM swap list as a free Color Classic and Centris 650, pick up only in North Carolina. My buddy Brian lives in NC and…
· 6 posts · started 24 Aug 2011 - 00:28 · last 24 Aug 2011 - 18:46
Hi, I'd like to issue a challenge of sorts. Which do you think is faster, and why do you think so, for doing computationally intensive tasks, primarily compilin…
· 5 posts · started 20 Aug 2011 - 04:57 · last 21 Aug 2011 - 05:50
. . . :O My, lidless ATM, DuoDock+ just booted up PowerDuo AND 2300c2 with LCD enabled! 8-o IIRC, it has never done that before and had a known good DeclROM/Soc…
· 5 posts · started 19 Aug 2011 - 18:40 · last 21 Aug 2011 - 03:27
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· 13 posts · started 25 Jul 2011 - 22:20 · last 20 Aug 2011 - 09:11
I recall reading a lot of posts here and there about a number of forum members who are very well-seasoned in the use of our old machines for recording, both whe…
· 6 posts · started 23 Jul 2011 - 08:27 · last 18 Aug 2011 - 12:56
I just purchased 3 Radius Rockets from our good buddy Herb Johnson. $160 for 2x Radius Rocket33s with both Image Booster and SCSI Booster, and 1 Radius Rocket25…
· 13 posts · started 27 Jul 2011 - 05:50 · last 17 Aug 2011 - 23:23
Hi, I already post this question on AppleFritter, but I still don't have solved it. I need a help for my apple IIe. Infact, starting the self-diagnostic test, I…
· 1 posts · started 17 Aug 2011 - 15:27 · last 17 Aug 2011 - 15:27
I figured I'd better start a different thread about this issue as the monitor thread wasn't really appropriate. If the mods feel otherwise feel free to close th…
· 87 posts · started 17 Feb 2010 - 04:38 · last 16 Aug 2011 - 15:31
Powerbook G4, 15", 1.67 gHz. 1.5 GB ram, 100 GB hard drive. Model 1138 http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/powerbook_g4/stats/powerbook_g4_1.67_15_hr.html An …
· 1 posts · started 16 Aug 2011 - 00:28 · last 16 Aug 2011 - 00:28
For a little time now I've looked at buying an iMac G3. I've searched locally and haven't been too conclusive with finding what I want (or much less, reasonably…
· 19 posts · started 11 Dec 2010 - 04:34 · last 12 Aug 2011 - 06:58
A while back I was given a Macintosh IIsi with a few issues. Not only was there Uneven Yellowing on the case, but upon powering the machine up, it would show a …
· 3 posts · started 12 Aug 2011 - 00:07 · last 12 Aug 2011 - 04:23
Hi, I was looking at my meagre collection the other day, which is stacked up in a wardrobe. My LC630 is almost always sitting at the bottom of the pile. I can't…
· 24 posts · started 28 May 2010 - 00:28 · last 11 Aug 2011 - 05:12
Well Today worked out really well I ended up with the following Apple II Plus with matching monitor Apple IIe Apple IIGS Rom 03 2x Mac IIsi's 4 Mac IIci Cache C…
· 14 posts · started 7 Aug 2011 - 02:17 · last 10 Aug 2011 - 01:19
I was at Weird Stuff today (and, incidentally, met a fellow MLAer ) and walked out with a cool tiny CRT for $15. It's the same size as the Color Classic, but th…
· 12 posts · started 28 Jul 2011 - 00:28 · last 9 Aug 2011 - 08:25
Yep title says it. I have a "new" Powerbook 140. It seems to be in good shape physically. I turn it on, hear a chime, screen lights up, the end. I hear the hard…
· 10 posts · started 5 May 2011 - 00:42 · last 9 Aug 2011 - 03:50
My Quadra 700 just ate its drive It was a Quantum 500 MB HD out of some other PowerMac, and it just stopped working.) Since my stack of SCSI 50pin hds is disapp…
· 5 posts · started 6 Aug 2011 - 11:25 · last 7 Aug 2011 - 12:30
I need help IDing some of these cards One is a supermac card of some sort with a dual PDS adapter, The other looks like a Nubus Serial card.. Any Ideas??
· 2 posts · started 7 Aug 2011 - 03:25 · last 7 Aug 2011 - 04:00
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