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hi all- as you may have become aware, i recently got a new(ish) iMac g3. however, it gets HOT! i did some research and found out it's cooled via convection, whi…
· 23 posts · started 3 Mar 2010 - 05:09 · last 11 Jul 2010 - 05:16
So for years I've had a few Performa 6115, and 6116 and similar machines. A while back I got a G3 Sonnet upgrade card for it and I found the machine great to us…
· 3 posts · started 23 May 2010 - 21:40 · last 11 Jul 2010 - 05:14
One of my Mac IIs came with a portrait display card and a DB13W3 to DB15 cable. I connected it to a High Resolution RGB monitor, but it wasn't recognised by the…
· 7 posts · started 13 Jun 2010 - 20:01 · last 11 Jul 2010 - 02:20
I was given yesterday evening a PowerBook 5300ce, a box of Mac magazines, Civ II, SimCity 2000, and 3 unopened PhoneNet boxes. The 5300ce is a real gem. I check…
· 14 posts · started 18 May 2010 - 19:08 · last 10 Jul 2010 - 16:30
While Working on my powerBook 150 today, I got it to a almost perfect condition. Put it back together and, a Black screen and a bad smell. On further inspection…
· 28 posts · started 10 Aug 2009 - 23:21 · last 10 Jul 2010 - 05:02
Long time coming this box was originally promised to me a year ago. I got an email last week saying that it was finally out of storage and ehre is what I picked…
· 8 posts · started 4 Jul 2010 - 04:49 · last 6 Jul 2010 - 20:14
I am still looking for the 300 MHz card from my 8600, which I packed away somewhere ages ago. I figure that especially with all of the G3 upgraded PowerMacs out…
· 15 posts · started 12 Jun 2010 - 08:15 · last 5 Jul 2010 - 19:43
Good Afternoon fellow macheads, *rant warning. skip to 2nd paragraph for actual problems* Heh, I would've joined this forum years ago had I known about it. Abou…
· 12 posts · started 3 Jul 2010 - 14:46 · last 5 Jul 2010 - 00:24
This would be the lombard I mentioned in my thread in Conquests. It chimes (one of the speakers is scratchy) and the hard drive powers up. The issue is nothing …
· 3 posts · started 4 Jul 2010 - 05:10 · last 4 Jul 2010 - 07:44
Earlier this week I won 2 Powermac G5 systems of a well known auction site for $240 shipped. Both are June 2004 models with 1GB of RAM with dual 2GHz processors…
· 3 posts · started 4 Jul 2010 - 03:03 · last 4 Jul 2010 - 05:38
This thread is created as a place to look at the real differences between these two revisions. The hope is that this will be based on physical hardware at our d…
· 12 posts · started 15 Sep 2009 - 23:40 · last 2 Jul 2010 - 02:47
It works. I used Audion's MP3Pro encoder to make files at 64Kbps Stereo, and then fiddled with the MP3Dec preferences to find an acceptable level of cpu loading…
· 8 posts · started 11 Jun 2010 - 08:12 · last 1 Jul 2010 - 15:08
I probably won't be making any hackintoshes, and I probably won't butcher my working Apple CD SC Plus for it, but wouldn't that make a splendid case? I haven't …
· 13 posts · started 22 Jun 2010 - 03:22 · last 30 Jun 2010 - 05:44
So we all know that the vintage compacts we so dearly love have a limited lifespan. While the cases may last for ever, the electronics are not likely to fare so…
· 36 posts · started 24 May 2010 - 19:21 · last 29 Jun 2010 - 15:14
Not sure I've posted a conquest before, so I'll post this little gem. Photos Apple System Profiler Report (edited for privacy) http://eastrain.com/68kmla/dtk/DT…
· 9 posts · started 25 Jun 2010 - 22:06 · last 29 Jun 2010 - 10:53
Freecycle has provided me with a new piece of kit, namely a 17" CRT Studio Display. It's powered through the ADC port and looks very neat and tidy sat on my des…
· 7 posts · started 25 May 2010 - 23:51 · last 29 Jun 2010 - 00:02
Well, I started out with a Mac IIci with the ROMs removed and PLCC sockets in their place and for a long time I was waiting for a deal on a ROM programmer. I fi…
· 12 posts · started 24 Jun 2010 - 02:39 · last 28 Jun 2010 - 03:26
Just got a free 15" PowerBook G4 1.5 GHz, 512MB RAM, 80GB hard drive. It only has a combo drive because it's a low end of the 1.67/1.5 model. It does have a dec…
· 3 posts · started 26 Jun 2010 - 00:50 · last 26 Jun 2010 - 01:50
Since I bought an accelerator and it came with an extra SE logic board with a DPD card, I have been trying to figure out what to do with this whole setup. Since…
· 7 posts · started 10 Jun 2010 - 21:50 · last 24 Jun 2010 - 21:21
Okay pictures will come as soon as I get done verifying everything is functional. I was at the mega church World Harvest church near Columbus, OH today for thei…
· 11 posts · started 20 Jun 2010 - 06:37 · last 23 Jun 2010 - 22:38
I don't how many, if any users here have dealt with musical keyboards and old Macs, but I'll try anyways. I've recently acquired a Mac Classic (40 meg HD, 4 meg…
· 5 posts · started 19 Jun 2010 - 18:18 · last 23 Jun 2010 - 14:50
I have a Macintosh II down in the basement that I had not touched for at least 3 years. I don't even remember where I got it or when... I figured it had a IIfx …
· 2 posts · started 22 Jun 2010 - 16:36 · last 23 Jun 2010 - 03:24
I have added the 160 pin PPC ROM module pinout to the Wiki. If anyone wants to go clean up the formatting I'd appreciate it. I'm not so good with that stuff. I …
· 1 posts · started 22 Jun 2010 - 23:29 · last 22 Jun 2010 - 23:29
I emailed a guy a few days ago when his ad appeared in a local classified. He had no price for his non working G4. I offered 20$...he took it but stated he was …
· 10 posts · started 17 Jun 2010 - 01:52 · last 21 Jun 2010 - 09:23
After having this in my closet for over two years, I finally have decided to give it a try with my 180c. According to the manual, it emulates an 80286 and comes…
· 3 posts · started 16 Jun 2010 - 06:10 · last 20 Jun 2010 - 08:43
I've been on this quest to resurrect a Portable from motherboard death. A well-known portable collector gave me a box of motherboards from the non-backlit and t…
· 31 posts · started 9 Apr 2010 - 19:57 · last 20 Jun 2010 - 03:59
That's right, geeks... everyone's favourite open-ended, semi-competitive retrocomputing free-for-all is just around the corner. Do you have what it takes to go …
· 11 posts · started 18 Jun 2010 - 02:22 · last 19 Jun 2010 - 19:48
I have a Geforce 6200 crammed into my G4 Cube (with a fan) and it seems to work just fine in OS X, but there are some games that don't like Classic so I occasio…
· 4 posts · started 13 Jun 2010 - 11:42 · last 19 Jun 2010 - 02:36
While tinkering with a jailmac SE/30 motherboard and a IIfx ROM SIMM today, I discovered that the "Load Bank A first, larger memory must be in Bank A" restricti…
· 8 posts · started 15 Jun 2008 - 07:11 · last 18 Jun 2010 - 21:31
So this afternoon I fired up the LCIII to write a letter to the editor of the local newspaper. Nothing quite like doing word processing on a 68k Mac with Claris…
· 5 posts · started 15 Jun 2010 - 10:16 · last 16 Jun 2010 - 06:39
I saw these on eBay and was wondering if anyone had ordered from the seller before: http://cgi.ebay.com/Battery-APPLE-PowerBook-140-145-150-160-170-180-NEW-/390…
· 14 posts · started 13 May 2010 - 10:24 · last 16 Jun 2010 - 05:59
I've been wondering lately whether there's something wrong with either my memory, or my G5's memory. It's a 1st generation 2x2 GHz machine, and it came with 512…
· 7 posts · started 13 Jun 2010 - 18:32 · last 15 Jun 2010 - 01:20
It occurred to me yesterday that the colors on my fine Power Computing 604/150 looked a bit odd. Mostly the Mac face was pinkish, rather than blueish. Upon clos…
· 5 posts · started 11 Jun 2010 - 15:52 · last 14 Jun 2010 - 19:39
Hey everyone. So I just had a pretty interesting find. I came across a Mac 128k along with original box and numeric keypad for $60. This thing is probably in so…
· 15 posts · started 10 Jun 2010 - 00:07 · last 14 Jun 2010 - 02:05
I just picked up these ibooks as parts from a local seller. All have issues. Three G4 Ibooks and two G3 Ibooks. No video at all on the 1.33ghz Ibook, it bongs o…
· 9 posts · started 7 Jun 2010 - 04:32 · last 12 Jun 2010 - 03:28
Anyone know the part number on the Power Computings PCI Riser card for the PowerWave machine? Anyone know if the riser cards for other models will work? For tha…
· 1 posts · started 11 Jun 2010 - 20:25 · last 11 Jun 2010 - 20:25
Hi, everyone. I'm new. This board was recommended to me by someone on another forum, and I'm just looking for some help getting started. I recently came into po…
· 27 posts · started 19 May 2010 - 09:48 · last 9 Jun 2010 - 11:42
I FINALY got that PowerMac 9500, It has 224MB RAM and a 2GB HD. Also, a nice, 1280x1024 CRT!!
· 4 posts · started 8 Jun 2010 - 01:15 · last 8 Jun 2010 - 06:15
The main HDD for my 466DA gave up the ghost, probably while said G4 was asleep and the utility company decided to yank the BIG PLUG, yet again! [:O] ]'> …
· 9 posts · started 3 Jun 2010 - 03:11 · last 7 Jun 2010 - 21:39
In other words, has anybody got a 6500 or a 6500 PSU lying around who could dig one out and post all the voltages and wattage for each for me? I need to adapt a…
· 10 posts · started 11 Mar 2010 - 03:05 · last 6 Jun 2010 - 23:11
Hi, A while ago I got hold of a nice little Macintosh Classic. It works, but the internal HDD does not spin up when connected to the internal PSU (It spins but …
· 3 posts · started 29 May 2010 - 19:13 · last 6 Jun 2010 - 13:33
I dug my '86 vintage Hackintosh (Yes, that's what we called 'em back then) out of the barn and took some pictures. Unfortunately, it's the worse for its years i…
· 8 posts · started 25 Apr 2010 - 07:05 · last 6 Jun 2010 - 00:22
One of the customers at work called yesterday, told us to dispose of his old machine since it was to be too expensive to repair. It officially went off to the d…
· 9 posts · started 4 Jun 2010 - 10:17 · last 5 Jun 2010 - 23:11
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