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I know this has come up before, but I wanted to just go over it again prior to my impending move. Basically, I am moving into a smaller transitional space which…
It has been mentioned before, sort of sparked by JDW's find, but I thought I would add this topic to kick-off discussion of possibly reverse engineering the boa…
Hi, I am having a problem with my fave, my original LC. When I start it up, it gives a sound like a radio tuning in, with the frequency going up and down a coup…
Garage sale last weekend, for a quarter, with the add-on keyboard! Put in some batteries and it fired right up! Too bad the Palm network is no more. Now it's ti…
Although Apple itself was Steve Jobs creation and labor of love, it wasn't until the first "compact Mac" that the revolution in personal computing began. It is …
As promised, here are pics of the restored CC II! I wanted to use JDW's retrobrite technique, but I have a one year old son and didn't think I could spend a who…
Hi! I'm seeking any and all details about the memory controller on the 128K, 512K, and Plus. This was some custom circuitry implemented in PALs that facilitated…
Hi there! Long time lurker, first time poster. I'm over here in Tokyo, where I've managed to get my hands on not one but two Color Classic IIs. The first one ca…
Today i just get a "new" Clamshell. could not resist to pay 20 € (28 $) for a Blueberry Clamshell. A more or less complete unit (a key from the keyboard and the…
Hi all, As part of a deal, I got a Mac IIx mobo... after washing the board, I powered it from an old, vulgar ATX 150W PSU -- just the +5V, +12V and GND lines, d…
I have a SE with a borked mobo and a 6400 with half a tower. I would love to combine the two but could use some pointers. How do I connect the motherboard to th…
Found pretty cheaply the above usb wireless stick this morning (1,5 euros) managed to get it working with the Ralink driver (Dlink won't work at all) The Powerm…
I'm fixing a damaged Analog Board for a 128k Mac and I need to replace some component/parts like transistors, resistors, etc.. My problem is I'm not sure how to…
I'm putting a barter package together for one of the comrades. I'm looking for any way to improve on this package, considering the fact that SCSI MicroDocks, Eh…
Ran across three old polaroids . . . so I scanned 'em: I found a beat-up old office desk that was headed toward the dumpster in the big industrial building wher…
Hello NuBus experts and collectors. Can you please, help me to identify these two cards? I could not find any information regarding their resolutions capability…
I thought I'd pull my SE out of the closet and play. It's a basic SE (not an SE/30) with 4MB of RAM. I replaced one of the 800k floppy drives with a 150MB hard …
Anyone know what this is? It is a Nubus board and I only know that It came from some publishing house.
Yup, I scored a brand new CD version of Number Munchers for 67¢. It's the original version, not the Deluxe edition (I prefer the original as both an instructor …
I've lately been trying to find things I can do with my Macs. I had been wanting to do email on my Classic II. But alas, I haven't found any email clients that …
Was anybody active in the Macintosh shareware community back in the day? What programs did you write? My 15 minutes of shareware fame was Tetris Max. I wrote it…
So I'm mostly done with the case on my new Color Classic II - gave it a retrobrite treatment which I'll describe in the main thread. Only problem is that the li…
Yesterday I got this SE/30. My previous conquest (IIfx) is still dead and I spent so long trying to troubleshoot it that I just burned out. At some stage I'll g…
Hi all, The last days have been very good for my 68k collection... among a Mac II, a Colour Classic and a much lusted (for decades!) Apple Portrait Display, I g…
Whilst looking through my files, I came across enough interesting toys to start another Scan Dump: Somebody almost got it right, if anyone is an accountant/numb…
The continued joys of knowing a computer recycler. Since we've got the same computer repair class, he normally brings in different types of computers he plucked…
It was just sitting with some old boxes, literally in the street. IDK how long its been out there but its soaked so I'm gonna let it dry a little before powerin…
How do you fix a Broken HD on a PBG3? I have tried reseting everything and reinstalling the OS to no avail. Thanks
1. Make impulse purchase of six compact Mac motherboards 2. ??? 3. Profit! Actually I fixed a SCSI problem with my Mac Plus by swapping in ROMs from one of thes…
Hi guys, I just wanted to show what I have, just FYI. Did you know that something like that existed? It's Cabletron F6069 multimode fiber network adapter. Suppo…
Hi Folks! Just picked up a nice Mac IIFx with an AST Mac286 board set installed. However, I'm having trouble getting the card to run. Tried V2 & V3 of t…
I am wondering if its possible to install a slot loading dvd drive in an indigo clamshell? This is the drive I have: http://www.welovemacs.com/app6154.html I ha…
Seeing this old Apple ad made me laugh because the advertising direction that Apple used to have is totally opposite to what they have pushed for in the last de…
I'm in desperate need of some vintage clipart depicting the first compact Mac and the Apple II. I used to have loads, many years ago (talking 20 years) but the …
Well, not ruined, but they don't work together. This might save someone a lot of headaches, and is sad to report, but OrangePC does not like the Sonnet G4 upgra…
I have a stock Mac Cube, a long time ago I installed BG2 on it, and was happily playing away. Then one day the hard drive crashed. I recently replaced it, insta…
I finally broke down and got a new battery for my clamshell, which has been AC-only for the past five years. The battery is a Newer Technology NuPower 63W model…
Though problem of not being able to print in OS 9 occurred over a week before my Nov. 2 post, it's only today that after not doing anything, after selecting my …
As mentioned in the Conquests thread, I bought an LC III+ yesterday. Its serial number tag includes an actual manufacture date (as many mid-1990s stickers do); …
Post your unusual things you have. Gravis Mac Gamepad. Ment to be ADB but has a serial? type connector. Must be in the wrong box but looks the same as the pictu…
I just picked up another Gigabit Ethernet. Unlike my last rescue, this one was complete internally. It didn't chime at first, so I took out the RAM sticks and p…
Hey guys.. I joined here because I just recently bought a Mac Classic. Got it for a steal. Found it on eBay for $15, and since it was local, I didn't have to pa…
I've just been given an iMac G3 with what appears to be a power issue. It powers on for a second or two, then shuts off, the power light never going green, and …
I want (I was going to say "need," but that wouldn't be honest) to remove the 90º PDS angle bit from a IIsi nubus adapter, in order to use it in a SE/30 (in ord…
I finally bit the bullet and bought it. There had been an LCIII+ listed on the Pittsburgh Craigslist every month since the spring. Since nobody wanted to give t…
Ironically, the other day as i was making a comment about how robust old macs are, and how my Classic has survived so long and still works fine, i take it out t…
Some months ago I couldn't print in OS 9 and fixed problem by removing items in Print Queue. It worked fine for months. New problem: After I down-loaded "Bean",…