Hey everyone, I'm looking for some advice on how to get my Classic or SE/30 online through a local talk connection. Right now I have a Powerbook 190 with an Ori…
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Never been opened, still wrapped in cellophane. Almost seems a pity to open the box and use it... .D
I'm trying to boot my Mac Plus with my SC80. Termination is good and the drive is detected by Lido. It's not the stock 80 MB drive, it's actually a 700 Meg driv…
Although often discussed, I have been tracking 128K units sold on eBay for over 2 years now and lately I am noticing a disturbing rise in prices and am at a los…
I just got a Mac TV.. So far the issues I have are Every hard drive I stick in spins down right after startup. Gives the dreaded X when trying to boot from a kn…
Found a boxed copy of the Anubis hard drive tools at my local surplus. It's on a 800k disk so it's a definitely the 68k version. Should come in real handy. The …
Hi, As I already posted over here, I just got this thing and it's dead. When I turn it on, it seems to only have enough energy to faintly engage the CRT, and I …
Bought for 15€ an excellent condition Macintosh Portable carrying case (picture later). Have the strap, the plastic legs and very clean from inside. Looks like …
well waiting for a web page to load is fun with these trying to print to my Personal Laser Writer 300 is also fun, takes like 2 full minutes to spool, waiting f…
Hi, I don't know a whole lot about these things (yet!), but I was curious if anybody has somehow replaced the stock SCSI chip with something faster in, say, the…
I loved my Star Trek AD collection. It was the first software I purchased (not including Word/Excel which came bundled with my first Mac in college). I keep thi…
Hi, I've dragged out my Newton 2100, and would like to use it under OS X with the help of a Keyspan USB --> Mac serial adapter (model USB-28, single port…
I've had a Mac Plus project on the go for a while now, it's been upgraded to 4 meg or ram, it also came with a CMS 20 meg HD and I've also added an original HD2…
I'm about to crack into my new Mac Classic II and do all sorts of upgrades and fixes: Cap exchange, 256MB HDD, 10MB ram, and a new battery (I'm stuck in 1956). …
In the summer of 1993 I purchased a Macintosh Color Classic. I maxed out the memory, added the FPU, and added VRAM. I used this system for a long time. It has b…
All of the Disk Tools floppies (7.6, 8.0 and 8.1) I have tried on my TAM crash it. Does anyone have a *floppy* image that boots a TAM or know of one? Yes, I can…
I helped my father in law with an iMac upgrade and transferred all his info (his 5th Mac: LCII, Beige PM G3, Snow iMac G3, Intel iMac, now a 21.5" iMac), and he…
I was hoping that the 601 Power Macintosh card in my Quadra 800 would go from 66 to 80MHz when I clockchipped the Q800 from 33 to 40 (since it will run at 80 in…
Hello! I red this page about apple II software: http://www.vectronicsappleworld.com/appleii/internet.html#utilities And now I want to install binscii.exe on min…
My old place of work had some G5s it was getting rid of and I was asked if I had any interest in one, so I figured I'd go for it. This is the dual 2.5 model (wa…
I hope to make my Mac II an 'ultimate System 6' box. Since System 7+ is so common I would like to focus on finding hardware and software that did not run well o…
Does anyone have experience with/recommendations for barcode scanners that work with Mac OS?
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Saw a USB Zip 250 at the thrift store today. I've had bummy luck with the older ones in the past, mostly "click-of-death" issues. But now that I have a Classic …
Yesterday, I acquired something that I did not expect to find. I've become increasingly fond of the click wheel based iPods as of lately, having spent considera…
I have an Apple Extended Keyboard which I picked up from a junk heap a little while ago. It's yellowed and probably a tad gunky inside. I found what seems like …
Hello, My LC has acted up over the years, and I've been able to get him back in line, but now I'm stumped. Today I had 2 power outages, both within an hour. The…
Hey everyone. So I did a little bit of searching on here first, but i'm still not quite sure where to start going with this. Anyways, the lisa that we have won'…
So, I have a PB180 that was running 7.5.3 for awhile, but that didn't work out so well because of how slow it was. I had been told to try putting System 7 Pro o…
I don't have a PowerBook, but I understand one of the issues for the older models is maintaining a working 2.5" SCSI drive for the thing(s). Have folks consider…
Lincoln, IL - Jun. 18, 2012 - Author David Finnigan has written and published a paperback book covering the Apple II computer. Before the Macintosh and iPod, Ap…
Announcing the Retrochallenge 2012 Summer Challenge As usual the competition is open to all, so come and join us for a legitimized month of playing, hacking and…
particularly when you have a small child. Good way to practice his math Still have to go though what software I have to find all the age appropriate stuff and o…
Im trying to use my PowerBook G3 to interface with some very old proprietary synths - running 9.2.2, anyone know of any Firewire audio interfaces that work in P…
Hey lads, What do we know about this thingy? I picked this up from the conquest of a couple of weeks ago. In box, with the Farallon RJ45 and RJ11 wires, with th…
A while back I had written about the potential of picking up a new old-stock iMac G3. I just brought it home!!! The cost was $25. I will be filming an unboxing …
I have a PowerMac 6100/66, i want to install a DOS Card or maybe the video card (I have both), and upgrade to a SCA SCSI Hard Drive 10,000 RPM with 18gig, I hav…
Found this morning, a VST Zip 100 Drive for Powerbook G3: { "lightbox_close": "Close", "lightbox_next": "Next", "lightbox_previous": "Previous", "lightbox_error…
Hey Everyone, Not sure if anyone saw this but on geeks.com, they are selling refurbished quad-core G5 powermacs for $379. I have ordered from them before and ha…
Hi, I´m trying to install my recently found Rocket on my IIfx but I have some problems with the drivers. I donwloaded RadiusWare 1.5 and can´t end the install b…
I have just created an FTP site with all my old mac software. There shouldn't be an issue with copyright infringement as the software is over 25 years old. &…
Kinda late, but saved these from the trash at HS (which switched to mostly PCs maybe a decade ago) http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/525937_4157189651214…
Hello. I've got a 2GB SCSI drive in my LCIII+ and I've got it split in two partitions, one 500MB and one 1.5GB. The 500MB partition has my 7.6.1 system installe…
I hope someone will find it useful to know that Dalbani.com still has four compact Mac flybacks in stock for $8 each, but they have a minimum order of $20. http…
Yay! Hit my local surplus today. Man, I'm making out like a bandit. Two awesome scores in just as many weekends. Today I walked out (for $1 each!) 4x charcoal c…
So... I will be getting an iMac G4 within the next few days. It's an 800MHz model. Problem is, I am not sure if it's an OS 9 capable model. I was told by someon…
I have been having a recurring problem for quite a while and was wondering if I should just deal with it, or if there is actually a fix. Basically, my problem i…
I'm a newcomer to the old Mac OS's, only really got involved with it due to buying some old compact macs through ebay. So this subject is probably old hat to ma…
Hi folks, maybe you can help me find a solution to my problem. While I wait for my SE to arrive, I've been playing around with MPW in Mini vMac. My usual host O…
I just happened to stumble upon an old recall notice for the powerbook and ibook G4 batteries from long ago. So, for shits and giggles I checked my ibook G4 bat…