I Liberated a B&W G3 yesterday. Except for some outer case dust, it is flawless....it looks like it came out of the box. G3 300, 512MB of PC133, 80+14GB…
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When audio records on my 7100, it is imbalanced always. It records right volume extremely loudly and left audio very quietly. I have checked that the problem is…
I've got two Kanga Powerbooks running 9.1 and wanted to connect them to transfer files. I plugged an ethernet cable into both machines' ethernet ports (I have g…
I was just wondering why there was no NeXT section on 68kMLA? Since NeXT's history is twisted up with Apples, and they are pretty old these days, I was just won…
I have recently agreed to buy what is effectively a new in the box Mac 128k, which boots to what I believe may be a memory error (Error number 04038C). Question…
Well, after two years kicking around an idea to get a Mac 512K on a modern network, I've finally got all the pieces together I needed. Thanks to Dog Cow for hoo…
180, 270, 540, 190, 5300, 3400 I had 180c and it boiled hot. I also had 270c and was cool. How do the others compare?
I worked with someone on a G4 MYSTIC model. Trying to get OS 9 working. OS X was already working fine. It had a 1.2ghz CPU. It would hang early in Mac OS 9.2.2 …
Landed a PowerBook 1400c/166 + 64MB of RAM (yes, the full caboodle), and all the peripherals and even a rehabilitatable battery, for cost of shipping. In great …
Okay, this totally sucks. The analog board on my SE converted to an SE/30 has possibly bitten the dust. It must be the vertical sweep IC (U2) that failed or som…
We discovered a mystery in the field of graphics performance. There is a Power Mac G3 and a Power Mac G4 in this scenario. The G3 is running Mac OS 10.3.9, and …
Is it safe to extensively run a 7200 if missing the entire backpanel? This entire innards exposed. Not using PCI cards. They would wiggle.
I was typing rapidly in text edit. I then pressed the delete key to delete some text. I heard a very short buzz sound that sounded like an electric head shaver …
I've got an SE/30 with an ethernet card. I've got it set up with a proper IP address and now can get it on my network (and the internet). However, I'm stumped a…
Has anyone gotten Eudora 6.2.4 settings to work successfully with a Hotmail or msn.com e-mail account? I am having some problems...
I am looking for tips and links about using these in any PCI PowerMac. Ultimately, I'd like to try one in a Pippin (yes, I have the PCI adapter board, a selecti…
Got a little video related mystery for you all: I've been testing out my miniature CRT monitors on my QS G4 (OS X 10.4.11, Geforce 4MX AGP video card, VGA + ADC…
I don't know quite where to post this question, so it might as well be here. I recently came across the observation [ http://lowendmac.com/tech/g3g4.shtml , tow…
I have a Color Classic with System 7.6.1 and ShareWay IP that let's my share files to my Intel iMac with 10.5.2. From there, I run a program called iPhone Remot…
JDW raised an interesting point in the HD20 thread. I have found this thread to be quite interesting, especially the technical points hinting at the HD20's inte…
Hi all, I don't post much but I need the forum's help. I need to be able to access my PowerBook 540 server through FTP (since I don't have a good way to transfe…
Just wondering... does anyone know of an extension/control panel that would save you having to hold down the option key when emptying the trash if it contained …
Found a Kodak DC40, which is their version of the QuickTake 100 / 150 camera. It works! However, it's a PITA to get pictures off it to the web. Kodak's PhotoEnh…
Okay, I'm a greedy bastard, I'm not going to name the other forum for fear that someone will outbid me. It's not an Apple forum. But someone has posted that the…
i don't know if this is the right forum, but i have an Outbound Notebook, a 68k mac laptop clone, that i got at a thrift shop. it does not appear to have a powe…
I just got ahold of this baby. I noticed one problem though. When I start it up after several days of not using it, it turns on, no startup sound and some bars …
I was helping to supercharge a G3. We were installing a superdrive. He tries to wiggle the molex cord out of the stock drive but cannot. I then try to pull it o…
Hi. I am new to 68kmla. I recently acquired a Mac SE/30 on the cheap. It is a nice clean machine and came with an ethernet card installed. The card is labelled …
They recently opened a Goodwill store about 20 minutes from my house. I was pleasantly surprised when I got there. ***UMAX Astra 1200S scanner in box*** - $4.99…
I have a Sonnet G3 PCI card that i removed from my 8500. Could i use that card in my Performa 6360 ?
I was given a couple of PMG4s earlier and I've been spending a little time trying to get either of them to power on. First up is a 2x1.25GHz MDD 2003 and the se…
often when I plug in my yikes G4, it trips the breaker causing my fire alarm to be set off. is this a cause of concern?
After squabbling over cable tv and how much it cost, with the new Apple TV coming out, and the cheap price, I bit the bullet and bought the new Apple TV. Not su…
Help! Can anyone remember the fix need to get After Dark to rum on OS 8.0? I think you had to turn off an extension but I'm not sure. The fix worked great but I…
After buying it for $2, it came today. So far, it looks like $2 well spent--lots of tips in there and the printer section looks as though it will be especially …
I have just gotten me a TAM, and on Wikipedia it stated that you can run OS X with a G3 upgrade and xpostfacto 4 but with some limitations. Question is: Is it a…
I just got Kid Pix Deluxe 4 Home Edition and tried installing it. Problem. Apparently it doesn't like the current Quicktime and some of the features don't work.…
Exactly what it says on the tin. I'm just curious about what it actually looks like. I know that OS 8/9 has graphics for Black & White mode, and I've se…
Hi everyone, newbie to the 68kmla, and have one question regarding early Powerbooks with internal CD-Drive; I realize that first Powerbooks with CD-Rom weren't …
I am looking for a powerbook with 68k architecture (especially 68040). I did a small investigation and i found that this kind of powerbooks come with floppy dri…
Yesterday I was given this from a friend's neighbor. A PowerMac G3 with a MultipleScan 720 Display. Also got a Epson Stylust Color 600 printer, but the ink was …
This is a big one for me. I have been looking for one at a reasonable price and now I finally got one. I now own a Powerbook G4 500mhz with 512MB RAM, 160GB (12…
Hi everyone, Looking for some help in recovering from a less-than-brilliant move on my part. I recently came across a Mac 128k for sale in my area, and quickly …
When I plugged in a USB flash drive in the USB port of my Performa 6360 ( OS 9.1 ) it wanted to format the flash drive before i could use it. Fine. Format away.…
Now that my PowerBook 180c is up and running and my PowerBook 150 has been broken in as a tutoring machine, I feel it's time to solve some problems with display…
Three weeks ago I didn't have any towers, just laptops and AIOs. Now in as many weeks I've added three to the collection (though one still remains out of action…
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Sometimes its not about the hardware!! An auction sat on eBay for a long, long time for four non-readable floppies. Decided to buy them after a couple price dro…
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vista-V1200-6MB-Storage-Device-for-Apple-II-/201172658417 Hehehe. Looks like this company took 6 HD floppies and RAIDed them somehow for…
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this is a partial list, for the other half of the list see the thread: os9 Compatible Audio Interfaces (without midi i/o) http://macos9lives.com/smforum/index.p…