My friend got my old G5 tower some time ago with the following specs: Dual Processor 1.8Ghz G5 6GB DDR-3200 RAM 1TB HDD, GeForce 5xxx Series (Can't remember) wi…
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As a replacement for last winter's bashed-in-the-post dual 1.8GHz G5 tower, I have sourced a boxed, clean dual 2.3 (PCI-X) G5 tower, the one said to be the most…
Soo... I just installed WC3 on my cube which runs 9.2.2. All is well, until I want to play a network game. It starts running the software updater first. No swea…
Last night I commented on OWC's blog about their Black Friday 2011 specials. I was inspired to make a comment because I recently acquired a couple PowerBook G3 …
Morning all, I'm currently restoring a SE/30 and am wondering if I should try to get hold of a new monitor as the existing one is showing a reasonably high leve…
So how do I create/emulate a SCSI hard drive in miniVmac?
I wonder if anyone else has encountered issues with constant bus errors being thrown when writing (including copying within the device) to a CF card in a PCMCIA…
After toying around with the simple EGA video out stuff, I started thinking about bench testing/troubleshooting for the compact macs. Would anyone be interested…
Well this is going to be a fruitful day. So far I have picked up a box of Mac Cards for $20 and it included: 11 Video cards including a 9800pro Mac Edition, ixt…
Hi all, I have this coax network card installed in my LCII and was wondering what that PLCC style socket was? It looks like the same sort of ones that hold a 68…
. . . iKnow, iKnow, it's very likely bordering on iBlasphemy, but when a friggin' pair of these silly lil' white, and now that they've come of age, cuties showe…
Is it my imagination, or has vintage compact Macs skyrocketed in value? Years ago, I had bought a broken Mac Classic to butcher into a Hackintosh like so many b…
I am working on getting linux on the 2300c (more on that later), but I can't seem to get BootX 1.2.2 running. It continuously quits with a Type 3 error. This is…
I think i killed my PPC card in my 520C BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO................................... I had a trashed up 520…
Hi all, I've owned an SE/30 for a number of years now. A few months ago, it started having vertical garbled bars on the screen. This sounded a bit like the Simi…
Finally made it to this store again (same place where olePigeon has scored well) Boxed Interact M Flight Force ADB joystick Sealed Norton DiscLock (Mac) PowerBo…
picked up a big bag full of RAM today. mostly 72pin simm, and some 30pin SIMM. 72-pin SIMM: 4 Sticks of crucial CT8M36P5M6.M18DM 2 sticks of compaq 129041-002 6…
I was just wondering what were the model number of the keyboard and mouse that came with the Macintosh SE/30?
Would anybody happen to have this? Thanks! BTW, the Mac Driver Museum link leads to a non-existent FTP. -JRL
So, I seem to have the common IIci issue of the machine spontaneously shutting down. Mine is configured, as follows: System 7.5.5 128mb RAM 2gb Quantum Grand Pr…
I have today been reading and annotating a student's thesis using Libre Office (she had written in Open Office, and the tracking of text insertions, annotations…
Anyone knows where to a get a transformer for a 128k Analog Board? part number?
I read from a thread that not a lot of Macintosh computers with 30-pin SIMM slots support 8 MB SIMMS. What Macintosh models support these SIMMS?
I got in a Radius accelerator 25 in today and it includes a Radius TPD (two page display card) that plugs into the CPU upgrade. The manual says you can install …
A while back, I bought a snow airport base station. I am trying to connect it to an iMac G4 via an airport card and an iMac G3 via ethernet to get on the intern…
I'm having trouble getting my IIci to boot with a Radius Rocket installed. When it starts loading extensions, it freezes immediately after the Radius Rocket log…
Recently, I got a Mac Plus board from a member of these forums for a project that I am working on. I am not far enough in this project to where I need the board…
This was quite a find on my local Craigslist. I paid $100. For that I got: Mac IIci - good condition, 32mb ram, and a DayStar 040 card, with a 1250 MB internal …
Well it was my first try re-capping a classic Mac, and I started with the Classic II. I got my replacement tantalum caps from Trag in the Trading Post subforum …
An update on the Color Classic II - I came across a good deal on a 575 board, so I ended up doing the VGA mod and putting the board in. I think of it as win/win…
I originally posted this over on Macrumors in the PowerPC section, but I didn't get an answer... so Blessed Cheesemaker recommended I post here (Thanks!). I fou…
Although I have tons of great old computers that I try and keep in good condition, for a while now I've felt the need for my own "main" computer that can suppor…
Ladles and Jellyspoons! It is with great pleasure that this evening at 12.30 midnight UTC i am able to offer you a once in a lifetime opportunity. An opportunit…
Saved these from being trashed. Macintosh Classic 4Mb, 40Mb, OS 7 works fine. Performa 6400/180 88Mb. These are my first "vintage" Macs So far the oldest have b…
I have a Mac II that was converted to a IIfx, complete with sticker, at some point in the early 90s. It has the loud II power supply fan. The IIfx had a variabl…
I scored a QuickTake 100 on eBay 2 weeks ago. However, it's missing the manual and the disks. It had the box, so I was happy about it. I figured I'd keep my eye…
I know the idea of a floppy emulator for compact Macs (using SD cards or similar media) has been discussed here before, but as far as I know, none exists. Maybe…
I'm trying to emulate System .97 using mini Vmac and I notice the FONT difference when it's run on both emulated 128k Macintosh(64k ROM) and Macintosh Plus(128k…
Hi, I'm new on this forum. I'm also french and hope you will understand my english. I've read a lot of topics here and I think I'm in the good place to tell you…
Posted to macos9, but also here for your consideration. Now that Classilla.org is back in operation (mostly -- I have to do somefine tuning) it's time to figure…
Hi all, In the early nineties, when the 80 MB hard disk of the family's LC III became a little bit short for my growing needs, I bought my first piece own piece…
was given a couple of SGI systems. One of them is an SGI Indy R5000, it powers up and chimes. No monitor so i cant test further. The other one is a heavy SGI Oc…
I bought a Compucable iDock II (a box that gives you ADB, two serial ports, floppy , and a 4-port USB hub) that sits under my DV imac that is used to drive a Fu…
Is there a way to input the CTRL key on an M0110/M0110A keyboard? More specifically, is there a way to input the CONTROL command on a classic Macintosh? { "ligh…
It's been quite a while since getting a conquest this good, but here it is. Yesterday I was walking around the Chemical Engineering building on my college's cam…
Hi: I would like to purchase a Macintosh Classic II. The computer has a known problem, displaying the following pattern in the screen: The computer was working …
I have a problem with my cd rom drive the last days. Most of the times tries to read a cd with no success. Even when i try to eject (the cd) it appears a msg li…
Hello to everyone in the group, I am new and I usually would comment a few times elsewhere before I posted a question, but this contains some info that I think …
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I've got a PowerBook G4 (the 15" 1.67GHz model, M9969LL/A) that I want to set up as a dual-boot system. I've got the hard disk partitioned and I've successfully…