Just bought a Compaq DeskPro EN off a mate at uni, one of these, to be exact. Not a bad machine. Coppermine P3/1 Ghz, 384MB RAM (3 128MB PC100 sticks), no optic…
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I was out at a local horribly priced computer store, selling one of my overstock computers(thus negative conquest ($200 for a computer worth 150! Woot!) and dec…
Well this year has been a pretty good one so far was far as plundering goes. I came back from my neighbors garage sale. saw a dell e151fpb, and they said it dis…
A few days ago, my battery arrived and I put it into the iMac. Then I reset the PMU, and here we are, several days later, the iMac showing NONE of its previous …
Anyone have a source for an IDE to CF adapter. The ones I've found use a right angle connector that would make the CF card sit too high to close the lid on my Q…
https://www.lemonsauctioneers.com/lotimages/humble07-17-08/99.JPG That pallet looks like it has an eMac in it. What do you think?
I picked up 2 KVM Cables (VGA/PS-2 Keyboard/PS-2 Mouse), 4 SATA Cables, a USB 2.0 all-in-one Memory card reader and Power brick to power SATA Drives externally.…
I have scored this wonderful box here from wthww (I can't thank you enough). It works VERY well and looks mighty sturdy. He also threw in a PowerBook SCSI adapt…
Well, i struck a deal with a fellow mla'er, sawtoothdude, and paid $10 for a 540c with a 520's processor (25mhz), but the 33mhz processor came with it, also a v…
Snagged a Pioneer DVR-S501 drive for $2.00. Was worth $5400.00US new. Wanted one for a while.
I got my lombard from ebay today, 333 mhz, 64 mb ram, 9.2.2 This runs os 9 great and thats where its going to stay i think. WamCom is a nice browser too. I have…
Well, several months ago I was digging through my dad's office looking for some wire strippers, and I came across a stylish leather rectangular case. I opened i…
I have finally managed to get my Wallstreet connected to the Internet using wireless. Change of card and it worked flawlessly. Yay ;D
Yesterday, I scored a Desktop G3 and a 20th Anniversary Mac (should I upgrade this one to 9.0 or OS X or leave it as is)!!! They're coming along with some ram f…
Well my dual450 G4 has been sitting for three weeks or so, and I am now going to use it during this when I sell my 20" iMac. I hit the power and I hear a sizzle…
Today was the NC State surplus sale. For $26, I got a Dell Dimension 8200 (1.7 P4/256/20/DVD), a cool Braille/clicky keyboard, and an SGI Indy in Blue. No Macs …
So in part of the Mac-related duties at my full-time I came across a Quicksilver G4 that was stripped of everything aside from a working PSU and motherboard. I …
I have this Apple PowerCD, which is a SCSI CD-ROM drive that doubles as a an audio CD player. Now the problem is I do not have the base which connects into the …
Found this thing sitting by someone's garbage bin and I went to their door to see if I could have it. Sure enough! What it came with... 40B hard drive 256MB ram…
Hello all, I bought a MacSE "as is" at a hamfest last weekend for $10. It seems to turn on, but I get the dreaded "blinking question mark" and there is no boot …
It's Graphite in color. It runs Linux, but it's on a CD. Problem is, I CAN'T EJECT THE CD. AHHHHHHH! [a couple of gunshots into the air]. I disassembled it and …
Picked this up at the local thrift store for $1. (looks new,came with box and everything) I should have bought it HERE...lol. [] ]'>
Dear TheNeil. Whilst doing our friday evening surfing, we tripped upon your page on the excellent Macintosh LC III+ computer of 1993 here: http://www.theneil.pl…
I'm reunited with a NES again! Got it with Legend of Zelda II, Ikari Warriors, Mike Tyson's Punch-Out, and Tecmo Super Bowl, and one controller for a sweet $12.…
I've been running OS 9 on my iMac for many months now. All that time it's been hooked up to the internet, and running more often than not, often for weeks at a …
Hi, In a cleanup I came across my Apple HD20SC case (with dead HD inside) that I'd like to place a spare IBM 9.1GB drive into and make it the main backup drive …
This is my first post here. Found this site while googling for info on the new machine I acquired. At a local swap meet, I found an SE/30, 13Meg RAM, 340 Meg HD…
Scored myself a SE/30 for $5 + a 160mb scsi harddisk. [] ]'> SE/30 has a 40mb harddisk + 5mb of ram. Had to reformat the drive since the partition table …
Well, I was walking down the street this morning when I saw it. A simple newspaper article on the front page of the Daily Olympian. I picked it up and saw a pho…
By "popular" request I've set up an FB group for the RetroChallenge... not sure if it'll serve much purpose, but here it is anyway.
I received these today: 1. Macintosh Plus Owner's Guide 2. Macintosh System Software 6.0.4 User's Guide 3. Macintosh Reference (copyright 1990) 4. Macintosh Uti…
Woohoo! I am now the proud owner of an ImageWriter II and manual (thanks to jkoci). It arrived safely (made a trip from the E. Coast to the W. Coast) and works …
I read somewhere recently that the 6360 was also available in a tower case like the 6400/6500. Has anyone ever seen one? I have only ever seen the desktop case.
I got to the Apple store at 3:46 expecting to be out in an hour. Oh, hoho, no! I was outside the apple store, for 4 hours, moving a total of 200 feet. Once insi…
I have gotten the iPod Touch 2.0 software, I now have 3 pages of free apps. Got it for free. [] ]'>
In the last week the rubber skin on my graphite clamshell has started peeling away from the bottom part of the case, where I tend to rest my palms. It's only a …
I've got three Classics and now have three CD 300e drives for them. The Classics are running 7.0. I need a driver for them that is freeware/public domain, works…
Hi, One of my 3 Macs is a Macintosh Centris 610. It works really well, there's nothing wrong with it, but I noticed something strange when I turned it on a coup…
My Plus with HyperDrive 20 had some flicker going on. I wouldn't mind so much but it's my nicest Plus so I thought I would ask you guys what you thought may be …
I hooked up a Kensington ADB trackball to my G3 Mac and in both OS9 and OSX when I right click on the desktop (the trackball has two buttons), I don't get a con…
Been looking at owning Vinyl records for a loooonnnggg time now. for about a year now, and have finally taken the plunge. Picked up http://tinyurl.com/5j7p82] T…
I picked up a Tandy TRS 80 model 3 computer today for free [] ]'> Neat little old computer! Still working, but the floppys are damaged { "lightbox_close"…
Not much of a conquest per say, but yesterday I got my new Nikon D40. It is my first Digital Single Lens Reflex. Are there any other Nikon fans here? -ft :beige…
I acquired a Performa 580 today. OS 8.0 16 MB ram, still has 84 MB free in the HD (loaded with applications too). Case is decent shape with no cracks or broken …
Was with a customer today, when he showed me some old stuff the he had, and told me to take whatever I wanted. Saw an Apple OEMed Maxtor 10GB which I grabbed. N…
Does it work on a Plus? It's on four 800K disks, copyright date on the label is 1990. Still an Aldus product with this release. The disks came in this nice litt…
I've got a LaserJet 5M (the "Mac version") with all the options except for the stupid IR receiver. I just got a free pile of 32MB 72-pin SIMMS. I thought they w…
sorry, not sure if people have seen this before, but I saw that someone did this: http://www.applefritter.com/node/23084 granted, it was on a G4 upgraded machin…