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Going to be collecting an older MacBook for FREE. Here's the catch: "...the hard drive and processor are fried due to a spill of wine..." I can get a new hard d…
· 18 posts · started 9 Jan 2009 - 08:31 · last 13 Jan 2009 - 16:19
Well -- grabbed a Classic II off Freecycle today -- little to no yellowing, 4MB of RAM, whiney caps. Original keyboard/mouse. Worked when I saw it at the guy's …
· 10 posts · started 11 Jan 2009 - 23:32 · last 13 Jan 2009 - 15:33
just the chip and the voltage regulator from the IBM server it came from not a whoel work station so yes i got my hands on a pentium 3 xeon 1266 mhz 512 kb l2 1…
· 6 posts · started 1 Jan 2009 - 03:17 · last 13 Jan 2009 - 01:58
Box full of ZIF processors. Anywhere from G3 233 MHz up to G4 450 MHz. Must be at least 100 processors and half are G4. From the recycler.
· 26 posts · started 7 Jan 2009 - 01:20 · last 12 Jan 2009 - 09:17
Hey, it's been a long while since I've had a real conquest. This is gonna be my first conquest of 2009 and my first Freecycle conquest. I had put a post up on f…
· 25 posts · started 5 Jan 2009 - 04:42 · last 12 Jan 2009 - 01:48
Just got one of these at a thrift shop for $9.00 CAD [] ]'> and it boots fine with only one dead pixel on the screen. The main battery is stone dead, and…
· 7 posts · started 18 Nov 2008 - 14:29 · last 10 Jan 2009 - 22:00
I was paging through Mactracker, and stumbled on the Performa 6400 page, where it lists that an optional PC Compatibility Card. How popular was this card? I've …
· 2 posts · started 10 Jan 2009 - 00:20 · last 10 Jan 2009 - 01:53
today our apple dealer called me that he is cleaning the store and that he got some stuff that I can take it, if I want http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3467/3179…
· 9 posts · started 8 Jan 2009 - 20:24 · last 9 Jan 2009 - 04:54
I have one of these aesthetically challenged machines and I can't get it to make a single chime, eep, quack... anything! I've cleaned and reseated the speaker c…
· 5 posts · started 8 Jan 2009 - 11:34 · last 9 Jan 2009 - 03:41
Hey All - I have a 12" PB G4 867 MHz that just stopped working one day. According to my cousin who was borrowing it long-term at the time, on Sunday everything …
· 1 posts · started 7 Jan 2009 - 00:47 · last 7 Jan 2009 - 00:47
For the last few weeks the built-in ethernet on this little beast has not provided an IP address. Renewing the DHCP lease does nothing as well. I've tried diffe…
· 7 posts · started 29 Dec 2008 - 13:30 · last 6 Jan 2009 - 20:00
First of all its a pleasure to see such a forum with 68k lovers...i thought we were under extinction! [] ]'> To the point... No chime, not powering up...…
· 6 posts · started 6 Jan 2009 - 01:15 · last 6 Jan 2009 - 16:54
So I went looking for signs of alien life at Weirdstuff Warehouse this morning, and they had an $10 Airport Base Station in pieces. Apparently the alien had alr…
· 15 posts · started 3 Jan 2009 - 21:58 · last 6 Jan 2009 - 09:53
I have a Macintosh SE with a Radius Full Page Display card installed (well, it's not in right now, but I'll put it back in once I give the SE some RAM). After d…
· 5 posts · started 3 Jan 2009 - 23:41 · last 5 Jan 2009 - 12:32
Hey guys, I have recently (2 months ago) aquired 2 Powerbook G3 Pismos. One is 400 MHz the other is 500 Mhz. The 400 has a cracked LCD and it doesn't boot. The …
· 8 posts · started 20 Dec 2008 - 16:51 · last 4 Jan 2009 - 03:45
Got this off craigslist for $450, it has a 20 inch screen, two 120GB hard drives, 2GB RAM, one of those multi card readers, an HD-DVD drive, s-video in, 1.3 meg…
· 10 posts · started 26 Dec 2008 - 08:52 · last 3 Jan 2009 - 00:41
Since I am not using the second G3 I got, would installing the video card into one of my G4's PCI slots speed up graphics processing time?
· 10 posts · started 19 Nov 2008 - 03:46 · last 2 Jan 2009 - 20:42
I have a 6400/5400 motherboard that I would like to install a fan into, for processor cooling. One thing I noticed that is different about the x400 mobo and the…
· 2 posts · started 31 Dec 2008 - 21:15 · last 2 Jan 2009 - 16:38
21 eMacs 10 x 1.25 GHz, 1 GB, SuperDrive, 80 GB 11 x 1.42 GHz, 1 GB, SuperDrive, 160 GB From Tyler Junior College through an eBay reseller.
· 26 posts · started 1 Jan 2009 - 00:10 · last 2 Jan 2009 - 15:09
Today I got most of a PC except the CD-ROM drive, memory and a processor. ATX case, power supply, socket 370 motherboard, 6.4GB hard disk and floppy drive. I wa…
· 19 posts · started 21 Dec 2008 - 04:47 · last 2 Jan 2009 - 10:39
i got my hands on a used ibook G4 800 mhz 384 mb ram 20 gig hd 12 inc screen 32 mb ati vid card it can join the other two who are both 500 mhz G3's
· 9 posts · started 31 Dec 2008 - 03:06 · last 1 Jan 2009 - 22:50
Hi, I was driving for work today and saw what I thought was a 15" LCD face down on the side of the road, which are always handy to give to friends, so I did a U…
· 11 posts · started 30 Dec 2008 - 12:24 · last 31 Dec 2008 - 04:36
watch this space, I just got this email in my inbox, and I quote: I do have some eMacs that are not working (three of them) that you could have if you felt like…
· 31 posts · started 16 Dec 2008 - 06:46 · last 31 Dec 2008 - 02:55
Over the weekend I picked up a few things. 1 - IIfx I snatched this up for $30 then came home to realize it has no HD :-( The RAM banks are full but i haven't p…
· 6 posts · started 29 Dec 2008 - 17:11 · last 30 Dec 2008 - 23:28
Well, I cant use the PC card as I lack the rare "medusa" cable. I stuck a HPV card in the PDS and it has 40mb of ram. I put in a 1000mb hard disk and installed …
· 11 posts · started 27 Dec 2008 - 22:12 · last 29 Dec 2008 - 17:48
First of all, hi. I picked up a PM 9500/128 for $9.99 the other day, and I'm curious of what other (more modern) motherboards may fit into it snugly. PS, anyone…
· 15 posts · started 18 Dec 2008 - 05:04 · last 29 Dec 2008 - 06:44
I got a Sony Vaio VGN-NS110E for Christmas. It defiantly surprised me but am glad I now have a laptop that I know will have a working screen every time I use it…
· 14 posts · started 25 Dec 2008 - 19:58 · last 28 Dec 2008 - 20:24
I got this from John8520 on Monday. It's a 1.5GHz Core2Duo, 3GB RAM, 80GB HD, CD-RW. I'll eventually get a bigger HD for it, but for now, it works fine. Getting…
· 7 posts · started 25 Dec 2008 - 20:21 · last 28 Dec 2008 - 18:52
/me I had a christmas lunch at my parent's yesterday. They kindly asked me if I was interested in keeping their old iMac (rev. B orange), long retired from duty…
· 10 posts · started 26 Dec 2008 - 19:53 · last 27 Dec 2008 - 23:03
This is the first LC520 I have come across. It is completely stock. It has a 80mb hardrive, 8mb of ram, O.S.7.1. It has a CD drive that uses the removable tray …
· 3 posts · started 26 Dec 2008 - 17:44 · last 27 Dec 2008 - 09:11
I seem to be posting quite a few iMacs in the conquest section, but meh: http://www.flickr.com/photos/33628690@N04/3129792731/
· 6 posts · started 23 Dec 2008 - 09:07 · last 23 Dec 2008 - 20:03
Okay, here is a first. I clicked my PowerBook Duo 270c into my Duo MiniDock, as I often do. I finish up and prepare to switch to the Duo 280. I lift the tab on …
· 5 posts · started 21 Dec 2008 - 22:01 · last 22 Dec 2008 - 23:36
I decided to turn on my 128K and make sure she was still booting. Instead I'm greeted with the sad mac. Code "0 4 0 1 0 0" Turning off and on doesn't seem to he…
· 6 posts · started 22 Dec 2008 - 07:00 · last 22 Dec 2008 - 22:27
I just got myself a 12" PowerBook G4! It's part of my plan to redo my computer setup here; right now I have a dual 500 G4 tower as my main desktop, and a MacBoo…
· 8 posts · started 22 Dec 2008 - 14:55 · last 22 Dec 2008 - 22:24
Hello there I've been the proud owner of a second-hand PB 520 for the past 4 or 5 years. In that time I've only used it sporadically. The past couple of times I…
· 12 posts · started 15 May 2008 - 01:06 · last 21 Dec 2008 - 23:16
I just had a fairly catastrophic failure of my Mac Plus analog board. A few components are seriously charred, and though I haven't removed the board yet to chec…
· 8 posts · started 8 Dec 2008 - 12:24 · last 21 Dec 2008 - 22:51
Never seen one of these cases. Interesting that it transports the CRT facing downward. Wonder how much weight it adds to the actual compact?
· 2 posts · started 21 Dec 2008 - 19:21 · last 21 Dec 2008 - 20:06
My Most recent conquest involves a nice Powerbook 100. It does not boot up but instead has a blank screen. It powers up fine without the death chime. I don't he…
· 17 posts · started 13 Dec 2008 - 05:12 · last 20 Dec 2008 - 17:45
Well, I was going to reinstall my OS on my 180c after getting my PowerBook to VGA adapter... I attempt to boot up and see a a flashing question mark (Of doom). …
· 19 posts · started 1 Aug 2008 - 03:11 · last 18 Dec 2008 - 11:28
Got a Titanium PowerBook G4 (A1025) that has issues. Symptoms: Turning it on results in a Beep, then the led comes on, then flashes twice, then steady for a lit…
· 4 posts · started 16 Dec 2008 - 15:12 · last 16 Dec 2008 - 16:53
Wednesday scored a working ANS 700/200. Have not started it up yet. Going to take a vacuum to it first. Very dusty. No software. Yesterday, I got the 500/132 fr…
· 11 posts · started 13 Dec 2008 - 16:30 · last 16 Dec 2008 - 09:01
Today I got an Acer TravelMate512T with a Celeron 366. It had a bad hard disk, no memory and a tendency to lock up at random intervals. Oh yes a bad clock batte…
· 6 posts · started 14 Dec 2008 - 06:38 · last 16 Dec 2008 - 01:56
I have a image of .85 but seems that could not run w/ my MacPlus ROM while .97 and 1.1 both run perfectly on Mini vMac. Could anyone upload a Mac 128k ROM (64k …
· 7 posts · started 24 Nov 2008 - 13:50 · last 15 Dec 2008 - 18:22
I posted an AD on craigslist for an Apple II system. So far I have 2 responses. 1) A nice looking Apple II+ with 2 5.25 disk drives, and a monitor. The person s…
· 11 posts · started 9 Dec 2008 - 14:43 · last 15 Dec 2008 - 16:36
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