These interfaces were created between 1990-1999 and are only usable by those who have a mac with a serial port. they came built in on older beige colored g3 or …
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Powerbook G4 1.67ghz, 15.4 inch, hi res screen. 1gb 80gb. Has battery problem that I think I can solve. otherwise runs well off AC. Also has a slightly loose ke…
Just a few days ago, I was visiting a client and commented on his Bondi iMac when he pulled out a beat-up box with a PowerBook Duo 230 and dock. He has no idea …
I decided to spin this off from my other thread. There seems to be some interest in this, so i decided to move on with the project. Here is my progress so far: …
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Has anyone ever done a Mac mini inside of an iMac G3 while retaining the original CRT? On a tray-loader you have an actual Mac-style video cable right there. Al…
I am wanting to use linux on one for my power macs for a while, what would a good version to run? Machine Specs: G4 Processor running a 450 mhz 12gb hd 1gb of r…
Found a pawn shop on ebay selling a Powerbook G4 1.67ghz low res with bad screen for $100. Supposedly works apart from the screen. I have a Bookendz docking sta…
This just popped into my head. IIRC, it was called "The J Project", it was an old mac game. IIRC it said it was written in Cocoa. No, not as in Mac OS X, the OL…
Hello, I got the guts to a G3 iMac here, i thin its 400 or 450mhz. I'm going to re-purpose is as a StepMania machine for my GF. There are some labels on the pin…
Hi all, Ok, I consider myself as a near hardcore macuser (and vintage Macs collector) for a long time, yet yesterday I felt just like a dumb newbie. Not that th…
Proabably Question mark foldering: http://cgi.ebay.com/APPLE-MAC-G4-CUBE-M7886-DESKTOP-CD-RW-COMPUTER-PARTS_W0QQitemZ290391658688QQcmdZViewItemQQptZApple_Deskto…
I happened to browse the local classifieds but rarely do since nothing cheap is ever there, and came across someone selling G4/450 towers for $20 a pop. No ram …
15", 700mhz, so the earliest one. $85 shipped. The listing says "parts or repair" but that they wiped the hard drive, it boots to a :?: , and worked fine before…
Alright, in my cleaning effort, (nearly) all of my PowerBooks have been dug out. I have found the following: Macintosh Portable, Backlit: Dead. Documented in my…
The site is up! This year we have a DOOM competition too! Roll Up - Roll Up!! http://www.retrochallenge.org
Christmas came sort of early for me this year, well last year now. I gots my hands on a 17 inch iMac (G4/800), a snow iBook (G3/800), and a Bondi iMac (G3/233).…
Last night from Craigslist, the LCD is bright and the arm is tight. The guy told me that this was hardly used. I got it for 130.00 with speakers, mouse and keyb…
Hi I'm looking for a solution to this problem. I'd like to use one of my old mac's (iMac G3, iBook G3, PowerBook G3, PowerBook Titanium G4) as a TV. I have been…
i have an LG external and also internal ( in my QS G4 ) burner that can use those DVD-ROM's Can i install and run system 8.1 from at DVD-ROM in the G4 or my 850…
I'm not sure if this is the board to ask but i have come to trust the gurus of the 68kMLA to provide me with the correct information/help if this question does …
I was looking this weekend at SSD laptop drives (for a G4 PB with an ATA-100 bus), and after gulping at the prices for even smallish drives, two thoughts struck…
Well would Ram from a tray loading I-mac Work in an Clam shell I book? I just mine and it only has stock ram, (the built in) Also This is a 366Mh Ibook with Fir…
In the near future I'm most likely going to be doing a RAM upgrade on an iMac DV 400 (slot loading) for someone. The poor thing is running 10.4.11, and only has…
There's a store nearby and I think I can get a single 1.25 ghz daughter card from a MDD fairly cheap. I have a Dual 1.00 ghz MDD with a burnt out processor. I'v…
Have any of you used the AsanteFast 10/100 NuBus ethernet card under 8.6 or 9.1? Does it work properly? Any issues or special knowledge for installing the drive…
Got this from school. Joins my other 2 Clams. It's the FireWire model, I installed OS X Server on it before as a fun project and it's still on there More Pics t…
I have an Apple //c with orig ROM. I have done the bootstrap via serial cable to my G4 laptop by way of USB - serial connector, and successfully pushed over .DS…
I picked this one up on eBay about a week ago. I was looking for a cheap G4, mainly so that I could install 10.4 onto my PowerBook G3 Lombard's hard disk, since…
I am going to be getting a Purple iMac G3, tray-loading. It has Mac OS 10.3.9, 333MHZ, 2 hard drives in it (that's what they told me, an 8GB and a 30GB), 256MB …
I found one of these at the flea market with no power adapter, battery or hard disk. Would there be a way to use one of my Wallstreet/Lombard AC bricks on it wi…
I was able to find a vnc viewer for my System 7.5, but somehow can't find a vnc viewer for OS 9. Can someone point me to a vnc viewer app for OS 9?
I just wanted to stop in and introduce myself. I've been lurking in the background just reading the forums. I had registered before, but somehow got sidetracked…
I am running Tiger OS Server on a 400Mh power mac g4 to give out open directory as well as the other things need for it, I would like to get netboot going, so I…
it's a Dual core, 2.0GHZ, 16GB ram, 1.4TB HDD's, Nvidia 6600LE Vid card, Pioneer DVD DL? Where can I find a GOOD pcie Video card (in case I do not sell my G5) b…
Hi there! I think both of the following are for older PowerBooks, but I don't know what kind would use them! First one is below. Has "A 8Mx64 EDO 3V 120 Connect…
The last month or so I've been busy acquiring and storing several Macs. Some were nearly complete, others not so much. They were all no-cost, though I did have …
I'm a sucker for benchmarking. I've been using Speedometer 4.0, but thought that maybe I'd like to try MacBench. Is there a version of MacBench that works not o…
I got an MDD (DP 1.0), Sawtooth, and 9600/200 (with XLR8 processor) for free today. All of them came with disks and dox. Also got 3 floppy disks, a zip disk, a …
Is there a key combo to start up a G3 mac with the Apple USB M7803 pro keyboard? My older USB keyboard have a power button, just got the M7803 (yea I know I am …
Aluminum 17" 1.67 on ebay for 460.00. Not one scratch or any dents, which is a miracle b/c everyone i've seen looks like it was through the war...
I was looking on craigslist today and saw a PM G5 2.3GHZ 2004 model and the guy wanted 225.00 B/C he said it was shutting down programs by itself, programs not …
Its not exactly a free conquest, but I think the deals on these finds is pretty good! I'm picking up a Dual 1.25GHz G4 + 17" LCD for $50 tomorrow and a 1.8GHz 2…
Went round to a mate's place today who I haven't seen for a couple of years, and he gave me a beige G3. I haven't had a good look at it yet, haven't even dusted…
Does anyone know for sure whether or not a Road Rocket pcmcia video card will work in a cardbus-enabled 2400c or 3400c? The publicity from the period states onl…
HI I HAVE A IMAC G3 DV AND THE 400 MHZ PROCESSOR JUST ISNT DOING IT FOR ME SO STUPID ME I WENT ON EBAY WITHOUT ANY RESEARCH AND BOUGHT A 600 MHZ IMAC G3 MOTHERB…
Found it quite by accident. A very small application. You can change the startup image from that tired looking gray apple to something else. Says it's for Tiger…
These are many of my conquests since i started collection macs /repairing computers about 2 years ago: >iMac DV+, my first mac (now my friend's first mac…