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Scored a Powerbook 170 and couple other PBs as mentioned in this thread: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=16943 The bezel is a little loose on the hinge and one side…
I've got a SCSI drive that works fine as an internal drive, but is unhappy externally. I put it in an old SCSI enclosure that used to contain a DAT drive. The e…
Sold off some Windows laptops and parts I had Craigslisted to a guy who does refurb/repair. While there, we got on the subject of old Macs. He said that he had …
Copyright Warning: U.S. residents only, I don't know of applicable Copyright laws outside the U.S. This game is considered "abandonware" and is exempt from DMCA…
Took a trip to a customer today who's getting rid of some old Mac stuff. I love people who keep the boxes Rev A Bondi Blue iMac, it's hardly been used and even …
Has anyone tried using Mac OS X printer sharing with classic Macs? I created a new LaserWriter 8 printer with LPR and my MacBook's IP address and the printer's …
Here's a little Windows program I wrote to take separate resource fork and data fork files, and join them into a MacBinary II file. It can process a single file…
Acquired today, all for free: Power Macintosh 8500/120 system. 120 MHz 604, 160 MB RAM, 2 GB HD, CD-ROM. Also has some kind of AV panel with audio/video in/out-…
This one came to me as a parts machine, and at a price worth a small risk, but in fact the problem was a flaky power adapter. Booted right up from a good one. I…
I have a Tangerine iBook that I want to setup for my daughter. Besides games (I have lots of those), what software exists to make the OS more kid friendly. I am…
I have a performa 520 Logic Board that was working quite happily in a Color Classic. After not being used for a month the machine suddenly won't start up. It wo…
Hi all, I am a kind of a 1400-freak. This is without a doubt my favorite classic PowerBook, and one of my favorite classic Mac ever. I do have two 1400c/166. On…
I've heard mention here and there of the process of prepping a rework PCB after SolderSucking a/o De-solder Braiding of pads and thru-holes to remove components…
The blasted floppy I kept my copy on decided to go corrupt itself on the way over to college. Mac Driver Museum's links are dead too. Anyone have a copy of this…
Just gotten my first Beige G3 from a customer who's moving house. It started out as stock when I got it. G3 266 Mhz - 512 L2 32 MB RAM 4 GB HDD (dead) Rage II 2…
Some of you on IRC have heard this story, but I need to reach a larger audience. A while ago I got a G4 Cube with a 17" ADC monitor. Initially it was being weir…
Hi, As a vintage mac enthusiast I watched few videos on youtube of what the old macs could do. Open a QuickDraw file in Notepad. My question is, what software c…
I can't seem to find any info on this apparent video card labeled "newlife computer corp". Serves me right for pulling the trigger on an auction before trying t…
I am trying to figure out the name of a game that I played on my mac plus. It was purchased at a CompUSA, so I am guessing it was somewhat known. It was a space…
Stopped at some thrift stores today, and came across a box showing a little device similar to a calculator. Reading the words on the box in bold, white letters,…
This has been an on-going issue with this printer, but since I want to use it to print out my lecture notes from my eMate, and 5215CD, I want to see if I can re…
I have a road apple PowerMac 5460 I use as my central file server between Basilisk II and my localtalk machines. Since it has ethernet. Well for some strange re…
I've just aquired a Beige G3 DT and cannot get classic to install, it keeps hanging at the yellow desktop with the CD pictures and "CD" writing, if I hit enter …
I got a Powerbook 520 with 4MB Memorycard, but 8MB Memory is not enough for me I attached pictures from the card, has anybody a clue what memory and what resist…
Hey gang, here's a great little find for my collection: a 1993 Apple PowerCD. A three-in-one device combining a regular audio-CD player, external CD-ROM drive f…
Couple of questions: 1.What OS between 7.5.3 and 8.6 would be best for a mailserver? 2. If the system is clean, no bad caps (WOW!), good strong power supply, an…
I had originally posted this in Trag's trading post thread, but since both he and I believe it would find a larger audience here, I figured I'd re-post. I have …
Whilst cruising ebay for LCDs for Taco CCs and other hacks, I found a seller offering cheap controller boards to drive bare LCD panels from a range of inputs - …
Hi, Point 1. I cant boot from pcmcia cf adapter on my 5300cs, where system is broken on the hard drive. Point 2. With CF-IDE adapter i get sad mac codes: &g…
Picked up a 9600/200 AVID MCXpress 1.5/2.0 system today. Came with the DIAMOND SCAN 20M monitor, color coded keyboard, 8 external drives, cdr burner, writing pa…
Hello, I recently saved some compact and desktop mac. I plan to use one classic to drive my old synths and expanders (D20, MT32, TR707). I already found a worki…
I am attempting to get my Power Mac 6100/60 to run on an LCD monitor, specifically an NEC MultiSync LCD1550V. From the Mac I have: HDI-45 to DB-15 "pigtail" ada…
Hey everyone, I have a Macintosh SE that was upgraded to 4mb of ram.. when it first arrived it would bomb (want to restart) on control panel and any other desk …
G'day all I have just received a CF adapter in the mail and have a Kingston 8GB CF card. I'm in a bit of a quandry as to which of my mac laptops to fit it into.…
eBay purchase, so not much of a conquest per se, but the unit is in great shape. I thought I was getting the 17" 1GHz, but this is actually the 15" 1GHz. That s…
Hi. I have just moved from the UK to Japan and of course I took the best examples of my classic Mac collection with me. Most items have switching power supplies…
There must be some kind of 12 step program I can join for this. Bear in mind, just six days ago I owned zero Macintosh systems or equipment. From left to right:…
Someone posted this link over on comp.sys.apple2.marketplace: http://www.iec-usa.com/cgi-bin/iec/05MPartDB19.html They appear to have current stock of 19 pin co…
I have ALWAYS wanted this converter ever since the demo from Apple that converted Kaleidoscope schemes to Mac OS 8.5+ themes. It existed but was never released.…
A friend gifted me a working Duo 230 that he rescued from a trash bin. We got it to my house, and it booted up fine. System 7.1, 12 MB RAM, 120 MB hard drive, 1…
Got it for the amazingly low price of $15 with the AppleVision 1710 Monitor (DOA). But the system works. Specs: 120 mHz 601 64 MB DIMM 168pin 1.2gb HD 8x CD ROM…
Hello, I'm borrowing my friend's account for a second for this. I have a backup of Mac OS X Tiger (a .toast file, I copied it on a friend's Mac and to my flash …
I have iMac G5 running OS 10.4.11 and Classic. Until recently if I wanted to print from my MS Word 5 document in OS 9, I'd go to Chooser and select printer (HP …
I'm working on figuring out how resource forks are parsed, somewhat for curiosity and also maybe for some use to somebody. I've made some progress, could anybod…
I found this Classic while browsing eBay and noticed it had a serial number of E9508CMF1335LL/A. The label looks to be almost homemade and claims it was made in…
I inserted a floppy disk into my (recently resurrected) Plus' internal floppy disk drive, the drive then made a short "humph" sound, and thereafter died ... Aft…
There were a couple of M0130 Mac 400K external drives and a Sun Remarketing 400K (same, but no Apple logo molded into case) for $5 ea at Austin's Goodwill Compu…
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I'm assuming this is a Hack. I upgraded from my original Core Duo Mac to a Core 2 Duo Mac so I could upgrade to Lion an upgrade to ICloud. I gave the Mac to a g…