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I picked up an eMac today. It has a 1.25GHz G4, 1GB RAM, an 80GB hard drive, and a wireless card. The keyboard isn't a perfect match, but it's an Apple ProKeybo…
· 7 posts · started 24 Nov 2011 - 06:47 · last 5 Jan 2012 - 13:19
Anyone have the apple article: "EtherTalk and Alternate AppleTalk Connections Reference"? Reason I ask is because I was thinking about making a new ethernet car…
· 3 posts · started 4 Jan 2012 - 03:49 · last 5 Jan 2012 - 04:56
Trying to figure out a "new" logic board in an otherwise proven SE/30 computer. Known good ROM SIMM Known good all RAM modules Known good floppy & hard …
· 8 posts · started 8 Dec 2011 - 22:05 · last 5 Jan 2012 - 02:40
Just for the records, … Did you know that "Civilization II" is/was availaible for 68k as well? I tried to backup my CD I bought 1998, and discovered a 68k CIV I…
· 4 posts · started 3 Jan 2012 - 08:48 · last 4 Jan 2012 - 23:27
I have determined that the issue (or issues) lies in CODE resource 1. I have also run MacsBug (which runs in Mini vMac!) on it as well. { "lightbox_close": "Clo…
· 2 posts · started 4 Jan 2012 - 01:12 · last 4 Jan 2012 - 20:31
Hello, I am trying to make my mac68k usefull, and I am searching for usefull software for it. Could anyone give me a hint? NeoCDTV2
· 16 posts · started 8 Feb 2009 - 12:07 · last 4 Jan 2012 - 20:04
I have spent a fair bit of time over the past few days experimenting with an installation of Microsoft Office (Word 5.1 etc.) on A/UX, and have discovered that …
· 8 posts · started 3 Jan 2012 - 14:46 · last 4 Jan 2012 - 19:00
Lots of spammers on the wiki lately. Is there anything that can be done on the technical side to try to stop them?
· 21 posts · started 16 Feb 2011 - 20:04 · last 4 Jan 2012 - 13:22
Some smaller part conquests today; -Apple CD SC, full box with PSU and cables, but no drive. -Apple IC Extractor-tool -iMac (year 2000) installation CD-package,…
· 4 posts · started 2 Jan 2012 - 18:12 · last 4 Jan 2012 - 05:11
After finding this forum, I decided to pull my apparently quite rare(*) SE/30 from it's Targus bag in my basement. Amazingly, the PRAM battery was still intact …
· 13 posts · started 1 Jan 2012 - 05:57 · last 4 Jan 2012 - 03:41
I have had a look with HexEdit (as well as MacsBug on my PowerMac) and have pretty much determined that the problem lies in CheckSysVersion. { "lightbox_close":…
· 1 posts · started 4 Jan 2012 - 01:12 · last 4 Jan 2012 - 01:12
Hey everyone, Been a couple years since I've been around here - and quite a while since I have actually scored a Mac of any kind... got a couple new ones in the…
· 2 posts · started 3 Jan 2012 - 17:25 · last 3 Jan 2012 - 19:04
So I never did get my dead PSU MDD up and running. It's just been sitting there doing nothing with (what I believe to be) a dual-1.24 G4 CPU. I just got to thin…
· 16 posts · started 21 Dec 2011 - 13:58 · last 1 Jan 2012 - 10:13
I'm trying to find the iTunes 1.1.3 patch that allowed you to run iTunes on Mac OS 8.6 but it seems to be one of those files that with time has appeared in link…
· 7 posts · started 31 Dec 2011 - 21:35 · last 1 Jan 2012 - 03:02
Finally... after nearly a month. Long story short... my Corsair RAM failed.... one of the contacts fell off a module, while the other was acting up. I sent them…
· 3 posts · started 19 Dec 2011 - 21:58 · last 31 Dec 2011 - 21:32
A year ago, I bought a dual 2.0GHz G5, and as I had successfully repaired a dead dual 1.8Ghz unit (though even then it would only run stably under X.4), I decid…
· 1 posts · started 31 Dec 2011 - 20:01 · last 31 Dec 2011 - 20:01
I noticed that apple part # for dual 2.0 GHz (2003) and dual 2.7 (early 2005) is the same, is it possible to swap them? Ben
· 3 posts · started 21 Jul 2011 - 19:12 · last 31 Dec 2011 - 19:45
I have a powerbook 1400c that works perfectly except from the fact that it refuses to format floppies as HFS or ProDOS, it will format them as MsDOS just fine. …
· 3 posts · started 30 Dec 2011 - 00:10 · last 30 Dec 2011 - 14:37
Hi Guys, I'm new to this forum. I bought a pre-loved SE/30 that had intermittent booting problems, every 2nd boot from cold, it would display a black-and-white …
· 9 posts · started 17 Dec 2011 - 05:10 · last 30 Dec 2011 - 12:15
I was searching for my Apple II workstation card and found my small stack of Avid NuBus cards. I thought it would be nice to pair the cards together while I ahd…
· 9 posts · started 27 Dec 2011 - 20:50 · last 30 Dec 2011 - 05:38
. . . YUM! Just a tad early. { "lightbox_close": "Close", "lightbox_next": "Next", "lightbox_previous": "Previous", "lightbox_error": "The requested content can…
· 6 posts · started 29 Dec 2011 - 17:39 · last 30 Dec 2011 - 05:03
I just have a couple of questions about my mac plus (haveing opened it today to decide what needs to be done to restore it) do the plus's have the same problem …
· 3 posts · started 29 Dec 2011 - 02:28 · last 29 Dec 2011 - 13:21
In the past few days, and after a long search, I received as an eBay purchase a Word 5 manual (the original user's manual from Microsoft). This may not seem a b…
· 5 posts · started 27 Dec 2011 - 00:26 · last 28 Dec 2011 - 23:05
Finally a native apple lcd display for my classic macs it is the original with ADB ports only 14 euro! Does anybody know how to power it? It doesn't have the st…
· 12 posts · started 24 Dec 2011 - 13:34 · last 28 Dec 2011 - 00:34
I recently got a B&W Powermac G3 400 Rev.2 w/768mb of RAM for 25$. It had several issues, mostly relating to its SCSI disk failing and the IDE disk I wa…
· 4 posts · started 20 Jul 2011 - 15:00 · last 28 Dec 2011 - 00:17
Hi As is the tradition at this time of year, my nicely manicured hard disk is just off south for the winter, complete with the contents. My SE/30 is not happy. …
· 4 posts · started 26 Dec 2011 - 18:18 · last 27 Dec 2011 - 15:08
Good afternoon and Happy Holidays! In college, I bought a used TiBook 400, after a gentleman noticed I was posting to a car forum using a 3400c. He offered me t…
· 9 posts · started 22 Dec 2011 - 23:06 · last 26 Dec 2011 - 19:11
I've been running my 7500 battery-less for the last few days and the combination of Network Time and PRAM Auto Restore is working fine. The only minor complaint…
· 4 posts · started 15 Oct 2011 - 18:14 · last 26 Dec 2011 - 00:42
Got an Powermac G5 2.3 Ghz dualcore, 2.5GB RAM, Superdrive, 320+160GB HD, GeForce 6600, small bend on the front leg, just like my current 1.8Ghz single has. Tha…
· 9 posts · started 19 Dec 2011 - 22:00 · last 26 Dec 2011 - 00:11
It's become somewhat of a tradition that I name my conquest threads anything but the thing i've actually acquired. This one is no exception. In a nutshell, i've…
· 16 posts · started 29 Nov 2011 - 07:43 · last 25 Dec 2011 - 07:58
I picked up a LaCie 4GB external SCSI drive at the hamfest as i got the other drives from. It looked like it had been opened before, so i pulled it all the way …
· 3 posts · started 24 May 2011 - 04:02 · last 25 Dec 2011 - 03:23
TCP/IP services on old Mac’s have always my interest. After running a web server on my Plus I shifted to a FTP server on my Macintosh 512Ke. This Mac has 1024 K…
· 32 posts · started 17 Dec 2010 - 18:55 · last 25 Dec 2011 - 00:06
Hey guys, just installed the developer release of Lion and here are my findings so far: 1. AppleShare. Starting with 10.6, Classic Macs were no longer able to c…
· 62 posts · started 25 Feb 2011 - 04:51 · last 25 Dec 2011 - 00:05
Restoring another Pismo...interesting, there is normal sound via headphones but not through the built in speakers. Odd for the speakers to be blown but the soun…
· 19 posts · started 7 Jul 2011 - 21:10 · last 24 Dec 2011 - 18:11
Hey Everybody! Just a few quick things. The first is that I've updated the 68kMLA IRC Guidelines page, mainly to mention that the forum rules (things like "keep…
· 1 posts · started 24 Dec 2011 - 16:03 · last 24 Dec 2011 - 16:03
Helllllloooo there, my classic II fan sounds strange. It works fine but sounds like a hard drive (there is no hard drive inside). Has anyone replaced the fan on…
· 3 posts · started 21 Dec 2011 - 22:02 · last 23 Dec 2011 - 08:18
Liberated today Powermac G4 MDD 1.25Ghz DP, 2GB RAM, 120+160GB HD, DVD-RW, Ati Radeon 9000 PRO. This thing is noisy! Needs to clean it up from dust and replace …
· 7 posts · started 14 Dec 2011 - 20:42 · last 22 Dec 2011 - 20:58
Today I'm proud to announce that I used my MP 2100 to take notes for an entire period of Chem 121! It worked out fine. I used HW recognition mode for outlining …
· 7 posts · started 16 Sep 2011 - 02:23 · last 21 Dec 2011 - 19:51
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