Well I have a Performa 475 here, got this one from jt. First time I flipped the switch I get a somewhat slow death chime. If I turn it off an on quick I get a h…
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So, my good ol' temperamental Classic is at it again. After the time of success of booting from the ROM (hard drive is still dead and unconnected) to be able to…
Hey guys I am going to try and explain this as simply as I can, sort of confusing. I have a bunch of old games for Macintosh, however most of the disks are corr…
When I have a crash on my system 7, I can notice "Rescued Items" in the trash. I was just wondering if those files represent the state of the RAM before the cra…
I was working on an LC II board I was selling, and fired it up one more time before putting it in a box. Nothing, just a blank screen, not even the chime, it mu…
I made a System 1.0 boot disk from a PowerBook 170 using a high density 1.44mb floppy diskette. It boots and works fine on my Macintosh 128k using an external A…
Hello all... After 28 years, I managed to get my original Mac 512Ke back from a friend (who kep it in my home country after I moved). For a quick laugh, see her…
I did something stupid You know the type of fly back transformers that don't have the bleeder resistor? That caused a big problem for a motherboard that was wor…
I finally had some time to work on the Performa 6115CD that I got from Dog Cow for the price of driving about 75 miles, round trip. I have a few other extras (c…
I replaced the Mac Plus default power-up "beep" with a harp strumming sound. Fun times. Using the current method, any sampled sound of 0.66 seconds duration cou…
Data Desk is a tool for Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA). First released in 1986, it is one of the oldest Macintosh programs still actively developed and sold. I…
As Supertramp said: "Dreamer... you know you are a dreamer"... Who knows... maybe there is still a copy of the holy disk somewhere?
I just won a Power Mac 7500/100 with a Sonnet Crescendo 500MHz G3 card. Comes with keyboard, mouse, mousepad, and extra RAM. Also has original box for G3 upgrad…
I had finally gotten my old Mac 512Ke together after a mildly successful floppy reapir, and after about 1 hour of use it started going crackle crackle and then …
Hey Guys, This video playing on the Macintosh 128K is just fascinating, Any of you know how i can get hold of a copy of this video.. this video is played from t…
We all know the Color Classic II is rare, but I can't seem to find ANY photos of a Performa 250!! Does anyone have one? Do they even exist??
I've got a nice 2100 thats been kind of borked up since I got it. The unit powers on and brings you to the screen calibration screen. The screen responds to the…
As per the topic title, I fired up my Powerbook 1400c for the first time in a few months and discovered that the mouse button now longer wanted to work. Trackpa…
The floppy drive in my newly-acquired IIci had some dust bunnies spilling out the front slot. I opened it up, and found this: View attachment 4996 :O xx( :scram…
While taking apart a G3 Desktop I realized it uses an interesting sound board which I thought I would share here.(personally I find the modular nature of this b…
I just picked up a IIci system, my first acquisition in a while. According to the previous owner, it was working as of about two years ago. When I power it up n…
A while ago I replaced my G4's CD-ROM with a DVD-ROM. After the change the Mac would no loner boot from the DVD drive, even though it came from another blue G4.…
I am thinking of buying a quadra in the indirect future. I have a performa 6116, imac g3, powermac g4 mdd and powerbook 540c but i would like to have a motorola…
Yeah, I know. Its been awhile... Anyways, my current "collection" of PRAM batteries pulled from other machines is starting to die on me left and right. For some…
Hi Guys, I hope somebody can help me out.. I have a set of USB Harman Kardon Speakers that came with one of my G4 Cubes that have suddenly stopped working. They…
Can I hook up a CD or DVD drive (SATA interface) to a Sonnet TSATA PCI card? Or can only hard drives be hooked up to that card? This would be in my 7600 running…
I have a couple of Laserwriters that I am working on and troubleshooting led me to the issue of a triac at q101 on the AC Powerblock (just under the fan). Anywa…
This question might be very specific, but perhaps somebody has tried this before? I own a PM G3/233 DT that I overclocked very sucessfully to 83 MHz systembus s…
Couple of quick questions / errors on my SE/30 running Sytem 6.0.8. 1) Is there anyway to get Macintalk working on this machine? I really want to play Capn' Mag…
Has anyone cleaned a Mac 128k travel bag before? You know, the beige ones with the Apple logo patch on the front. I bought a Mac 512k with a grungy bag and was …
Does anyone know the part number for the plug that connects the early logic boards to the analog board cable? Also, does anyone know the part number of the sock…
Hi! Unfortunately school took away the free time I had during the summer, but now I'm (almost) back, thanks to the Christmas holidays! I thought it would have b…
Hi everyone, I have been interested in giving solder paste a shot for a while, but have been able to get by with wire solder, and been put off by the cost and s…
Hello all! I'm glad I could find a classic/ vintage Mac site that was still operational. I need some help. I just resurrected my beloved Mac IIcx. Got it used f…
Hello everyone. This is my first writing on this site. First, let me starting by letting you know that im not good in english, as you see. My question is someth…
I am going to start replacing the line filter cap (big round one) in TDK PSUs every time I do a recap. I see it is rated at 180uF 385WV..? What is a suitable re…
Someone told me last week that they had some old Mac stuff and wanted to know if I would take it. I said I would, no matter if it's new or old. Today, I get thi…
Just recently, I did some work for a client who paid me with what I thought was a Powerbook Duo 280c and a Duo MiniDock. Knowing the 280c was a 68k Mac (my firs…
I made my long time dream come true! I have maxed out my 9500 with 12 128MB sticks. One of them is a little different but it has the exact same specs as the oth…
Flash versions have been growing like crazy lately. It seems that the modified Flash version which gave PowerPC users some respite is now too old for certain si…
Just received my FREE Duo 250 from BMOW and he said last time he used it, it worked fine. I grabbed a tested Duo charger off eBay, but I cannot for the life of …
Hello all!!! I have managed to find Mike Stephens who used to work for ketronic who produced the main board in the Apple Lisa keyboard.. He has inventory of the…
Have collected a Powerbook G4 Titanium this afternoon. Part exchanged my Powermac G3 Beige and get the Ti Book. The previous owner overclocked the Ti book to 50…
Hi guys Here is an update to my software collection thus far. I have tried to make system images of most all disks, most of them were good and I was able to do …
I am placing a cap order and have been looking for the list of what a Macintosh II requires for a while with no luck. Does anyone have a list handy? The machine…
hi, I have a PowerPC 6100 that worked fine up until a month ago. Now, when i turn it on, the HD initially spins (i.e. its getting power) but the screen doesn't …
I have an SE/30 motherboard that had a battery explode on it. After initial cleanup and removal of the battery holder, it doesn't look too bad. Looks to be very…