Saw one of these aluminum displays on eBay, but available for local pickup, for $100. It was advertised in excellent condition, with power supply. Given that po…
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So, today not only I did I get a working Sawtooth, but I was also finally able to max out the eMac's RAM. And it didn't even cost me a penny. All I did was wash…
. . . has anyone else filed those d@ng-b!@$^3D ridges off at less than their 90 degree angle so you can unplug the connector from the MoBo w/o going through CRT…
I'm stuck home with bronchitis again . . . . . . and I was bored . . . : . . . so . . . } . . . it's difficult to imagine that the much uglier of the two Plus f…
I got me one cheap now it just needs feet. http://www.flickr.com/photos/havokalien/8253571468/in/photostream
TopicMorph alert! Original thread title: KnuckleDraggin'HardwareHacker™ vs. EuroDIN Connector . . . . . . acting as stubborn as the hack3r happens to be = } Ele…
Since I got my Pismo working again, I've wanted to start putting it to more use, especially in a travel context (thanks to the two battery bays - why don't more…
Some recent conquests and finds. Powerbook 520 - PSU - US-keyboard - 160Mb HDD (works) - Dual batteries (both dead naturally) -Got this from fleamarket. A colle…
FYI, the Acard aec7720u SCSI to IDE converter will work with an old mac flawlessly. I have system 7.5 installing on a flash card right now. The compact flash ca…
2012 Mac Mini 2.6 GHZ Intel Core i7 8GB 1600 MHz DDR3 Fusion SSD 1.1TB Operating System Mac OS X 10.8.2 Mountain Lion Asus VE278Q 27-Inch LED, HDMI LCD 2ms, IPS…
So I plugged it in tried different working power supplies. I have yet to dust the main board but so far not past power light and hard drive spin. Put a good bat…
1 - 220uf 1 - 1uf 1 - 470uf 9 - 47uf (470uf 11 Cents ea) http://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/EPCOS/B41827A5477M000/?qs=sGAEpiMZZMvwFf0viD3Y3bI5SF5loBGn%252bsTRq…
I have a pretty peculiar problem: the internal speaker is extremely faint. If I turn up the volume all the way and put my ears close to the case I can hear it w…
So I was trolling my email box, when a email popped up saying free SE/30 and LC to a good home. Usually I miss these and hit my head against a wall, but I got r…
This was quite a steel. I traded an older Toshiba Satellite laptop from 2009 for a Early 2008 MacBook. Decent condition. Although, the battery doesn't work, som…
Hello! I haven't used my Kanga G3 in a while and thought I would play some starcraft on it today. Any CD I put in doesn't spin up. I see the little green LED li…
Thanks to someone on another forum, I got access to a Quadra 840av. Long story short, I bought it for $75, because it did not post. The person selling it was ab…
Today found 2 grape imac g3's on the side of the road in my neighborhood. One's a fruit tray load 333 with 6 gb drive and 160 mb ram running 9.2.2. The other on…
I made the first pass at building another 2300cTB for an SacrificialHackMac and thought I'd share a piccie. I've done this in a DuoDock with and without active …
Macintosh IIci Processor Cache Card 2 - 47uf (Stock OEM Replacement Caps) (47uf 10 Cents ea) http://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Cornell-Dubilier/AVE476M16D16T-…
My Color Classic saga continues. An LC 550 logic board brought my CC up to "CC II" status. It's so much faster! And so much RAM! All is well save for two proble…
I am playing with my 8600 recently and like to make it a productive machine again. As I got it very late (some day 2005 or something, and didn´t use it very oft…
Hello! I just got a Macintosh Quadra 900 today. I planned to install A/UX on it, but that's another thing, first I wanted to have at least MacOS. It got two har…
A box fell on my back-caseless Color Classic's CRT and snapped its neck. I have no reason to believe anything else is wrong with the little guy, so I've been lo…
I posted on my local craigslist looking for old macs. While no freebies have come up yet, I have gotten quite a few odd emails. 1 wouldn't take a fair amount fo…
Ok went and picked up the two MDDs. As always the add was not correct. No such thing as a 1.5. So one was a 1.25 single and a 1.0 single. He threw in 2 ADC 17 i…
I know the minimum processor speed for Leopard is 867MHz, but my eMac just falls short of that. I was wondering if anyone has tried this with the original 800MH…
Well, I'm back to the collecting game. This time, it's a roadside pick. Scored an absolutely mint II+ with Microsoft Softcard, Epson APL card, Microsoft RAM exp…
I just picked up a Performa 550 off of Craigslist. They thought it was dead, but I helped them test it out (i.e. the power switch doesn't actually turn it on) a…
Is there a rule of thumb when looking at a 30-pin SIMM to determine its capacity? All my 30-pin machines are compacts, and I don't always have one open, so just…
Out of my 20+ vintage Macs, I've only had 1 or 2 hard drives die on me. The hard drive in my Color Classic died this weekend. I opened it up to install an Asant…
. . . I never thought this could possibly work, but I've found a caveat mentioned about it . . . . . . but, first of all: Props to MinerAl for being the first o…
As the supply of 50 pin SCSI HDDs dwindles, there has been a fair amount of focus on bridges to attach various more modern storage devices to the SCSI bus. Has …
25 compacts of varying configurations from stock 512k's through Plus, including several 512k's with SCSI and one with what I'll assume is an external display ad…
Finally found one of these and the tower is in mint condition. A little dusty and hasn't been used since 2005. Came with its matching keyboard (Which by the way…
In all truthfulness, I'm more of a software guy then a hardware guy. So, I need help with the maintenance for the 512kE. I want to give it a full overhaul (minu…
Anyone have a copy of the Cute Cat extension? It seems to have been lost to obscurity. It was an extension that was similar to Boris on XWindows, it made it cut…
I've been reading a bunch of threads about using server drives in our old Macs, so I've been looking around . . . . . . If someone in the tech Support Brigade c…
Recently, my last Mac died (PowerBook 180). That left me without a working Mac for the first time since I purchased a IIci back in the 80's. Can I hear you say …
Keep this in mind when considering this project's unrealistic (at best) goal, & all these seemingly unrelated lines of research: The first G-3 IC Packag…
So for years I've been looking for a Workgroup Server 9650/350 they never come up for sale, I doubt there are many left. I finally found one locally (bought a l…
Hi guys, I've bugged some of you on IRC pending my account but figured I'd pick non-lurker's brains. And yes, I have Larry Pina's book on the way but I have no …
Just thought I'd post some shots here for those whom are interested { "lightbox_close": "Close", "lightbox_next": "Next", "lightbox_previous": "Previous", "ligh…
I found this thing in the ancient "Current Hacks" box . . . piccies coming up soon, meanwhile: SCM SwapBox At any rate, there seems to be a lot more information…
Ok 3 months ago I got some parts of a 5300, a real basket case. Lots of parts but cables ripped and such. Well today in the mail for the price of shipping a guy…
Hi 68K'ers! I'm sorting through my collection, which I haven't had time for in years. I'm looking at one particular machine, my PowerMac 7100/80. I acquired thi…
Found this nice Classic II system for $ 20. Can't say that i was ever really excited about getting a Classic, but considering this was a Classic II in good shap…
Hello, I have a PB180 that fails to do anything when the power button is pushed. As recently as 2 months ago, it powered up and booted just fine. Is there a "ch…
i replaced all the cap's, little of a pain in the butt, they were in-fact all leaking. except for the 16v 47, but i replaced that one anyways, none of the caps …
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