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I just acquired a Macintosh IIcx with a lot of computers I purchased on craigslist. Is there some secret to turning this model on? I hooked up a good ADB keyboa…
· 10 posts · started 20 Nov 2007 - 07:29 · last 21 Nov 2007 - 21:12
PowerBook Duo 230, broken lid latch, dead battery, but otherwise works. PowerBook 150, no battery, no hard drive. Boots from floppy. DuoDock (original, not even…
· 2 posts · started 21 Nov 2007 - 09:13 · last 21 Nov 2007 - 09:29
First i'll say thank you to Byrd for sending these across. Couldn't be happier with the outcome, the way they were packed... everything. PowerBook G3/266 - I wa…
· 31 posts · started 15 Nov 2007 - 02:50 · last 20 Nov 2007 - 23:36
This time a 7300/180. Came with an AppleDesign keyboard (I kind of like this. Same layout as the Extended/Extended II but without the annoying clicky clacky non…
· 12 posts · started 18 Nov 2007 - 11:36 · last 20 Nov 2007 - 23:34
I just got a Power Macintosh 6100/66 in a lot of computers off of craigslist. When I first powered it on, I got the chime but got no futher (no video). I switch…
· 9 posts · started 20 Nov 2007 - 07:27 · last 20 Nov 2007 - 21:07
got my hands on a ibook 500 mhz with out an hd and a wonky cd drive for 60 euro best of all its logic board is in fine working condition with some luck i can sw…
· 3 posts · started 19 Nov 2007 - 09:23 · last 20 Nov 2007 - 18:59
Dear list. I'm getting a PowerMac 7300 tomorrow (hopefully). I don't know how much RAM is in it, but since it's free I'm expecting stock, and I know that I'll w…
· 3 posts · started 20 Nov 2007 - 01:42 · last 20 Nov 2007 - 02:27
I just finished dropping a 1.2gb Quauntum Fireball hardrive into my dual floppy SE. I thought it was going to really tight inside the case,but there is lots of …
· 27 posts · started 20 Jul 2007 - 05:54 · last 20 Nov 2007 - 02:27
awhile ago; i found a G4 (with the right-side easy access panel) had 2.0 GB ram and a 160 GB hdd (FREE) after that, found a LC520 (working, original mouse + key…
· 17 posts · started 13 Nov 2007 - 14:17 · last 17 Nov 2007 - 04:18
I am diagnosing this for my school. There is a blueberry iMac that when you try to turn it on, nothing happens. The green power light comes on, but nothing else
· 4 posts · started 15 Nov 2007 - 23:26 · last 16 Nov 2007 - 07:27
http://www.silvernetworks.net/IMG_00231.JPG Sorry the quality sucks so bad. It's an iPhone. I can't find my real camera. One of the battery pins on my PB1400 mo…
· 7 posts · started 10 Nov 2007 - 06:25 · last 15 Nov 2007 - 15:53
I have a collection of old firewire drives (que cd writers, mostly). What issues are there with swapping out the obsolete drives that currently live inside? I'd…
· 13 posts · started 6 Nov 2007 - 23:11 · last 15 Nov 2007 - 11:37
Most sites and other sources list System 6.0.7 as the lower limit of the Classic System Software running ability. However, I recently got my Classic booting int…
· 11 posts · started 12 Nov 2007 - 17:36 · last 14 Nov 2007 - 09:43
Greetings all, Just taking a look at the stack of LC pizza boxes I've got and I started wondering when Apple started using generic cases (ie not screened logos …
· 16 posts · started 10 Sep 2007 - 02:15 · last 14 Nov 2007 - 04:50
...But at last I've managed to liberate a machine: A PowerMac 7100/80 with 88Mb RAM and a 2Gb hard drive. All in working order (I'm told - got to confirm when i…
· 2 posts · started 13 Nov 2007 - 12:29 · last 14 Nov 2007 - 03:33
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-Idzb5kL5E&locale=en_US&persist_locale=1 This poor fellow's Classic II squeaks! Any ideas on what it could be? H…
· 10 posts · started 11 Nov 2007 - 23:09 · last 13 Nov 2007 - 09:57
http://forums.mactalk.com.au/showthread.php?s=b20459703378a491cae9970666e689ae&t=32616 Oh executioner......EXE-CU-TIONER.... >
· 17 posts · started 20 Jun 2007 - 20:52 · last 13 Nov 2007 - 09:56
In their original boxes, no less. 2000 yen. However, all is not well in Macland: both of them are dead. One of them is catastrophically destroyed, the other is …
· 17 posts · started 3 Nov 2007 - 02:32 · last 11 Nov 2007 - 17:46
I bought an unknown-model 500-series PowerBook on eBay for about $10. I say it's an unknown model because the model number has been replaced with a PowerPC badg…
· 5 posts · started 10 Nov 2007 - 08:27 · last 10 Nov 2007 - 18:53
I replaced the processor of Quadra 700 (68040/25) with the more powerfull processor from Quadra 840 (68040/40) and the clock speed remains same 25 mhz?? What sh…
· 5 posts · started 9 Nov 2007 - 23:23 · last 10 Nov 2007 - 09:20
I got a 6500PM with a G3 crescendo card in it.... I believe its a 400mhz G3....I'm wondering, is there any way to run OS X on this machine, using the upgrade? a…
· 15 posts · started 14 Sep 2007 - 00:05 · last 8 Nov 2007 - 09:08
I'm getting a lot of out of memory messages on my SE which has 1MB of RAM. I see that I can max out the RAM for less than $3. However, I'm wondering how safe it…
· 62 posts · started 29 Sep 2007 - 17:44 · last 8 Nov 2007 - 02:30
I posted this on MacRumors, but nobody said anything. I've had a Mac Plus for quite some time, and just got all the stuff to get it up and running. Only problem…
· 4 posts · started 7 Nov 2007 - 17:54 · last 7 Nov 2007 - 18:35
I have an old 7200/90 and I don't know what to do with it. It's too slow for use as a web browsing machine. I could use it as a dedicated word processor/fax sta…
· 54 posts · started 24 Sep 2007 - 01:20 · last 6 Nov 2007 - 16:24
I have a performa 6200cd with 64mb RAM, and a 20gb HD. OS 7.6.1. Just wondering, what tips would you suggest to make this machine faster other than just removin…
· 19 posts · started 30 Oct 2007 - 00:58 · last 5 Nov 2007 - 06:34
I know there have been some threads related to batterries and compact macs, and if they should be removed for storage, so forgive me if I'm repeating myself. I …
· 12 posts · started 7 Oct 2007 - 22:46 · last 3 Nov 2007 - 21:49
Hi, My Quadra 800 has been rather grumpy lately. It cmae ut with the blinking question mark, and I put in the disk tools disk. It found the drive, and I reblese…
· 4 posts · started 2 Nov 2007 - 11:58 · last 2 Nov 2007 - 22:20
I am picking up an eMac 700Mhz off of Craigslist for $130. it was $135, but since I am the only one serious about it, and am picking it up today, he knocked off…
· 17 posts · started 28 Oct 2007 - 20:42 · last 2 Nov 2007 - 00:22
I just got word that I can pickup two G3 BW towers and a G4 tower tomorrow from a local Freecycle post. I'm told the two G3s may run and the G4 at least needs a…
· 21 posts · started 24 Oct 2007 - 01:12 · last 1 Nov 2007 - 23:48
I've got an overclocked B&W G3 I was given a while back. I use it as a server, but since it's on almost 24/7 my electricity bill has gone up. I'd like t…
· 8 posts · started 16 Oct 2007 - 11:17 · last 31 Oct 2007 - 15:06
Looking for some RAM for my 8500. I would like to bump it to a full gig just because it can be done. However where would I look? According to Everymac.com my 85…
· 5 posts · started 2 Oct 2007 - 12:10 · last 27 Oct 2007 - 23:53
Wooo! Just got back from the Apple Store and I got a Leopard T-shirt! So even though I can't have Leopard, I've still got the T-shirt! My G3 cried when it saw t…
· 9 posts · started 26 Oct 2007 - 19:04 · last 27 Oct 2007 - 18:38
Exactly what the title says. The machine boots into the OS, and I know because I can eject a floppy with openapple-E. So everything is fine with the SOFTWARE...…
· 7 posts · started 21 Oct 2007 - 16:14 · last 25 Oct 2007 - 00:52
I guess this is the right place to put this... forgive me if it isn't, but nothing else seemed to fit. I've been looking around for some SCSI drives for some of…
· 2 posts · started 23 Oct 2007 - 21:12 · last 23 Oct 2007 - 21:48
Went to a local school fete before and lib'd an LCII and a PC of some description for $5. Teacher who was on the stall said she also owned an SE, but I couldn't…
· 10 posts · started 20 Oct 2007 - 05:17 · last 22 Oct 2007 - 05:04
So, my LCII has a dead PRAM battery. The clock and other settings are changed back when ever I start it up. The color also reverts to black and white. Is this a…
· 13 posts · started 21 Oct 2007 - 04:28 · last 22 Oct 2007 - 00:52
I was in the thrift shop today and got a PowerBook 145 and Toshiba Pentium notebook PC. Anyone know if a PB 100 power supply will work on the 145?
· 3 posts · started 19 Oct 2007 - 21:19 · last 21 Oct 2007 - 01:09
I've acquired a mac plus that seems to have some kind of screen problems. First i sometimes turn it on and it makes the startup bong but it doesn't do anything …
· 18 posts · started 12 Oct 2007 - 23:52 · last 20 Oct 2007 - 23:08
Picked up, with the help of the giver, two 20-21" monitors. One Rasterops and one Radius. The two computers had the video cards in them. The MacIIfx has a Raste…
· 5 posts · started 19 Oct 2007 - 22:12 · last 20 Oct 2007 - 06:25
Is there any difference between the logic boards of the 7500, 8500, 7300 and 7600? Or, indeed, were there revisions of the logic boards within the same series (…
· 11 posts · started 28 Sep 2007 - 14:25 · last 18 Oct 2007 - 23:56
Anyone else have one? I've got one in the original box and have played with it a few times but I'm not really sure what I'd ever use it for. For those who have …
· 10 posts · started 7 May 2007 - 01:42 · last 18 Oct 2007 - 15:52
Picked up a PowerMac 9500/132 for free in the Quokka (local free for sale paper). Power supply was dead but the machine was loaded! Had more than 300MB of RAM (…
· 3 posts · started 17 Oct 2007 - 08:59 · last 17 Oct 2007 - 13:25
They wanted $20 for it, but since they couldn't show me that it really worked, I offered $15. The machine itself had decent wear and tear, but still looked pret…
· 18 posts · started 13 Oct 2007 - 21:14 · last 16 Oct 2007 - 22:30
Hi... I took my trusty IIci out of the storage to test various accelerator cards I'm going to sell on ebay and to my surprise, it had no sound anymore... Since …
· 2 posts · started 16 Oct 2007 - 14:18 · last 16 Oct 2007 - 15:06
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