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Some new conquests: 2 x Macintosh IIci (for parts) - one OK PSU, both motherboards had few broken SIM-slots. Gave them to a friend for projects/parts. Kept the …
Okay my quadra arrived today and of course I have a bunch of questions for you guys. I am attaching some pictures of it that will help you guys know what I am t…
I got hold of a Macintosh Display Card 8•24GC rev B ROM today. Can anyone see on the chips how much vram this is?
As I continue building my MDD setup for long-term OS9 use, I'd like some recommendations for expansion cards. Requirements: 1) Useful 2) Compatible with OS9 Wou…
wikipedia said these were plagued with power supply issues, i happen to have one, that came from that load of mac's i received over the weekend. this one happen…
I picked up a powerbook duo 280 at the hamfest. It fired right up and started booting into MacOS 8. But the screen is bad, starts that tunnelvision shit when yo…
Hello guys, I'm new on this forum. My first Macintosh I haved used was my dads one. A Macintosh IIcx in 1991, IIRC. It was a pleasure to use this easy to handle…
C1, C7, C12, C13 are 47uf 16v, C11 is a 220uf at 16v. These capacitors form a supply filter network on the 5V source. (If bad, will cause simasaimac condition. …
Will this work in the 7600? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Apple-Power-Mac-intosh-ATI-Rage128-16MB-PCI-Video-VGA-Graphics-Card-630-2858-OEM-/380430850818?pt=PCC_Video_…
Just scored today a very nice looking Classic, not too yellow,in working condition (there is no HD but was part of the deal) and free ! Boot to the blinking mar…
Hey everyone. I wrote this a decade ago in the old forums and thought it might be appropriate to repost. HOW TO DISCHARGE A CRT SAFELY (Or at least as safely as…
In between hanging out with all the mothers in my family and my sister in law's birthday party, I took a load of 42 computers to the local PC Recycle center. On…
*hissssss* The Quadra 800 case, as used by the 800, 840av, 8100, and 8500, though attractive enough on the outside, is universally reviled as a pain to work wit…
It's only a partial rescue, but it's my first one, so here it is. My wife and I had an eMac in the first years of our marriage, and about five years or so ago, …
I did a good faith purchase on Craigslist for a guy's old IIci. I live in California, he's in Chicago. I paid $150 + about $30 parcel post shipping for a boxed …
I have several Macs and some drives will boot as a extra disk (no startup) but when I plug some in the computer trys to boot off it, no matter what I do heck a …
Quite a while back, I liberated an $11.99 B&W StudioDisplay after testing it in the Thrift Shop. Apparently, one needs to run these things for more than…
After what seems like forever, I am finally the owner of a PowerBook G4 12". It comes to me by way of a business associate who I first met in 2005 and see once …
I was looking for replacements to recap an SE/30 motherboard, and noticed that Panasonic has announced new type (Conductive Polymer Hybrid Aluminum Electrolytic…
i won these, They lowered the shipping for me, to 35 bucks. i've never messed with any of the Macintosh II Models, i'm sure it will be fun! http://www.ebay.com/…
I recently acquired a fully working Macintosh SE. It has a 20mb hard drive, and it is the model that can only read 800k floppies. It currently has 1mb of ram, b…
I have a (only one but can get two) of the following memory stick: Memory (RAM): 128MB=1X128MB FAST PAGE FAST PAGE Number of Memory Chips: 24CHCIPS Memory Capac…
. . . does anybody know of a tool, technique or procedure to do this easily, without marring the plastics? I've finally gutted my (DOA Flyback equipped : ) Blue…
I've had a PowerBook Pismo for the longest time. I got it for free from a guy who said it wouldn't start. I took it home, got it to turn on, and what followed w…
I rather suspect the answer to this will be what I expect, but I think it's worth asking the question just in case there's something I've either missed or over-…
Does not work. The SE/30 zebra striped and wouldn't boot. A definitive bust. There's no mention of this in any of the forum searches, so I thought I'd throw it …
I've been looking for a G4 iMac for a long long time now, but they are usually pick up only and/or go for stupid prices. I've missed out on a few good ones over…
I bought a broken Mac Classic for a Mini ITX project. I plugged it in just to see what it would do. Blank screen, DOA. I could hear something knocking around in…
I picked up a sick 512Ke to rehabilitate and am stumped at what the problem is. There is no startup `bong` and there are thin horizontal lines over the entire s…
My 12" 867mhz PowerBook has had issues since day one, I've already replaced the hard drive in it & now it doesn't want to restart, or come out of sleep.…
So I've had the loft clearout. Brought the Mac Plus down for a look. VERY yellowed. I had thought that it was the sunlight that had done it, but apparently not.…
I have this APS SCSI drive that's battery powered but no external power supply to charge it with. I would have thought it would take a DC adapter but on opening…
Is it possible to set the screen resolution of a 575 to something higher that 640x480?
it keeps saying floppy disk is unreadable, but no disk is in the drive, what do you think the issue is, maybe a sensor?
Don't see a 550c PowerBook on ebay very often. http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/RARE-Apple-Powerbook-550c-1995-VINTAGE-GREAT-CONDITION-Functional-/120882075735?pt=AU_…
I just got back from San Francisco. An hour drive, but I picked up for free a Quadra 950! Not just any Quadra 950, but it's the "Publishing Configuration!" It h…
Well my mom has the new Mac Mini with 8GB RAM installed (it runs really well) and the iMac my mom had (late-2006, I need to make correction, has the ATI X1600 g…
When I was boxing things up to put stuff in storage, I dug 3 Mac Plus's out of a closet and tried to turn each one on. One by one, they all turned on, and came …
Hi all, I had my SE/30 open today to replace the PRAM battery, and to try and work out why it wasn't producing any sound (I was guessing that the speaker cable …
I have a Macintosh Color Classic with a color classic 2 motherboard and 575 motherboard, Apple Design Speakers and a Apple Adjustable Keyboard and Apple 300 CD …
Yesterday I picked up a MDD and some extras for $10. It was one of the dual 1.25 with only 1mb L3 and FW 800. It also came with a couple of cards. One of which …
I moved a year ago, and some months before starting to pack things, i found a Macintosh LC off the road. I tried to boot the thing but the PSU was probably bad,…
Just acquired this from eBay - the screen is awesome. Awesome little Mac. Now to see if I can find some more RAM in my stash (currently has 12MB) and load up Ma…
Hey guys, I decided to spring for a 2004ish era 2.5" Seagate Savvio series U320 HDD that they used in the old IBM blade servers. These are all over ebay for pre…
I have an AppleColor 13" monitor (this one) and so far it is refusing to sync with third party video cards. First I tried with the RasterOps 24 XLi { "lightbox_…
Hi, I'm attempting to repair a Duo Dock 1, which came with a Powerbook Duo 270. The 270 works fine on its own and in a Duo Dock II. The Dock originally had the …
This is a split topic taken from viewtopic.php?f=29&t=17789 I wonder If there is a way that a soft start (power/reset key from keyboard) power supply ca…
Tonight i went for a walk, and after half an hour noticed something familiar lying off the road. It was this: { "lightbox_close": "Close", "lightbox_next": "Nex…
For years I'd wanted to see if I could upgrade one of my Color Classics to a new mobo, but still use the existing color Trinitron monitor. I got pretty far in h…