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I've successfully recapped the board, installed a new CRT, resoldered the analog board contact points, installed a new HD, cleaned the floppy drive... Everythin…
· 5 posts · started 8 Apr 2012 - 16:45 · last 9 Apr 2012 - 04:25
I tried to recent find, Radius LeMans GT (nubus) to 7100/80 (with NT G3 240mhz card). I do get picture, but the screen is off, i mean (too bad i have no picture…
· 9 posts · started 6 Apr 2012 - 19:16 · last 8 Apr 2012 - 19:36
I've developed a slight screen glitch (SE/30); the screen's width now slightly grows and shrinks. It's not constant, but it is a bit bothersome. Other than this…
· 4 posts · started 2 Apr 2012 - 19:16 · last 7 Apr 2012 - 16:36
Last week, I bought a powerbook 5300cs that wouldn't power up, according to the owner, for $5 locally. Figured it just needed a new power jack. Turns out pressi…
· 6 posts · started 25 Feb 2012 - 05:36 · last 7 Apr 2012 - 05:26
This isn't vintage but it was a lucky find. Someone moving out of the building I manage tossed a 2009 Macbook in the trash. It looked to be in immaculate condit…
· 12 posts · started 4 Apr 2012 - 09:11 · last 6 Apr 2012 - 05:48
My Mac Classic's screen shrinks and jitters a bit when there's disk access. Lately, the hard drive has been spinning up for a few moments when first powered on,…
· 3 posts · started 2 Apr 2012 - 21:32 · last 5 Apr 2012 - 09:58
I want to go through a stack of batteries I have that piled up for my Indigo clamshell iBook but unlike later on in 10.6 and a white Macbook where I can just pl…
· 3 posts · started 1 Apr 2012 - 18:05 · last 2 Apr 2012 - 01:25
The SE/30 which I acquired the other day had next-to-nonexistent volume. I removed the logic board from the machine and took a closer look. There was liquid poo…
· 15 posts · started 22 Feb 2012 - 16:21 · last 1 Apr 2012 - 09:44
. . . evisceration. 8) My DOA CD SC is just about ready to rise from the ashes in a Phoenix-like conversion into an, Intel Inside, Dual Core (Snow White design …
· 19 posts · started 25 Mar 2012 - 20:51 · last 31 Mar 2012 - 21:50
After my trials and tribulations with my "old" SE/30 which refused to acknowledge any SCSI drives, I decided to keep it for spares, and get another one. Thanks …
· 5 posts · started 18 Oct 2011 - 22:06 · last 31 Mar 2012 - 00:40
I haven't seen this discussed before, nor mentioned in my Dead Mac Scrolls book I have an SE/30 that was working just fine stock, but after installing a DayStar…
· 5 posts · started 29 Mar 2012 - 15:17 · last 30 Mar 2012 - 15:09
So, as I posted in the Conquests forum, I was able to get an 840AV motherboard working recently, but I notice the specs say this machine has s-video ports. Thes…
· 9 posts · started 27 Dec 2011 - 22:33 · last 26 Mar 2012 - 07:57
What type of adapter do I need to properly hook up a vga lcd to a Mac Mini G4. I ordered what I thought was the correct adapter on Amazon but it don't connect t…
· 7 posts · started 23 Mar 2012 - 00:55 · last 23 Mar 2012 - 13:32
Someone that works for the local dump trashpicked an iMac. I still dont know much about it yet, other than the screen is cracked. But I noticed it started up ve…
· 13 posts · started 17 Mar 2012 - 01:47 · last 19 Mar 2012 - 04:07
hello.. recently i found a powermac g5 Quad. i thought it could be a nice computer, well it is to some extend but i found that it's way more noisy than my older…
· 18 posts · started 4 Mar 2012 - 21:34 · last 16 Mar 2012 - 19:31
Hi all, The other day I bought a non-working Mac Classic off eBay, and it arrived yesterday. All I wanted was the case, so I didn't mind that it wasn't working.…
· 9 posts · started 15 Mar 2012 - 05:13 · last 16 Mar 2012 - 01:43
So, I've got me some odd symptoms. SE with 20 mb internal and 1mb RAM. About two weeks ago some random errors started turning up on the hard disk. Several files…
· 5 posts · started 6 Mar 2012 - 13:19 · last 15 Mar 2012 - 14:12
I decided to buy an Xserve for a website that I am creating. The Xserve has two main purposes which are to, well, act as a server, as well as become an addition…
· 4 posts · started 10 Mar 2012 - 04:19 · last 15 Mar 2012 - 01:38
In storage I have a 20mb hard drive that's never been used. It was one of a bunch of sealed service parts boxes I got from an Apple dealer a few years ago. What…
· 2 posts · started 14 Mar 2012 - 07:21 · last 14 Mar 2012 - 07:37
....That my 5500/250 is alive and well! The transplant was a success. Big thanks to johnklos for the 6500/275 logic board! Pic - (Cell phone... can't find my ca…
· 2 posts · started 13 Mar 2012 - 01:27 · last 13 Mar 2012 - 07:00
The machine in question is a late 2005 2.3GHz Dual core G5 with 6GB of Ram. It keeps doing random KP's after varying intervals of operation. It doesn't always g…
· 3 posts · started 12 Mar 2012 - 17:05 · last 12 Mar 2012 - 22:19
I'm looking at the derriere of my SuperIIsiHack™ and deciding that I'm not going to chop a big rectangular air vent outta' the poor thing as originally planned.…
· 12 posts · started 29 Feb 2012 - 04:11 · last 7 Mar 2012 - 21:23
I've been trying to do something with a MDD that was a little beyond it so I overclocked a 1.42 to 1.5ghz. That wasn't quite enough so I tried for 1.58ghz. Syst…
· 3 posts · started 7 Mar 2012 - 05:04 · last 7 Mar 2012 - 16:27
Hi all, I got a 5200 mobo for peanuts -- intended for a Takky mod. Like I do with any old mobo, I washed it, but still doesn't look that great... Anyway, I've g…
· 9 posts · started 26 Dec 2011 - 23:31 · last 6 Mar 2012 - 04:34
Just once I'd like something to work.... Following Gamba's instructions for installing OS 7.6 on an SE/30 with IIfx ROM. Everything is fine until I get to the p…
· 6 posts · started 4 Mar 2012 - 05:10 · last 5 Mar 2012 - 02:36
A couple of years ago i part exchanged some Atari floppies and get a Powerbook 5300cs (i have no Atari and really wanted a 5300 instead) The 5300 wasn't in good…
· 1 posts · started 4 Mar 2012 - 13:39 · last 4 Mar 2012 - 13:39
Hello! Curious as to whether anyone would happen to know the specifications of the D16 diode next to the power jack...? Kind of a stab in the dark, but it doesn…
· 2 posts · started 12 Feb 2012 - 04:19 · last 3 Mar 2012 - 02:56
Hello! looking for some advice. I have two headless powerbooks, a 140 & 145 that still power up. I also have a 165 with a working screen and no issues. …
· 8 posts · started 21 Feb 2012 - 20:43 · last 1 Mar 2012 - 22:03
I just picked up another old faithful model. This will be the 2nd or third pismo that I have owned. Now I just need more ram and bigger hd! That, and I have to …
· 11 posts · started 20 Feb 2012 - 22:55 · last 29 Feb 2012 - 03:55
I was at the local vintage hardware haunt and happened to chat up a fellow who said he had some old mac stuff on a pallet at home. I showed up the next day and …
· 14 posts · started 19 Feb 2012 - 08:19 · last 28 Feb 2012 - 19:56
Rescued my mother's old laptop, Fujitsu Siemens Amilo A1645 (512MB RAM, has ATA-HD) mainly to have the ATA-drive for Powerbook. This PC is notoriously -slow- ru…
· 1 posts · started 26 Feb 2012 - 10:10 · last 26 Feb 2012 - 10:10
Hi all, Long time no see! Hopefully this hasn't been covered in detail elsewhere (I did check, but one can never tell). Has anyone got any experience with these…
· 5 posts · started 4 Jan 2012 - 12:48 · last 25 Feb 2012 - 06:14
I am thinking of getting a 1.25GhZ DP CPU for my 867 DP MDD. Has anyone done the hack to change the FSB to 166 from 133, if so how? My RAM is PC3200 so the spee…
· 7 posts · started 24 Feb 2012 - 20:23 · last 25 Feb 2012 - 03:51
. . . I think it's a conquest, but I'm not entirely sure yet . . . but the price seemed OK for 8GB of SCSI SSD . . . Dell 8 GB,Internal (D154H) (SSD) Solid Stat…
· 8 posts · started 23 Feb 2012 - 20:35 · last 24 Feb 2012 - 03:17
This was from a fellow 68kMLAer. It arrived Saturday morning, but I've been really lazy lately That member expressed his desire to have unboxing shots taken onc…
· 2 posts · started 22 Feb 2012 - 15:08 · last 22 Feb 2012 - 16:29
Hey guys Just scored a Macintosh SE FDHD this morning, works like a charm.. even the HDD! ) Problem is I'm just missing the keyboard cable, PRAM battery is dead…
· 2 posts · started 21 Feb 2012 - 19:20 · last 21 Feb 2012 - 21:56
Well, I was digging through my storage in the depths of Lab 2...and guess what I found! { "lightbox_close": "Close", "lightbox_next": "Next", "lightbox_previous…
· 22 posts · started 13 Feb 2012 - 03:03 · last 21 Feb 2012 - 03:00
I'm gonna cry a lot . . . . . . if I can't get my baby up and running again. It has been my workhorse for over twelve years now and was the last half of my orig…
· 42 posts · started 1 Feb 2012 - 23:13 · last 21 Feb 2012 - 02:04
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