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I've got an odd situation. I bought 3 Plus's a few years ago and am just now getting around to getting them up and running. I have one that works fine, but has …
· 1 posts · started 2 Mar 2008 - 19:36 · last 2 Mar 2008 - 19:36
The Duo Dock is complete, even the key. The Duo 230 works perfect, except the battery is dead. It has OS 7.6 on it. This is the first machine that I have seen i…
· 4 posts · started 2 Mar 2008 - 05:29 · last 2 Mar 2008 - 06:03
I capped off a month of great Mac conquests with this one...I didn't think things could get any better after a conquest of two Colour Classics and an SE/30 foll…
· 5 posts · started 1 Mar 2008 - 21:41 · last 2 Mar 2008 - 04:42
A customer repair I got last week was a Duron system that would beep twice when powered on and do nothing else. I ended up transferring their drives to a differ…
· 9 posts · started 29 Feb 2008 - 14:06 · last 1 Mar 2008 - 22:01
Hi, I just got my first compact, and my first 68k for that matter. Now, I am having issues with it. I thinking it may be the analog board that has the issue. It…
· 5 posts · started 1 Mar 2008 - 03:58 · last 1 Mar 2008 - 08:37
More stuff discarded into the office hallway for dispsal/recycling. A Brother and a Dell laser printer, both networkable. So far the Brother printer lacks a ton…
· 4 posts · started 29 Feb 2008 - 00:15 · last 1 Mar 2008 - 02:43
My Classic II is having an unusual startup issue. If it's been sitting cold for a while, and it is turned on, here's what it does: -Flip the power switch. -Fan …
· 5 posts · started 29 Feb 2008 - 04:12 · last 29 Feb 2008 - 06:26
Paid for it through Paypal. $100 Specs: [edited below to reflect what I actually got] ____________________________________________________________ Processor 400…
· 13 posts · started 28 Feb 2008 - 05:03 · last 28 Feb 2008 - 23:53
W00t!! Brunswick hard rubbish day strikes again. A fairly filthy case, but a quick check inside shows an extant processor card; haven't checked for RAM or drive…
· 5 posts · started 28 Feb 2008 - 14:13 · last 28 Feb 2008 - 23:33
I've got some good SE/30 guts and I'm wondering if... 1. They can be transferred into a Plus case 2. They can be transferred into a Classic II case I know the c…
· 4 posts · started 28 Feb 2008 - 19:08 · last 28 Feb 2008 - 23:13
Hi We have a Power Mac G4. Recently we haver tried to hook it up to a mac calibrated monitor but this is proving to be a problem. The G4 is booting as normal. T…
· 26 posts · started 2 Jan 2008 - 14:50 · last 27 Feb 2008 - 22:47
I picked up 2 older PC laptops today from Freecycle. One of them's a 486 DX2, 50mhz, with 24mb RAM, and a 1gb hard drive, but a broken screen. Works fine with a…
· 5 posts · started 25 Feb 2008 - 23:57 · last 27 Feb 2008 - 19:30
The SCSI bus on my Performa 5420 seems to have died. No drives work, internal or external, in any configuration, regardless of the OS. The same drives work fine…
· 2 posts · started 22 Feb 2008 - 09:37 · last 27 Feb 2008 - 07:32
Yay! i got a PowerBook G3 Wallstreet II (PDQ) with the following specs: 266Mhz G3 w/ 1MB L2 Cache 192MB RAM (upgraded from 128) 100GB HDD (upgraded from nothing…
· 9 posts · started 26 Feb 2008 - 01:18 · last 26 Feb 2008 - 19:38
Somebody was telling me about a SE/30 he was going to send me and he said the screen was fuzzy. Is that a problem with the CRT or bad caps on the motherboard? A…
· 4 posts · started 24 Feb 2008 - 07:02 · last 25 Feb 2008 - 07:19
I have a 3400c/200 sitting in pieces in my basement. Last time I tried turning it on all it did was click once and not work. Anyone know whats wrong? This was a…
· 3 posts · started 25 Feb 2008 - 02:11 · last 25 Feb 2008 - 05:02
i have a radius 1 meg video board for an se It came from a machine that was used to test raduis monitors bacj when motorola produced them. It was use to power t…
· 3 posts · started 23 Feb 2008 - 23:55 · last 24 Feb 2008 - 20:19
Got a nubus card today. It is Supermac card. FCC ID:FUM0009123. Has Video out and video in in both svideo and rca connectors. Assy #0007983-001 Any info on this…
· 3 posts · started 24 Feb 2008 - 03:54 · last 24 Feb 2008 - 06:57
Got my grab bag (box) from eBay, as follows: 3 233 Wallstreets 1 400 Lombard 1 400 Pismo from this auction: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&am…
· 2 posts · started 18 Feb 2008 - 23:14 · last 24 Feb 2008 - 05:37
Hey everyone. I work an interesting set of shifts here, two 9-hour overnights where I'm required to do almost nothing. What I've been doing on these overnights …
· 1 posts · started 23 Feb 2008 - 12:28 · last 23 Feb 2008 - 12:28
I just picked up a pair of Duo Docks. These ones have the stronger lid with the flap door on them. Both have optional 68882 FPU's installed and both have the ex…
· 6 posts · started 22 Feb 2008 - 22:54 · last 23 Feb 2008 - 04:11
I actually managed to pick up 2 Powerbook 2400c's in the last couple of weeks. Both on lists and both at great prices. The second one just arrived this morning,…
· 1 posts · started 22 Feb 2008 - 23:40 · last 22 Feb 2008 - 23:40
Finally got around giving my PB100 some love and care, bought 3 new backup batteries but finding it is not keeping the time? The main battery does not hold a ch…
· 3 posts · started 22 Feb 2008 - 10:20 · last 22 Feb 2008 - 17:13
I gos an auction that was cheap for 5 g3 powerbooks they just need ac adapters and hard drives, I got them for a good deal from else where. When I got the lapto…
· 5 posts · started 21 Feb 2008 - 08:40 · last 22 Feb 2008 - 04:57
Two Harddrives: 2.5" Laptop IDE 100GB Drive. 7200RPM 3.5" Desktop SATA 200GB Drive. 7200RPM 300 Watt Power Inverter (12v DC -> 120v AC) for a car
· 4 posts · started 21 Feb 2008 - 20:59 · last 22 Feb 2008 - 01:59
How long should a PB180c battery be charged? The age is unknown. It is being charged in a recharger.
· 2 posts · started 21 Feb 2008 - 16:48 · last 21 Feb 2008 - 19:06
I bought a classic II off ebay last week and it should be here Wednesday! Does anyone know where I can get some 4MB SIMMs for it? I have a 68882 FPU that I migh…
· 7 posts · started 19 Feb 2008 - 15:29 · last 21 Feb 2008 - 11:51
What does it mean promotional copy not for resale? How much is it different from the sale package? Well to be exact, the diference from Retail Box of Mac OS X S…
· 1 posts · started 21 Feb 2008 - 11:29 · last 21 Feb 2008 - 11:29
What's the largest capacity 2.5" scsi hard drive that was available? Were any 1 gig drives made? Thanks!
· 6 posts · started 16 Feb 2008 - 01:03 · last 21 Feb 2008 - 11:20
During the summer last year I had to put some of my computer stuff in storage at a friend's shop. I finally got it back out tonight. It's a PowerMac 6100/66 wit…
· 8 posts · started 14 Feb 2008 - 02:37 · last 21 Feb 2008 - 03:10
I recently bought a SCSI to IDE adapter. http://68kmla.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2915 I haven't installed it yet - but one thing has me very curious. I've alwa…
· 6 posts · started 8 Jan 2008 - 20:51 · last 21 Feb 2008 - 02:30
Thank god for freecycle I got the nicest box of mac stuff. I got a LC and monitor as well as lots of accessories. Two scsi drives one hard drive and one cd. som…
· 7 posts · started 19 Feb 2008 - 03:47 · last 19 Feb 2008 - 21:07
I have this DVD with Leopard on it but my Quicksilver won't boot from it, I even tried coping the DVD to my second hard drive and boot from there but it won't. …
· 6 posts · started 16 Feb 2008 - 05:17 · last 18 Feb 2008 - 22:18
Got these two setups for free: (1) Indigo Slot-loading iMac G3/350 - OS X 10.3.9 - 512MB RAM - 7GB HD - Keyboard and mouse (2) Power Mac 6500/300 - 300MHz CPU -…
· 6 posts · started 17 Feb 2008 - 06:59 · last 18 Feb 2008 - 05:21
Been watching a NeXT Station Colour on eBay all week and...I won it! Amazingly not a single other person bid on it so, for a measly £25 (+p&p), I landed…
· 13 posts · started 15 Feb 2008 - 09:47 · last 15 Feb 2008 - 21:19
Hello everbody, This is my first post to any forum, please be gentle. I wonder if anyone here can help me. I have spent quite some time reading the posts but ha…
· 12 posts · started 11 Feb 2008 - 19:19 · last 15 Feb 2008 - 16:33
I have a rather large iTunes collection (113gb), and I want to back it up to another drive, but only the songs that ~didn't~ come from ripped CDs... since I alr…
· 3 posts · started 13 Feb 2008 - 17:23 · last 13 Feb 2008 - 21:38
Picked up an Ibook and an Impulse Reply 200. It is the first Ibook I have picked up. Does not work. More than likely the motherboard is dead. But as far as I ca…
· 7 posts · started 12 Feb 2008 - 03:28 · last 12 Feb 2008 - 22:08
I just received this from a friend of my mom's. I need to check out the specs a bit more, but it's got a Celeron (Pentium III based I am guessing) and it came w…
· 11 posts · started 10 Feb 2008 - 00:03 · last 11 Feb 2008 - 23:02
I have this stubborn Classic. The clock sets to 1/1/04. I replaced the battery. It still says 1/1/04 and is difficult to change! I have to click on the number a…
· 3 posts · started 11 Feb 2008 - 05:15 · last 11 Feb 2008 - 07:40
Wow, this is crazy - I've gotten more retro-computing stuff in the past week or two than in the past 6 months! After spotting a Craigslist posting a few weeks a…
· 7 posts · started 11 Feb 2008 - 04:50 · last 11 Feb 2008 - 07:03
Just got a 512MB module for my MBP for free from a friend who upgraded her peecee laptop... now I have 1.5GB... Definitely an improvement! Now I can run paralle…
· 1 posts · started 11 Feb 2008 - 05:25 · last 11 Feb 2008 - 05:25

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I have several Wallstreets for sale all are 266mhz with 14.1" screens and self supporting hinges that work, and can include any or all of the following working …
· 1 posts · started 24 Feb 2008 - 17:26 · last 24 Feb 2008 - 17:26
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