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I have been trying to install AOL on my iMac G3 to get on our Internet network at home. Since AOL stopped producing Mac versions after 4.0 (which in actual fact…
· 8 posts · started 5 Nov 2010 - 16:50 · last 8 Nov 2010 - 21:16
Weird Stuff is a fun store, they have tons of old and surplus computer equipment. A great place for tinkerers and hobbyists. They had a shelf that was cumulatin…
· 2 posts · started 8 Nov 2010 - 17:43 · last 8 Nov 2010 - 18:48
Hi all, I recently came across a Rodime 20 Plus and an 'EMAC', which seems to be a similar SCSI external hard drive setup. I tested both and found neither of th…
· 3 posts · started 8 Nov 2010 - 03:39 · last 8 Nov 2010 - 06:00
Can a 7100 be directly linked via onboard ethernet and transceiver + standard crossover ethernet cable to an Intel iMac running X.5, or does any networking conn…
· 4 posts · started 6 Nov 2010 - 16:29 · last 7 Nov 2010 - 15:57
I saw several Youtube videos of people starting up my Performa model by a tv or universal remote. I checked my remotes and none list "Apple" as a TV or VCR bran…
· 5 posts · started 7 Nov 2010 - 02:15 · last 7 Nov 2010 - 14:27
Remember my explosive IIsi? Well it's moved on to Mac Heaven, but I salvaged some of it's parts, including its broken floppy drive. So I fiddled with it some, l…
· 3 posts · started 6 Nov 2010 - 23:10 · last 7 Nov 2010 - 10:10
So I got an apple IIgs about two days ago and I got it all set up and running nicely. But yesterday when I was making disks for it disaster struck. here’s what …
· 10 posts · started 20 Oct 2010 - 15:48 · last 7 Nov 2010 - 03:14
I bought a Wallstreet PDQ 300mhz at a thrift store last year for $35. It has a bad screen hinge, dead PRAM and main batteries. It has sat on a shelf for most of…
· 15 posts · started 22 Oct 2010 - 20:24 · last 6 Nov 2010 - 22:21
Hey there again, 68kMLAwikians! I'd like to request permission and blessings for a reorganisation of the 68kMLA wiki ... The current wiki has an inconsistent st…
· 13 posts · started 27 Oct 2010 - 05:24 · last 6 Nov 2010 - 01:11
I’ve got a MDD with the Ati 9000 Pro graphics card. I picked up a dead MDD with a nVidia GeForce 4 Ti. Is there any advantage of one over the other if I’m not i…
· 4 posts · started 5 Nov 2010 - 18:48 · last 5 Nov 2010 - 21:11
I just enlisted yesterday. I have been on a quest to resurrect my IIci, my first Mac that I bought new in Nov of 1990 hence my user name. I was a lucky one who …
· 32 posts · started 14 Dec 2009 - 23:55 · last 5 Nov 2010 - 12:28
How does one take apart a Bus Mouse II? Mine is making a weird noise when clicking on the right side, as if the plastic were failing. I'd like to inspect it.
· 4 posts · started 4 Nov 2010 - 19:29 · last 5 Nov 2010 - 12:17
Hi. I'd like to get some input from the experts out there. I got a SE/30 showing terminal simasimac symptoms (horizontal zebra stripes). Following the common ad…
· 25 posts · started 20 Oct 2010 - 04:43 · last 4 Nov 2010 - 03:01
So guys. I have an OMP here now, courtesy of macgreg... I'm currently working on using a VM with serial passthrough to run NCU for Windows... as soon as I find …
· 5 posts · started 2 Nov 2010 - 18:57 · last 3 Nov 2010 - 18:49
I just had an incredibly scary experience with my recently acquired Mac IIsi. I had it set up with with an Extended Keyb II, no monitor, and no mouse. I wanted …
· 39 posts · started 7 Oct 2010 - 02:47 · last 3 Nov 2010 - 16:01
Hello: I recently acquired an eMate 300 on Craigslist for $30. The unit is basically brand-new (the original owner claimed he only used it once in university fo…
· 14 posts · started 5 Sep 2010 - 00:40 · last 3 Nov 2010 - 13:12
This is basically just a testimonial how great the pb1400 is I got mine two years ago from a friend who (finally) found it too old. I fell in love with it, espe…
· 5 posts · started 2 Nov 2010 - 02:56 · last 3 Nov 2010 - 02:42
one of my last 'finds', IIgs rom 3, not on ebay { "lightbox_close": "Close", "lightbox_next": "Next", "lightbox_previous": "Previous", "lightbox_error": "The re…
· 4 posts · started 31 Oct 2010 - 14:41 · last 2 Nov 2010 - 15:34
Did anybody try that emulator? I would like to, but I do not have a MP2100 ROM image for it, I have a original MP120, but I can not help with it http://www.kall…
· 9 posts · started 3 Jun 2008 - 09:25 · last 1 Nov 2010 - 21:05
I recently traded my Thinkpad X41T Tablet PC for this Thinkpad T43. Specs: 2.0GHz Pentium M 1GB DDR RAM <- Now 1.5GB and I am going to order another stic…
· 6 posts · started 30 Oct 2010 - 07:56 · last 1 Nov 2010 - 12:13
I finally brought home the Performa that I mention was in my school basement, using the same method as the IIsi! And that method is: a North Face backpack. Thos…
· 3 posts · started 31 Oct 2010 - 16:10 · last 31 Oct 2010 - 20:23
Checking in to let you all know that we had our first disposal machine in a while come through the shop yesterday. It basically involved stripping the hard driv…
· 23 posts · started 26 Oct 2010 - 10:10 · last 31 Oct 2010 - 20:02
Went to the recycling center today, and they had a lot of macs there, including an LC II and Mac IIsi, but all I took to keep was a //GS, which I have yet to te…
· 4 posts · started 30 Oct 2010 - 03:12 · last 30 Oct 2010 - 23:55
Over the weekend I was fortunate enough to get a near mint condition Macintosh IIvx for my collection. I don't have one of those until now. Down side is that I …
· 4 posts · started 25 Oct 2010 - 02:34 · last 30 Oct 2010 - 23:49
Does anyone know a Windows program that can burn the HFV disk files produced by HFV explorer? I tried imgburn but it doesn't work.
· 2 posts · started 30 Oct 2010 - 22:02 · last 30 Oct 2010 - 23:39
About a month ago my old 7600 decided it was time to die, so I began my search for another PCI based Power Macintosh to replace it. Luckily a fellow member of o…
· 4 posts · started 30 Oct 2010 - 04:42 · last 30 Oct 2010 - 06:17
I just picked up a decent Dual 867 MDD G4 at goodwill for $75. I figured I can make this into a decent file server. I actually have a copy of Leopard server I m…
· 19 posts · started 4 Apr 2010 - 16:55 · last 29 Oct 2010 - 01:25
I think I'll bring in an Apple IIc to play games on during downtime. I need to transfer more of my A2 software to 3.5" floppies so I can use the IIc+ instead. (…
· 4 posts · started 17 Sep 2010 - 05:23 · last 28 Oct 2010 - 03:57
Does anyone have a copy? I deleted mine and the link to it on Gamba's site doesn't work.
· 2 posts · started 22 Oct 2010 - 20:33 · last 28 Oct 2010 - 01:33
I was admiring my new 5500 board yesterday and noticed the NEC PQFP VRAM chips. They look just like the Samsung KM4132G512 chips I have on hand. So I checked th…
· 5 posts · started 6 Aug 2010 - 00:13 · last 27 Oct 2010 - 23:29
MacPhone, from INTERMATRIX: http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Macintosh-MACPHONE-Telemanagement-System-/120576810208?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&am…
· 11 posts · started 5 Jun 2010 - 13:26 · last 26 Oct 2010 - 21:32
I am having trouble finding the software that was needed to get my Radius PhotoEngine NuBus card working. Does anyone know where I can find the software as the …
· 6 posts · started 26 Oct 2010 - 00:00 · last 26 Oct 2010 - 16:19
Some time near the end of last year, my kitten got her little claws on one of my Cube's speakers and did a real number on it. It still works, but it sounds a bi…
· 4 posts · started 13 Oct 2010 - 02:46 · last 26 Oct 2010 - 09:21
So I have installed System 7.6.1 on my 601-equipped Quadra 950 and I'm trying to get a Yamaha CRW-4260TX SCSI CD-RW drive to behave with the OS. I can boot from…
· 5 posts · started 25 Oct 2010 - 23:11 · last 26 Oct 2010 - 06:36
I figured some might like to read this, but some may not, but I figure ill go ahead and post what I did today as a good read for the day. I have an ibook G3 900…
· 9 posts · started 22 Oct 2010 - 02:33 · last 26 Oct 2010 - 02:59
Got a PowerBook 190cs today with 8MB RAM, 500MB hard drive, about 300 floppies with software, webcam, Stylewriter printer, original sales invoices, all previous…
· 16 posts · started 21 Oct 2010 - 22:01 · last 24 Oct 2010 - 21:43
Hi all, I have just acquired an Apple //e (read all about it in Conquests) and when I go to play some of the games, they load up but don't go any further. I tri…
· 15 posts · started 11 Oct 2010 - 23:43 · last 24 Oct 2010 - 00:33
I know that the Bondi Blue iMac uses SO-DIMM cards for memory, but is there a specific speed/type of memory that I must buy? And what is the maximum allowed mem…
· 7 posts · started 21 Oct 2010 - 03:53 · last 23 Oct 2010 - 21:11
I finally got my wish. I picked up a 2.5Ghz Core2Duo w/ 6MB L2, 17" MacBook Pro (see pics). It is in pristine condition. Been in it's box except for one month s…
· 9 posts · started 19 Oct 2010 - 19:34 · last 23 Oct 2010 - 00:25
Anyone tried this? Connecting two MacPlusses to one SCSI drive! Here is a nice question. How reliable is it, to connect two Mac's to the same SCSI hard disk? I …
· 14 posts · started 19 Oct 2010 - 02:34 · last 21 Oct 2010 - 00:50
ROUND ONE came today!!! Thanks to Strimkind for the excellent boxed copies of Kid Cuts and Treehouse!!! There will be two more shipments coming for me in the ne…
· 10 posts · started 13 Oct 2010 - 02:35 · last 21 Oct 2010 - 00:01
Have I got a story for you guys! Back in August I noticed an original iMac out in front of my local computer store. For $25. Of course I would have bought it, b…
· 3 posts · started 19 Oct 2010 - 22:31 · last 20 Oct 2010 - 11:21
A few months ago I got a Macintosh Classic II from eBay. It works perfectly but after I turn it on it makes screeching noises, and after about 5 minutes it gets…
· 4 posts · started 19 Oct 2010 - 18:44 · last 19 Oct 2010 - 23:32
{ "lightbox_close": "Close", "lightbox_next": "Next", "lightbox_previous": "Previous", "lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try aga…
· 1 posts · started 19 Oct 2010 - 17:05 · last 19 Oct 2010 - 17:05
I would like to bump up one of my Pismos from a 6 gb drive to a 20 or 40 gb drive. Rather than rebuilding the new drive up from scratch and going through all of…
· 7 posts · started 18 Oct 2010 - 21:36 · last 19 Oct 2010 - 15:32
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