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Hi all, I've owned an SE/30 for a number of years now. A few months ago, it started having vertical garbled bars on the screen. This sounded a bit like the Simi…
picked up a big bag full of RAM today. mostly 72pin simm, and some 30pin SIMM. 72-pin SIMM: 4 Sticks of crucial CT8M36P5M6.M18DM 2 sticks of compaq 129041-002 6…
So, I seem to have the common IIci issue of the machine spontaneously shutting down. Mine is configured, as follows: System 7.5.5 128mb RAM 2gb Quantum Grand Pr…
I got in a Radius accelerator 25 in today and it includes a Radius TPD (two page display card) that plugs into the CPU upgrade. The manual says you can install …
I'm having trouble getting my IIci to boot with a Radius Rocket installed. When it starts loading extensions, it freezes immediately after the Radius Rocket log…
Recently, I got a Mac Plus board from a member of these forums for a project that I am working on. I am not far enough in this project to where I need the board…
This was quite a find on my local Craigslist. I paid $100. For that I got: Mac IIci - good condition, 32mb ram, and a DayStar 040 card, with a 1250 MB internal …
Well it was my first try re-capping a classic Mac, and I started with the Classic II. I got my replacement tantalum caps from Trag in the Trading Post subforum …
I have a Mac II that was converted to a IIfx, complete with sticker, at some point in the early 90s. It has the loud II power supply fan. The IIfx had a variabl…
Hi: I would like to purchase a Macintosh Classic II. The computer has a known problem, displaying the following pattern in the screen: The computer was working …
Hello to everyone in the group, I am new and I usually would comment a few times elsewhere before I posted a question, but this contains some info that I think …
I know this has come up before, but I wanted to just go over it again prior to my impending move. Basically, I am moving into a smaller transitional space which…
Today i just get a "new" Clamshell. could not resist to pay 20 € (28 $) for a Blueberry Clamshell. A more or less complete unit (a key from the keyboard and the…
Hi all, As part of a deal, I got a Mac IIx mobo... after washing the board, I powered it from an old, vulgar ATX 150W PSU -- just the +5V, +12V and GND lines, d…
I have a SE with a borked mobo and a 6400 with half a tower. I would love to combine the two but could use some pointers. How do I connect the motherboard to th…
Ran across three old polaroids . . . so I scanned 'em: I found a beat-up old office desk that was headed toward the dumpster in the big industrial building wher…
Hello NuBus experts and collectors. Can you please, help me to identify these two cards? I could not find any information regarding their resolutions capability…
Anyone know what this is? It is a Nubus board and I only know that It came from some publishing house.
Hi all, The last days have been very good for my 68k collection... among a Mac II, a Colour Classic and a much lusted (for decades!) Apple Portrait Display, I g…
Whilst looking through my files, I came across enough interesting toys to start another Scan Dump: Somebody almost got it right, if anyone is an accountant/numb…
I finally broke down and got a new battery for my clamshell, which has been AC-only for the past five years. The battery is a Newer Technology NuPower 63W model…
I just picked up another Gigabit Ethernet. Unlike my last rescue, this one was complete internally. It didn't chime at first, so I took out the RAM sticks and p…
I've just been given an iMac G3 with what appears to be a power issue. It powers on for a second or two, then shuts off, the power light never going green, and …
I want (I was going to say "need," but that wouldn't be honest) to remove the 90º PDS angle bit from a IIsi nubus adapter, in order to use it in a SE/30 (in ord…
Ironically, the other day as i was making a comment about how robust old macs are, and how my Classic has survived so long and still works fine, i take it out t…
Bought an Newlife Computer upgrade card on eBay out of curiousity. It is pretty cool, has a 68030 + coprocessor on board, 4 memory simms, and looks like SCSI po…
Today I picked up a Power Macintosh 8600/300 with a Applevision 1710 monitor. I have been told it all worked when it was last used but i haven't been able to po…
I have searched the web and looked in many forums and haven't found a problem remotely like the one I’m having. The problem is with my MMD FW800. It’s a dual pr…
. . . has anyone already tested this configuration as yet? :?: My research aim is to discover whether the OO Pseudo Slot Macintosh Video Address, which is unimp…
I recently purchased a PB G3 PDQ 266MHz for $15 (plus shipping). It was a nice find that I intend to use as a link machine between an old Mac 512k and modern OS…
Board and CRT, should it work? :?: I've still got the MoBo & maxed (?) Memory Card from the Curbed Classic I liberated, lo, these many years ago. I neve…
im comparing this logic board to the one at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Macintosh-motherboard.jpg and i see some differences. Is this an original 128k Mac…
My Bondi blue Rev. A does not restart properly. The disk is spinning up and sounds like loading the OS, the Power button is green, but the sreen remains dark. W…
Is the analog board repairable? how about the logic board, is it affected? my fault i didn't notice i plugged it into 220v instead of 110v. xx( visual inspectio…
I've got a pair of PowerBooks, which have a pair of display issues! Both of these have been sitting in my closet for a while but are currently "auditioning" for…
Well, let's keep it short. A couple of days ago I turned on my beloved SE/30, with a recently recapped motherboard, and instead of a happy Mac and boot sequence…
I'm upgrading my Powerbook with an IDE to CF adaptor, and a 2GB CF card. I'm mainly trying this out to see if there are any speed benefits, but also because my …
Just spotted this as sold on eBay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Apple-Macintosh-Quadra-950-Ethernet-Card-Works-Great-Excelent-Condition-/140618140783?pt=LH_DefaultDo…
I've done virtually no soldering work in my life but have become interested in playing around with compact Macs. I have 2 now that need some work done on the an…
Since I read this thread: http://macintoshgarden.org/forum/project-classic-mac-gameing-box-in-a-xbox-360-case I am considering to do something similar with my R…
I've decided I want to teach myself 6502 assembly. I've also decided I want to learn it on an Apple II vs any of the other home micros of the time. What I haven…
I use a 7 year old LaCie photon20vision, which was pretty high end at the time. I know CRTs degrade over time, but what about LCDs? I might have a colour sensit…
Hi all, Just got a Power Mac G4 Cube in the original box and almost complete. It comes with everything except for the manuals, software, and the VGA cord. Howev…
Hello, can you help me with this little bugger please? http://www.mediafire.com/?5kpdwgyf34cy81p As it is set now it works with my 7100´s AV card displaying 102…
Front of the POWERUSER 40MB external SCSI hard drive. The Rear, with SCSI ID selector, dual 50-pin CENTRONIX connectors, power jumper cable plug, power cable co…
I went back to Computer Works to get some stuff for my iBooks. After seeing that their Hard Drives and Ram were Overpriced and Batteries came with no warranty, …
I replaced the RAM and the VRAM! The Centris now has 68mb of RAM and 1mb of VRAM. But it still gives me the Chimes of Death! > So if it's not the RAM and…
Hi, I rescued a Mac IIsi today. I opened it up, and it is missing its hard drive. The battery has also leaked, corroded some areas here and there on the motherb…
I just went out and bought a multimeter to try to diagnose the problem with a failed SE/30 MacCon ethernet card. The multimeter tells me that two of the SMD com…