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I have every model of G4 tower, Yikes, Sawtooth, Gigabit Ethernet, Digital Audio, Quicksilver, MDD. I'm trying to think of a good reason not to lose the Sawtoot…
· 21 posts · started 19 Apr 2011 - 07:39 · last 4 Jun 2011 - 21:02
Of the four iMac G3s that I bought, 2 of them do not work. The first broken one (A BB model) doesn't power on at all. The second one (Blue Berry) powers on but …
· 8 posts · started 21 May 2011 - 03:40 · last 4 Jun 2011 - 07:36
I recently purchased a first generation "Sawtooth" G4 - 400mhz model with AGP graphics. It was refurbished and came with MacOS 10.3 pre-installed, but the origi…
· 70 posts · started 17 Jun 2008 - 08:18 · last 4 Jun 2011 - 05:22
A useful utility for those doing keyboard remapping, or building custom keymatrixes: AsyncKeys What is AsyncKeys! ? AsyncKeys! is a utility which displays a key…
· 3 posts · started 2 Jun 2011 - 00:13 · last 4 Jun 2011 - 04:15
I am facing an issue with my Apple IIes and Disk II Drives. When I connect two drives to the Disk II card, the first one powers up but the second one doesn't. I…
· 10 posts · started 20 May 2011 - 23:25 · last 4 Jun 2011 - 02:49
I have four 500 series batteries two of which are beginning to show signs of leaking. As I never need them to power the computer, I'm wondering if it's possible…
· 4 posts · started 18 May 2011 - 17:03 · last 3 Jun 2011 - 21:30
Hey all, I just had a thought to re-use my existing DOS/PC disk image file from my Performa 640CD DOS machine using Virtual PC on my PowerMac G3. I discovered t…
· 2 posts · started 2 Jun 2011 - 16:47 · last 3 Jun 2011 - 00:46
I heard somewhere that the 12x cd unit for the 1400 can be replaced with a generic TEAC 24x drive; the faceplate from the old 12x unit can be transferred. Is th…
· 2 posts · started 2 Jun 2011 - 08:59 · last 2 Jun 2011 - 10:23
Well, the guy I bought the stuff from the conquest of the year sent me more stuff for free in the mail. -Radius 81/110 restore disk, manual, and registration ca…
· 4 posts · started 1 Jun 2011 - 22:41 · last 2 Jun 2011 - 04:20
{ "lightbox_close": "Close", "lightbox_next": "Next", "lightbox_previous": "Previous", "lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try aga…
· 6 posts · started 31 May 2011 - 12:26 · last 1 Jun 2011 - 20:33
What sort of memory does the Performa 6400 use? My PC100 modules refuse to fit yet have the right # of notches.
· 8 posts · started 31 May 2011 - 00:29 · last 1 Jun 2011 - 17:52
Whenever I try to access AppleTalk or TCP/IP I get the following error: "The control panel could not be opened because Open Transport is not loaded." I have upd…
· 2 posts · started 31 May 2011 - 00:25 · last 1 Jun 2011 - 17:13
Hey guys, i successfully restored the drive temporarily, and recovered data from a dead Quantum Prodrive that was just stuck in the spin up/spin down cycle, wit…
· 2 posts · started 1 Jun 2011 - 02:20 · last 1 Jun 2011 - 02:52
I'm having a hard time judging if this is an Apple II joystick. It looks like a 9 pin connector. After doing some research I discovered that the Atari Joyport i…
· 4 posts · started 27 May 2011 - 21:31 · last 1 Jun 2011 - 00:53
My first post here. Just collected a Powermac G4 400 mhz Sawtooth, already have one, but can't hardly resist as this one was for free No HD nor ram, but owner a…
· 9 posts · started 27 May 2011 - 20:15 · last 31 May 2011 - 21:40
Like most Mac TVs, my unit has a few minor scuff marks. Since the computer is black, not platinum/beige like most Macs, I'm curious as to what the best method f…
· 5 posts · started 16 May 2011 - 08:31 · last 31 May 2011 - 01:23
So I was on my way into my room, I was going to turn on a couple of my 68k Macs that I haven't given some exercise to in a while. So on my way in, my brother st…
· 6 posts · started 29 May 2011 - 02:43 · last 30 May 2011 - 18:17
Yup. Just like the M1 Garand Thumb Club, I have now entered the presitigous Solder Pad Lifter Club. Changing caps on my SE/30 motherboard. Regrettably not as go…
· 25 posts · started 17 Dec 2010 - 04:29 · last 30 May 2011 - 06:42
Check it out.. retr0bright progress on my SE/30 .. just doing the rear case so far. That's with just about 2 hours of sunlight in the evening, and then having i…
· 9 posts · started 3 May 2011 - 09:00 · last 30 May 2011 - 05:46
I was wondering if anyone had a working link to AOL 5 for Macintosh. I want to try my duo on our dialup. Thanks, Ted
· 17 posts · started 3 May 2011 - 22:24 · last 29 May 2011 - 18:24
OK I couldn't find anything on this topic, or not close at least. I have a Centris 610 with the Quadra 610 MB upgrade (16mb ram, 512K Vram, 500mb HDD, System 7.…
· 6 posts · started 28 May 2011 - 05:51 · last 29 May 2011 - 03:34
I was looking for the Color Classic FAQ and Stuart Bell's sites, but they appear to be offline. Have they moved, or disappeared? If the latter, anyone have a mi…
· 4 posts · started 14 Mar 2011 - 14:02 · last 28 May 2011 - 18:10
Many Macs have access to a scheduled startup and shutdown feature. The 1400 has a scheduled wake up and sleep feature, but evidently no startup and shutdown one…
· 2 posts · started 28 May 2011 - 00:43 · last 28 May 2011 - 08:55
Well, I have two of these powerbooks, and one of them is starting to have dark splotches in the left hand corners. They seem to be slowly spreading. I am assumi…
· 30 posts · started 24 Jan 2011 - 19:40 · last 28 May 2011 - 02:52
So this week I had a serious breakthru on why the JavaScript accelerator in TenFourFox chugs so badly on the G5. Apple, true to form, only documents some of thi…
· 6 posts · started 10 Apr 2011 - 03:27 · last 28 May 2011 - 00:31
suddenly a POwerMac 7600 with G4 Sonnet Crescendo and a bige G3 desktop stopped recognizing external FW hard drives. I do not recall if I ever connected an exte…
· 8 posts · started 1 May 2011 - 15:01 · last 27 May 2011 - 13:05
Just thought I'd put this out here far ahead of time... Battle Chess can be played via a dial-up modem. I'd love to get a Battle Chess tournament going, and I f…
· 11 posts · started 7 Apr 2011 - 01:46 · last 27 May 2011 - 03:33
Hi all, First post on here. I picked up a Centris 610 (20MB RAM, 80MB HDD, no CD, AAUI ethernet port) with 13" Apple display, Apple Keyboard II and AppleDesign …
· 3 posts · started 26 May 2011 - 10:44 · last 26 May 2011 - 17:17
I got a Powerbook 165 but without power supply :'( I tried 9V 1A and it works little bit, but its not reliable (floppy access goes into a reboot). Have anyone t…
· 5 posts · started 1 May 2011 - 16:16 · last 26 May 2011 - 07:18
After putting in a second screen, I cranked up the controls on the front panel and the screen lasted maybe 5 minutes...dead to an all white screen after a reboo…
· 16 posts · started 7 May 2011 - 12:03 · last 26 May 2011 - 07:01
Well, it all started a few months ago when I was working on a Language Arts Project. A teacher happened to walk by where I was working and noticed my copy of Ap…
· 9 posts · started 17 May 2011 - 23:54 · last 26 May 2011 - 00:30
Awesome craigslist hit. Wanted ads pull magic. a IIfx with 64mb RAM a 8100 with 64mb RAM and Sonnet accelerator a dead 9500 A PCI Radius clone with 256mb RAM an…
· 22 posts · started 21 May 2011 - 16:51 · last 25 May 2011 - 20:16
Is there any source other then ebay for ROMs? I have an upgraded 128k that I'd like to restore. Unfortunately, it has upgraded ROMs to support 800k drives (512k…
· 12 posts · started 7 May 2011 - 06:55 · last 25 May 2011 - 20:09
Well, an iPod mini or two. Or three. Or four. An Australian eBay seller and IT Retailer in Sydney recently acquired a surplus of defective iPod minis. I'm not s…
· 2 posts · started 25 May 2011 - 03:04 · last 25 May 2011 - 10:15
Bit more expensive than I thought, but considering the local conquest I would have gotten, someone didn't know what they had when they posted it: 400Mhz G3/1MB …
· 44 posts · started 15 May 2011 - 21:32 · last 25 May 2011 - 04:45
I have a few G3 upgrades but one of them would usually freeze up during the boot process or immediately after. It's a Sonnet 450/1mb. I was tempted to toss it b…
· 12 posts · started 23 May 2011 - 09:15 · last 25 May 2011 - 02:48
I haven't found specs on this card but I've found some very odd references about it here and there, is it worth the trouble? :?: A bare card came with a 7100 gi…
· 10 posts · started 21 May 2011 - 13:00 · last 24 May 2011 - 23:46
There's a guy on Craigslist giving away tons of free Mac stuff. I grabbed some, but he still had 4 Macs there including a pimped out 8600/300 plus other Apple g…
· 7 posts · started 24 May 2011 - 15:53 · last 24 May 2011 - 22:51
I have a badly yellowed Classic II and was trying to figure out if it's supposed to be a more white platinum color like the SE and SE/30 or the light espresso c…
· 4 posts · started 24 May 2011 - 17:55 · last 24 May 2011 - 22:42
earlier this week at Habitat for Humanity I picked up: A Performa 640CD A Mac Plus in the box minus the keyboard. a bunch of scsi drives! a Boxed copy of os 9.0…
· 3 posts · started 23 May 2011 - 01:23 · last 24 May 2011 - 16:05
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