Well I just got done recapping my second SE/30 which was working just had quiet sound... Turned it on Happy Chime Still black screen Death Chimeeeeeee (it was v…
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This is not Elfen posting but his youngest daughter, he's in the hospital for observation as it looks like its a bad allergy issue that is he undergoing. Detail…
I've downloaded both Zterm 1.0.1 (68k) from the site and from MacGarden- when I unstuffit with S.E. 5.5 I get an empty folder with just a folder inside called "…
Back in the old day, Macintosh LC had very limited space and was limited to either 2 dlsk drives (original LC) or 1 disk drive and 1 hard drive, no internal CD …
I liberated my IIfx from my attic where it's been for 10+ years. I'm pretty sure I got this back in the late 90's from the University of Maryland Computer Recyc…
Hello everyone. I really love this site and often lurk on here kinda living vicariously through all of you my love for retromac computing. I still have my Lomba…
I have hit a snag in trying to get one of my iBook 500s loaded with 10.4. I am trying to do target disk mode from a G4 iBook to the recipient G3 500 iBook. I ca…
I have a 9600. For some reason when I first got it a while back, pressing the power button would boot the machine. Now it doesn't work. Why?
Hi I have a Macintosh SE/30. Bought it at a market (sold as seen) for very little money. When I switched it on today I can hear what can only be described as a …
I just installed 4 vmram simms in my 700 and it doesn't seem it be working still limited to same colors resolutions I was before. I've moved them around in diff…
Hi, two "new" Powerbooks Got each for 20 €. First one is a PB G4 17" 1Ghz. Sold as broken/not starting, turned out to be a dead AC adapter. case is so so, some …
Where can I start? I opened up my Mac II. Hard drive is missing - check. 1 floppy drive - check. Does not turn on - expected. So what's left? Further inspection…
This problem bothered me a lot. I want to transfer a collections of files from my modern Mac to compact Mac. It is painful to transfer it through floppy disk. S…
Hello all, I have a spare ADB lead which I cut off of an AppleDesign keyboard and an ADB port that I unsoldered from a scrap IIci 'board. I would like to attach…
I've been bouncing between 7.6.1 and 8.1 on my Q700. The main reason why I couldn't decide was that Outlook Express 5.06 which supports gmail doesn't work in 7.…
This is a PB100 I got over the summer, never had one before. Plugging it in and turning it on it chimes, I can see the screen backlight come on and the HD spin …
So, my SE/30 has some burn in on the Tube. And I think the caps may be going on it- the screen gets random interference about once an hour that lasts just for a…
I came across this and thought it was interesting: http://support.apple.com/kb/TA35383?viewlocale=en_US "Apple does not recommend that any PCMCIA module be used…
Bought a six pack of random IIgs cards on eBay. http://www.ebay.com/itm/221538578735 I don't believe the seller knew what he had there. Cards look to be in good…
I'm running 25' of VGA cables and I find that most brands aren't cutting it. I tried 4 different 25' VGA cables just now and all of them give me weird ghosting …
My 610 is my original "new" first Mac, not used or second hand but brand new and it has served me although it's pretty much used for gaming these days. I'd like…
Spent today trying to get my SE/30 working, and I did get it to boot once!! It's always had the classic horizontal stripes SimasiMac, without any chimes. I repl…
I recently acquired a poorly original Macintosh Classic. It had a somewhat gunked motherboard, and since my soldering skills are rudimentary I sent it off to Un…
I have a PC bios Radeon 9550 with 128MB VRAM. I was wondering if I could flash this with a downgrade Mac-compatible ROM to go in my newly purchased Dual-2.5GHz …
Hi folks, I bought a Mac Classic on eBay recently, as part of my plan to relive some of my youth. I had various 68k machines in the mid 90s, the only one I ever…
I just realized this is my first post. I've been following the forums for a couple years now. My latest acquisitions are for my fairly stock Colour Classic. Whe…
While browsing the local Craigslists this weekend, I happened upon an SE/30 that someone was ready to throw out: Free for the taking! I promptly picked it up, b…
When it comes to Powerbooks and System Enablers, what exactly does the System Enabler do? If I put a Powerbook 550c processor into a 540c, would I need to run t…
Sorry for bad photos. LC III was in storage for about 15 years, and yes it had the darned Maxell battery installed, which went bad and sprayed all the toxic gut…
I just got my two boards back from Uni today (thx). I got a SE/30 and CC recapped. Now I finally have my SE/30 working without the weird SCSI problems it's had …
So does anyone know at what speed a single G3 begins to outperform the dual 604e's on this card?
I have an Apple IIe I'm prepping to sell. It has the failed Retr0Brite on it, so I'm going to go ahead and prime it, then give it a light paint of Pantone 453. …
Well the 80 pin drive I bought is not compatible. But I think I may have another option. A friend has a bunch of old 68pin SCSI stuff, in it is a IDC 50pin male…
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Hello there! This is my first post and I'm proud to be joining the 68k Mac Liberation Army with my first 68k conquest (but not my first Mac at all ). Last sunda…
The other day I picked up a Power Computing Power Tower Pro 250 after being tipped off that it was sitting without a pricetag on a shelf at the thrift shop. Wen…
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Having been asked on Google+ for a list of the capacitors I used for my recap, I thought it would be useful to share it here too. Here is a Mouser cart for the …
I see this pop up every now and then, but is there a dual PDS adapter so you can have bot the Turbo 040 and a cache card?
Maybe this should go in the PCI Powermacs section, and if so move it there, but this is about a G3 CPU upgrade so maybe this fits. I've got a 9600/200 and I'm t…
I'm pretty sure this is the correct subforum to post this in-- I need to track down the Mac OS 9 Audio Update version 1.3, in probably the worst way. I have no …
This was a high end card back in the day that went toe to toe against Number Nine's Imagine 128 for Mac. It wasn't as good as an ATi Rage for gaming, since it o…
Hi all I need to get a new PSU for my Performa 475 (or, at least, I suspect that I do). I have an LCIII. Are the PSUs between the two interchangeable? The value…
Has anyone here done the hacks to get later versions of mac os to run ppc upgraded 68ks. If so what was thw performance like?
With help with from Uniserver, I decided to recap my SE/30 PSU as he determined and evidence shows that is where the Humongus Fish Smell is coming from. And on …
Just as the title says. What's a reasonable price for a HyperDrive 20? Just wondering. I know some of you have gotten really lucky with some $50 machines. Thank…
I just thought I'd start a post detailing a very cheap PRAM battery modification I've done to my Macintosh SE, using a CR2032 battery. This is an original, 800K…
With the Mac Plus I got external Microtech HD enclouser with Maxtor drive, I deleted the partion and reinstalled the drive with modified HD SC Setup 7.3.5 so it…
Hello! This is my first post, so forgive me if I'm in the wrong place etc. Having grown up with the classics - the first computer I ever used was a Plus - I've …