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I am trying to bring a Performa 200/M4150/Macintosh classic ii back to life. { "lightbox_close": "Close", "lightbox_next": "Next", "lightbox_previous": "Previou…
· 1 posts · started 3 Dec 2009 - 21:32 · last 3 Dec 2009 - 21:32
Does anyone know, if OpenStep is a legal piece of software to share, and if so, does anyone have it? Please PM if you have it. and you think it's OK to share.
· 2 posts · started 2 Dec 2009 - 09:41 · last 2 Dec 2009 - 13:37
Just got one yesterday for free! Drove 45 minutes to get it. I got 6 boxes of disks with it, a bunch of software, 2 drives, and all the manuals with it. Actuall…
· 3 posts · started 1 Dec 2009 - 04:34 · last 1 Dec 2009 - 16:31
I found myself eying a boat load of Newton accessories when I remember the 2010 problem. I've read about it but I haven't figured out if there is a definite fix…
· 11 posts · started 22 Mar 2009 - 01:21 · last 30 Nov 2009 - 12:28
I have no idea how to program Perl so I would love it if someone could write or give me the script and then tell me in complete easy speak how to install it and…
· 22 posts · started 17 Nov 2009 - 21:47 · last 30 Nov 2009 - 01:24
Ever wanted to set up a simple emulator for a Macintosh, but didn't have anything interesting to put on it? Well, you could try Macintosh Garden, but the fact t…
· 1 posts · started 29 Nov 2009 - 00:14 · last 29 Nov 2009 - 00:14
. . . the folks at Adobe agree that I am a licensed user of AI 9 and would have pointed me to one of their "secret download sites" to replace my missing CD . . …
· 6 posts · started 12 Nov 2009 - 04:39 · last 25 Nov 2009 - 19:21
A while back, I determined that the installation issues with my PM 5500/250 I had were due to dried CPU grease. I'm stuck on how to take out the heatsink and fa…
· 2 posts · started 24 Nov 2009 - 03:24 · last 24 Nov 2009 - 03:47
I don't know if it's a case of too many contestants or too few voters, but we seem to have ended up with no less than five RetroChallengers in the top three slo…
· 8 posts · started 5 Aug 2009 - 18:47 · last 20 Nov 2009 - 13:29
I have a Mac IIci with no ROM in the ROM slot, but it works fine. What's the ROM slot for? Does it provide any advantages?
· 3 posts · started 20 Nov 2009 - 01:23 · last 20 Nov 2009 - 02:56
Hello, I'm new in Mac and i want to know where i can find a good tutorial to learn AppleScript, but remember that i'm using Mac OS System 7.5.5. Thanks, Nathan …
· 7 posts · started 26 Sep 2009 - 12:54 · last 15 Nov 2009 - 15:44
I have finally got an old caddy and was gonna try my AppleCD SC, and it works actually But it is a pain in the ass to "fish" the CD's out because the eject does…
· 1 posts · started 13 Nov 2009 - 17:11 · last 13 Nov 2009 - 17:11
I'd like to get Microsoft Word 5.1 up and running on Mini vMac, but I have absolutely no clue how to get this on to it. Here is the link http://www.macintoshgar…
· 6 posts · started 10 Nov 2009 - 20:49 · last 12 Nov 2009 - 02:30
When my iMac G5 died and I got my Intel iMac, it came with iMovie 8 and an iLife 09 disk which I have not yet installed. I have tried using iMovie 08 but so far…
· 7 posts · started 10 Nov 2009 - 06:00 · last 11 Nov 2009 - 08:04
I was driving my daughter to class and spotted a Strawberry iMac in someone's driveway with a "free" sign attached. Haven't fired it up yet, but it's a slot loa…
· 5 posts · started 9 Nov 2009 - 19:53 · last 10 Nov 2009 - 13:49
My PB 180c that I got recently has a strange software issue. I get a Happy Mac on startup, then a blank grey screen, and then a floppy icon, which means that so…
· 3 posts · started 5 Nov 2009 - 23:22 · last 6 Nov 2009 - 01:16
I have a dead LC II. I'd like to see if the hard drive is still good and if possible, copy any data off of it. However, the connector is most definitely not IDE…
· 14 posts · started 30 Oct 2009 - 17:45 · last 5 Nov 2009 - 23:08
I have to wonder a little about this, because even though it seems pretty clear what the case is, i'm surprised that nobody i've run it past has heard of such a…
· 4 posts · started 3 Nov 2009 - 18:52 · last 5 Nov 2009 - 05:07
After agonizing over this for a long time myself, I thought it was time to see if I could get some help from some fellow classic Mac gurus. Here's the problem, …
· 3 posts · started 4 Jun 2009 - 03:36 · last 3 Nov 2009 - 05:59
http://www.floodgap.com/software/classilla/ Could be vaporware but who knows. Page is fairly recent. They might be basing it off the old WamCom and just patchin…
· 42 posts · started 27 Jun 2009 - 02:37 · last 29 Oct 2009 - 13:03
so I have been playing with my old Powerbooks after neglecting them for years and have run into an issue with my 520. I was attempting to install Open Transport…
· 11 posts · started 19 Oct 2009 - 10:07 · last 26 Oct 2009 - 15:29
Does anyone happen to have a copy of the TapGuard 1 or TapGuard 2 PowerBook utility, which is meant to keep a cursor from jumping around due to accidental conta…
· 4 posts · started 22 Oct 2009 - 03:43 · last 23 Oct 2009 - 14:30
Saw this thread in the archives: archive/topic.asp.TOPIC_ID=5781.html and it mentions "QuickTake Drop"... but the links are now dead. I have some old images fro…
· 13 posts · started 5 Oct 2009 - 20:00 · last 22 Oct 2009 - 15:41
I naively thought that StuffIt would unstuff StuffIt files. I need to access the files in a .sitx file and StuffIt 5.5 doesn't recognize it as a valid archive. …
· 13 posts · started 13 Oct 2009 - 19:58 · last 20 Oct 2009 - 13:51
Hi everyone, this is my first post in this forum. I am planning to buy a Macintosh Classic for MIDI purposes in a few days :b&w:. But I need someone to …
· 13 posts · started 15 Oct 2008 - 18:32 · last 20 Oct 2009 - 00:42
I bought times ago a original Photoshop 1 on diskettes (main app is on one 800k I think), the problem is that the previous owner run it directly from diskette, …
· 4 posts · started 2 Oct 2009 - 07:26 · last 19 Oct 2009 - 07:14
Has the forum's software been upgraded? I noticed a new search bar at the top of a thread to search, and when I recieved a PM from a member a small pop up windo…
· 12 posts · started 17 Oct 2009 - 04:04 · last 19 Oct 2009 - 04:23
Can a hard drive be successfully "cloned" using Disk Copy in MacOS 7-9 in much the same way that a drive can be cloned using Disk Utility in X?
· 4 posts · started 18 Oct 2009 - 05:27 · last 18 Oct 2009 - 21:05
Today I drove about 75 kilometers to pick up a eMac listed on Kijiji for $160CAD. Its pretty sweet. Although it only had OS X 10.2 installed with 128MB ram, I p…
· 4 posts · started 10 Oct 2009 - 00:06 · last 10 Oct 2009 - 14:48
I installed NetBSD on my MP Gig-E G4, but now want to load Linux. So I burned YDL to a DVD and tried to boot it by holding "c" during startup. It completely ign…
· 3 posts · started 6 Oct 2009 - 15:28 · last 6 Oct 2009 - 20:30
Hiya Folks, I'm new here!! Recently I acquired an used but well looked after PowerBook Titanium 867Mhz unfortunately the seller only included Leopard retail ins…
· 11 posts · started 27 Sep 2009 - 18:55 · last 6 Oct 2009 - 04:10
I picked up a ati pc card thinking maybe I could flash it for mac, but I have not found a rom for this setup AtI Rage 128 Pro with 512K flash cmos rom (sticker …
· 11 posts · started 27 Sep 2009 - 20:16 · last 3 Oct 2009 - 04:58
Good news, after dropping SOMobjects, Apple have decided to adopt a language independent object model, ie COM and is even available on the iPhone. Bad news, how…
· 1 posts · started 26 Sep 2009 - 08:21 · last 26 Sep 2009 - 08:21
As you may have seen in the Conquests forum, I just got an eMate 300, which is my first Newton. I ask that you please bare with me, as I am a total Newton noob.…
· 5 posts · started 19 Sep 2009 - 17:46 · last 21 Sep 2009 - 01:16
What should i run on a classic? as i am going to be buying one soon, I am puting a zip-100 a cd burner and a hard drive, in it, the hard drive is 4 gb so i have…
· 5 posts · started 16 Sep 2009 - 03:51 · last 19 Sep 2009 - 02:55
It looks like ~tl deleted the "Macintosh Software" wiki page!
· 3 posts · started 17 Sep 2009 - 22:33 · last 18 Sep 2009 - 00:01
I'm a little confused. I read that the Apple /// was intended to eventually replace the Apple II line, but allowed limited Apple II+ "emulation" to encourage us…
· 19 posts · started 3 Sep 2009 - 05:07 · last 16 Sep 2009 - 05:32
I have the installer dvd for a g4, 10.4 server It will not pot or mount, unless i stick the disk in after os 9 has loaded, the only way i think i could install …
· 3 posts · started 14 Sep 2009 - 23:27 · last 15 Sep 2009 - 22:26
Hello everyone, I just picked up what seems to be a black & white model QuickCam by Connectix with an old Mac serial connection. But, I can't seem to fi…
· 3 posts · started 13 Sep 2009 - 21:12 · last 15 Sep 2009 - 08:01
Browsing around, I stumbled across: Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5b1 (5501) for MacOS 9! Even if it was a beta-version I was really wondering about this. While…
· 7 posts · started 18 Jul 2009 - 04:28 · last 14 Sep 2009 - 00:03
Newly acquired Mac 128k sitting beside me, no way to get software to it. Now, here's my dilemma. The next oldest Mac I have is an LC575. It runs system 7.6.1 cu…
· 19 posts · started 27 Aug 2009 - 01:51 · last 12 Sep 2009 - 02:18
As a spur of the moment thing I decided to dig out my two old Amigas to see what state they were in after years of being left idle. Happily both seem in working…
· 5 posts · started 9 Sep 2009 - 01:27 · last 9 Sep 2009 - 15:31
I've always loved the TiBook. When they came out, I couldn't believe how amazing and modern the design was. Well my time has finally come to be a TiBook owner! …
· 5 posts · started 5 Sep 2009 - 05:13 · last 6 Sep 2009 - 22:17

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Craigslist- $30 I picked up: - 1 NEC CDROM - 2 x external scsi enclosures - 2 x Mac SE 800k with 20meg internal - 1 x Classic 2 - 1 Cx - 1 Ci - 1 IIgs - 3 Exten…
· 2 posts · started 13 Sep 2009 - 12:41 · last 23 Sep 2009 - 11:33
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