I've got a 12" RGB, commonly known as an LC Monitor (the kind a shadow mask tube in place of a Trinitron), and am having some focus issues with it which seem to…
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I have a IIx that I have been restoring to working order, and it's mostly working well. I've got it currently configured, as follows: 8mb RAM 9gb UW SCSI Seagat…
When I was a wee lad, I would sometimes go to Weird Stuff at it's original location off of Lawrence Expressway across one of the early Fry's Electronic's store.…
Will it work, I'm dumping one of the 6400's and would like to beef up the 5200, looks as if it should fit but I don't want to fry it.
Hello everyone, I'm new to this forum, and thought a short introduction might be in order: I received a used Mac SE on my eleventh birthday in 1992, and fell in…
Scored a Powerbook 170 and couple other PBs as mentioned in this thread: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=16943 The bezel is a little loose on the hinge and one side…
This one came to me as a parts machine, and at a price worth a small risk, but in fact the problem was a flaky power adapter. Booted right up from a good one. I…
I have a performa 520 Logic Board that was working quite happily in a Color Classic. After not being used for a month the machine suddenly won't start up. It wo…
Hi all, I am a kind of a 1400-freak. This is without a doubt my favorite classic PowerBook, and one of my favorite classic Mac ever. I do have two 1400c/166. On…
I can't seem to find any info on this apparent video card labeled "newlife computer corp". Serves me right for pulling the trigger on an auction before trying t…
I got a Powerbook 520 with 4MB Memorycard, but 8MB Memory is not enough for me I attached pictures from the card, has anybody a clue what memory and what resist…
Couple of questions: 1.What OS between 7.5.3 and 8.6 would be best for a mailserver? 2. If the system is clean, no bad caps (WOW!), good strong power supply, an…
I had originally posted this in Trag's trading post thread, but since both he and I believe it would find a larger audience here, I figured I'd re-post. I have …
Whilst cruising ebay for LCDs for Taco CCs and other hacks, I found a seller offering cheap controller boards to drive bare LCD panels from a range of inputs - …
I am attempting to get my Power Mac 6100/60 to run on an LCD monitor, specifically an NEC MultiSync LCD1550V. From the Mac I have: HDI-45 to DB-15 "pigtail" ada…
There must be some kind of 12 step program I can join for this. Bear in mind, just six days ago I owned zero Macintosh systems or equipment. From left to right:…
A friend gifted me a working Duo 230 that he rescued from a trash bin. We got it to my house, and it booted up fine. System 7.1, 12 MB RAM, 120 MB hard drive, 1…
Got it for the amazingly low price of $15 with the AppleVision 1710 Monitor (DOA). But the system works. Specs: 120 mHz 601 64 MB DIMM 168pin 1.2gb HD 8x CD ROM…
Hey guys, just bought a Mac SE/30 on craigslist from a professor on a college campus. This is my first 68k Mac purchase in awhile. Anyway, I noticed an "800k" d…
I'm working on a project as detailed in the Room of Duo to get a PCMCIA card slot into my Newertech UltraDock.(Should be arriving in a few days) However, the ca…
So there are lots of 020/030 accelerators for the SE and Plus (actually not sure about 030s for the Plus but I think so anyway). Some of them have RAM slots tha…
OK, I bought *another* compact Mac today, a Mac 512Ke. It booted up fine from a 6.0.8 floppy, and everything worked fine. I left it on while I went to another r…
Woohoo! I've got a working Mac 512K, my first Mac in over a decade! I purchased the 512K system yesterday from a woman who recycles electronics. It booted to th…
I borrowed a friend's SE/30 that had been in storage for years. It's got an internal hard drive that works, with System 7 and a copy of Norton Utils, among othe…
Hey folks, I have a G4 Quicksilver from 2001 with an 800MHz processor. I'm going to be beefing up the memory to 1.5GB but I had a question about the CPU. Curren…
Well not really a conquest, but a rescue plan from another collector that needs to clear his house. Uploaded with ImageShack.us Uploaded with ImageShack.us .. I…
My sister's B&W Powermac went completely bonkers, so I handed over my Ruby iMac. Originally it ran just fine with 400MHz, 128MB RAM, and OS 9 (Japanese)…
I'm considering buying a Mac 512K system, and the seller sent me the image below. Any idea what would cause those wide diagonal bars?
Made it to the local flea market this weekend and found a Powerbook 520c with power supply and HDI30 SCSI adapter. Seller had no idea if it worked or not. Power…
My recently acquired Apple IIc read disks perfectly but when I try to format or duplicate disks (with ProDos v1.1.1 or 1.0.2), after the normal drive noise (lik…
FOR FREE! Well, mostly. It came across the LEM swap list as a free Color Classic and Centris 650, pick up only in North Carolina. My buddy Brian lives in NC and…
Hi, I'd like to issue a challenge of sorts. Which do you think is faster, and why do you think so, for doing computationally intensive tasks, primarily compilin…
. . . :O My, lidless ATM, DuoDock+ just booted up PowerDuo AND 2300c2 with LCD enabled! 8-o IIRC, it has never done that before and had a known good DeclROM/Soc…
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I have a really nice Apple II Plus.. Whats the proper monitor to go with it.. my II Plus has a 1979 Build date. I have a Monitor III that I could use with it
. . . or 9.0, 9.1, 9.2 or 9.2.2 on a 466 DA? The last time I tried to buy a decent Dual Head VidCard, it didn't support OS9 AT ALL, so it was useless to me. Doe…
I recall reading a lot of posts here and there about a number of forum members who are very well-seasoned in the use of our old machines for recording, both whe…
I just purchased 3 Radius Rockets from our good buddy Herb Johnson. $160 for 2x Radius Rocket33s with both Image Booster and SCSI Booster, and 1 Radius Rocket25…
Hi, I already post this question on AppleFritter, but I still don't have solved it. I need a help for my apple IIe. Infact, starting the self-diagnostic test, I…
I figured I'd better start a different thread about this issue as the monitor thread wasn't really appropriate. If the mods feel otherwise feel free to close th…
Powerbook G4, 15", 1.67 gHz. 1.5 GB ram, 100 GB hard drive. Model 1138 http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/powerbook_g4/stats/powerbook_g4_1.67_15_hr.html An …
For a little time now I've looked at buying an iMac G3. I've searched locally and haven't been too conclusive with finding what I want (or much less, reasonably…
A while back I was given a Macintosh IIsi with a few issues. Not only was there Uneven Yellowing on the case, but upon powering the machine up, it would show a …
Hi, I was looking at my meagre collection the other day, which is stacked up in a wardrobe. My LC630 is almost always sitting at the bottom of the pile. I can't…
Well Today worked out really well I ended up with the following Apple II Plus with matching monitor Apple IIe Apple IIGS Rom 03 2x Mac IIsi's 4 Mac IIci Cache C…
I was at Weird Stuff today (and, incidentally, met a fellow MLAer ) and walked out with a cool tiny CRT for $15. It's the same size as the Color Classic, but th…
Yep title says it. I have a "new" Powerbook 140. It seems to be in good shape physically. I turn it on, hear a chime, screen lights up, the end. I hear the hard…
My Quadra 700 just ate its drive It was a Quantum 500 MB HD out of some other PowerMac, and it just stopped working.) Since my stack of SCSI 50pin hds is disapp…
Im going to be getting a IIGS for my kid, is there any add ons you can recommend for it. Ive found a complete system 2 3.5 drives and 1 5.25 drive
I need help IDing some of these cards One is a supermac card of some sort with a dual PDS adapter, The other looks like a Nubus Serial card.. Any Ideas??