I'm going to take the plunge and get a backlight for my Pismo. Does this look like a trustworthy seller? http://cgi.ebay.com/New-LCD-CCFL-Backlight-APPLE-Powerb…
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today our apple dealer called me that he is cleaning the store and that he got some stuff that I can take it, if I want http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3467/3179…
I have one of these aesthetically challenged machines and I can't get it to make a single chime, eep, quack... anything! I've cleaned and reseated the speaker c…
Si I picked up a G4 1.42 dual on ebay with 2 gb memory, 80gb hdd. So I install 500 gb, 250GB, and 2- 40gbhdd's. I picked it up on ebay for 299.00 + 15.00 shippi…
Well the other day i was going thru my collection of cd drives and testing them one by one in my quadra 660av. anyway when i got to 1 12x apple drive i went to …
Hi, courtesy of eBay I'm soon to receive: - Powerbook 100 - Powerbook 160 - 2 x Powerbook 150s I've been low on 2.5" hard disks, and general 1x0 parts so this s…
I have a chance to pick up a defunct Laserwriter Pro 600 cheap; the question is how much, if any, of the 600 is common to the Laserwriter 16/600. Specifically, …
I've been looking around the web and finding a lot of different approaches to replacing the PowerBook 100 battery and they all seem far too complicated. Isn't i…
Well it came, the chipset is realtek. It has filled all the slots in my 7200. With a G3,ATi and the gigabit it looks like it will explode The preformance is goo…
I was reading MACMAN's blog and wanted to email him but there were no clues on his site - anyone have an email address for him?
Hey All - I have a 12" PB G4 867 MHz that just stopped working one day. According to my cousin who was borrowing it long-term at the time, on Sunday everything …
Is there any sort of utility to turn on the internal fan on a Lombard? This thing is overheating and locking up. The cooling fan is not turning on at all. I'm w…
For the last few weeks the built-in ethernet on this little beast has not provided an IP address. Renewing the DHCP lease does nothing as well. I've tried diffe…
Can anybody who owns a Performa 5400 confirm for me that the startup chime for the Performa 5400 is the same startup chime for the 6200 & others that go…
First of all its a pleasure to see such a forum with 68k lovers...i thought we were under extinction! [] ]'> To the point... No chime, not powering up...…
While I was getting my stuff that I was going to sell with my spare P4 machine checked out at the register, something got my attention. It was a box of 3 full g…
So I went looking for signs of alien life at Weirdstuff Warehouse this morning, and they had an $10 Airport Base Station in pieces. Apparently the alien had alr…
Hi all - I just got a copy of After Dark 1 which I bought off ebay, but unfortunately the registration card which should have the serial number on it isn't in t…
More a donation than a conquest, a pretty standard G4/400 AGP, my big sis's old tower. 20MB HD, 256MB RAM, SCSI, ZIP drive, modem, DVD ROM drive and an Ati grap…
I am trying to remember an old Apple II game I had a long time ago. It was an adventure game, and it took place in a giant city in a tree. People wore these cap…
I just installed a DVD-ROM drive in a B&W/400 today. Data DVDs work great. However, DVD movies do not work in the apple dvd player because I am missing …
I have a Macintosh SE with a Radius Full Page Display card installed (well, it's not in right now, but I'll put it back in once I give the SE some RAM). After d…
I was able to find a Mac 8500 for 10 dollars and working on a G3 beige tower for 25 dollars. I also was able to get a Nokia N770 Internet Tablet for 20 dollars …
Hi, I have a Power Mac 5500/250 and brings a pci video card, but not recognized, I've been looking for the drivers, someone had Universal installer 4.0.2 for ma…
How could I use this card? For audio editing? With my quadra. Where would I get the drivers for the card? http://aukro.cz/item520440112_karta_digidesign_audiome…
It has a nice home in my 6100 now. However, the 6100 is such a heat trap it freezes about after 2 hours due to the heat. Time for a fan I guess. I have a Pentiu…
Hey guys, I have recently (2 months ago) aquired 2 Powerbook G3 Pismos. One is 400 MHz the other is 500 Mhz. The 400 has a cracked LCD and it doesn't boot. The …
I had bought a batch of PowerBook G4s from Brooklyn (Both TiBooks) and I turned over one of them (I assume either 400 or 500Mhz G4) and it had an airport card i…
So I am hooking up my Performa 578 in my bedroom, ideally for everyday use. I'm wondering what the best OS and internet software to use, to make it run its best…
I have a color classic with a presto plus inside maxed out ram.. my question is... How can I speed it up the way it is now.. not buying anything else... I have …
Well, I just bought a TechStep from eBay. It was $42 shipped ($30 without). Good deal? I think so! It also has the case and two ROM packets. http://cgi.ebay.com…
Hello guys, I recently won an auction on eBay for a bunch of 'vintage Mac stuff'. In the package were included three Radius video cards. Two are identical (Nubu…
Got this off craigslist for $450, it has a 20 inch screen, two 120GB hard drives, 2GB RAM, one of those multi card readers, an HD-DVD drive, s-video in, 1.3 meg…
Since I am not using the second G3 I got, would installing the video card into one of my G4's PCI slots speed up graphics processing time?
Anyone looking for a PowerCD to add to their collection? There is one on Ebay (not my ad): http://cgi.ebay.ca/Very-Rare-Apple-PowerCD-CD-Player-Vintage-Collecti…
The compacitors are fine...I tested them with a multimeter. I also raised the volume out in the controll panel...still no sound. Any help?
I have a 6400/5400 motherboard that I would like to install a fan into, for processor cooling. One thing I noticed that is different about the x400 mobo and the…
21 eMacs 10 x 1.25 GHz, 1 GB, SuperDrive, 80 GB 11 x 1.42 GHz, 1 GB, SuperDrive, 160 GB From Tyler Junior College through an eBay reseller.
Hi, Im going to buy a Wifi card for my PB5300cs, a question of sharing information with a main computer comes up. Anyway my point is, would it be possible to fi…
Hi, I´m going to build this project: http://www.electronics.dit.ie/staff/tscarff/Music_technology/8way_drm2/8way_drm2_1.htm It´s an 8-way velocity sensitive Mid…
Today I got most of a PC except the CD-ROM drive, memory and a processor. ATX case, power supply, socket 370 motherboard, 6.4GB hard disk and floppy drive. I wa…
i got my hands on a used ibook G4 800 mhz 384 mb ram 20 gig hd 12 inc screen 32 mb ati vid card it can join the other two who are both 500 mhz G3's
Thanks to Defor, i now have a color active-matrix screen for my PowerBook 520 (now upgraded) I have upgraded from the following: PowerBook 520 Gray-Scale 25Mhz …
Hi I have a Powerbook g3 lombard running osx tiger and I am attempting to connect to the internet with a linksys wusb54gsc wireless addapter. There are no drive…
Hi, Recently I've had one of my SE's display an error code identifying an illegal action. It also displays the number 1000, but I'm not sure how to find out wha…
Does anybody know what the maximum weight these cases can handle? I believe remember some macs having official weight numbers. Anybody know the max weight for t…
I'm not sure where exactly to post this, since it deals with both peripherals and software. Anyways, I've got a Mac set up right now with MacHTTP. I thought tha…
Hi fellow soldiers! Is there something special that I may miss in my attempt to share files between my Plus and my PowerBook 1400 (general purpose, inter-genera…
Hello 68k'ers I have a new (old) plaything in the form of a LC475. I have decided to upgrade this venerable old lady as far as she will go......problem is I don…
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