Hi All! Any advice on how to fix a key that is stuck down on the Apple Keyboard II? Just got a Classic II in nice shape, the only flaw at this point is the stuc…
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So October 31st, some idiot decided they would be funny and stole my honda accord. In it was a 1.2Ghz 14" iBook G4. I also lost 2 iPods (Mini and Nano). While i…
After the obvious ADB hack, which has already been done and is well documented: Hacking the modem connector's port A signals to the outside world as the second …
As with all things too many projects not enough time. Six months ago I got an accelerator G3 500 for my 7200 for cheap right from sonnet the A series. So a shot…
I bought a Lisa 2 off someone and it was supposedly "not working" { "lightbox_close": "Close", "lightbox_next": "Next", "lightbox_previous": "Previous", "lightb…
I tried to reinstall the driver map (the thing before the main partition) on my SE/30's original HDD using Apple HD SC Setup, and somehow it failed. I tried to …
I got my hands on a working Macintosh Classic It starts up and runs just fine, the only problem being that there's no sound. Everywhere I looked says that the M…
Thanks to the amazing efforts of dougg3 and others on this group, I'm on the way of putting a "decent" display during the startup of a SE/30 with alternative RO…
Hi folks. I'm having some issues getting a 400k drive to read/write/erase. Initailly the drive mechanisim was so gunked up that I couldn't insert a disk into th…
Well, I've finally setup my Classic II for the summer. (Or whats left of summer. ) (Any recommendations on how to remove the marks on the case? A simple wet clo…
ok so I bought this Intel Core2Duo iMac from microcetner for 239.00, it was the last one in stock, and it was "open box" it had been bought and then returned se…
Hi all! I have a PowerBook 145 that's been running 24/7 for the last year or so, serving pommel-s.ch, a website about my collection (down at the moment, obvious…
Does the screen on a G4 iMac go around and around enough to wind up the lcd wiring? This would presumably cause problems - and I am having problems with a 15" u…
So I kinda want a stand alone Powermac to serve delicious oldskool apps to my 7100 when it's all said and done. I found these guys at a hacker studio I frequent…
Today I was at my moms helping her with her newer iMac. When I went searching for screen cleaner in her desk, I saw an older iPod video. I asked her what was wr…
Hi, it's me again! I finally got round to recapping my Performa 475. My soldering skils are not the best, but I managed to do it without damaging anything . How…
I pulled my white Apple Pro keyboard out of storage (the later square one, not the early white one) today. Everything was working fine until I was talking to so…
Just curious--any way to rig up an access indicator to an Apple-branded Conner 40MB? I have lots of these drives sitting around (pulls from Classics and LCs) an…
My plus mouse seems to have developed a problem with it's wire losing electrical connection right at where it attaches to the mouse body. If i flex the wire to …
I was wondering about the feasibility of making new 30-pin SIMMs and wanted to see what thoughts members here might have. Finding 16MB modules can be bit tough …
Since my Perfomra 475's hard disk appears to be broken , I had decided that there was another way I could use my mac. My plan was as follows: I had made two dis…
I have a :lc: (Performa 475). It had a dead PRAM battery, so I had wired it up to a voltage regulator that I had built, powered from a transformer. I then chang…
Here is another brainstorm topic if anyone has some comments into technical issues with this idea. I am trying to see if I can adapt the PDS pass-through slot o…
Could not resist as saw this offered for free. Powermac G5 with replaced 80Gb HDD. No idea of model & speed, the ad did not say and i did not ask ;D How…
I bought one of these today untested, but with a 7 day return period if it doesn't work. It looked immaculate and would, I thought, make a very nice companion f…
I have 3 SE/30 boards here that I performed my initial analysis on and am beginning to restore them now. Here is a youtube video I made of my initial findings:
Hey all, Recently got an 8500 for 25 bucks shipped on ebay. It came with a 300MHz G3 upgrade, ~384MB ram. I put 8.6 on it, and it's working beautifully. Unfortu…
Picked up this piece of Apple history today. I've always wanted an iMac G3, but never put any initiative into buying one. It was listed pretty cheap (almost not…
My friend used to own an iBook G4 1.2Ghz 14" a long time ago before both he and i got macbooks He ended up giving his old iBook to his sister and yesterday it c…
Was posted in the lounge by Gary_W ... should be here. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=15293 GREAT NEWS! Finally a way to read 400/800K disks without an old Macby G…
Hello all. I'm a little heart broken- hopefully the problem can be resolved. I have a MP 2000 upgraded (by Apple) to a 2100. I use it almost exclusively at my d…
So I recently picked up a PowerBook 540c. Quite a nice machine...but with one little problem, the display: After reseating the connections between the interconn…
I have several Apple II games I want to copy most have no issues but the 'big name' games always give errors on every part of the copy, so I assume its copy pro…
is it still a conquest if it was from a family member? Uncle upgraded to an intel mini a few years back and had his old G4 mini laying around still. optical dri…
One of the SEs in my classroom developed a sudden video problem. The entire screen turned much brighter and lighter, with white lines (very thin, about one pixe…
Okay, so I know you can swap in a QS cpu in a DA g4. I've heard about being able to do it on a pci/agp g4 with some heavier mods. Basically, you have to remove …
Went out bargain hunting today doing the whole yard sale / flea market thing today. First thing of interest I saw was a vintage Mac 512k that was horribly yello…
Hey guys, I've a Kanga/3500/original PowerBook G3, and it refuses to boot. It started having issues a year or so ago, so I started transferring the data from th…
My Dad gave me 318 vintage 800K floppy disks. He figured he was never going to look at the contents of them again. (Considering he doesn’t have an old Mac that …
Hej, I know, it's a newbie question. But I need help :I I 've an old Mac LC and try to install german system 7.0.1; ok, great, it works. AND I've a SCSI-CD work…
I accidently bent a pin removing my sonnet allegro 33mhz card for my se/30. I tried to bend it back and it broke off...am I screwed? What can I do? Pin #1 is br…
I am trying to use the MESS emulator for some ROM testing, and I am having a pretty difficult time getting it to work (Mac OS X 10.6). :?: I am using the versio…
Hi, I have an SE/30 which seems to be experiencing some oddness in the display. At the corners, everything seems to bend in toward the center, which distorts th…
I've got a Mac IIci board that has had a couple of problems, over the last year: 1) the board is mute 2) the board powers off, after approximately 30 minutes of…
I have a IIsi that doesn't boot. I put the hard drive in an external closure and connected it to my color classic, and the color classic displays the floppy ? a…
So I got this PB180 from ebay for a great price ($20) and then I got the PowerMonster2 thinking I'd have a nice 180 setup. But getting down to it, I can't get t…
I had gotten a CD SC a while back on eBay and never really tested it until now. I tried 2 cd caddy's and neither resulted in the disc spinning up. But that's ju…
Is there anything that can be done with an SE with dead ADB ports? This machine was a street find, and I stupidly hot swapped the mouse in the process of trying…
Hi, First the simple question: I have a PB 170 with an (understandably) dead battery. There are a number of replacement batteries available on Amazon and they'r…
picked up a macintosh classic at the hamvention today. Has a ram card, its HDD, etc... Guess what. I got VERY lucky because it has the Maxell red battery. but i…