The CD-R drive in my Cube is behaving erratically -- as in, not recognizing disks and randomly ejecting them. I would rather not replace it, as I have a sentime…
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before I tell you the actual problem let me tell you what i did that led up to me experiencing the problem. So I found some software that I wanted to put on it,…
some may have already read this on lisalist... I'm still trying to run gemdos desktop but gem VDI does not run for now and I need to know if it's an emulator is…
I am buying this really beat up BlackBook from my friend for 140$ including an installation of Windows 7 on his current UMPB (Windows Tiny7 No key needed } ) I …
PowerBook Pismo (FireWire) Keyboard Hack { "lightbox_close": "Close", "lightbox_next": "Next", "lightbox_previous": "Previous", "lightbox_error": "The requested…
Just got a Macintosh Plus from local auction site. Comes with Macintosh Plus 1Mb, Mouse, Keyboard and a box of original manuals (with disks). Too bad the case i…
Is there any way to re low-level-format a stepper 20mb miniscribe? i have one pulled from a macintosh SE and its giving me fits. of course. it works perfectly f…
With the help of Byrd, I recently did a successful ROM switch from my 'dead analogue board Mac Plus' to my 'dead ROM Mac Plus'. Of course one mac had to lose, n…
It has been quite a while since i found anything worth buying on ebay. Usually it is broken or overpriced before shipping. I found a relatively local seller who…
Hallo, I'm trying to get Cubase loaded up on a Macintosh Classic which is in my possession - it's going to be used for writing MIDI sequences to trigger events …
A 14" AudioVision display from 1993-94 came to me in a lot around four weeks back, and I have just gotten around to cleaning it and hooking it up to test (via a…
Anybody seen the latest dock connector port pinout? I understand it changed from the iPhone 3G to 3GS. This one shows only the 3G. But here's a question, why ar…
So, I finally took the 280c out of storage where it's been since renovating the home office. Unfortunately, it seems to have developed some kind of keyboard pro…
Howdy all, I bought a 14" 233MHz Wallstreet (or maybe PDQ, can't tell yet) a few days ago. The machine smells of smoke and most likely belonged to a smoker at o…
Well, after receiving my HD20, I immediately plugged it into my 512K-upgraded 128. It would boot to the HD20 disk, try to handoff to the HD20, and crash. I plug…
I now have an Acer/eMachines E181H widescreen LCD monitor. The resolution is 1366 x 768. On my PowerMac G4, it shows a max resolution of 1280x720. Of course the…
I had my Q700 in the IIvx case open recently and my hand brushed the metal case and I got shocked. i thought it was a static discharge, but when I touched it ag…
I recently posted to the trading post and would like to update the original post to indicate items spoken for. I looked and I looked and could not find some sor…
hey all I've recently come into a problem with the support (stand/base/whatever you want to call it) cracking on my Studio Display. It has unfortunately split r…
I've noticed a bit of negativity on the forums recently. Not just commentary on things that are negative, but individual posts whose sole purpose is to degrade …
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This may sound like a dumb question, but are there any classic Mac games that will run a 68000 Mac but not on the 68030 SE/30? I know the Atari Falcon (a 68030 …
There's 512MB of Ram (4 sticks) in the 9600 I just got but I can't find anything on the Chipmunk site that corresponds to the chip markings. They're Sonnet stic…
I recently received an old 400mhz blue and white g3 from someone and intended to use if for some pre-OSX stuff I have. I managed to get it to start up, and was …
I recently acquired a NIB Apple IIe card and put it in a Quadra 605. Everything works just fine, except when I tried to hook up a 5.25 floppy drive (A9M0107), t…
Got a PB 100 today, now I have a use for the 20 pin external floppy I got with another powerbook!
Greetings fellow macgeeks, I am trying to run an applescript from a php script but am having difficulties. I'm using the following syntax in my php script: //$a…
Hello, long time lurker, first-time poster. :b&w: A week ago I found the threads related to de-yellowing the compacts (viewtopic.php?f=7&t=9381&…
Are these rare? How much do they tend to sell for these days? I'm wondering because I think I may have one…
The idiot being me, of course I have a 2100 sitting around, and the battery is just about toast. I'd like to get my hands on the AA battery tray, but Newton bit…
Hey admins... I'm having a bit of trouble keeping the spammers off the PPCMLA board and sending out PMs to everyone. That doesn't seem to happen here. What coun…
I'm sorry if this is easily found on the site; I did look for an answer but could not find it. I need to contact an admin/moderator for the following issue...an…
This site requires turning off stylesheets when viewed with Classilla 9.0 (View->Use Style->None), each time the link is opened in a fresh window/…
I've been reading threads on this board about XPostFacto and reading the program's FAQs since I want to try to put 10.2 on my Kanga. However, I am unclear on wh…
When i check the contents of a folder i use the list my name. When i want any given file to be at the top of the list i add a blank or several blanks. What do i…
After excellent dealings with Trag, I replaced (paid technician) to have caps replaced with tantalums. Fixed problem, but now focus is off a bit - but too uncom…
I have an SE/30 that refuses to boot from the internal drive. I have a 1GB HD that is loaded with System 6.0.8 (SE/30 specific files) that will boot fine when p…
Ok so I got my Mac Classic today and everything works on it (thank gosh) except for the speakers. You can barely hear them but you'd have to cram your head in t…
With the help of a friend I finally have my Mac plus up and running. It has 4MB, a 500MB external HD, an CD Drive (an Apple CD150), and is running System 6.0.8.…
I've had an HP LaserJet 2100 for a few years. It only prints intermittently from Tray 3 (the optional lower tray under the machine). Last night I finally figure…
today i went to start up my powermac G4 and it didn't boot, so i zapped the pram and tried again...no dice. so took it out of my computer and put it in my B&…
I´m using My 9600 with 9.2.2 right now. In one folder (which files are not in use) I wanted to set some lables. One file is changing its label always back to "n…
Ok I am fairly sure I am crossing a line here. I don't mean any disrespect, but I am going to cross it anyway. I've been apart of this community getting close t…
Well, Bunson has got me a-thinkin about a tinker with my G4 Cube again, with his reference to dual G4/500MHz cards in a Cube. I can get one of these shipped on …
Good news: The FWB Hard Disk Toolkit updater that was available all the years at http://www.fwb.com/dc/hdt/hdt2.5_to_2.5.3.sea.hqx is available at archive.org. …
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This machine will be going to a good home. It will be lovingly care for, maintained, and put to good use. I'm looking for a 9600/300 or 350 in good working orde…
Typical IDE (both 3.5 and 2.5") hard drives and connector has one blocked pin. The CF adapter I got has all 44 pins and won't fit in the connector that has one …
Well i picked up a portable that has a sad mac error that im leading torwards a bad battery. My plans are to install a new battery and recap the board. Seeing a…
I've been trying to send a fax from the G4 MDD (OS 10.3.9) with the internal modem but get as far as the system saying "Preparing Fax" and it hangs at that poin…