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Now that I've got a long Torx-15 screw driver, I'm having a lot more fun in the repair shop with my old Macs. I finally got to see why my Classic II was present…
I started the restoration of the Macintosh SE today. It had been sitting with its cover off for a week, and had been sitting for a week before that. Today I mad…
I've had to ask this before... and now I have to ask again.... Though this time it's been a while. Videomonitor pro had a code lockout as it was shareware.... a…
After hearing about it for years I finally bought a copy of Hard Disk Toolkit. It's version 2.0 and the manual is a hulking beast of a book. I've used just abou…
I didn't use the word problems in the title because i mostly have small issues with it. I'll list 'em here... The battery is dead and will not hold any charge. …
Hi, This is my first time posting here... I've been a Mac user for a long time, and have a few classic systems in my collection that are running fine now, but I…
Hey, does anyone have the procedure to overclock the 6200 motherboard from 37.5mhz bus to 40mhz? Takashi's 6xxx overclocking site hasn't been around for awhile(…
Dearest comrades in the quest to liberate 68k Macintosh computers, Today there was an electronics recycling drive in my town (Lexington, MA) and I brought a CRT…
I've been looking for a couple of 512kb VRAM memory sticks for ages to upgrade the video output of my LC475. I came across these 2 months ago and got them shipp…
I have a Duo Type 3 battery that has a few small dents. Would it be safe to try it in my PowerBook Duo 2300c?
Hi, a nice surprise from a friend: - LC475 - older style LCxx case, 32MB RAM/dead 80MB HD, a little lifeless at first but the old "jumpstart" of switching it on…
I've found its way easier to give old macs away on Freecycle than to find them! I've dispatched 3 mostly broken G3 iMacs and a G3 Minitower to happy collectors/…
A couple of weeks ago a IIsi ROM SIM appeared on Ebay with buy it now and I promptly grabbed it for my SE/30. The SIM arrived in an anti-static bag and was nice…
Gonna get together and trade a G4 (Sawtooth) for a pair of Quadra 840AVs. Not sure what the specs are, but I went ahead and ordered a video adapter off of We Lo…
So my Performa 6214 won't output video to my VGA screen. I know this adapter is good and it worked intermittentley on another screen, the screen I am trying to …
Posted an Ad wanting cheap mac laptops and someone offered me a iBook G3 500 with 'some' damage. Well the screen is scratched (not cracked but scratched), the k…
I cannot access to VCFA on KDX cilent that I want to download System 7.5 Version 7.5.3 full CD. Even, the preterhuman.net does not have System 7.5 Version 7.5.3…
First, the good news. I just got a new Apple IIe for free from a friend! It's got a printer, color monitor, and two disk drives. Now, the bad. The power supply …
Hi all, just bought a(nother) SE/30 on ebay, so I can practise with my imminent capacitor replacement for my 'proper' SE/30 running A/UX. The monitor's a bit gh…
I picked up a Classic II yesterday for $3 at a church rummage sale. Today I finally got the chance to power it on and check it out. Unfortunately I was greeted …
Here's my dilemma. I have a Macintosh IIx logic board with leaky capacitors. Washed the goo off and got it working, but it failed again after only a week. I als…
I picked up a Classic II yesterday for $3 at a church rummage sale. Today I finally got the chance to power it on and check it out. Unfortunately I was greeted …
I was kindly given an Apple Multiple Scan 17 Display the other day, which has a peculiar problem. The very first time I plugged it into a Mac, I turned the both…
The Powertoggle works with a normal slot adapter and AV video card, but not with my Sonnet upgrade card and the same video card. It chimes fine with the Sonnet …
Finally got some stuff done on the 4400. So far I have replaced the dead PRAM battery with a new homemade one, which is now placed in an easy accessible spot. T…
So I have a Classic II with 4 mb of RAM. I got it open (finally) removed the old memory and installed 2 4mb 30 pin SIMMs. I power up the Mac, go to "About This …
On a PowerBook 160 that I have been playing with this morning, I noticed, to my surprise, that if I turn off the 16 greys and set the Monitors Control Panel to …
I recently obtained a Mac Plus (Yay!). It's beautiful. It came with a Kensignton Macsaver surgesupressor with a built in fan. it fits in nicely at the top of th…
So, I'm trying to get into my Classic II to install some RAM. I have a T-15 driver that will reach the silver screws under the handle. I can take a flashlight, …
I have an Apple 12" RGB monitor that doesn't use the full width of the screen. The top and bottom go to the edge of the screen, but the image needs to be stretc…
I recently acquired 2 IIcxs. Both completely dead. Plug them in, press the botton, and absolutely *nothing* happens. I will search, but if anybody has some quic…
So I've got this Quicksilver that I've had for quite sometime now, but unfortunately, its spent more time occupying my closet floor than being used. What is thi…
Hi, I've never had/or been given a slot-loading iMac before, so i was rather pleased to receive two today - and my favourite colour, the dark blue models! One h…
. . . to be whaling away with the ole' plexi scribe & the Japanese pull saws again! } I liberated what is to be a wide aspect ratio, NO maintenance MacQ…
I managed to find a PowerBook Video adapter on ebay for a very affordable $3 ($9 with shipping). The item came in its original 1992 Apple packaging and worked o…
Today I decided to get out the Mac Classic II I got for my 15th birthday and restore it. Aside from the original CRT I was able to round up all of my original c…
Got a spares/repairs Macintosh SE 800K/20SC HD for £1. Powers on but has the flashing question mark. My guess is that the hard drive needs replacing...no worrie…
Hello. Well i got my mac off of eBay. It ran for about 45 minutes and when i went to use it later on it gave me the vertical bars. It looked like the capacitors…
I'm at my wit's end and thought I'd give it a shot on this forum. I have two hard drives, one an external WD Passport 120GB that was formatted for Mac and the o…
Hello again. This time i am trying to install a bigger HDD in my G4 tower. It came with a 10gb drive. I cannot get 10.4 to install on there with any other HDD o…
This is a rather interesting guide to solving the usual troubles. The writer effectively remove the whole capacitor before the soldering iron is ever applied. S…
Talk about hazardous to your health. The thing is sitting on the carpet, with no visible means of support. LOL http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&…
Okay, I did some reading yesterday about the SE. Seems the SE was the improved Plus. It works between 10-20 % faster, option for internal HD, later models with …
Yes, I've finally done it. I've had 2 drives running flawlessly in my 1st B&W G3 for many years now, so today I decided to try and get 3 running in my #…
Hi all, I'm the proud owner of a pristine PowerBook 145B, with its stock 4 MB of Ram and 80 MB hard disk, which runs just fine. Today I took the 4 MB Ram card i…
I just got my first PowerPC ever, a cute little PB53000cs. All my life I've been a Windows user, and the past few months I've been collecting 68k compacts so I'…
Alright, this might not really be a conquest (since it was a trade and all), but WorkgroupServer and I had a trade. I received: Mac SE power supply Mac SE analo…
Where is the CUDA button on the Power Macintosh 8500? And how do you get to it? I got the outer case off, but I have no clue how to get the motherboard out. I d…