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I've been perusing this forum for a few months and read somewhere about PRAM batteries exploding and destroying the motherboard they are installed on. So this a…
· 5 posts · started 18 Apr 2013 - 21:12 · last 26 Apr 2013 - 06:43
Not mine ad by any means, but i thought to put it here as it's not very common to have newly released games for Apple ][-serie in 2013. http://brutaldeluxe.fr/s…
· 10 posts · started 10 Apr 2013 - 07:08 · last 26 Apr 2013 - 05:20
I am so appee! ;D http://www.ebay.com/itm/230910950926 Just gotta get around to buying that Dual 1.25GHz MDD FW400 for this new set of MDDs . . . . . . one day!…
· 12 posts · started 21 Apr 2013 - 06:31 · last 26 Apr 2013 - 04:37
Just collected this evening a complete Newton 110. Came boxed and with all goodies including Psu and video tape, even a set of stickers and 3 Sram Cards My firs…
· 9 posts · started 24 Apr 2013 - 20:32 · last 25 Apr 2013 - 22:23
That's right folks. I am the proud owner of Mr. Steven Job's personal Apple IIe. Here's the backstory: I found it in a dumpster outside his mansion before it wa…
· 48 posts · started 23 Apr 2013 - 17:56 · last 25 Apr 2013 - 20:00
I love collecting vintage OSes. It's like a collection within a collection. It's taken me a while to score OS 9 in the box. I have a few copies of OS 9 that cam…
· 1 posts · started 25 Apr 2013 - 17:45 · last 25 Apr 2013 - 17:45
I came across a Belkin QuikNet on ebay. I couldn't find much information on it on Google and got no results searching here. What is it? Would I be able to use i…
· 2 posts · started 25 Apr 2013 - 01:08 · last 25 Apr 2013 - 03:34
Hi there, Among the pile of stuff that I managed to get a few weeks ago is an external SCSI harddrive case, as shown below: I'd like to find out who made it etc…
· 14 posts · started 21 Apr 2013 - 17:51 · last 25 Apr 2013 - 01:19
Home today, and wanted to try a leopard install in the Powermac G4. Already tried a couple of weeks ago, but didn't worked (KP at the installation process) Toda…
· 11 posts · started 22 Apr 2013 - 13:06 · last 24 Apr 2013 - 20:13
Today there was a flee market near my place. I went looking for books and perhaps some old macs, you never know. Then suddenly I saw her. She was sitting on a s…
· 14 posts · started 21 Apr 2013 - 11:08 · last 24 Apr 2013 - 18:14
Just wondering if there was any chance of using this ultra-thin CD/ROM slot loader with a PowerBook 1400 MoBo? :?: Connectors don't matter in this application, …
· 7 posts · started 23 Apr 2013 - 07:00 · last 24 Apr 2013 - 17:41
I bought an Apple IIc, and found out the case isn't screwed together. At all. I would obviously like to fix this! I was wondering if anyone would have an idea w…
· 4 posts · started 23 Apr 2013 - 21:07 · last 24 Apr 2013 - 08:40
Hey all, I'm a total newb when it comes to the Newton. I've always wanted one ever since I saw the demo for the MessagePad on my Macintosh Performa 631CD. I'm n…
· 5 posts · started 20 Apr 2013 - 21:47 · last 23 Apr 2013 - 22:43
Hello, I just aquired a Macintosh LC II and its 12 inch monitor from a friend of mine who got it at an estate sale. When I hooked everything up and turned on th…
· 24 posts · started 21 Feb 2013 - 08:07 · last 23 Apr 2013 - 19:55
I was debating on running Mac OS 9.1 on my Powermac 6100/66. Is that recommended? I imagine that it would be slow as molasses, even though I maxed out the ram t…
· 31 posts · started 9 Apr 2012 - 21:43 · last 23 Apr 2013 - 19:31
So I was looking at the Quadra 800 motherboard, and the layout looks remarkably smilar to a IIci, all the way down to the ports and the placement of the program…
· 7 posts · started 19 Apr 2013 - 18:38 · last 23 Apr 2013 - 17:54
So, i was just looking into that old and beaten Classic i had in a box for what seems like years. Caps are leaked, green muck on the traces, it still starts, bu…
· 14 posts · started 19 Apr 2013 - 16:46 · last 23 Apr 2013 - 11:42
Does anyone know if sonnets firewire and USB cards are compatible with my pm7300. If they aren't can anyone recommend cards that work. I have already maxed out …
· 1 posts · started 23 Apr 2013 - 05:19 · last 23 Apr 2013 - 05:19
Does anyone know if sonnets firewire and USB cards are compatible with my pm7300. If they aren't can anyone recommend cards that work. I have already maxed out …
· 1 posts · started 23 Apr 2013 - 05:19 · last 23 Apr 2013 - 05:19
Maybe the fumes or the Lead/Tin solder is starting to effect me... I'm in the middle of re-capping yet another Macintosh Portable Logic board right now. It came…
· 8 posts · started 21 Apr 2013 - 06:15 · last 23 Apr 2013 - 01:19
I'm curious. I've been looking at the SE's motherboard and I see connectors for the SCSI drive, floppy drives, the speaker, and the power connector... but I don…
· 5 posts · started 13 Apr 2013 - 20:31 · last 23 Apr 2013 - 00:53
Just did the resistor swap in my LC630 tonight to bump it up to 40MHz. I do have a real 33MHz 68040 chip and a heatsink that I stole from a Q700. Successful res…
· 12 posts · started 17 Apr 2013 - 02:56 · last 22 Apr 2013 - 21:17
It appears that the caps in my Mac SE/30 have finally died. There were signs of trouble for awhile now such as no sound through the internal speaker, but when I…
· 47 posts · started 1 Dec 2012 - 18:08 · last 22 Apr 2013 - 14:18
Not sure if this is the right forum area, but.... I have 10.4.11 set up on a Powerbook G4 and am connecting to a mixed SMB network (Windows, Linux, Mac...) The …
· 3 posts · started 22 Apr 2013 - 00:23 · last 22 Apr 2013 - 01:36
Scored this one off the old craigslist today. I wasn't real sure what exactly I was getting, but it's something I don't already have, so I figured why not. The …
· 18 posts · started 10 Apr 2013 - 00:16 · last 22 Apr 2013 - 00:39
I've found a possible Mac conquest however it's located in Delft Netherlands!! What a long shot, but is anyone within reasonable distance and can help me out at…
· 16 posts · started 16 Apr 2013 - 01:48 · last 21 Apr 2013 - 20:24
I have a Dalmation imac and a Flower imac. Both 600 mhz models that will not boot on 9.1 because they shipped with a special version 9.1.1. I always restore my …
· 3 posts · started 15 Apr 2013 - 02:35 · last 21 Apr 2013 - 20:15
Yeah, CodeWarrior is pretty opaque and certainly not freeware (though I know lots of people have asked). This is one reason a lot of people who want to port C c…
· 97 posts · started 28 Oct 2009 - 02:50 · last 21 Apr 2013 - 14:53
Well what do I do with this card? I assume its monochrome because it has a 9 pin D. It doesn't kill the SCSI drive like the power book "superview" is said to, d…
· 2 posts · started 20 Apr 2013 - 06:55 · last 20 Apr 2013 - 22:17
I accidentally acquired a Powerbook G4 today and found what many threads here have led to - if the PRAM battery is flat, the main battery will not charge either…
· 2 posts · started 16 Apr 2013 - 09:50 · last 19 Apr 2013 - 23:15
As far as I can tell, it's a stock G3, but its not booting. I get a chime on powerup, and that's it. No video, no HD activity, No CD-ROM activity if I stick in …
· 8 posts · started 23 Mar 2013 - 20:42 · last 19 Apr 2013 - 16:45
Just for fun, I decided to check the local CL listings last night, figuring there was an outside chance of getting something while I'm home. (The IIGS is still …
· 5 posts · started 3 Apr 2013 - 18:42 · last 19 Apr 2013 - 16:20
http://adtpro.sourceforge.net/ https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/comp.sys.apple2/s4e0sGhvMPs 1.2.7 - April 18, 2013 New functionality: * [VDri…
· 1 posts · started 19 Apr 2013 - 11:19 · last 19 Apr 2013 - 11:19
. . . but not in the same vein . . . I've mentioned this Hack in passing recently, here's linkage to the genesis of the project . . . BrickOvenCube/6/605/MicroQ…
· 62 posts · started 10 Mar 2012 - 14:41 · last 19 Apr 2013 - 00:49
Macintosh Quadra/Centris 610 10 - 16v 47uf $0.10 Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors - SMD 47uF 16V 85C http://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Cornell-Dubilier/AVE476…
· 14 posts · started 11 Apr 2013 - 04:48 · last 19 Apr 2013 - 00:39
So we all know that a LOT of 512k Macs were upgraded to Mac Plus during the mid to late 80's, via "upgrade kits" that Apple released... That means, you still fi…
· 6 posts · started 16 Apr 2013 - 06:15 · last 18 Apr 2013 - 23:32
Hi, I'm trying to start the Color QuickCam software (QuickPICT and QuickMovie) on my Quadra 950 running 7.6.1. I've tried versions 2.1.2 and 2.1.3, but the comp…
· 2 posts · started 18 Apr 2013 - 19:05 · last 18 Apr 2013 - 19:44
I have tried searching for the following here but without success... I have a PowerBook 520c with an upgraded 100 mhz processor and rev c module running 7.6. My…
· 5 posts · started 30 Mar 2013 - 02:47 · last 18 Apr 2013 - 17:10
Hello! Is there a Mac Compatable Scanner with sheet feeder? I need to do a lot of OCR with Omnipage. I have a SCSI card on a G4 as well. Thanks Jerry
· 2 posts · started 18 Apr 2013 - 07:04 · last 18 Apr 2013 - 07:56
POST YOUR blahblahblah you know the drill http://www.ebay.com/itm/170933925539 8 inch LCD @ 1024x768, with driver board (HDMI, VGA, AV), USB touchpanel, all wir…
· 19 posts · started 29 Mar 2013 - 12:19 · last 17 Apr 2013 - 16:21
I did a bit of searching tonight and couldn't find anything specifically related to this idea...but... does the hardware inside a pizza box/LC5xx/etc support mu…
· 2 posts · started 17 Apr 2013 - 03:22 · last 17 Apr 2013 - 03:37
Found an iMac at the side of the road on the way to work this morning. It's and Indigo and, based on the serial number, is a G3/500 (early 2001). The bad news i…
· 6 posts · started 16 Apr 2013 - 17:33 · last 16 Apr 2013 - 21:19
I'm that rarity, a G5 fan (yes, yes, I know, Intel is — y ... a ... w ... n — way faster/ newer/ shinier/ identikitier). For the past couple of years I've been …
· 6 posts · started 15 Apr 2013 - 20:58 · last 16 Apr 2013 - 17:13
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