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So I finished my first ever recap job on my LC II, which had sound problems and gave me a Sad Mac on startup with any hard drive. Obviously my soldering skills …
I just got a "broken" Macintosh 512k (the floppy drive just needed its lube replaced) and after buying a stack of software disks from eBay, I can confirm it wor…
Been having intermittent startup problems with my IIsi. That thing when the relay snaps off as soon as it comes on. When it behaves, the whole system starts up …
Hi, How can you ID which is ATA Bus 0 ? Terminal? Open Firmware? Disk Utility? Look for label on logic board connectors? Other? Detail: After the "Ultra ATA-100…
Got my IIcx board back with 8 new SIMM slots, now socketed CPU, and new caps. Awesome! Shout out to mcdermd for doing a kickass job! I have the Daystar Powercac…
A lot of Compacts lose their 800k FDD when somebody damages them while trying to clean the heads. If the top head is lifted more than about 1cm the metallic spr…
Greetings Mac liberators. I though for moment you weren't gonna let me join your club because I prefer my 68k computers with a Commodore badge on them so thanks…
GAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 8-o The apartment still reeks of it! I'm still amazed that it didn't quite set off the smoke alarm. If I hadn't been almost next to …
Hello everyone, I'm having a little bit of a difficult time taking the motherboard out of an LC. I can't seem to separate the fan from the motherboard. I'm sure…
Last night I collected a haul of Apple spare parts and various other bits and pieces. Of the spare parts I've so far managed to build: (1x) 2.5GHz MacBook Pro (…
I have no experience with newer Macs whatsoever. I have a Rev A iMac, but believe it's not enough to play modern, games that where available for the Mac OS 9. S…
I'm trying to figure out which revision of motherboard is in my Apple IIe. Can anyone help me out? I've attached some photos... Thanks!
Hello everyone, I am trying to get a Macintosh Classic Color to turn on. I am using a keyboard that once belonged to a Macintosh Power 5400. I used the on butto…
It seems that I am getting hold of a WorkGroup Server 9150 sometime soon (I will believe it when it is in my car on the way back home, mind you). Naturally, I t…
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I´like to install "Authoring Support 1.1.9" to my unsupported Powermac 8600. How do I do this? I´ve upgraded the machine (G4 800, 1GB Ram) to Mac OS 9.2.2 (Auth…
. . . :O Sorry a system error occurred."Finder" __floating point coprocessor not installed. Click to expand... I get this error when I try to do a screen shot. …
Hello. I picked up a 533Mhz Digital Audio for a few £'s recently with the intention of using it as a dedicated machine for my amateur radio station for digital …
Found in a basement full of junk, free of course. 10gb drive, 384 ram, put a fresh install of tiger on it, runs surprisingly fast considering the specs with slo…
Why? I have no idea. I think the price was reasonable. http://www.ebay.com/itm/221194806594?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649
Newties rejoice! It's 1997 all over again. Those were the days, when men were men, when Macintosh computers didn't yet look like multicoloured jellybeans, and w…
This may sound like a vague question, but is there any way to use the composite output of a Raspberry Pi with a Macintosh Classic's CRT? I know the Classic uses…
I'm about to pull my hair out here. I did a hard reset of an eMate 300 and now the NewtonWorks suite is gone. When I attempt to install the NW packages from the…
So, for the first time, I have been playing around properly with an 8/24GC Nubus card acquired some time ago. Acceleration for this card is provided by the 8/24…
Clearly not since...well...2003, anyway. Some of you might remember my caddy loader that I picked up on eBay in December, after spending the last 9 years lookin…
I forgot I had these. A few pictures of a prototype PowerBook 170 and 540 that were being sold on my local Craigslist. Unfortunately at $2000 it was waaay out o…
I'm planning to recap my IIGS monitor since it's over 20 years old. What would be the best capacitors to do the job. I'm used to recapping logic boards and PSU'…
Considering using an s-video cable as a substitute for an ADB keyboard cable (for test and backup purposes). They are both 4-pin mini-DIN male to male. Any risk…
While feeding my demons and searching for p0rn of insects getting drunk on rotten fruit (i'm a complicated man, don't ask), i came across this page: http://www.…
I'm looking to build a serial adaptor of sorts: A small box that has a Mini-DIN8 cable for connecting to a Mac with a Mini-DIN-8 port. It also has a cable for a…
. . . finally! I've been looking for quite a while, now one of the Radius 81/110's last upgrade bits is on the way. [] ]'> Power Computing 5000-102-03 MA…
Hi I've stopped collecting macs a while ago, because i was running out of space. Untill previous week, when i friend offered me a PowerMac G4 MDD (Dual 1Ghz) fo…
In which Bunsen joins the 21st century at long last. So I was driving home the other day, and noticed I was in the general vicinity of a branch of Cash Converte…
While i'm struggling with my Plus, i thought i'd drag my 8500 out the attic, it was my first ever Macintosh computer. So i have fond memories of using it. Hooke…
I was cleaning out one of my Quadra 950's and 2 of these fell out. I have no idea where they came from. Thoughts? :-/
I liberated quite a bit of small stuff recently: 1 CD-Caddy. Finally i can listen to music on my C610! (1 Euro) 1 Net Talk Connector kit from Apple, new, still …
Gents, would this do the trick? http://www.ebay.de/itm/4MB-SGRAM-Video-SODIMM-Memory-Upgrade-/350213344883 He lists all sorts of iMacs, but not the 233 MHz Mode…
This is getting frustrating (although not really, since it's just a hobby machine). Following on from this thread & post (viewtopic.php?f=21&t=2…
Any ideas? Got it for free, and am excited to get it working. It powers on, but with weird pattern on screen. I'm trying to slide the battery door open, and it …
http://tech-sonar.de/?p=8331 In German, but you all will get the idea i'm sure. Just follow link and download the pdf. Edit: Direct link to the pdf : http://pap…
Hello. I have an imac g3 with the following info: cpu: Powerpc G3 at 500mhz ram: 1 gb video card: ATI Rage with 16mb ram hard drive: 40 gb Can i do sth to make …
So I got this green machine. Any suppliers of batteries? It doesn't have one in it. Also any good replacement chargers? Missing that also of course. Gonna look …
I want to buy a keyboard for my Imac G3 Indigo in the indirect future. What do you suggest? I would also like to ask what was the keyboard that came with this c…
So, I've been doing rounds with this Iicx I've got. I know there are a ton of tips on IIcis with capacitor and Astec power supply problems but this IIcx has bee…
Did anybody here snag the Second Wave PCI-Nubus expansion box that just went on ebay for $50? http://cgi.ebay.com/Rare-Second-Wave-Xpanse-pn800-PCI-Nubus-box-/3…
I thought I would put this here rather than in the Newton forum, as it is VERY slow going there. eMate batteries (which are just 4x1.2v NiMh cells like those fo…
I have come across a machine badged as a "Macintosh Plus 1MB" on the rear bucket, but with a 128/512k front bezel. I gather that there was a version of the Plus…
I picked up this Power Macintosh G3 (blue and white) today, something "450mhz Rev 2". With 640MB RAM and 40GB HDD. It came with keyboard and a power cable. All …