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I've got a partially restored Quadra 700. It came with nothing, no RAM, floppy drive, hard drive, or even internal device cables. It now has all the internal de…
· 2 posts · started 17 Aug 2009 - 17:43 · last 17 Aug 2009 - 18:32
A friend has picked up one of these for me. We're just trying to track down an ADB adapter so I can hook it up to my Mac before he sends it out to me. I've only…
· 5 posts · started 16 Aug 2009 - 15:19 · last 17 Aug 2009 - 03:15
Hey guys! A guy on Freecycle is shipping this to me. -- 2 Mac IIci's -- both have the motherboards, cache card, hard drive, internal 3.5" drive ... but I moved …
· 49 posts · started 6 Aug 2009 - 22:28 · last 17 Aug 2009 - 02:07
Would somebody happen to have the LC III motherboard layout? My LC III was shipped to me without the ROMs installed and I need to know the correct position of t…
· 3 posts · started 16 Aug 2009 - 16:05 · last 16 Aug 2009 - 16:46
Cost me $270 USD. I think it was an awesome deal. I got the guy to knock off $30. Btw, there are NO scratches on it ANYWHERE. It came out of my local college ac…
· 25 posts · started 8 Aug 2009 - 17:55 · last 16 Aug 2009 - 16:19
Because there's one here: http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270442756435
· 6 posts · started 14 Aug 2009 - 20:51 · last 16 Aug 2009 - 16:10
This thread will give you a very bad impression of me, I'm sure. A few years ago I acquired an old SE 30. The other day I was showing it off to friends online, …
· 4 posts · started 11 Aug 2009 - 03:06 · last 16 Aug 2009 - 04:26
So I was poking around craigslist yesterday, when I came across "First Gen iPod - $20." Interested, I clicked to find what appeared indeed to be a 1G iPod! E-ma…
· 3 posts · started 15 Aug 2009 - 03:52 · last 16 Aug 2009 - 02:43
By now most of you know about the 500 floppy lot I won on eBay and what happened to the shipment. I still have just under 100 disks and I did promise to image t…
· 39 posts · started 9 Aug 2009 - 01:41 · last 15 Aug 2009 - 22:23
I can't seem to find this bad boy anywhere. The closest I could get was a "minimal" version on a Disk Tools floppy but it causes SheepShaver to quite after the …
· 8 posts · started 15 Aug 2009 - 14:38 · last 15 Aug 2009 - 19:21
Just wondering if anyone has a copy. I took programming back in high school using truebasic. i missed that experience.
· 1 posts · started 15 Aug 2009 - 18:07 · last 15 Aug 2009 - 18:07
My old Mac SE, which I just finished de-yellowing, has a sticker stain. The sticker itself was from an aftermarket computer upgrades store, and the majority of …
· 5 posts · started 13 Aug 2009 - 01:14 · last 15 Aug 2009 - 14:03
OK, my iMac had been running OS X for quite a while, but when I went to start up in OS 9 i just get a blinky ? floppy disk and a cursur. it used to like OS 9 bu…
· 9 posts · started 14 Aug 2009 - 06:42 · last 15 Aug 2009 - 04:29
I figure i'll get better results if i post here. According to Mactracker, the LC III had 1 ram slot. If this is the case, what is the other slot that looks like…
· 14 posts · started 10 Aug 2009 - 06:20 · last 15 Aug 2009 - 03:18
Pisces DM-10 The ultra-rare, vertically flat (ie Color Classic bezel compatible), 10" Trinitron point of sale monitor as used in the famous Cube G4 Power Color …
· 3 posts · started 14 Aug 2009 - 07:04 · last 15 Aug 2009 - 03:10
I've just acquired a beat-up firewire clamshell -- the screen is cracked, and the rest of the poor thing looks like it was run over by a truck (for all I know, …
· 10 posts · started 11 Aug 2009 - 20:51 · last 14 Aug 2009 - 22:00
Here's another auction by danapplemacman with his usual collection of fantastic photos. An obviously fantastic example of an operational 128K for any collector,…
· 2 posts · started 14 Aug 2009 - 20:42 · last 14 Aug 2009 - 21:21
Using www.googoe.com I can find only a couple of web pages about installing PHP on MacOS X. There doesn't seem to be a comprehensive (yet easy to understand) gu…
· 10 posts · started 11 Aug 2009 - 02:15 · last 14 Aug 2009 - 18:47
....it is asking me for the disk "Programs" which did not come with the OS I downloaded from Macgarden. What the heck is it talking about? Before I installed th…
· 8 posts · started 13 Aug 2009 - 18:50 · last 14 Aug 2009 - 15:08
I'm sure this sounds silly, but how do you slide the hard drive out of the Power Macintosh 5500 chassis? I unlocked the visible release tab but it seems like th…
· 8 posts · started 13 Aug 2009 - 18:00 · last 14 Aug 2009 - 04:48
I was wondering if anybody had a copy of Switcher, the multitasking utility written by andy Hertzfeld that preceded MultiFinder. I've been trying to find it aro…
· 10 posts · started 8 Jun 2008 - 13:02 · last 13 Aug 2009 - 19:43
Just picked this up from Dan Knight yesterday. Paid $15 for it. Included the video cable. Cabinet is pretty yellowed, not nearly the same shade as my Iigs. It's…
· 15 posts · started 4 Aug 2009 - 23:36 · last 13 Aug 2009 - 17:53
So after days of waiting for my Macintosh Classic II which was shipped to me via Parcel Post I finally got it! It started up perfectly the first time but after …
· 9 posts · started 12 Aug 2009 - 03:08 · last 13 Aug 2009 - 17:25
I took a trip to Goodwill during my lunch break today. While there wasn't a lot of computer stuff (only some $70 LCDs), I did find a rainbow Apple logo in a CD …
· 4 posts · started 12 Aug 2009 - 00:53 · last 13 Aug 2009 - 16:32
Ok then - Mac Plus, it boots, or rather it can boot all the way to the desktop and it can sit there for a while - usually less than ten mins - then it re-boots.…
· 9 posts · started 9 Aug 2009 - 17:34 · last 13 Aug 2009 - 09:50
I hope this gets a good home: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250480615872&_trkparms=tab%3DWatching#ht_506wt_1101 Most notabl…
· 7 posts · started 10 Aug 2009 - 06:50 · last 13 Aug 2009 - 04:16
Hey all, just joined up. Glad to find this forum. Anyway, I'm trying to locate an old ad from the mid to late 80's that featured a Compact Mac (Plus or SE) sitt…
· 1 posts · started 12 Aug 2009 - 21:43 · last 12 Aug 2009 - 21:43
I'm thinking of pulling it out of my closet and upgrade the OS a little. Trouble is, the only computer I have that has floppy is an eMachines T2080. But I figur…
· 7 posts · started 11 Aug 2009 - 15:22 · last 12 Aug 2009 - 14:45
So today I went to a thrift store in hopes of finding any old macs. Nada, Later on in chinatown, I thought i'd stop by an old hardware shop which sells electron…
· 12 posts · started 10 Aug 2009 - 20:30 · last 12 Aug 2009 - 14:43
After a bit of a fight between me and another bidder, I picked up this on eBay last night. I'm hoping they're 64MB sticks...if so Christmas has come early, and …
· 9 posts · started 5 Aug 2009 - 01:48 · last 12 Aug 2009 - 11:15
People have been looking for these off and on: ebay #160354370085 look like 512k ones. Cheap.
· 3 posts · started 12 Aug 2009 - 06:21 · last 12 Aug 2009 - 07:17
I finally got around to tearing down the old Macintosh 512k to see what the problem is. Visually the electronics appeared fine, so it looks like I need your hel…
· 18 posts · started 9 Aug 2009 - 12:49 · last 12 Aug 2009 - 01:40
OK several problems. When turn on, it doesn't not make the bong sound. I don't know if a Mac SE 30 should make that sound or not when starting up. Second, sound…
· 4 posts · started 11 Aug 2009 - 15:07 · last 12 Aug 2009 - 01:33
I found a post somewhere the other day with a pic of OS9 with the Hi-Tech theme. I got the impression that the guy who posted it had hacked the original theme f…
· 4 posts · started 11 Aug 2009 - 16:09 · last 12 Aug 2009 - 00:48
1] You moved your character around through a maze and had to avoid traps. 2] It got progressively harder until it was really frustrating because you kept hearin…
· 1 posts · started 11 Aug 2009 - 22:10 · last 11 Aug 2009 - 22:10
I got this bag a while ago and decided to look at it tonight. 2 of the RAM sticks are new and have 'NEI - 100 37101' & on another sticker 'n1 x 36-70' a…
· 3 posts · started 11 Aug 2009 - 06:56 · last 11 Aug 2009 - 16:29
I noticed this OS mentioned in one of Dr. Bunsen's posts, I thought ubuntu support was strictly x86! 8-o How does this compare with the NetBook Remix a/o the cu…
· 19 posts · started 7 Aug 2009 - 22:33 · last 11 Aug 2009 - 05:01
Sorry for the new topic, this is the emergency. I found the auction: http://cgi.ebay.com/Lot-of-mixed-Macintosh-CDs_W0QQitemZ270440956609QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAU_C…
· 1 posts · started 11 Aug 2009 - 02:51 · last 11 Aug 2009 - 02:51
I fancied a trip to a semi-local used bookstore the other day (Sunday) and rescued 8 used Mac books. They are: Power Macintosh 8600 Users' Manual The Power Mac …
· 7 posts · started 4 Aug 2009 - 17:46 · last 11 Aug 2009 - 02:07
Did system 6.0.6 come in both HD and DD disks, or just DD?
· 2 posts · started 11 Aug 2009 - 00:35 · last 11 Aug 2009 - 01:39
I got an LC475 with a 3rd socket beside the two VRam slots. It´s a little bit smaller than the two VRams, and I have no idea what this could be. At this picture…
· 8 posts · started 8 Aug 2009 - 15:23 · last 11 Aug 2009 - 01:37
My Macintosh LC III from GreenDoc came today in the mail. Besides some uniform yellowing, it's in perfect condition; both tabs snap together nicely (no tab issu…
· 1 posts · started 11 Aug 2009 - 01:33 · last 11 Aug 2009 - 01:33
Hey everyone, the eMac in my sig has some DVD problems. I installed a nice superdrive, (Not apple branded) from an old DVD player/creator. The DiskDrive does NO…
· 4 posts · started 10 Aug 2009 - 16:05 · last 10 Aug 2009 - 21:59
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