I went to a book sale where it was $3 for a filled bag. There were a lot of computer books, not just many vintage Mac ones. I did manage to find Macworld Illust…
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Today's haul: Macintosh LC 475, AppleCD 300e Plus, Apple Personal LaserWriter printer, a SCSI scanner, a Performa Plus CRT, and a bunch of cables. The LC and CD…
I was wondering if anyone has (or knows of a source for) the old Macintosh Software Supplements which Apple used to send out on disk back in the 80's.
Latest find, just today. At the Frankston Tip Shop And the more I saw of it, the more excited I got. Price was right. $5 Sapphire slotloader, firewire ports, VG…
Does anyone know if there was ever a LocalTalk card in the form of a PCI card, for PC/Windows? I know I've seen ISA cards, but most of them are circa 1990 or so…
I got an email from a person in my area who asked if I wanted an old "Performa type" computer, with large B&W office printer. He was located only 2 bloc…
I know... a PC floppy drive isn't vintage mac-related, but i didn't feel like making two topics; one here and one in the Lounge. Besides, I need it to transfer …
I am searching allover for this and cant find it. I really want to experience the crashes. Could anyone point me in the direction of the hated Mac OS 7.5.2?? }
I've been going through some of my old stuff recently and it just got me thinking about 7.7. Did it ever make it out into the wild? I've seen a couple of screen…
After my LC III sat unused for a few months, which had/has bad caps. So I removed the ROM's and washed the board. I probably screwed something up by putting the…
Where is the server? It has been gone for a long time. There are no vintage mac hotline servers left!
Total posts: 524[0.50% of all posts / 2.50 posts per day] Click to expand... Wow. I didn't know I'd made that many posts. :?:
The title says it all, which forum is appropriate for hacks now that we don't have a Hacks forum? jt :?:
I am currently mirroring download.info.apple.com because we can't expect it to stay online forever. I will post a link when I'm done. Oh, joy... I get to manual…
Wee, just had a successful eBay win: { "lightbox_close": "Close", "lightbox_next": "Next", "lightbox_previous": "Previous", "lightbox_error": "The requested con…
So a while back, I received a bare Macintosh IIci motherboard. No RAM, and an old battery. I replaced the old battery with a new one and put in x4 2 MB SIMMS. W…
So I've got my 450MHz AGP Sawtooth running. However it is only recognizing 1GB of RAM. According to LEM and everymac.com it will accept 2GB. I have a 512MB and …
Been inactive a little while on the forums, but added two items just recently to my conquest list. Was lucky enough to pick up a PowerMac 7600/200 with a Sonnet…
Hey everyone! Just got my eMac 700. It was a teachers and had a trillion stickers. I haven't powered it up, but dang this thing is heavy!!! I might put OS 9 on …
I have been looking for a 6 slot PCI Powermac for what seems like years now (they are too pricey to ship usually) and yesterday I snagged 2 of them from a local…
I'm typically not a huge fan of AIO machines. Back in 2001 my father decided he wanted to get a new mac, and decided on an iMac G3/600, which came in Snow and G…
Hi Folks, A few weeks ago, before my Color Classic was Mystical, I started a post at viewtopic.php?f=7&t=10285 trying to get it on the internet. Now tha…
Dear 68kMLA Community, My times on this forum have been wonderful. I have enjoyed learning about the vintage Macintoshes from all of you, and I would not be in …
Hello, I am at my wits end trying to figure out what I'm doing wrong. Perhaps a more experienced eye than myself can see what I am doing wrong. I have a PowerMa…
Hi, could someone please point me to a working download of the patched Apple HD SC setup that lets you format non-Apple firmware SCSI drives? Had a ball looking…
Hi all, I'm back from a leave of absence from these forums; I stopped posting for a while following a few problems between me and certain other members here. I'…
It's all over but the crying! This year's RC was quite productive, with probably a dozen assorted programs written and quite a few creative/fun entries. If anyo…
Alright, I was using my Macintosh LC when suddenly the monitor's image stretched and it immediately showed a grey screen. I had no choice but to turn on and off…
I've noticed occasional screen interference when the hard drive is accessed on a Classic II. The cables are connected securely and I'm assuming the problem is w…
Got a iMac G4 800MHz 17", local pickup from eBay for just £84. In the UK these are worth about £200, so it might be sold for a profit. Needs a clean inside and …
I read Apple hinted that they intended to introduce an expansion card for adding an external 400K drive following the release of the Lisa 2, which only had one …
I wanted to update a file and get this error in Safari & Firefox: "Files of the MIME type "application/zip" are not allowed to be uploaded." I can uploa…
Hi, I have a II GS with an Apple SCSI card hook to an external HD and ZIP drive. For the moment I have to disconnect the ZIP because it is somehow interfering w…
So I visited a Salvation Army thrift store in PA that I tend to frequent. Usually in their electronics section in the basement only have monitors and printers. …
I've got my b&w g3(450mhz) with 1gig of ram and I'm not using it for too too much, but what I am wanting to put it to use for is a file server to do thi…
Hello again. I am still searching for a reason as to why my Kansas 9600 logicboard bit the dust a few months ago. I ran this machine since new, almost 12 years(…
Awhile back, someone posted a message on comp.sys.apple2 asking if anyone had made an archive of the Public Domain Software On File collection: NNTP-Posting-Dat…
The old kind, that is. :beige: Bought two of 'em on eBay the other day. Will come in handy - I don't have any spare auto-inject FDDs, only manual-inject.
A guy selling UNIX gear at a computer show I went to in March told me about a recycler in the area, and I finally made it over there last week. There were a num…
Hi all. I recently found a beautiful near-mint Color Stylewriter 2200. It's got an ink cartridge in it, but I'm guessing it hasn't been used for several years. …
Am I the only person here that that this has happened to twice? somehow, my ISP-wide shared static IP (216.135.11.50, the same IP as the neighbor's as when we g…
My Performa 400 has been mothballed for about a year, but I finally cleared some space today to set it back up. The board was recapped before I put it away. It …
The other week, I did the Outlook recycling joint in Mornington. No Macs. But, there are Mac Bits 1x internal floppy drive on sled. 1x internal AppleCD 300 Plus…
Picked up a cosmetically immaculate 400MHz Titanium PowerBook G4 last week, wasn't powering on and needed CD drive replacement. Had a spare 500MHz one at home, …
Greetings, Wondering if anyone has experienced this, something similar, or any thoughts on the cause or a solution. At my wife's office, on an iMac G4, using To…
If one were to write one's own implementation of CarbonLib, would that be enough to run classic Mac apps natively on 68k/PPC *nix, in the same vein as WINE? Or …
Where the heck can I find the software for the ATI Radeon Mobility in my iBook 600? I love ATI chips, but man their support leaves something to be desired. Idea…
OK, this could potentially be the sickest score ever (for this old mac fan anyhow) This past week I found (get ready......................waaaaait for it. WAAAA…
A guy at work had this and didn't have any use for it.. it's a G4 Cube, 450 MHz, 786MB RAM, 20GB, DVD-ROM, in LIKE NEW condition with the original speakers and …