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My QuickTake 150 came in the mail today complete with box, booster pack for the lithium batteries and QuickTake Travel Case as well as the leather camera grip, …
· 12 posts · started 26 Aug 2008 - 03:11 · last 28 Aug 2008 - 14:03
Picked these up recently, at estate sale...CHEEP! On the firing line..my 500 days at Apple Gil Amelio The 2nd coming of Steve Jobs ( Alan Deutschman ) West of E…
· 2 posts · started 28 Aug 2008 - 00:36 · last 28 Aug 2008 - 00:40
My dad bought this for me this afternoon: '75 Classic Beetle (VW Bug) Unfortunately, i won't be able to drive it until later this summer. I was too sick to be a…
· 43 posts · started 31 May 2008 - 03:13 · last 28 Aug 2008 - 00:32
I just picked up this Power R Inc. Macintosh SE video adapter, which I know Bunsen posted about earlier (but I can't seem to find it now): http://cgi.ebay.com/w…
· 39 posts · started 15 Aug 2008 - 17:59 · last 27 Aug 2008 - 23:24
My Mac Plus that I got a little more than a month ago has always lagged at startup. Well, The display shows the alternating pixel "fake gray" for a few seconds,…
· 6 posts · started 27 Aug 2008 - 03:20 · last 27 Aug 2008 - 18:41
Got it for free. I'm actually very impressed with it, especially Graffiti. I'm a huge fan of my Newton MessagePad 2100, but in many respects the Palm seems more…
· 23 posts · started 10 Aug 2008 - 14:20 · last 27 Aug 2008 - 17:57
I don't know too, too much about the 700 & just wondering what good points there are! Oh & what's a Proteus card?
· 15 posts · started 19 Aug 2008 - 18:22 · last 27 Aug 2008 - 11:25
Greetings everyone. I just reinstalled Mac OS 8.6 on my 1400 and I have an ORiNOCO WaveLan wireless card for it. Before I installed 8.6, the card worked perfect…
· 3 posts · started 26 Aug 2008 - 16:24 · last 27 Aug 2008 - 08:19
I have a 1986 SE with a dead internal HD (original 40MB Quantum). My plan is to pull a rarely-used Maxtor 120MB HD which is currently in an external SCSI case u…
· 8 posts · started 21 Aug 2008 - 15:27 · last 27 Aug 2008 - 00:54
I know, it's not a Mac, but for $10 it's pretty cool. Pentium, 775MB HDD, 16MB RAM, CD ROM, Win95. Complete with original User's Guide, external floppy drive, 1…
· 2 posts · started 26 Aug 2008 - 20:57 · last 26 Aug 2008 - 22:24
:b&w: Over the past few weeks/months I've been picking up a select few computers: -PowerMac g4/733 QuickSilver w/ 1.25gb RAM for free -iMac G3/350 Blueb…
· 9 posts · started 3 Aug 2008 - 20:12 · last 26 Aug 2008 - 20:01
Hello! I have looked allover for the drivers for the Calcomp Drawingslate II for mac os. Also, I am looking for the Logitech Scanman 32 to no avail. Can someone…
· 2 posts · started 9 Aug 2008 - 21:03 · last 26 Aug 2008 - 16:57
I read that demagnetising a 1440k floppy will essentially make it more compatible with 800k drives. To clear up the persistent confusion and superstition about …
· 14 posts · started 21 Aug 2008 - 07:52 · last 25 Aug 2008 - 22:05
It was really tough picking winners, especially since many entrants qualified for multiple categories... not to mention the judges complete lack of consensus. A…
· 8 posts · started 16 Aug 2008 - 02:48 · last 25 Aug 2008 - 08:48
I got this powerbook 520 from a teacher who knows i collect vintage macs!! for free!! it not have the charger but i figured how to use other charger to start it…
· 2 posts · started 23 Aug 2008 - 02:21 · last 25 Aug 2008 - 03:48
I got a PowerMac G4 AGP (Sawtooth) from MacDan (Thanks!) during a trade. I just decked it out now (Mostly) except for the ram, everything I had was a drop in Th…
· 7 posts · started 22 Aug 2008 - 19:07 · last 25 Aug 2008 - 00:20
So I trade a p4 2.4ghz, 512mb ram, Gateway that I never really used to ckhthd for his huge collection of macs and mac stuff. Never owing a mac except an apple I…
· 25 posts · started 18 Aug 2008 - 08:13 · last 24 Aug 2008 - 23:37
Got an email about a month ago from some random stranger wanting help with their PB160. Tried helping, sorted out a boot disk etc. but looked like the HD had ju…
· 6 posts · started 19 Aug 2008 - 08:51 · last 24 Aug 2008 - 22:35
I have a few Macintosh games laying around and got to looking at their system requirements... many have lists of supported systems for colour and black &amp…
· 19 posts · started 18 Aug 2008 - 15:59 · last 24 Aug 2008 - 22:21
Just won on ebay. 9500 for £12 and Sonnet G3 300 card for £6 [] ]'> Stick in my spare Rage 128 card and that'll be a nice system 7.6 machine.
· 9 posts · started 17 Aug 2008 - 21:54 · last 24 Aug 2008 - 22:10
I bought a PowerMac G4 350/10gb/64mb ram/zip/dvd for 25 dollars. Everything is stock, but when I opened it up, I found 3 ram sticks. 2 64 sticks and a 512. and …
· 6 posts · started 22 Aug 2008 - 19:55 · last 23 Aug 2008 - 01:39
how do i get my clamshell to run os 10.4? i have 576 meg of memory and airport working but 10.4 would be great. [] ]'>
· 4 posts · started 22 Aug 2008 - 22:20 · last 22 Aug 2008 - 23:57
got 4 for $2. I need them for my Mac Plus, so this is awesome for me. esp. cause they cost $9 new.
· 3 posts · started 22 Aug 2008 - 01:35 · last 22 Aug 2008 - 23:55
I have a Macintosh HD20 that came with my Plus, and it doesn't seem like the drive itself has stood the test of time. When I boot up my Plus with the drive turn…
· 78 posts · started 12 Jul 2007 - 22:07 · last 22 Aug 2008 - 21:07
well fall semester starts tomorrow and i wanted to get rid of some junk, so i headed down to the electronic recycling depot to drop off an old printer and a few…
· 3 posts · started 19 Aug 2008 - 20:51 · last 22 Aug 2008 - 17:16
Someone here a while ago made a post in an unrelated thread about having 9 running on a PPC upgraded Quadra and then disappeared. I have seen articles about get…
· 8 posts · started 26 Jun 2008 - 11:51 · last 22 Aug 2008 - 12:53
Okay, it's that time again... The new RC site is up, and it's time to get your entries in (or at least start thinking about them). Pretty much the same as past …
· 65 posts · started 20 May 2008 - 00:02 · last 22 Aug 2008 - 10:17
..and it turns out there is yet another pile of items waiting for me! ImageWriter II AppleCD 300 LaserDisc player with two boxes of educational Laserdiscs Compa…
· 6 posts · started 22 Aug 2008 - 00:05 · last 22 Aug 2008 - 10:15
I ve bought a Pismo (500 mhz) on eBay, and it was sold broken. At home I unplugged the pram battery, and then it booted fine. The Pismo is in great condition. B…
· 3 posts · started 20 Aug 2008 - 17:05 · last 22 Aug 2008 - 05:47
I'm possibly interested in upgrading the CPU in my Sawtooth (500mhz now). I don't want to buy one of the 3rd party upgrade cards -- I'd prefer to buy a stock CP…
· 7 posts · started 19 Aug 2008 - 04:47 · last 22 Aug 2008 - 05:35
My Sawtooth (500mhz, 1.75gb, 10.5.4) never has free RAM. Let me explain. It is running Leopard, apache, mysql, and TorrentFlux (Python). When I first boot the m…
· 6 posts · started 20 Aug 2008 - 18:02 · last 22 Aug 2008 - 05:25
My MS720 17" monitor is starting to show intermittent vertical wavy lines. Could this be the power supply failing? My computer is a 7600/120. I have a good powe…
· 3 posts · started 21 Aug 2008 - 20:09 · last 22 Aug 2008 - 01:56
the dlink quit me see other posts. i thought i had a bad airport card but i rescued a linksys router with a wireless usb adapter I am hooking up my printer now …
· 2 posts · started 21 Aug 2008 - 03:07 · last 21 Aug 2008 - 06:17
i want to transfer some draws from my plus to my g4, i have the macpaint files here (the g4) but i dont know how to open it.. i try with photoshop but doesnt wo…
· 14 posts · started 5 Aug 2008 - 03:01 · last 21 Aug 2008 - 04:53
Runs Palm OS 5 I think... My dad could never get it working (found out, he didn't get the antenna all the way. I understand why, it doesn't want to go all the w…
· 3 posts · started 19 Aug 2008 - 08:49 · last 21 Aug 2008 - 00:00
Yesterday: First conquest worth mentioning in a while craigslist: one 9600/300 w/ sony monitor. !. On location: I find a nice lady wishing to get rid of more ol…
· 4 posts · started 19 Aug 2008 - 22:33 · last 20 Aug 2008 - 12:24
Power Macintosh 6320 - $9.99 Color StyleWriter 2400 - $7.99 Super Savers is a thrift store I have not been to. It's in a really bad part of town, but I was coin…
· 2 posts · started 19 Aug 2008 - 01:11 · last 20 Aug 2008 - 12:05
Hi there, I'm new and I think these forums are great! I didn't know there were so many old Mac users out there I have a Quadra 610 running OS 8.0, and connected…
· 4 posts · started 19 Aug 2008 - 16:44 · last 19 Aug 2008 - 22:30
I was dropping off some stuff at the local ewaste recycling center and on the loading dock I spotted an old Powerbook 100. I went in the office and asked if I c…
· 2 posts · started 19 Aug 2008 - 21:05 · last 19 Aug 2008 - 22:23
Amazon Linky for the Powershot A630 8.0MP Camera My dad's office were going to throw it out because they used it for an insurance purpose and were in the proces…
· 5 posts · started 18 Aug 2008 - 21:38 · last 19 Aug 2008 - 16:46
My newly acquired iBook G3 600 seems good in every way, except: I can't network with ethernet. I tried to connect it with the iMac G5, they didn't see each othe…
· 11 posts · started 17 Aug 2008 - 15:48 · last 19 Aug 2008 - 16:02
Ok, i am just scratching my head on this one. I pulled out my PM7500/100 with G3 upgrade and tried to get it working. It chimes and comes up to the grey screen,…
· 15 posts · started 20 Jul 2008 - 03:13 · last 19 Aug 2008 - 09:05
It all started when I got a call from a customer. "Help me, my computer's dead" Anyway, I went around there, and sure enough, her Celery 2 Ghz is failing the PO…
· 10 posts · started 17 Aug 2008 - 12:17 · last 19 Aug 2008 - 07:09

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I ended up taking a Lombard on my long trip. It held up like a true champ, took all the abuse, but it's heavy and uses assorted PC cards I have to switch in and…
· 3 posts · started 14 Aug 2008 - 20:48 · last 26 Aug 2008 - 21:33
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