Is the HD20 INIT needed with System 4.1 and a stock Mac 512k? I know the HD20 INIT shipped with System 3.x, but seems to be missing from the 4.1 installer scrip…
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I'm thinking about using one of my older PowerBooks as a serial terminal to a Sparc. Can anybody recommend a decent free terminal emulation package for the clas…
I WAS RIGHT!! ( viewtopic.php?p=123500#p123500 ) The iPad fits perfectly inside a Compact Mac. http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/10/ipad-makes-itself-right-at-hom…
I love my Newtons. Unfortunately, since I got my iPod Touch last December they haven't seen as much use as they used to get. I was wondering if anyone here ever…
Hey guys! I've just finalised my setup Mac-wise pretty much ... I need some suggestions for software. Power Mac 5500 with a 400MHz G3 upgrade running OS 8.6 - I…
Just out of curiosity, did the slot load iMacs that came with DVD drives have special decoder hardware? Or was the decoding hardware integrated into the Rage 12…
I'm looking on ebay for a cheap firewire cable as the only one I have is the too-short one that came with my LaCie drive. I found a couple of cheap ones from HK…
I was taking apart my old Duo Dock 1 the other day when I remembered that the PCB board says "Gemini" where the AAUI connecter would go. Is this true on all duo…
I picked up an ATI 9000 AGP Mac video card (DVI + ADC) and was wondering can I test it in a PC AGP slot (without damaging anything since the Mac card has pins f…
Yesterday I set up five G4/400s all with nearly identical installs of OS9.2.2 with the hope of being able to use Pooch to make a little cluster to play around w…
I've discovered this site a few weeks ago and figured I should say hi. Very nice and informative. Useful too. So hi everyone. Oh, here are my 68k soldiers. Obvi…
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can any nubus experts identify this? the board styling and tagging looks somewhat apple, the fact we've got prototype names on some of the chips is interesting.…
This would be very cool to have: http://www.tradera.com/Polaroid-SprintScan-4000-diascanner-filmscanner-auktion_340831_113588757 I have tons of old family pictu…
Hello i've been browsing the forums for about a year now. Only now did i see a reason to join. My iMac g3 first gen trayload will not boot. When you turn it on,…
Hello everyone! It's been a while since I've posted anything on here about some old Mac software I'm looking for called EasyShare. It is a pre-System 7, AppleSh…
Anybody know anything about this drive? Has to be one of the ugliest peripherals for the Mac I've ever seen. Would hate to see the computer this would match. Th…
Just scored two Microsoft USB VOIP headsets (headphones + mic) and a Logitech QuickCam USB from Savers for $3.50 each. Now, which box did I put my USB 2 cards i…
Hi, I have an old mac Quadra 700. It doesnt have a floppy drive, just a huge 1GB SCSI drive and lots of ram 64MB. I connected a CD-burner Yamaha witch worked wi…
I found this little beauty in a dumpster years ago and managed to get it running System 6 just fine. A few years (and a few moves) later I tried to turn her on …
So I'm noticing a lot of ebay auctions and youtube videos that show classic macs and lisa's with disks that clearly aren't original (black, blue, red disks) but…
Stock 450 mhz cube for next to nothing.. Installed a 120 gb hd, airport card and replaced the rage 128 with a Geforce2 MX yesterday. I've got better video cards…
Hi there! I've got a Macintosh 512K that would seem to be upgraded to a 512Ke (its internal floppy can read 800K disks). Now, it also has a SCSI port sticking o…
ok, im well on my way to reconstructing my old 1400 tht got stolen a few years ago. I just found my 2 24mb modules tht I had hidden . My problem is that it wont…
On the intarweb somewhere, there is a TechStep for sale. Anyway, normally I wouldn't do this, I'd just have to grin and bear it, but since it is for a rare Appl…
As the title may suggest, I'm taking a plane to Missouri tomorrow and was wondering if an old apple II would be affected by the x-rays on the way back. any inpu…
I know this could be filed under a hardware but it's technically software related. I just found my old CD-R/RW that Ricoh made a few years back (I got it in '98…
Keeping me busy this week! Opcode Max 2.5.1 for OS 6 Arboretum Systems CD release #4: Ionizer, Harmony, Hyperprism, RayGun, Xx Arboretum Systems CD release #4.8…
Does anyone have them ? FYI the TechStep is a diagnostic machine for old macs.... It can test Hardware directly. http://www.forcedperfect.net/hardware/other/tec…
My SE is starting to be a really nice box to work on, but several things about juggling disks and images have been confusing me: 1. I have 800k drives, but can'…
It seems that by the time it is 20 years old, a lot of hate for StuffIt has been accumulated in the mainstream Mac community. What do you think?
Anybody have any experience with a Paradise 10 or 20 hard disk drive from the mid-80s? Interesting eBay auction recently included one: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eB…
I happened to stop by up there in dayton at mendelsons liquidation outlet. Well, i think they had 6 or 7 boxes of Apple Notebook Disks. still in its original sh…
I just deemed my port of Mini vMac to the iPhone worthy of releasing, so if anyone has a 2.x Jailbroken iPhone and wants to try it, you can post your opinions h…
Question about DataSpace DS800 and HabaDisk double-sided drives. Where there others? I can find very little about the DataSpace DS800. And nothing about the Hab…
I want to download Apple II disk images from the internet and use them on my IIe. I have a Mac IIci. I am guessing I can put the image files on the IIci and put…
What do you guys prefer? There's really a limit how big the screen can be and still be usable, depending on the desk depth. So one might be better off with two …
I got a 1400c today in the mail. I popped it open, and after the obligatory fire it up and see what's on it (OS9.1, Photoshop 4, some other stuff) I got out the…
Hi, My TAM now has pride of place in my living room, and doing its duties as a FM radio/gaming/sound in for my iPod 3G via glorious Bose speakers. So it doesn't…
I am looking for applications that can handle UTF-8 at my MacOS 9 machine. There are tons of text editors which are able to produce UTF-16 but I only found two …
Today a friend of mine tried to work at one of my G4s, a 733MHz at MacOS 9.2.2. While he was heavyly klicking around, opening Classilla and Acrobat 5 at the sam…
I conquested a HyperCard user manual and am currently scanning it, so would it be against the rules to post a PDF here when I am done?
Here is an annoying situation: I was intending to encode video tapes with Matrox RT Mac, which is a bit of G4 hardware I have for the purpose. Now that my MDD i…
I have a Classic II and used to use Sound Edit to make noises for recording. It would be cool to find a virtual keyboard or synth app so I could use this old ma…
According to most docs the LC575 maximum RAM is 36MB, though I've found a few mentions of 68MB being possible... I wonder if anyone's done this (or more?) and h…
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What I mean? I have used every Mac OS from 8.1 to 9.2.2, with an emphasis on 8.6, 9.0, 9.1, and 9.2.2. There are several inconsistencies which really impact my …
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Up for grabs is an unused (package opened but disks never used) pair of bootable OS 10.4.2 install disks for the G5. As far as I know this version of the OS is …