Hey everyone! Lately I've been having some issues with my iBook's battery. When I open an application that tells me its health and its current status, it says i…
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I have a 5 year old Edge DiskGo! drive with an ATA/133 DiamonMax Plus 9, 3.5 Maxtor 120GB mechanism inside. It has always had a problem reliably mounting via Fi…
Hello, I have about 15 old Macs in my collection. Classic I/II, LC I/II/III/475, Quadra 650/700, Mac II an so on... But I am in trouble with my war treasure: Al…
Well, the title says it all, really... I have a sneaky suspicion that there's something wrong with my PowerBook. It boots without chiming (I have reset the PRAM…
Well, it said Mac/PC in the auction and also on the disk, but when I try to open it all I see is Windows looking stuff, nothing I can open and use. I got it for…
I am using OS 9.1 on a Umax S900 motherboard with a PowerLogix 1 GHz G3 CPU. I have 520 MB of RAM and I do not use Virtual Memory. Anything I do in the finder s…
I've got a Dove MacSnap SCSI board with a broken ROM pin (these are thin round pencil lead types, not the flat chip types). Can I just solder on a new pin to th…
Anyone experiencing difficulty loading 68kmla of late? Over the last couple of days I've been having trouble, for hours at a time.
Well my G4 is booting into some strange command prompt and I have no idea why or how to fix it. When I try to boot from a cd it just has the little spining circ…
Working on a guide to help us all. This is what I've got so far. Anybody with additional information to help clarify or correct this will be greatly appreciated…
So, everyone says that the Kansas-based x600s are much better than their Tsunami-based brethren. A quick search has told me that: -Kansas machines can support t…
Okay folks, idiot question number 200. I have a 9500/G4 that has gone all weird on me after swapping a couple of video cards around. So, is the CUDA switch the …
Trying to set my PowerBook 150 up as a webserver but am running into a problem: Crashing before the program loads up completely. When I open the program, It dis…
I like computers. They can be great tools and there are no computers i like more then compact macs. (i could try and tell you why but there are so many things i…
Hi, Just now, I got a package in the mail. One of the two power supplies I ordered has arrived! I'm also getting a second one from WorkGroupServer here on the f…
In case any of y'all are interested. The shipping is high though. Edit: Can someone confirm if this is indeed a socketed CPU? Looks like it is. http://cgi.ebay.…
Hello, I would like to add a zip drive to my mac classic. What kind of driver do I need to do that and does it require a specific OS version in order to recogni…
So I finally got a nice collection of Macintosh Type 1 fonts for use on my future 68K "Productivity Box" and I just realized: 68K-compatable versions Adobe Type…
What's the difference between 4256, 41256-15 and 81257-15 RAM chips? Do additional letters and numbers make a significant difference (e.g. 41256C-15)? 256 seems…
I have them in SIT package but it is broken so, if anybody have a working 68k and PPC version, would be great!
I have a Beige minitower which has a mean time between failure of about two days. When I boot it up, it will lock up, often in less than a day, but certainly wi…
Anybody have any experience with this keyboard? http://www.datadesktech.com/desktop_mac101e.html Or others that had this functionality? I'm curious how it is ab…
I just thought I would mention that I bought a MessagePad 120 recently. I havn't recieved it yet. It will probably come next week as it is coming from Spain. It…
Does anyone know of a mirror of multimac.ch? Or even Vieuxmac.com???
Like most vintage Mac users, I've heard the story that the original 1984 Macintosh Guided Tour contains old-style icons and system features (indeed it is coded …
Hey all, Picked up a G4 Mac Mini fixer-upper recently for AU$120 (approx US$80) delivered. I figured I could get back most of that by stripping it for parts if …
:O Hi, I purchased a color Classic off ebay about 1 year ago. Its been my baby. I have loved old macs since I was a kid, yeah I am a geekl, but when it comes to…
Hi! I'm sure you guys get these posts all the time, but I'm looking for a game that was a sort of space racing type game. You outran...something, then a speed l…
Hi all, Funny, it seems there's a lot of topics about the 9500 these days. Actually I just "liberated" one of those beasts for myself two days ago. I got it pre…
My little 12" AlBook seems to be having some issues with its superdrive. Any disk that I insert is sucked in, pondered for a few seconds, then immediately spat …
Well, it works fine without its sonnet upgrade. With the sonnet it crashes randomly, a total lockup. Then sometimes when I reset Mac OS Wont boot, other times i…
Took a peek at the back of my Color Classic and I see what looks like a composite video port in what I think is the expansion slot. The colored ring is a darkis…
Hi, Before I go ripping things apart, I was keen to see if anyone had tried the same. I've a Powerbook 170 - my favourite 68K portable, which suffers from bad "…
and my first ever computer. My mac 128k's power supply shorted for reasons unknown. i am very sad since this computer had a lot of sentimental value to me AND m…
Hey guys, I have a Mac Classic B&W from 91 that used to work great, but now, it will chime and startup to grey screen with mouse, say welcome to Mac, Th…
Installing Tiger on Beige G3 w/SuperDrive and XPostFacto This is mostly for the benefit of Google searchers and anyone here trying to install Tiger on a Beige G…
Just in time for Christmas, this 5300 PowerBook never opened, brand new sealed in box. Now you too can experience first hand the cracked cases, broken AC connec…
OK, sorry if this is a repost but a search on Mac-o-lantern didn't bring anything up. Still plenty of time before Halloween!
For those interested, I'm currently running a BBS called Age of Reason on an Enhanced Apple IIe. The BBS is running GBBS Pro and features the adventure game Lan…
Hey there! Has anybody found that browsers for OS 8 and 9 no longer load pages correctly? I want to see my facebook on Mozilla and not even that works fine...Do…
I used to have an Apple AudioVision 14, and the raster was crooked. It got worse and worse, and let me tell you, it got so bad that you started to hold you head…
I have a Lisa 2 (XL I think). It booted-up and ran fine 5 years ago, but now, when I push the start button, I get two low beeps (memory?) and a screen that look…
Hello, I have a problem I want to play Dung Beetles on my Apple IIGs but it doesn't work. It seems to work on the AppleWin but not on my Apple IIgs, is there aw…
In the Compact Mac thread I posted about possibly using my Color Classic as a virtual Apple IIe. In case that doesn't work out, I have a few questions regarding…
2 questions 1 i have a 867ghz quicksilver with 10.4.11 and what looks to be a factory apple scsi atto install can i add ide drives "i have several" with the scs…
I awoke this morning to find an email notification that there had been a new post in one of our more popular threads here in the Compact Mac Forum. (I will refr…
Okay, I need some help on this one... My wife (bless her soul) has killed another PB, first my lombard, then my DVI and now my pismo. Alright, it was dead after…
So, having been able to play with the duo more. I have noticed that the screen has vertical lines that 'flow', half the screen one way, and half the other way. …