Recently I started working at the same shop I got my Power Mac G3 B&W from, and my boss had a Macbook that he couldn't get to boot up. He had the restor…
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So I've been on a streak with conquests lately haha. Late last week, CL post for a 19" Philips LCD HDTV. No power, $10. Gave a buddy a $20 to go get it, and all…
I dug up my PB150, but it completely refuses to boot. The battery died so long ago it's not funny, but I have the big brick ac adapter. I've hit the switch on t…
Scored a Macintosh Classic yesterday for $35 off Craigslist - NO yellowing, NO screen burn, 2/40 model, COMPLETE paperwork, including sticker, reg. card, and pa…
And it was surprisingly easy. Since I got it I was getting occasional whisting noises out of the speaker and the occasional 3 thick vertical stripes on boot. Th…
Does anyone have one of those more "rare' compact variants? Is anyone willing to put up a picture or two of theirs? Specifically I'm thinking along the lines of…
There's a gigantic pile of IIsi Radius Pivot video cards on eBay right now that are missing the video connector breakout cable that goes from the card to the ba…
I've been looking for a CD-ROM drive equipped 68k mac...and now I have one! LC630 with 20MB RAM, and a 230MB HD. Pretty clean and came with keyboard, mouse, and…
I have two partitions on my hard drive now. I've copied the files from my boot partition to the 2nd partition. It's running 6.0.7. Can I now upgrade ONLY the 2n…
Hi everybody, my SE/30's battery exploded, and so did C12 (capacitor) and Y1 (I think a transistor). I've got a replacement for C12, but not for Y1. My question…
Hi everyone, got some helpful information here once before for my other mac, just wondering if someone could tell me where to find a boot disk for my MacTV, it …
Scored a gutted IIfx (all that remained from the recycler was the case, the board, the ROM SIMM, and the ram thank god) but parts like the metalwork for the dri…
Here I go again, this time I found a Pismo Powerbook, with 2 chargers. It appeared dead at first, then after unplugging the backup battery, the machine booted i…
Hi all, I picked up a "not working" Newton H1000 off eBay, which came with original pen and getting started PCMCIA card. Looks like it has always had a screen p…
I just found this mac while I was throwing away some old boxes. Long live the e-Waste bins in large office buildings! It still has its original 250MB HDD and th…
I have a new lust object for my Pismo(s) - the 40gb price is out - $99 bucks. Has anyone bought one of these yet? The speed bump looks like...a thing of great b…
I checked all the specs. 45 watts, 24v DC out. So going by that, it should have worked. The PowerBook plug is different from the iBook plug, so I had to make my…
I have 3 powerbook duos, a 230 in mint condition, a 280c in mint condition and a 280c in pieces not working (power supply area is shot, making a ticking sound) …
The other day I was playing around on my G3 iMac (see sig), and the Finder suddenly goes crazy; repeatedly saying that it needs my attention. It then flashes an…
I got a Mac Classic from 1990. Logic board is tested and working. I just disassembled the case to check out the voltage on the main connector. No +12, no+5 no -…
I just got a IIgs the other day. Just the computer, a power cable, and what I believe to be a cable for connecting the computer to the monitor. After looking ar…
Dug it out of my attic for fun....no RAM. I'd like to find two 64mb DIMMs. Thanks for any help.
In another random bout of incredible intelligence, I decided to pick up a confirmed working eMate 300 on eBay. It was cheap enough, so hooray! Now, it didn't co…
after picking up my Asante EN/SC Desktop adapter earlier, Today I came home and found a Sonnet G3/L2 upgrade card for my PM 6500, and a 6MB RAM Module for my Po…
Picking up an early Newt at the weekend. I have never used anything earlier that NewtOS 2 (MP2000, 2100, eMate 300), so it will be interesting to see an early i…
to do something with this G3 Desktop. I am not sure what I want to do with it, but I want to do something server-ish, and want to run it under at minimum 8.1. T…
With my Macintosh 128K came a book. It is called "Presenting the Macintosh" by Merl K. Miller and Mary A. Myers. It is written even before the Macintosh was lau…
Hey guys, been a while.. I'm literally stumped. I CAN NOT get this DA G4 [dual 533] to boot OS 9 anymore.. It use to a year ago, but since then it's been runnin…
Well, after my recent bleating about trying to reign in my Mac hoarding ways, I went and done it again [)] ]'> Indigo iMac 450 slot loader DVD - $10 from…
Hey, I just received a 3GB HD to put in my TAM. Pulled the old drive, formatted new one with my MacBook, etc. Well, I put the TAM back together, plugged it into…
Hi gang, has anyone got a Kanga to post a pic of the MoBo or just peek inside to see if it has a Quad Flat Pack or a Ball Grid Array G3 Processor? QFP = Pins al…
Really just want one working 180, guess that's too hard to ask though. so I've got to make my own! DO have some questions now that I've got a pair of them first…
OK, before we moved to a new house (yeah, nothing good ever starts that way), my IIsi was last booted around 3 years ago. it has a 40MB Quantum ELS in it. Kinda…
I just scored something that i have NEVER seen before. at least me personally. I purchased and recieved a load of powerbook parts units off of ebay. for roughly…
Turns out one of the guys in my technical college class used to go to schools and take out old computers to send parts to recyclers. I brought in my LC 575 for …
This one for $15 and a couple of gallons of gas. It was untested, do to lack of a power supply. :lol: Its 266 MHz proc booted right into 9.0.4 off its 3.81 Gig …
Hi, I thought we could use this new thread to cover info about the PowerExpress 9700 prototype powermac and efforts to get them booting. Past information to get…
I had a Compaq D530 sitting around and gave it to a coworker. She brought her old one in so I took what I wanted out of it and will recycle the rest. 512MB RAM …
Hi, This story has both a good side and a bad side. My wife works at a local newspaper, and she told me that they were clearing out some old equipment from the …
I got one! YAY! HDD is dead, no battery, no rear door, screen has vignetting and only 4MB RAM... but it's got a clean case, no cracks and it boots off the flopp…
I have an Apple IIe with the following setup: 1Mhz 6502 CPU 64KB RAM Slot 5: Apple SCSI Card Slot 6: Apple Disk Controller Card Slot 5's SCSI card is hooked up …
I just read online that the PPC 740 (aka G3) is pin-compatible with the 603ev. Although i'm sure there more to it than just this, but couldn't a 603 be desolder…
Hey Everybody, Sorry for the inconvenience and delay recently, I don't know what it's doing at your houses, but recently the site has been a tiny bit slow for m…
Just got a Power Mac G# B&W from a small shop here in milwaukee. The specs are: PowerPC 750 @ 350mhz 586mb SDRAM 6GB HD DVD-Rom Zip 100 drive ATI Rage 1…
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So now that the SE/30 has been fitted with a replacement motherboard, it neither boots from a HDD (which in a former life booted, unless it has an OS which isn'…
Hello there JB You are doing great things with that 128k you have there and bringing it back to life I thought I would start my own thread rather than clutter y…
Hi there, I got an SE/30 which behaves weird. On Power up I get the normal gong, black screen, no signs of drive activity on the internal HD, on an inserted boo…
I just received these yesterday from one of my Dad's friend's nephew. They came from a high school I remember right. There are no Hard Drives and one's missing …
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After missing out that free Q700 by minutes, I decided to check other sources and picked up a cheap Q800. I'm planning to put the PPC upgrade and Video Spigot c…