Hi, This is something I've noticed with Compact Macs. You may have noticed this too, but just in case you didn't I thought it would be interesting to post this …
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Hello everyone, I have a ton of SCSI 160 and 320 cards and HDDs from dell servers. Would the cards work in my G4 tower? If so OS 9.2 work or would i need OS X? …
Hi Folks, About two weeks ago I made this thread: viewtopic.php?f=7&t=10005 asking for help with my Color Classic, which finally, for two days, worked p…
I have a Power Macintosh 9500 that worked fine up until yesterday. I no longer get a boot chime, but the computer still functions and boots. I checked all cable…
So I'm back home from uni, and have therefore been playing around with my old Macs for the last few days. After the Freecycle haul I got back in April, I now ha…
For members who frequent the IRC channel, you've probably heard me babbling on about this endlessly already. Due to my absence from these forums I wasn't able t…
Can I put a NuBus processor upgrade in my Dock II for use with my 2300c? Is that even possible?
I come bearing hard drive questions. I need to put a new HD in my 3400c, but I recall hearing once that some ATA-6 drives don't work with that series, does anyo…
I don't know if they were just using crap parts at the time, but so far, ever Portable and every Classic II that I've encountered has had capacitor issues, and …
. . . sharp as a freakin' tack, for $14.95 at Cause for Paws Thrift Shop today! http://www.superwarehouse.com/ViewSonic_G810_21_CRT_Monitor/G810-6/ps/119438 Mis…
Got an apple III from ISU's surplus for $15 No idea if it works Kind of dirty Anyone knows anything about these? Any interesting things i can do with it? I have…
I discovered this card in my pile of cards, and popped it in my 6500. It's an Apple part number 820-0549-A, with copyright 1994. It has 1 coaxial port on it. I …
This is a very cool idea. I particularly like the exploded iPhone designs as well. http://www.exploded128.com/
Specs: Dual 450Mhz G4 960MB (1x 512MB, 1x 256MB, 1x 128MB 1x 64MB) GeForce2 MX AGP 2x 32MB DVD Burner Zip 250MB 9GB 10K RPM SCSI-20MB/s | 40GB 7200RPM ATA/5 HDD…
I have always wondered if the motherboard from a Powermac 6500 could be used in a Performa 6400. I've had a 6400/180 for years and thought it would be cool to s…
TAM won't start. I used to get a chime now all i get is a black screen, no chime. I reset the cuda button without the pram battery installed and let it sit over…
I just got anohter 840av... I bought it as is, so there's no drama. I plugged it in and it chimes. The cd starts spinning. There is a floppy disk in the drive, …
So, I got another email from my contact in the school district. They said they have more stuff that is going to be chucked, but I can have it. Some good stuff i…
Some months ago, Mike Richardson at adoptamac was good enough to sell me an LC550 logic board, which promptly went into my Color Classic. The logic boards of th…
http://augusf.dyndns.org/public/ACD.JPG Got it as my birthday present; I love this thing, it's amazing
I just got a LC III from Scott Baret today in the mail. Has 36mb RAM, Stock Quiet 80mb HD and a pretty good condition case. It is missing a fan and floppy brack…
So a few months ago I got a dead MDD 1.25 GHz Dual from the non-profit recycler for $50. I figured it was bad PSU and shelved it. At the same time I also got a …
My Color Classic, converted to a CCII, has had since purchase a rather loud 80mm case fan. The noise is caused by the sheer quantity of air in circulation, and …
Hi folks, I just picked up a dead Color Classic which is cosmetically in nearly 10/10 condition - no yellowing, still has the qucktime sticker, everything! Unfo…
I finally had some free time last night, so I dug out the Q650 that's been in my garage for a year and tried to install A/UX on it. The booter went fine, it sta…
Got a Centris 610 with bad video - lines/degradation everywhere, pulled VRAM no help. Caps showing significant leakage. Cleaned the board using 99% alcohol and …
So I picked up 3 compacts from the side of the street in Arlington, MA yesterday. Rather I could say my girlfriend grudgingly picked them up for me. I found: } …
I put a "best offer" bid in on a "Quadra 950 Case" of $15-n-change because the shipping was $14-n-change, figuring for $30.00 even, I might hack some electronic…
Hey all- I found an eMac in a recycling pile today. The machine works perfectly as far as I can tell; slight burn in and a few scratches on the case, but nothin…
Won an eBay auction for a G4 MDD 1.42 DP 512MB/120GB and it should arrive in the next few days. I plan to boost the Ram and add another HD at some point, then i…
I recently picked up an Apple IIc with monitor, and although the IIc is working perfectly the monitor appears to be completely dead. Having stripped it down I'v…
Mike Richardson recently posted in this forum about a problem with a Centris 610. Well, now I'm going to add to that '610 trend, as my Centris 610 has just now …
So I hit the North Shore last night and grabbed some stuff. Nothing too crazy: 6100/60 max ram, no hard drive, dirty case 6100/60 ? ram no hard drive, dirty cas…
I finally have a conquest worthy of mentioning! I recently acquired an SE/30. Turns out the battery is all corroded and damaged the motherboard, and the hard dr…
Hi, I picked up an "as is" Powerbook 1400cs/166 from eBay for ~ $25 BIN, untested. It arrived tonight with the specs of stock 16MB RAM/1.3GB HD, floppy drive, a…
I just got back from picking up a couple of Newton batteries from a fellow on Craigslist. One is a OMP battery(?) AND wall charger (Apple branded, part number H…
Hi, The time is almost here to get my Macintosh 512k working again. Pretty soon I'll be able to afford a replacement analog board for it. But I have several que…
So the title pretty much explains it all. Sometimes when I insert a disk into the PowerBook 180, the Mac restarts! Seems okay when it does, and it only happens …
Hi all, My most recent conquest was an eBay gem: PowerBook 500 with PowerPC for $35, "untested." It didn't have an AC adapter or a battery. So I bought another …
QuickSilver G4 Board A much needed replacement. the other one was acting up. And because I was stupid: 933MHz G4 CPU (OC'd from 733Mhz) I tried to push my G4 up…
Recently acquired a IIci, and it appears to work quite well, but there is one problem that is really annoying me. When I choose to Shutdown, the dialog saying "…
Ok, so if you read my buildup thread, you know that I have a 300 MHZ beige G3 minitower that I'm trying to install tiger on. It has 768 MB ram, rev. c ROM (reco…
I had a bad hd and replaced it 2 weeks ago bad sectors. now it has stopped starting up 1 it chimes 2 i get a gray screen no pin wheel 3 nothing happens. i have …
Mr Power Macintosh 8500 has stopped functioning properly. While I was using Photoshop 6, the screen froze, and I was forced to press the shut down button to tur…
Maybe this is merely a coincidence of connectors, but is this what looks to be a NuBus-based computer? { "lightbox_close": "Close", "lightbox_next": "Next", "li…
When i put the my duo 2300c into the original duo dock after it has been sitting for a few weeks it boots just fine and runs for about a minute then shuts down.…
Hi, I just now won this Macintosh 512k on eBay!!!!! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220388590059&ssPageName=ADME:X:AAQ:US:112…
Quadra 840av no video or chime - Installed fresh PRAM battery. - Pulled all but one SIMM. Tried other SIMMs. Any other ideas? Bad ROM, bad VRAM? I should at lea…
I recently bought the angle adapter that allows use of Duo ram in a PB150, following a mere two years of looking (!). Hard piece to find. With it, my PowerBook …