Well, Computer Hardware club at my school has acquired a Mac Classic. It's ugly and yellowed as sin, and currently not working (checkerboard, though I did get i…
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The final(?) piece for my for my Pet IIfx is finall in place. Right now the only card in it is the Futurta II SX-DSP w/10baseT DaughterCard. It's running at onl…
ScanDump™ Project Listing: Video Adapter Docs Scan Dump Peripherals Scan Dump June, 1992_MacUser_Accelerators_Compared Accelerator Comparisons: July 1991 MacWor…
I love these things, I've used one on and off for about 13 years. It's hardly a real conquest, I found it while rummaging through the Magic Boxen, but since I h…
Hi, The subject line pretty much says it all. I acquired this TiBook, and it has a mild case of the typical-for-that-model-over-tight-screen-hinges problem that…
Hi together! I just recently bought a SE/30 that suffered from the occasional checkered flag at startup, no bong and a jailbar pattern (and a few other flaws th…
Hi, a quick outing to a friend, as stored in a cellar for years, a "faulty" Quad G5. Definately a keeper provided I can get it going, fingers crossed it will be…
Im writing this because in a vague memory, netfreak combs these forums. and written in in such a way that the search engine 'that rules them all' wont pick up a…
Hey there, new to the forums, but hoping you guys can help me out some. About 2 years ago I got a PowerMac G4 AGP, GIgabit Ethernet version. Its a DP500, and I'…
I gave new life to an old PowerBook 5300cs with a hard drive - CF card replacement, and a brand new Dell Truemobile pcmcia wifi card. I purchased a simple cf-id…
They prompt me to format every disk I put in. After formatting, the format fails when it goes back to check. Does anyone have any suggestions? All motors seem t…
Hi, I made an attempt to get rid of this thing here, but I though about it and figured I'd give it one last chance before consigning it to the junk heap (either…
Just captured a swarming ant queen roaming the grlf's dining room floor at my feet! Possible conquest of the founding denizen of the long anticipated and muuuuu…
Hi, While the SE/30 boards are being squared away (http://68kmla.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=17775), I thought I'd see if I can get some help with an…
I have a dual 2.5 liquid cooled G5 (o-rings were replaced so there is no leaking) that will power on and chime and do all the pre-boot jazz with absolutely no p…
I was just taking apart my SE/30 because my repaired board will be here today. Problem is, I found a very small jumper laying inside of the computer... is this …
. . . I think I made a boo-boo! I got this: Mini PCI <-> PCI Adapter To install this: HALF PCI-e 802.11n WiFi Bluetooth 2.1 Card Into the PCI Slot…
I heard about magneto-optical disks on a internet-curiosity spree. Apparently, they were around just before the dawn of CDs, and are still around in Japan. Any …
Got from a friend : . Topcase for iBook 12" 1.2Ghz - Very good condition battery (apple original) After changing the topcase (i have iBook wich have broken touc…
I need a new toner cartridge for my LaserJet 5M. I bought an original HP 98X high capacity cartridge off ebay and it only lasted a few months before grey streak…
The two I've tried from v.2 and v.3 got spit out ?
. . . turns out to be a possible GEM!!!!! http://www.ebay.com/itm/380418218038 and the pics below for when they go away on eBay! I love this eBay seller, the on…
Has anybody done this? I just got an SE wich do not have the whole drive bay (holder if you will) for the 3.5" and HD drives. I have an spare part from motherbo…
This might already be general knowledge somewhere, but during my video circuit study of the SE/30, I had found something interesting. I have performed these tes…
I wanted to share my latest to my small collection, an SE/30. It boots quick as lightning but has very quiet sound.. not surprising. The ram is at 8MB and it sp…
. . . came from a reputable, concerned seller, picture of it working in test mode in auction, shipped promptly in good faith, but arrived with a problem . . . {…
Hello All, My latest acquisition was actually just a reunite. After 7 years of being dormant, I revived an old iBook G3 500MHz 384MB Ram. Currently it has OS X …
So, have had my logic board re-capped by Phreakout (cheers again!), and all is going very well indeed. Until today. Switched on my SE/30, and the chimes of doom…
Some time ago I got a Radius Pivot Color NuBus card in the hopes of getting something working with the Pivot monitor I have. The card has the part number 632-00…
So anyway, I have three old-skool Sony/Apple floppy drives, two 800k and one SuperDrive (and no, it doesn't burn DVDs), each with their own problem: MFD-51W-10 …
One of our 68kMLA members here recently PM'd me about a problem he's been having trying to format 400k floppies for booting on his 128k Mac. He told me the foll…
Besides the benefit of having a 32-bit clean ROM, an SE/30 can boot off of a CD-ROM drive by holding Command+C at start-up. I tried it with an Apple Legacy CD a…
:beige: To all the devoted and helpful users, hello. As my first post on this forum, I can only hope from now on to have the same level of excitement as some pe…
I have a Mac SE FDHD that has the screen a bit too wide. I opened it to adjust things and see the variable inductor (L2) is a bit messed up. The hollow core (th…
Hey, I recently acquired a brand-new Sonnet Tempo SATA card, and am trying to get it to run under Tiger on my 9600/Sonnet Crescendo G4. The problem is that whil…
Well, I may be backed into a tight corner. Just wondering if there is any way I can take the ingredients I have and make fire. I have a Lombard drive that is no…
As I've mentioned in the Conquests thread, I just recently obtained a 500MHz iBook G3 off ebay. (64 MB RAM, CD-ROM, 10 GB HDD, OS 9.2.2). Right now, going into …
I picked up another 128k Mac, this one from the 29th week of 1984. It was in good cosmetic shape but wouldn't boot and gave an odd error code. I guessed that it…
So I came back to the Floodgap Orbiting HQ after visiting the folks, took out my TiBook/867 and promptly dropped it on the floor, right hinge down. I picked it …
So I picked up this Wallstreet parts bucket for a couple of dollars. It's obviously been dropped at one point while closed and hit on the corner of the display …
Hello All, I had a rather quick question which will hopefully be simple to answer. I recently purchased some RAM for my PowerMac 8100/80 (6 32MB SIMMS to be pre…
Hello, I have two SE/30 logic boards, which I tried to "re-cap", and unfortunately some pads lifted and broke away, probably due to some corrosion from the old …
Ok, on my new powerbook, The I/O Port Cover will not close completely. Is this something that I can fix without having to take the computer apart, or does it ha…
As posted to macos9: Classilla 9.3.0 is released after a long gestation and period of refocusing. As is widely known and reported, 9.3.0 alters the user agent t…
After having removed the screws on the back, I am unable to open my Apple IIc. In particular there is something that locks case in the border near the center of…
I just picked up an FDHD external floppy disk manual. The part number is 030-1507-A and copyright 1989. Typically by this time, most first edition Apple manuals…
In the next post, I'll post photos of my progress with the recapping itself, since I'd like to know what the experts think I could improve upon in terms of my s…
I've got a pair of dead StyleWriters on my hands. Both turned on the last time I powered them up (2008) but now appear to be completely dead. StyleWriter #1 is …
I want to thank everyone on this board for their posts - I lucked into a free SE/30 and a Quadra 900 (one of my co-workers was moving and either gave away or so…
Hi, I just today received a Radius Thunder IV GX 1360 card. I have installed the card and am seeing strange behavior. As I have never used one of these cards be…