Don't see a 550c PowerBook on ebay very often. http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/RARE-Apple-Powerbook-550c-1995-VINTAGE-GREAT-CONDITION-Functional-/120882075735?pt=AU_…
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ok so i just got my q700 and i pulled all the guts out, took it to the bath tub, the case was filthy, i used a kitchen scrubber and cleanser, i scrubbed on it f…
I just got back from San Francisco. An hour drive, but I picked up for free a Quadra 950! Not just any Quadra 950, but it's the "Publishing Configuration!" It h…
Well my mom has the new Mac Mini with 8GB RAM installed (it runs really well) and the iMac my mom had (late-2006, I need to make correction, has the ATI X1600 g…
I saw volumes I to VI (Vol. III missing?) of "Inside Macintosh" programming books at auction site for few €'s. Are those any good, i mean, i know some C++ but t…
Erm, begin by opening the Terminal.... At the bash prompt, enter: telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl You'll then have to hit return a couple of times before the magi…
When I was boxing things up to put stuff in storage, I dug 3 Mac Plus's out of a closet and tried to turn each one on. One by one, they all turned on, and came …
This long weekend gone I managed to get myself the following: Blueberry 350MHz iMac - working Blueberry 400MHz iMac - not working Snow 500MHz iMac - untested Fl…
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…
As the main startup drive for my SE/30....Seems very quiet and reliable. How's the speed? Anyone wanna talk me out of this before i go through the hassle of for…
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 all, I had my SE/30 open today to replace the PRAM battery, and to try and work out why it wasn't producing any sound (I was guessing that the speaker cable …
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…
Part of my Absolutely Apple system. I have two cards in my system that need either software and/or drivers. The first one should be easy. It's the "Emerald City…
So I finally picked up a dirty unloved 128k Mac on eBay for $200 - a crazy price, but what the hell. Anway, turns out it has a Macs-a-Million upgrade installed …
i wanted one of these bad boys from the beginning! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160778069487&ssPageName=ADME:X:RTQ:US:1123…
I have a Macintosh Color Classic with a color classic 2 motherboard and 575 motherboard, Apple Design Speakers and a Apple Adjustable Keyboard and Apple 300 CD …
Yesterday I picked up a MDD and some extras for $10. It was one of the dual 1.25 with only 1mb L3 and FW 800. It also came with a couple of cards. One of which …
Since Apple used clear USB & power cables on all of the iMac/PowerMac "colored" machines I am sure you have all run into cables where the plastic/rubber…
I moved a year ago, and some months before starting to pack things, i found a Macintosh LC off the road. I tried to boot the thing but the PSU was probably bad,…
ok, this is a long story. i was given for free a 7600/132 a couple of weeks ago, in the package was a Crescendo G3. i get also a crescendo G4 400 Mhz for free a…
scored a Quicktake 150, with the manual, travel case, leather camera sleeve, un-used close up kit in the case, and two of the four software disks. has batteries…
Hi ! I bought this and it worked (start the OS too), but sometimes would not start (screen not tuned on). I decided to clean the motherboard using alcohol and c…
Has anyone experimented with ethernet to wifi bridges/gaming adapters on laptops with builtin ethernet but not wifi? I've been looking at http://www.netgear.com…
Just acquired this from eBay - the screen is awesome. Awesome little Mac. Now to see if I can find some more RAM in my stash (currently has 12MB) and load up Ma…
Hey guys, I decided to spring for a 2004ish era 2.5" Seagate Savvio series U320 HDD that they used in the old IBM blade servers. These are all over ebay for pre…
I have an AppleColor 13" monitor (this one) and so far it is refusing to sync with third party video cards. First I tried with the RasterOps 24 XLi { "lightbox_…
Hi all, What is the fastest OS 9 compatible graphics card that will work in a Sawtooth G4 (AGP 2x)? Thanks
I got the sucker! I've just gott share this one . . . jruschme sent me the last of his formidable Duo & Duo accessory collection . . . thanks again, JR!…
Hi, I'm attempting to repair a Duo Dock 1, which came with a Powerbook Duo 270. The 270 works fine on its own and in a Duo Dock II. The Dock originally had the …
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…
. . . were discussed back in the day here and over on 'fritter. Is anybody still around who's tried the dye approach with good results to report? Bad result rep…
This is a split topic taken from viewtopic.php?f=29&t=17789 I wonder If there is a way that a soft start (power/reset key from keyboard) power supply ca…
Hey everybody -- Just as a heads up, tonight at 9 p.m. (GMT -7) I'm going to be doing a soft reboot on the slice that runs this site. This is so that I can cont…
Tonight i went for a walk, and after half an hour noticed something familiar lying off the road. It was this: { "lightbox_close": "Close", "lightbox_next": "Nex…
has anyone worked out how to get the original myst working in basiliskII ? ive changed all the settings of basilisk that my friend google has informed me to cha…
For years I'd wanted to see if I could upgrade one of my Color Classics to a new mobo, but still use the existing color Trinitron monitor. I got pretty far in h…
I've successfully recapped the board, installed a new CRT, resoldered the analog board contact points, installed a new HD, cleaned the floppy drive... Everythin…
I have found an old Parallel Port Zip drive. I have read somewhere that these used to actually be SCSI but with a parallel converter. Could it be used as an ext…
I tried to recent find, Radius LeMans GT (nubus) to 7100/80 (with NT G3 240mhz card). I do get picture, but the screen is off, i mean (too bad i have no picture…
I've developed a slight screen glitch (SE/30); the screen's width now slightly grows and shrinks. It's not constant, but it is a bit bothersome. Other than this…
Last week, I bought a powerbook 5300cs that wouldn't power up, according to the owner, for $5 locally. Figured it just needed a new power jack. Turns out pressi…
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…
This isn't vintage but it was a lucky find. Someone moving out of the building I manage tossed a 2009 Macbook in the trash. It looked to be in immaculate condit…
My Mac Classic's screen shrinks and jitters a bit when there's disk access. Lately, the hard drive has been spinning up for a few moments when first powered on,…
Does anyone have - or know where to find - the drivers for a Dayna SCSI/Link-T SCSI-Ethernet adapter? I think the installer is the same for all models; the file…
Hey, everybody! I just wanted to let you know that I am taking clients who would like to have their SE/30 logic boards recapped. I have all the tools I need to …