I picked up a Color Classic off eBay last week, had to bypass a via and now it boots! The picture doesn't look very good though, just isn't that sharp and there…
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I went to the wiki to look up the procedures to clean up a floppy drive, and I got this: Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /usr/local/www/vhos…
I got this (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00H3CRJNY) IDE > SD adapter. It recognizes through USB on Windows 7. It doesn't read at all from the 8.5 In…
Hello everyone! This is my first post. When I try to run HyperCard 1.1 on my Macintosh Iici with System Software 6.0.7 it freezes up. The System Software Readme…
https://www.ricardo.ch/kaufen/computer-und-netzwerk/apple/sonstige-apple-mac-s/apple-network-server-500/v/an763179986/ It was going to happen sooner or later. T…
I have an apple M2943 15" multisync monitor that needs a new flyback transformer, as it makes loud zaps and pops every 3-4 seconds in between showing a great lo…
Galgot gave me a Powerbook 5300 as a trade. As i said to him, already have one, but the 5300 has always been special to me... Anyway, the Pbook was really fine …
It's Alive! Well, not exactly, but it was successful. Washed the board, dried it with my heated air pencil, and did each capacitor one at a time. GOD WHAT A HEA…
Hello, I have an issue with an Apple IIgs. The text is kind of doubled in Text mode. When I boot a system disk, in graphic mode, everything is fine. I have some…
It spins. Break is releasing. But the head is banging to the end and back. Who knows what is wrong and can it be fixed? See video: https://youtu.be/9AeJhvfTuhw …
A powerbook just arrived via USPS, purchased on eBay 4 days ago for 25 bucks with... Free Shipping! It was a little banged up. I think that it survived shipping…
http://www.ebay.com/itm/161413419282? What do you guys think, about 1/3rd the price too!
So, anyone have an idea on what is going on here: http://www.ebay.ca/itm/261910330019?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT Is this…
Hello everyone I've got a powerbook 1400 with a broken lcd panel but could not find a repair part. Any idea where I can find? Thx
My SE/30 needs recapping, and I don't feel confident enough to do it on my own. Is there a recommendation for someone I can send it to, to get it recapped? I'm …
Thanks to a good friend of mine this PowerBook is headed my way! Since the listing says it's untested I'm fully expecting that it won't start up... but before I…
I picked up a Mac Classic (2MB, 40MB HD) and it was immediately subjected to a recap. As part of that process, I cleaned around the old cap areas with alcohol a…
So...I finally got another ADB keyboard and a vga adapter...and as luck would have it...I also got my local surplus store (Astro Too)'s lone AAUI adapter. Tada!…
Well, I picked up a very clean 200MB external syquest drive with cartridge at the local hamfest for $15. I figured why not. I decided to hook it up to the mac a…
Hi... I saw this apple training manual on Amazon. It is from 2005. A used copy cost less then $2.00 plus shipping. Newer issues cost over $200.00: http://www.am…
Zanmato.sit.zipHi I just 'finished' my first 68k Macintosh program ever in assembly language, using Lightsoft LIDE 3(Fantasm 5) on my Macintosh IICI. It is no b…
Hi folks... I have a technical question (?) on Chris Lawson's VGA mod of the Color Classic.: http://colourclassicfaq.com/general/vga.html First, I would like to…
Hi... My TV is the very last CRT HD Sony TV. Deep, deep blacks, and pure whites. Yes, it is only HDMI 1.1, but I love the 1920 X 1080p picture. No motion artifa…
So the new SCSI2SD v5.0 is out and available. The new PCB now fits within the footprint of a traditional 2.5" notebook drive and claims the ability to be powere…
Hi... I would like to pull the analog board in my Color Classic. Any one know of a web site (that is not dead) that has good photos of this? I have the Mac Serv…
BLOB is definitely retired from reverse engineering and schematics! hasn't worked on a board in over two years. But I called him up and asked em very nicely and…
Hi, Wanted to try Maclynx on my Classic, cause it can connect to gopher and I have problem with MacGopher (downloaded files are seen as corrupted by stuffit) an…
I have a recapped classic 2 mobo with an 80mb hard-drive. I plugged in the hard drive, turned the mac on and booted from the system 7 disk utilities floppy. Onc…
So today a friend of mine came in with a big and beige PowerMac. It powers on and works, but the screen and picture tend to pop and go out. Are these models pro…
hello. today i got a 128k logic board. but it came with sad mac code "04006c". when i turn it on i heard bong and that code came up. i had serched the code thro…
Got an SE30 going, however, it continually give a dialog box stating the disk is unrecognized and asks to reject or initialize. The icon shows an external disk …
Today I finally pulled my Performa 635CD out of my closet and set it up. Part of me was honestly expecting to see a Sad Mac or something else equally fatal. Aft…
So I just went to boot up my Classic and got the following sad mac error... 00000002 0000FFF7 The first boot produced a bong, then the sad mac appeared, 2nd att…
One key didn't work on my M0110 which came with my newly acquired Lisa/Macintosh. I seemed that the spring of that key was broken. The keyboard itself was very …
Anyone who can support with some advice/direction, I will very much appreciate it! Here are the facts: - Both SE30s have professionally recapped logic and anal…
Well I made it out to check on my macs today. One battery explosion and of course it was the IIfx. Any chance of repairability?
RacerX ?… Is Fiend.app compatible with Rhapsody 5.6 and 5.5 ? I tried both versions 2.0b2 and 2.0b3, but none would launch… Does it need some specific framework…
So I grabbed a Powerbook 150, which I've been interested in due to it still being a very late BW/Trackball Powerbook with an IDE drive. I knew going in it had h…
Well, as of late I have noticed my SE Superdrive has developed a bit of a jittery display most noticable when it first powers on, and some ever so slight dimens…
Thought id share this one. as ive been working on rollermanz boards in the last week, ive had to take down several of my machines from the attic to test his boa…
Pretty good haul. I say it's a haul because I had to haul all this around while I went to more sales! Many people just don't put out computers until you ask. As…
I got hold of a Apple CD 300 (SONY CDU-8003A) drive that turns on and shows up on the SCSI bus when I list all the devices. I when I try to put a caddy into it,…
I've had an iMac for a while but have never used any OS older than mountain lion. I was given a broken G3 /350 indigo a couple of weeks ago. It just beeped when…
I have an Apple III I bought many years ago from a member of this forum. Can't remember who, sadly! I have not started it in years, but I know it needs some car…
Got the ANS from eBay. It doesn't work, which is how it was described. I suspect it might be the PSU but have a few questions. Do they keys being in a certain p…
Anything I can do? Was trying to format a CF card in a PCMCIA adapter [that read on my 3400; it's not Cardbus]. First time I inserted it, the machine either fro…
In advance of the Minnowbook idea, I got a 12.1" Lenovo Thinkpad x61 from a bunch of years ago. I've gutted it and fitted it (crudely at the moment) into the 34…
So I got an Apple IIgs from Uniserver - thanks! This is my first ever Apple II system. Now I just need to figure out how the heck this thing works. When I first…
I know this isn't a mechanical problem, as I've gone so far as to unplug the power button to see what I can do here. I know the power button works, because it c…
I thought I'd share news of my first victory, and man does it feel awesome! It goes to show that even a rookie foot soldier in the 68k Mac Liberation Army can w…