Not really sure this is even a terribly noteworthy attempt at hackery, but my Newfound SEs are really just begging for it. I have an SE/30 and an SE. I like the…
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Or is it just me and this is normal for this board? I noticed at least 3 new members posts in the forum after I joined today. Is this normal or are more and mor…
I'd like to get started on one of my recent finds. It's one of the keepers, being the first PPC Mac. It's missing its hard drive, I guess I could borrow one fro…
I took apart the pair of 180s I have and pushed the best parts (the 240MB hard drive and 8MB of RAM) over to the better looking machine in preparation for it be…
In the past week, I managed to pick up three ancient and rare Broderbund products: -Sensei Physics -Sensei Calculus -Type! All three were on my "wanted" list, a…
Time for me to get back to some 68k action again... it has been a while since I´ve touched a 68k Mac. I just couldnt resist this set of three 500 series PowerBo…
Two years ago I got screwed buying a "cheap" G5 project. Firstly, I didn't know how flaky G5s can be - up until that time I was cocky, thinking: "I have never s…
I have been doing bits and pieces of research on some recently acquired hardware. According to this snippet, the RasterOps 24XLI nubus card that I now have boun…
I was recently able to piece together a fairly decent Power Mac G4 MDD (FW800) system: Dual 1.25 GHz G4 1.25 GB of RAM 240 GB HD (2x120) Ultra ATA/100 ATI Radeo…
This is just to report that an LC520 logic board makes a very nice upgrade for a Color Classic: 25MHz 68030 with 32-bit bus at 25MHz 'ain't bad at all in a comp…
Since I decided this week to set up an Appletalk network in my studio/bedroom, it occurred to me that I really should set up my 8600 a bit better. It is a decen…
Hey all! I recently acquired a Duo 2300c with a dock, microdock, floppy drive, and a SuperMac NuBus video card inside the DuoDock II. I also acquired a 230 from…
Do anyone here have a picture of a *2E71M/MC* mask socketed 68LC040? Look in the logic boards of the last 68LC040 desktop Macs made in late 1995 or later.
I try and figure things out by myself first, but since I am new at this I am running into a lot of new situations. I recently installed a Daystar Powercache car…
If you have a clamshell iBook (or a few iBooks) take a look at the bottom between the Apple logo and the battery. See those holes? Those are actually charging p…
Well, I recently came into possession of a nice little Mac IIsi. It's in nice shape and runs fine, and some previous owner put a whole 16MB of RAM in it (plus t…
One of my IIcis has no hard drive. Rather than look for a 50-pin SCSI drive, I was considering trying the CF Card route. I would eventually like to go that way …
Hello all! I am trading my Gateway P-6829h for a iMac G5 1.8GHz with 2Gb of ram and a 150GB hard drive. I know my laptop is better in specs then the iMac, but 1…
In the deep dark depths of my warehouse I found two lonely LaserWriter Pro 630s. One would fire up and try to print the test page but would jam. Another one wou…
I just got a Color Classic again. The enclosure was fine but it won't power on. I tried several keyboards and cables and still no luck. The fan runs and LED lit…
Yesterday I got a 1.8GHZ imac G5 for free from a friend/person I helped upgrade their Mac. A while back I installed an airport card for them and I noticed that …
Since getting a Sawtooth G4 recently and seeing some spousal concern, I'm realizing that it's time to thin the herd a bit. Basically, I think I need to get rid …
I should have been here long before now as I've rescued many, many 68k Macs in my life. I have recently been pulling out most of my vintage collection and getti…
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I'm negotiating with someone for a 24" Sun (Sony tube) widescreen CRT monitor. This thing is awesome, and totally weird because I've never even heard of a wides…
Received a PB180 today in exchange for $25. I was impressed by how nice it was. Hardly any apparent use at all from the look of the keys. No plastic degradation…
So, i'm the focus of the hate of many a Mac collector today. I just picked up my third iMac G4 as a token of appreciation for contributions to a local Apple res…
Got a FREE pismo today! An old man gave it to me, i was thinking spare parts but then i got this: PowerBook G3 Pismo 400 MHz 256MB ram with a broken hard drive …
So I recently got my Classic II out of storage and it has the checkerboard screen disease. I also rescued a Classic this weekend that seems to have video board …
Hello, Just came across this old NuBus card and I can't figure out what it is, just wondering if you guys can help! { "lightbox_close": "Close", "lightbox_next"…
Id like to know if it is possible to get the 10 inch color crt from the color classic into the Classic's case designed for a 9 inch crt. If it's not possible wh…
On a local car forum, of all places, there is a phenomenal marketplace. Car enthusiasts of all kinds gather there to discuss...well, cars, obviously, but also a…
Too psyched! I gave a guy from a guitar store $75 for an enormous box of old MIDI stuff. And amazingly, 90% of the stuff is unopened, unused! This is exactly wh…
The Apple Display Card 4*8 and 8*24 NuBus video cards had an upgraded ROM available that allowed them to be switched to 832x624. Has anyone dumped this ROM, or …
Got this from East Carolina University surplus for $15, its a fairly basic 733 with no RAM or HD (they wanted $50 for one with those). Also picked up an Apple P…
I'm not sure this totally qualifies as a conquest, but I'm happy... I went to the Trenton Computer Festival on Saturday and got a couple of nice items for cheap…
Someone gave me 2 of these machines that he had in his attic since about 2001. they came from a local school district and has all the school programs on them. W…
Hi, first post here. Nice to see a community for the ol' 68k Macs. I have this Performa 600, stock except that it has been upgraded to 20MB of memory. It was my…
a picture is worth a thousand words, so here is what I am getting out of my iic (keeping in mind I am using a 20mhz digital storage scope from kenwood that defa…
Yay, finally bought one off ebay after weeks and weeks of watching for something inexpensive and complete which never materialized. Payed a small fortune (~ USD…
There was a time when I didn't think i'd ever come back into the community again. I checked in on the troops recently though and really felt as though there wer…
So I picked up an Apple IIe with a Disk ][ from the local Goodwill. I want to buy some disks to use, but my google-fu is failing me. I seem to recall that it re…
My Macintosh IIfx. Still running after eleven years. In early 1999 I got a gift from a colleague, a graphic designer at the printing company where I had a job a…
Ah, what $60 will get you... I just picked up a //c with power supply, plus matching 5.25" external floppy drive and green-mono CRT. Includes original manual an…
Hello to all here and kudos on the great knowledge base that this site is. I'm here as someone who has proudly kept the same Performa 575 chugging along for ove…
In my recent conquest to end all conquests (which it probably will, if my wife has anything to do with it), I acquired 5 x 64MB 72-pin EDO SIMMs. Naturally, I f…
Hello. I wanted to see what others thing of the mac clones. Any particular favorites? Mine is my PowerTower Pro. Its a hilarious fusion of mac and beige PC. Its…
http://cgi.ebay.com/Symbolics-MacIvory-model-3-in-Quadra-650-workstation_W0QQitemZ110507745074 Has anyone heard of this one?
Anybody ever heard of a Total Systems Gemini 020, a logic board upgrade with 128k ROMs, 68020 16 MHz processor, power supply and fan? It requires loading a GemS…