I got a 400 mhz. Lombard off the 'bay in decent condition last week. Seller said "no cracks," but when I got it, it did have two. He worked with me and gave me …
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... of a sort. Just having fun with the PowerBook 1400 and an old serial B&W Connectix QuickCam. http://www.floodgap.com/iv/1073
Thought I got some ideas about macs, as I own more than 10 of them, and using strictly MacOS 9 since 1999, i wanted to help a friend of mine to setup her iBook …
Just a quickie: I want an external scsi HD running OS 6.0.8 - I have under my desk a 10GB scsi drive, I believe it is possible to use SeaTools and make the driv…
Hi, I've repaired many 128k logic boards in the past and know how to use the error code chart, or at least I thought I did. I keep getting an error code of 04A0…
Hi all, Just wondering where I would be able to locate genuine After Dark modules? It annoys me that I used to have all of this software bought new, but my fami…
Same here! I would check EVERY transaction on my online statement and double check every transaction with my monthly statement...and still will be off!!! I'm us…
I never really paid much attention to the clones. Mainly because I've never seen one in the wild. That and most looked pretty ugly. Anyway, I had a look through…
I took a long weekend to visit my family up in Massachusetts this weekend, and decided to pull out my old vintage Macs tonight. They have been in my parents' ba…
I've been asked to plan a new Macintosh Lab here in Seattle, with Macs setup for use by studio photographers. I have been searching high and low for a program s…
I've managed to round up the last four versions of Stuffit Expander from across the internet for System 7 and I was wondering which ones I should actually keep …
Yesterday, I purchased a 2001 iMac G3 for $20 on Craigslist. It came with the original manuals (still in the shrink-wrap), pro keyboard/mouse, and pre-installed…
OK, I am still fighting with my G4 equipped with an Gigadesigns 1,4 GHz G4. I cannot find problems reproduceable at any OS, just 9 has problems (Linux not). So …
I got a copy of mac os x dp1 and I tried to install it on my Sawtooth G4 and it won't let me. I will how ever work on my B&W G3 that has a G4 processor.…
I recently bought and installed a new hd for my 575: an HP SureStore 1.2gig scsi drive. Last night I had no issues initializing the drive and copying over my fi…
I have the original hard drive Mac SE/30 with OS 6. I just purchased a Quantum Fireball ST Hard Drive 50 Pin 2GB 3.5. This hard drive was in another Mac SE/30 w…
This week I discovered that FWB HDTK for Mac OS 9 offers the possibility to secure the entire HD. Has anyone of you further informations how it encrypts it? Wou…
Hi guys I picked up an old Mac Plus a few weeks ago. I plugged it in, it made clicking sounds, no bong, no picture on screen. Have installed a new pram battery …
I have just acquired one of these drives. It's a small SCSI box wrapped around an auto eject 2.8MB floppy drive that was sold early/mid 1990s for Macs and NeXT …
Is it possible to use the PC Exchange control panel from mac OS 8 in Mac OS 7? I'd like to get Long File Names support for my floppies.
I've never ran linux on a ppc mac before and I was wondering what would be the best distro for a 500mhz imac with 256-512mb of ram. For the time being it won't …
Just got a apple IIgs today and I am going to need some help with it since this is my first apple II. I got it plugged it in to the monitor that I got too ( app…
How come these are so hard to come by? I have one of these in my LC 475, and it would be really cool for me IMO to own another, just for the fun factor.
I've come to find the 160mb capacity of my LC 575 to be too limiting, and I want to upgrade. What are specifications that I need to look for in a new drive? I k…
Take a look at This Ebay item. Scroll down to the third picture showing the back of the case. There is a fancy "D" carved into it. I have no idea what this migh…
Hello once again: Amidst the degrading display problem I have been having with my SE, I can safely say that my 512ke/Plus hybrid is working perfectly, as if it …
today I am going to be getting three new macs, here are the specs: 1) SE/30, 5mb or ram and a 20mb HD. the 1.44 Meg floppy dive was replaced with a 800k drive 2…
Got this today from a coworker, 450 mhz Cube with some tiny amount of RAM and 20GB hard drive, DVD-ROM and Airport. Popped in 1.5GB RAM, 120GB hard drive, ATi 7…
I got a G3 lombard that has issues that make me want to smash it all to pieces. but id rather avoid that situation and try to work through the issues. It was gi…
I took a trip to a Goodwill (non Computer Works) today. I've been extremely lucky in the past at this specific store; I scored a working PB 170 with the 1 GB SC…
Any at all? Or is $20 on a comm slot Ethernet card going to be a waste of money? I just want to network it w/ my Windows pc's for file sharing - running up and …
If you were to change the MAC OS down or up, will all of the files and programs go to the new OS or will they be deleted?
Hi all, With the recent acquisitions I came across recently, I thought I'd spend the weekend cleaning them up and try to get some of the busted ones working aga…
I got my first Mac, a Power Macintosh G3 AIO off of craigslist for $10 (Plus $5 for gas). It was just the computer so I bought the keyboard, mouse and a modem (…
Good day everyone! I just found a cheap (HK$20; ~US$2.578) Sonnet Crescendo G4 400/1M this afternoon when I was walking around in town. It's really cheap and wo…
Hello: This is my first post on the 68k forum. I own three compact Macs (a 1986 512ke, which was upgraded to a 1987 Plus, a 1988 Plus, and a 1988 Mac SE (SuperD…
This tutorial, which came to mind after a recent post, takes an elegant approach to using an old QuickDraw printer with an OSX machine. Gives a usef to an old M…
I heard somewhere that the 575 can only use certain types of SIMM's in its ram slot. What kind is it?
Does anybody know of audio software that will play on a Mac 512K? I know there were a few, but everything I've found seems to have higher system requirements th…
Hi all, I need some help with a recurring question I have. I've got a Mac Plus, which has been upgraded from a 512K, and it is in great condition. Everything wo…
Hey all! This is my first post but I figured it'll be appropriate to do it in here since my conquest was what lead me to this forum. About a month ago I noticed…
From a respondent to a craigslist ad that's cleaning house. In they-worked-once-but havent-been-started-in-awhile condition. $300 for the lot. I pickup on Satur…
My Powerbook 180 powers up fine, but over the first 3-5 minutes of use, the screen turns dark at the corners, and progressively darkens the screen from the edge…
Hi all, I haven't been collecting Macs for all that long, but if you look at my signature, I'm pretty happy with what I've come across so far. My most recent ha…
alright, i installed insomniax on mac os x 10.4, and i have since disabled it. but my powerbook still wont sleep on lid close, not even under mac os 9. could my…
Sometimes when I close the lid of my 540c, it will fall right asleep. A vast majority of the time, I either need to practically slam it down to make it sleep, o…
Hi, I'm Piotr (Peter), 17 and I live in small village near Katowice-Pyrzowice Airport, Poland. I don't have ANY Apple hardware, because I think that modern Mac'…
Although I already have a functional LC, I recently discovered a whole lot of old Mac II's and some others in the basement of my school. As part of a computer c…
I've just got an Apricot F1 circa 1984/5 and comes with a wireless (infra-red) keyboard and a version of the GEM user interface. This is probably one of the mor…