Ok this has to be the oddest thing that has ever happened. I booted up my SE/30 and my system folder isn't there. The HD doesn't seem to indicate it's even ther…
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Having tried one and found it worked fine in beige machines, I cleaned my seller out of his entire stock to upgrade the rest of my beige PCI Powermacs. I might …
I just scored the first Mac I ever used! My best friends Quadra 605, that he received for Christmas 1993. Neither he or I have seen or used the computer in over…
I know that this forum is meant to be for 68k Macs, but I thought that since you have PPC Mac sections, you should have an iPhone section. What do you guys thin…
How can I make boot floppy disk if I have only new Macbook Pro and don't have a working vintage mac? There are many instructions how to make it on an old mac, b…
OK I have a Mac SE/30 and it shows 20MB without Mode32 running! Does that mean I have a "clean" ROM? lol
I have a Mac edition Radeon 7000 PCI in my B&W G3. Currently I am using an old VGA equipped LCD since my 420GS 19" Sony monitor went on the fritz. Anywa…
This is certainly one way to kick off the new year: with a French Foreign Mega-Conquest. Here's the story. On December 24, 2009, I left the United States to vis…
I have an SE/30 with what I believe is a dead speaker in it. There's no internal sound, but I get sound just fine if I plug in speakers. I have a working speake…
One of the things i added to my souped up PowerMac 7300 was a SCSI card and an LVD hard drive, Seagate 80GB@ 10,000RPM . Now this drive takes a bit longer then …
Does anyone know how long a replacement PRAM battery that is a decent brand (SAFT) will last in a Mac Classic II that is in storage? The PRAM battery in a Mac C…
As long as I was posting it in a different thread, I figured I'd give it its own thread: According to TGTTMFH: ROM SIMM Socket Code: Pin Number Signal Name 1 +5…
http://cgi.ebay.com/Power-Mac-9500-132-CD-Floppy-Network-Tower_W0QQitemZ250584449182QQcmdZViewItemQQptZApple_Desktops?hash=item3a57ff409e#ht_1472wt_941 I know t…
I have an old Macintosh Classic II computer. Lately, instead of booting normally, it has been flashing a disk icon with a question mark on it. I need to boot it…
Hello, long time lurker, first-time poster. :b&w: A week ago I found the threads related to de-yellowing the compacts (viewtopic.php?f=7&t=9381&…
Hi, I have an SE/30 which suddently stop working, and when powered on I see the classic simasimac pattern (as described here http://www.biwa.ne.jp/~shamada/full…
On top of my other conquest, I just picked up separately a free LaserWriter 12/640PS from my dentist's office (they had bought new equipment). I had been eyeing…
Hey quickie here, the iBook G4 I have has a dim screen, could I swap it with my 500MHz G3 iBook screen? or is the wiring different somehow.
A few months ago, I found a dual processor Power Mac G5 and took it home. Unfortunately, the liquid cooling unit leaked and destroyed the motherboard and proces…
I've got about 10 disks which go to the Jasmine MegaDrive which I can't read because the drive in question is presumed to be lost to the ages, though I still ha…
All the following Apple-branded service training videos on VHS videocassette, to join the 68k Powerbook service videos previously purchased, and those donated b…
Are these rare? How much do they tend to sell for these days? I'm wondering because I think I may have one…
FINALLY! We gave the teacher who was using this an Intel Mac Mini. Specs are: 800Mhz, 256MB RAM (Or more, this is off the faceplate), 60GB HD, 15". It has the P…
Managed to pick up a PM 9600/300 to go with my 8600/250. Still not found a full blown 9600/350 that I could afford yet, but this will do for now. Seller says it…
A recent eBay purchase of a Lucent Wavelan Turbo Silver PCMCIA has given me wireless Newton 2100 connectivity for the first time since I began to use a Newton i…
I just got these off of eBay. Next time I go to the Apple Store, I'm wearing at least one of them { "lightbox_close": "Close", "lightbox_next": "Next", "lightbo…
What are your opinions on the screen of the PowerBook 5300cs? Is it the worst of the worst of passive matrix or is it one of the better ones? Better or worse th…
. . . in one of the Magic Plastic Shoe Boxen™! { "lightbox_close": "Close", "lightbox_next": "Next", "lightbox_previous": "Previous", "lightbox_error": "The req…
I was strolling through Walmart the other day, and happened to notice the 10" LCD picture frames. 800×600 resolution is not bad. Of course, the first thing that…
For anyone interested here's a link to a Lemswap post for a free 128K Mac, upgraded to a 512K. NOT my sale. http://groups.google.com/group/lemswap/browse_thread…
The idiot being me, of course I have a 2100 sitting around, and the battery is just about toast. I'd like to get my hands on the AA battery tray, but Newton bit…
Hey all, I'm new here. I just picked up an SE/30 on eBay for a decent price (always wanted one of these to add to my collection). It works great except when you…
My Mac Classic has started to ask strangely. It boots up just fine from the internal HD or from a disk and everything looks alright but I can't click on anythin…
Alright. The definition may be stretching it, but I just successfully got my M0001 to browse to the 68kmla! Then I discovered that the 128's keyboard, with it's…
I've got a dead PB100 that's been sitting in my closet for some time. The battery refuses to budge when I try to move it (the door won't move at all). Any tips …
This may be blindingly obvious to some, but it took me several years to figure it out and I thought I might save someone else the time ;-) My wife has an LC 575…
Does anyone have the pinout for the internal keyboard connector on the PB1400? The one that I had declared "dead" works just fine hooked up to external monitor …
my teacher has two of the older iMacs. one is a Blondi blue and the other is an indigo, i might be able to find some space in my room to keep it, now I need to …
Found a 128k that needs work for $150 on ebay. Got $12 Bing cashback and $3 ebay bucks. 8-o It's the early model that just says "Macintosh" on the back, no "128…
This list is not exhaustive, but it is very long, and might help some of us trying to identify old upgrades: http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-13220825…
While researching the RAM PowerCard, I found this: DayStar add-in boards outrun NuBus FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. -- Frustrated by the NuBus speed limit? DayStar Digita…
I´d like you to help with your great experiance to virtually assemble the fastest OS 9 machine ever. Interresting is to clear some questions regarding the most …
I have an idea of using a mac mini of course to be my in car computer. However my car has steering wheel controls and I'd like to at least some how wire the see…
Hey admins... I'm having a bit of trouble keeping the spammers off the PPCMLA board and sending out PMs to everyone. That doesn't seem to happen here. What coun…
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I have never seen one with a hard drive light. Just how many actually had hard drive activity lights installed?
what do you use to customize your mac os? I use kaleidoscope which is a interface manipulator http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/kaleidoscope I also use Power Wind…
Well I have make a decision, the wife said I can not keep all these computers. So far I have a pending on the DA but I am torn between the 2.0GHz Dual Core G5 a…