I don't buy a whole lot of Apple stuff these days but I did get a couple of cool eBay finds lately. A couple of Apple Avid AEK II keyboards - Is this the period…
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Last month, a coworker of my cousin emailed a bunch of people at their office, mentioning that he was getting out of the computer collecting game. My cousin pas…
I was just thought I'd ask beforehand, if anyone knew offhand whether I'd damage either the LCD or the MoBo if I "just do'd it!" :?: < contrary to my SOP…
I just opened my newly received Quadra 700, and found that strange graphics card inside. The former owner did wipe the disk, so there's no control panel and no …
So MicroMac is sort of weird. I'm certain the company went out of business 15 years ago, but their website is still up and running. One of the products they app…
. . . of an auction long ago in a place far, far away. I'll have to search out the posts here and on 'fritter about this auction. IIRC this was in my last month…
Anyone Ever seen one of these, I got this Reply LC PDS Dos card off eBay.. However its too big to fit into my LC 630, or any other machine with an LC PDS Slot. …
Well, I've finally got the right-sized piccies for the different DeclROMs in question: Duo MiniDock: socketed 32 pin PLCC DeclROM DuoDock: SMT 32 pin _________ …
Hi! Yesterday I tried using a battery pack from a broken (dead GPU) HP DV9000 to power a PowerBook, using one of those cheap DC-DC Step-Down modules. The batter…
Conceptual stage right now, but he seems to know what he's about - and he has form for getting crazy stuff built and working. Plus Too Inspired by projects like…
I scooped up two of these on eBay but they don't have power supplies. Does anyone have one or know where to find a manual so I can check the power requirements?…
Hello guys, I have a Macintosh SE/30 which I have bought off somebody. I have thoroughly cleaned the macintosh analog and logic board. when I say thoroughly cle…
One of my SE30s plays the start up chime (quietly) but displays a bright white horizontal line, approx 1mm thick. I don't like to leave it on for too long becau…
This could apply to any of the Duos but I will be specifically concerned with the 2300 so that's what I shall discuss. I will need to replace the internal batte…
Hi, Am I the first person to discover this? C22 (the 47uF capacitor in the corner beside the power supply connector) on our LCIII has the + sign on the PCB on t…
Hi there, over the years, I've seen several cases of 68k Macs with leaking PRAM batteries. Many of them didn't really leak slowly - instead they seemed to have …
What are some high end video cards I can run in a 6400? Specs? And does anyone have pictures of these cards?
I bought this machine used in the late 90s just to jump onto the internet. Cost me $200 in... 1997? Anyway, since then I bought more updated Macs and currently …
After recapping my powerbook adapter and nearly finishing recapping a Powermac G4 PSU and a macintosh plus board I started a bigger project. My iMac G3 died rec…
I just bought myself a nice condition PB 520c which was said to be working. When I powered it on, it only showed white picture, so I guessed that the contrast m…
Went on my weekly visit to a local thrift and found a pair of AppleDesign Powered Speakers. Marked at "UNTESTED" and $4.95 I thought it was worth the risk. Appa…
Hey everybody. I picked up a SE/30 the other day. When powered on, it wouldn't chime, but I did get some horizontal lines on the monitor. Great, this problem is…
I found several posts on forums on what to do, I found its really easy so i just made a simple graphic, and because google loves 68kmla so much it will probably…
. . . or at least swapping its DeclarationROM out for a better one? TylerEss approached me about this in PM and it turned out to be very interesting indeed! Way…
It seems like 2015 is the year of failing drives and stuck heads, I've made a very quick and rough video showing how to squeeze out some extra life from stuck d…
I just acquired the DigiDesign Sound Accelerator Mac SE/30 and I was wondering if anyone here has previous experience with it. I have not installed it yet, but …
. . . it's not an earth shattering conquest . . . . . . but I finally snagged the NewerTech MAXpowr MXP6100 Apple G3 266 Upgrade PM 6100 for which I've made rep…
I recently bought a Wallstreet II from eBay and I am not sure it was a great transaction. First of all I think the seller (or an interested party) engaged in th…
I don't know if anyone has posted this link already but here is a real good YouTube channel on old Macs that I am addicted to right now. This guy does a real go…
Might as well start one of my own "Latest..." topics. I received in the mail today: A PowerMac 6100/66 (Specs unknown, except it has no hard drive) A Mac IIcx (…
What are you working on? Give us 68kmlaer's an idea of what projects you are working on or have planned. - if its just to take apart a machine to check for Cap …
Since the boards need recapping, I'll assume that the onboard video of my IIci's are Kaput! But it could be something else. I hook up my Macs to a Gateway 700e …
Latest addition to my collection! Unfortunately purchased slightly too late from a recycler, the smashed screen, surround and drives had been disposed of but th…
I recently came into possession of this video card and haven't been able to find much info about it just googling. What I could find suggests that it is capable…
I thought it might come in handy in the future to have all the info about XPostFacto in one place on here, so I've copied across the info that I also posted on …
Here's an auction for a Supermac expansion board for the 128K/512K Mac. It appears to have a connector which the seller describes as an expansion slot, however,…
Hi folks, it's me again! My usual "luck" has brought me a PowerBook 190 in mint condition that was supposed to be working, but actually it isn't. Let me explain…
I have just recapped the LC II. After a recap, it worked correctly -- it had a steady picture, it chimed and it booted off the SCSI CD-ROM into System 7.5. Then…
Very interesting peripheral hardware solution for the mixed use of Cards, Cards & Older Cards! } { "lightbox_close": "Close", "lightbox_next": "Next", "…
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I documented the changes to the Color Classic Analog Board to allow the board to operate at 640x480 without the transformer trace cut mod! Here are the CORRECT …
i got an outbound notebook at a nearby thrift-shop :beige: , i think it came w/ its power cord, but the power supply does not have the kangaroo on it. i cannot …
Ok so I grabbed that Outbound 125 a few months ago from ebay.. So glad I grabbed it.. I cleaned it all up!! Of course all the batteries were dead.. Replaced all…
I touched on this subject awhile back, but now I am thinking about it and going forward with it. The ram card was a successful failure, it worked great and I so…
Hi, I have a seemingly uncommon PowerMac clone here, and I can't get it to boot. I had it in storage, and something made a nest inside and ruined the logic boar…
Hello, I have been looking for a pinout for a mac se/40 and was referred to here from macrumors.com. I recently got a macintosh se /40 in a sale but the mainboa…
Yep, makeshift computing. When I first got my LC I immediately assumed buying such a custom battery would be impossible, so I set out to make one. Parts: 3xAAA …
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Introduction:Powermac 9600 machines are the very last Macs to boot System 7 natively, with System 7 originally being programmed to run on 68k machines. The tran…