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My plus mouse seems to have developed a problem with it's wire losing electrical connection right at where it attaches to the mouse body. If i flex the wire to …
· 4 posts · started 13 Oct 2012 - 21:09 · last 14 Oct 2012 - 22:36
Hello! I'm a lurker around here but I thought I'd post this so I can pointed to some much needed resources. I just purchased a very, very nice Lombard from its …
· 4 posts · started 1 Oct 2012 - 01:37 · last 14 Oct 2012 - 20:46
I was wondering about the feasibility of making new 30-pin SIMMs and wanted to see what thoughts members here might have. Finding 16MB modules can be bit tough …
· 26 posts · started 29 Sep 2012 - 22:20 · last 12 Oct 2012 - 22:03
Barn is right... mouse poo ick. got a NeXT Station with megapixel display, Sun SPARCstation 5 with monitor, BeBox, and a DEC Multia. along with a pile of 'stuff…
· 33 posts · started 23 Sep 2012 - 18:17 · last 12 Oct 2012 - 19:43
Hey, everybody. While I'm in the process of repairing an SE/30 logic board (SCSI failure), I figure now or never would be a good time to post here for reference…
· 19 posts · started 3 Oct 2012 - 15:17 · last 12 Oct 2012 - 19:41
I'm proud of present you a new Mac Os 9 application: FreeStyle 1.0. Well not so far, just a new version of the "Waste 2.1b1 Demo" text editor. With several cras…
· 21 posts · started 28 Dec 2011 - 20:17 · last 12 Oct 2012 - 14:13
If it's genuine and the backstory is true, this one is my coolest conquest in years. Well, I have to confess I haven't conquered that much lately… I bought that…
· 7 posts · started 11 Aug 2012 - 09:51 · last 12 Oct 2012 - 10:42
Hi everyone... my first post I've been following the boards for a while now and thoroughly enjoy reading about Compact Macs...my new hobby. I've been a Mac user…
· 4 posts · started 26 Sep 2012 - 19:04 · last 11 Oct 2012 - 19:25
I received this along with a dual floppy Macintosh SE for free. The 20 MB Hyperdrive would spin up, but the data had become corrupted i suspect because it was l…
· 9 posts · started 6 Oct 2012 - 18:20 · last 11 Oct 2012 - 18:41
Since my Perfomra 475's hard disk appears to be broken , I had decided that there was another way I could use my mac. My plan was as follows: I had made two dis…
· 10 posts · started 10 Jul 2012 - 16:39 · last 11 Oct 2012 - 18:00
Just got this off a guy who wanted to give it a good home for free. Have not even got it home yet to test but I am stoked. That full page apple display looks co…
· 22 posts · started 7 Oct 2012 - 00:19 · last 11 Oct 2012 - 09:54
So I just pulled my 1GHz TiBook out of the closet for the first time in a while, only to find that it's now forgetting the date & time and leaving the L…
· 1 posts · started 11 Oct 2012 - 06:12 · last 11 Oct 2012 - 06:12
Here is another brainstorm topic if anyone has some comments into technical issues with this idea. I am trying to see if I can adapt the PDS pass-through slot o…
· 19 posts · started 30 Sep 2012 - 22:58 · last 11 Oct 2012 - 05:42
Hello everyone, I have an old Macintosh Plus, which I bought off eBay. I wanted to use a mac serial decoder to find information on it, but the serial number on …
· 8 posts · started 7 Oct 2012 - 14:27 · last 11 Oct 2012 - 02:32
Got this up in Covington for free from a guy who got it from his grandmother and wanted it to have a good home. Plugged it in, booted it up and nice os 7.5 with…
· 3 posts · started 10 Oct 2012 - 09:41 · last 10 Oct 2012 - 14:45
I am looking for the free update from 8.x to 8.1.2 from the now defunct Connectix. If you have a copy, please post or send a PM, thanks!
· 3 posts · started 6 Oct 2012 - 07:57 · last 9 Oct 2012 - 23:45
I haven't used a Mac in over 20 years, so assume I know absolutely nothing. And to prove how little I know, they may be the most nubie question ever: Just bough…
· 6 posts · started 8 Oct 2012 - 02:04 · last 9 Oct 2012 - 21:14
So I'm close to having my second most favoured Mac back; a Powerbook 5300c I used all through high school, only to have the screen shatter! Well Beachycove was …
· 3 posts · started 9 Oct 2012 - 15:48 · last 9 Oct 2012 - 16:51
Could not resist as saw this offered for free. Powermac G5 with replaced 80Gb HDD. No idea of model & speed, the ad did not say and i did not ask ;D How…
· 8 posts · started 7 Oct 2012 - 19:19 · last 9 Oct 2012 - 05:04
Found this morning an Apple II Joystick, this is not an Apple branded product, but an Hayes one. It was boxed and dirty, and when i asked for the price, i get a…
· 13 posts · started 7 Oct 2012 - 16:22 · last 8 Oct 2012 - 15:33
So with a load of macs I got last month or so I got 5 accelerators for macs and have 4 identified I think. So I'll describe them maybe you can shed some light a…
· 8 posts · started 5 Oct 2012 - 03:51 · last 8 Oct 2012 - 03:30
Bought these from fellow european, Slomacuser, among a pile of Macintosh games for a friend (split the postage). Can't wait to install that card to maxed out LC…
· 5 posts · started 5 Oct 2012 - 19:12 · last 6 Oct 2012 - 13:20
I bought one of these today untested, but with a 7 day return period if it doesn't work. It looked immaculate and would, I thought, make a very nice companion f…
· 9 posts · started 26 Sep 2012 - 23:27 · last 6 Oct 2012 - 00:52
Does anyone know of a utility to read/write to PRAM? I'm thinking of something that could be used to restore system config on bootup when the machine doesn't ha…
· 4 posts · started 4 Oct 2012 - 03:09 · last 4 Oct 2012 - 21:47
Just poking around the back of the local computer store today, lots of stuff, mostly printers. Found: iMac FlowerPower - Man, is this thing UGLY! Mainly took it…
· 11 posts · started 2 Oct 2012 - 16:58 · last 4 Oct 2012 - 17:08
Hey, my first post! So, I was wandering about my local thrift, and in the "collectables" section I see what looks like an older mac laptop in pretty good condit…
· 16 posts · started 29 Sep 2012 - 03:35 · last 4 Oct 2012 - 16:07
Conquered a few devices lately. Vintage iDevices. Up first, my friend threw his old iPhone 2G at me. 8GB. Screen is in good condition, won't go past iOS 3.x.x s…
· 9 posts · started 30 Sep 2012 - 04:21 · last 3 Oct 2012 - 15:38
While working on another project I thought it would be best to double check some info on how the Sun Remarketing SCSI card for the Lisa would behave with the Li…
· 1 posts · started 3 Oct 2012 - 03:06 · last 3 Oct 2012 - 03:06
Do they have them? for the CPU? and if so which software OS9 or should be used to get the data? Just wondering because I would like to swap out all the fans to …
· 1 posts · started 3 Oct 2012 - 02:53 · last 3 Oct 2012 - 02:53
Does anyone know where to get a replacement ribbon for the ImageWriter II printer? I got one with my IIgs and I'm going to need a new ribbon.
· 18 posts · started 9 Sep 2007 - 18:19 · last 3 Oct 2012 - 02:07
I scored a working HD20 for $45. Not bad considering they're pretty scarce in working order and they usually go for $100+ on eBay. My 128K and 512k are on the b…
· 14 posts · started 30 Sep 2012 - 01:23 · last 3 Oct 2012 - 02:01
Yes, it is actually a chore to put a 5.25" hard drive in your Lisa. There regular drive cage has no mounting holes to accept a regular 5.25" device. There's onl…
· 1 posts · started 3 Oct 2012 - 01:48 · last 3 Oct 2012 - 01:48
As i have come across lots of IIci and IIcx cases, and less PSU's to run other than one (!) of them, i thought, as i really do not like the design of, putting a…
· 38 posts · started 18 May 2012 - 16:26 · last 2 Oct 2012 - 19:16
I have been thinking for a while about the various versions of the Macintosh OS that came on machines such as, for example, the Performas. Remember 7.1P? That's…
· 22 posts · started 20 Sep 2012 - 17:14 · last 2 Oct 2012 - 17:56
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· 10 posts · started 14 Sep 2012 - 11:29 · last 1 Oct 2012 - 06:00
I have an SE/30 and of course has low sound and no boot chime ( I have some spare analog boards to try as the caps and board look pretty good ). My biggest issu…
· 7 posts · started 29 Sep 2012 - 22:11 · last 1 Oct 2012 - 04:18
i have the eMac Mac OS 9.22 installed and i am dual booting OSX 10.4.11 Everything in Tiger is fully updated. I've been using it lately as my every day computer…
· 9 posts · started 22 Aug 2012 - 17:06 · last 29 Sep 2012 - 18:38
So I have an SE/30. It's FD is dirty and I want to upgrade its RAM. BUT whoever had it last was a real idiot not to replace the screws, instead gluing it back t…
· 13 posts · started 24 Sep 2012 - 20:55 · last 28 Sep 2012 - 23:55
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