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Hi, Recently I needed to re-install the OS on an LC475 I had just purchased. Seeing as I had no other modern(ish) Mac to work with (being a PC guy these days), …
I scored this cool Apple II joystick on eBay for $14 bucks. { "lightbox_close": "Close", "lightbox_next": "Next", "lightbox_previous": "Previous", "lightbox_err…
Will a Macintosh SE boot with the battery removed? Also does anyone know where to acquire a battery with solder leads on them? :?: This is probably common sense…
Hello! Sharing my latest toy with you all, a ugly but functioning Macintosh Classic. It was $30 on craigslist and I was told it was going to the trash soon if i…
So I was having issues with my Pismo 500Mhz G3. I noticed first that I was having issues with my Cardbus expansion. The airport card worked, but I couldn't get …
Hi all. Got a decent deal on these two HDs. They arrived physically well, but with marginal packing Anyway, I formatted them (not low-level) using the patched v…
last thanksgiving I was given a couple toshiba laptops by my uncle, he said neither one powered up... so i took them home, and pretty much let them sit there un…
Hello all, was taking another run at getting one of my PB 1400s to use the 3Com Etherlink III card, as using the Orinoco cards won't work at home - they no long…
Hello. As I was able to upgrade my Apple Network Server 500/132 a bit I would like to use it again as... well, server! For this project I am looking for helpful…
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I have just collected a PM 7600 tonight. The ad was advertised as "free to collect locally" and it was just 5 minutes from home Moreover, many items were includ…
. . . the screen pic says it's product identifier is PowerMac 3.6? Boot ROM version looks like 4.5.7f1 I'm not sure where the cutoff was for running native 9, l…
I managed to score this 1984 Apple Scribe Printer on eBay for 99 cents. The guy was pretty local, so shipping was only $11 bucks. { "lightbox_close": "Close", "…
I'm fixing up a 466 DA G4 for a friend and running into an issue booting in OS 9, which is something he needs to do. The machine boots into 10.4.11 with no prob…
My PB Dueo 2300c was working perfectly back in the UK, I packed it to be shipped to Japan and once here I found that the display is all garbled. The machine sti…
Bought originally the Powerbook online, but the guy started talking and offered "some other vintage mac stuff" for me as well, so ended up buying them all. Had …
This is my best conquest in some time. Recently I posted in ehmac.ca (Canadian Mac Forum) replying to a classified ad where someone was offering another user a …
I received this earlier this month via courier after completing another transaction with Strimkind (as usual, many thanks for the awesome packaging), and, natur…
My Quadra 605 is connected to a LAN through an Apple Ethernet LC Twisted-Pair Card. I'm running OS 7.6.1 with TCP/IP under OpenTransport 1.1.1 using DHCP server…
My TV has one (don't know left or right) dead speaker. Don't know if the speaker or some other component is broke. I tried a zillion settings with software, new…
There's a "new" style Turbo040, the type with the cache soldered on the card, in this lot: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Macintosh-IIci-M5780-w-DayStar-Digital-Asante…
Latest conguest turned out to be really nice one. Originally the eldery guy was selling 512k but it turned out to be 512k/800 (M0001D) later when he made some d…
The subject of SCSI-IDE-CF and other alternatives to aging SCSI HDD's gets brought up regularly, and inevitably performance is discussed. Tests are performed, p…
Finally got my hands on a Platinum Macintosh ED (512k). Powers on to the over-voltage crowbar. Hopefully it's repairable, I'll have a look sometime though I'm n…
This one http://www.villagetronic.com/vtbook/index.html Would it be possible to run Quartz Extreme on it with PCI Extreme? If so, it would be a neat way for any…
http://www.ebay.com/itm/PowerBook-Keyboard-Replacement-New-D661-1652-/330580210533?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4cf81db365 Mine needs a keyboard. This…
I'm alright with C++, I've always wanted to build an application using C++ on my Macs. I use System7-OS9.2.2, and I'd like to know what the best tool out there …
. . . yep, I just borked the Scanmaker 4 that I snagged today on powerup! Like an idiot, I just plugged it in and powered it up like I did the first one I bough…
due to a change I am going through in life (and a turning point into being a free person) I am moving out suddenly from where I am, have a nice job lined up, ex…
Hey folks, I'd like to say a public "thank you" to a fellow 68KMLA'er (TheNixer) for my latest conquest. I've got myself a Performa 200! I realise it's "just a …
As it says in the title, the PowerBook G3 I recently acquired suddenly choked and died in the middle of a reboot and won't boot. It's giving me four beeps, whic…
I don't know if ever this has been covered here, but this came across tonight after watching an program on TV about "Commodore 64" and how it changed the cultur…
Yesterday evening I went out to go, and pick up an upgraded "Wallstreet" Powerbook G3 (it had a 500MHz Sonnet Crescendo G4 board installed). The unit was being …
Hello I have a http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/powerbook_g4/stats/powerbook_g4_1.67_15_hr.html . She's a very nice machine but the screen goes black 2 min…
I recently came home to hear a high-pitched whine from one of the old machines in my mancave (a.k.a. the basement office). It turned out to be coming from a Duo…
I was noticing that all the OS 9 bootable MDD have the solder pads for the components for Firewire 800. I'm wondering if anyone has tried adding the parts?
I used to use a G4 MDD to run videos on an LCD TV but I ran into trouble with MKV files. I was using a 1.33ghz DP MDD with 2gb RAM, Ati 9000 pro video card and …
I was attempting to sell this PB Lombard, but have had no takers. So I decided to swap the logic boards myself. The original board would chime very static like …
Figure I would finally take a picture of my most rare Mac CD's ever and share it here. I have not seen a picture of these discs anywhere on the internet and hav…
Local ad has an IIfx with SuperMac display offered for cheap, otherwise temping but IIfx has only 4Mb RAM, possibly broken FDHD drive (have one extra drive save…
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I'm looking for a game that I played a long time ago (I believe a demo of it was on a Nautilus sample disc). However I forgot the name of it and can only offer …
Can anyone point me to the capacitor values for the 550/CC2 logic board? They aren't listed in the wiki. I'd settle for a high-resolution picture of the logic b…
The power supply on my faithful Quadra 950 has failed. Went bad while I left it unused for a couple of months. It no longer has any voltage on the 5V PFW or TRK…
Hi 68Kers, is anyone aware of where you can source 3.5" 50 PIN SCSI SSD drives as an alternative to using old (and unreliable) SCSI drives? I have found a numbe…
http://www.ebay.com/itm/200704337657 Price is, of course, pretty darn high, but the coolness factor is off the charts. { "lightbox_close": "Close", "lightbox_ne…
I am having some issues loading Mac OS on my SE/30. The machine itself includes 32MB RAM, IIfx ROM, and a 2GB LaCie branded Quantum Fireball SE. I have tested t…
Well, another lonely apple product has found it's way into my lap. I have managed to acquire this little homely MacBook. It has it's flaws, it has some cracks, …