I am posting this because I wish it had shown up in Google when I was googling about my issue. Using a Duo 2300c with 7.6.1: I recently acquired an ethernet mic…
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So, this isn't really my conquest, but I'm at least storing, sorting, and repairing for a piece of it. CC_333, his mom, dad, and mori512 helped all helped out a…
Hi, I acquired an SE/30 some time ago and it worked but started to show first symptoms of SimasiMac. Some weeks ago I gave it to a friend who has good soldering…
I am having a crazy time trying to set up a IIci. First I tried the external SCSI - with three different drives, in combination with three different cables, on …
My 5125 Portable had been working great since I recapped it back in 2008. Then I started to get "This (floppy) disk is unreadable. Eject | Initialize" error mes…
Roland/Dinaware Ballade 1.11:http://macos9lives.com/smforum/index.php?topic=986.0Info, Tips & Trics here...
A friend got me a dead Duo Power Brick, it is completly dead and something shakes inside. Model: M7783 So I want to get it open, but with as least damage as pos…
Hello everyone! I have a bit of a problem with my new Mac 128. Everything is beautiful on the inside and out but the issue with it is I'm getting that error cod…
Hey there. So I decided to take out my Mac LC's and play with them...Its been a while since and I found out that they do not like to sit for periods of time wit…
Hello all, I wanted to share with you a recent experience regarding an SE/30 I had acquired. I recently bought it on here from "Kastegir" who had said in a prev…
So, I went to start up my Macintosh Plus for the first time in a while and the system itself was fine. However, when I went to use the mouse I could only move t…
Saleae just sent me a Logic Pro 8 logic analyzer. I guess they're trying to raise awareness in the hobbyist/hacker community by sending free hardware to blogger…
The flash tool program that I developed for the Mac Plus ROM adapter doesn't work under System 3.2 - it bombs with error ID = 12, which seems to mean I called a…
I recently managed to get my Mac SE on the net using a DaynaPORT pocket SCSI/Link. I have been having trouble getting any of the really OLD browsers to go to an…
I'm ready to switch out the 68LC040 33mhz chip in my Mystic CC mobo for a 68040. There seem to be a few 25mhz chips on ebay but I can't find a 33mhz or 40mhz fo…
Hello I am thinking of bidding on a Performa 200 whose symptom is a solid white screen. Has anyone here come across this issue and is this enough to place a gue…
Hello all. I have a mac plus with a unidentified upgrade board(68030,FPU and RAM) that I recent got from someone who was moving. When I turn it on it gets the s…
Made a few breakthroughs with Arduinos on a G4 with OSX 10.4. The Arduino site has an older IDE which still works on G3 & G4 OSX Macs. But there is a pr…
I got a free Mac Classic some time ago, and on my quest to clean the garage, I have decided to fix it up to add to the collection. I glanced at the board for ba…
Today I recieved a motherboard that has some very interesting characteristics. Something I have never seen before leading me to believe it's a late prototype. A…
I just picked up an old Miniscribe 8425S SCSI drive, which sadly doesn't work, so I figured that I might be able to repair it someway. It spins just fine, but i…
Hello all... After 28 years, I managed to get my original Mac 512Ke back from a friend (who kep it in my home country after I moved). For a quick laugh, see her…
I've got a nice 2100 thats been kind of borked up since I got it. The unit powers on and brings you to the screen calibration screen. The screen responds to the…
As per the topic title, I fired up my Powerbook 1400c for the first time in a few months and discovered that the mouse button now longer wanted to work. Trackpa…
The floppy drive in my newly-acquired IIci had some dust bunnies spilling out the front slot. I opened it up, and found this: View attachment 4996 :O xx( :scram…
Yeah, I know. Its been awhile... Anyways, my current "collection" of PRAM batteries pulled from other machines is starting to die on me left and right. For some…
Hi Guys, I hope somebody can help me out.. I have a set of USB Harman Kardon Speakers that came with one of my G4 Cubes that have suddenly stopped working. They…
Can I hook up a CD or DVD drive (SATA interface) to a Sonnet TSATA PCI card? Or can only hard drives be hooked up to that card? This would be in my 7600 running…
I have a couple of Laserwriters that I am working on and troubleshooting led me to the issue of a triac at q101 on the AC Powerblock (just under the fan). Anywa…
Have collected a Powerbook G4 Titanium this afternoon. Part exchanged my Powermac G3 Beige and get the Ti Book. The previous owner overclocked the Ti book to 50…
I have an SE/30 motherboard that had a battery explode on it. After initial cleanup and removal of the battery holder, it doesn't look too bad. Looks to be very…
My Mac 512K started up with the sad mac icon and an error code. The error code is 01FF8F. For what I've been able to track, this might be a ROM error. Am I righ…
So I finally got keys for the car I had my Quadra 700 stuffed into the trunk of... pulled it out last night and just got to it today to see which video card was…
So I got me a 660av CD and it wouldn't boot. So I stick in 7.5, it boots, 7.6 it boots. So I start from a 7.5 floppy and put in the cd thinking what the hay. I …
I just got a 266mhz G3 “outrigger” mac to replace my now defunct 6500 as my OS 9 machine. Everything works fine except for USB, which is provided by an internal…
Hi! I have bought myself a iBook G3 16VRAM. When i start the iBook the cd drive searches for a cd, the hdd spins up and a fan is running. The charger light on t…
Hi ! This is my first post on this forum, so if there is an introduction topic please let me know I'll go over there to properly introduce myself... I am postin…
I've got an SE/30 with really weak audio, so I'm guessing it needs a re-cap. I've done the dishwasher trick and cleaned the board well with alcohol and I got a …
Okay, so first; I'm a SCSI newbie. I got a LaCie K525 drive for the cost of shipping. It's got a Yamaha CDRW drive inside the enclosure. I hooked it up to the Q…
Have a 512k that was giving error code indicating bad ram. After changing the ram, get a nice bong and question mark. When floppy is inserted, the welcome to ma…
I could use some advice on how to get an unusual 170 running again. About a month ago, I won a JLPGA PowerBook 170 only to receive a badly damaged unit. The scr…
I absolutely cannot get Encryption running on the Orinoco software. Running mac os 9.2 on my G3. If I use WEP 64, or 128, I tried them both, encryption will not…
Hi there, I am from germany and i try to fix my macintosh classic. The classic have a problem with the picture. When i turn the mac on there is no sound and the…
The diaphragms in my pair are shot. Has anyone sourced a replacement part for the (VERY heavy) Speakers inside?
Hooked up my 8500 after not using it for a while and the PSU went crack, followed by a not so great smell coming from the rear of the case. I'm guessing replaci…
we are looking for v2.0 install images... if you have them please contact someone (me)
Hi all! The other day I finally sat down to spend some time with my blueberry iMac. It seems to be running wonderfully now, but I'd like to know what I should l…
I was creating boot floppies for my Color Classic on my iMac G3 Slot Loading, then I left it alone for a few hours on an After Dark screen saver. I came back to…
I picked up a MDD that was reportedly having stability issues. It is a 1.0 GHz DP. It would kernel panic a Mac OS X Leopard immediately after booting. I then fo…
I need an HDI-30 to SCSI Centronics cable to connect a SCSI hard drive. Looking in my pile of cables for an HDI-30 SCSI cable, I found an HDI-30 cable with a ma…