Ok got the PowerBook 100 from Tyler and it boots to question mark even with a spare drive I have, of course that drive is probably bad now also. So first the li…
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Anything better than RAMDisk+ 3.2.4a for making a RAM disk on System 6?
Ok neither case I have does it a lot but its something that when it happens catches you off guard. I am guessing its a flyback issue with a capacitor replacemen…
The prices I'm seeing on retail sites just don't seem like they can be correct. $80 for a 32 MB RAM card? I figure that has to be an inflated number, but though…
So, on the lookout for spare parts for my 1400cs (with dodgy screen caps) I picked up a 1400c for £20 on Ebay, without knowing much about it. Turns out this uni…
Hey all, I've got the opportunity to purchase a Radius Lemans GT or a Radius Thunder IV/GT (1152) I really can't find much information on the Lemans other than …
Hey guys! Just scored a 2001 indigo DV, a French Apple IIc and a beige desktop Power Mac G3 from my bestfriend ) 2001 DV: Works perfectly fine, 500Mhz w/ 128MB.…
Hey guys there is only 10 options. I am just curious what powerbook you guys like the most. Right now I know of 2 members that Favor the Powerbook 100. Pretty s…
I've recently inherited a 1400cs with a peculiar backlight problem and I was wondering if anyone could shed any light on it. When starting up, contrast usually …
I got the 128k board in today, and I went to test it in the 512k. Standard procedure: Unscrew handle screws, Battery compartment screw, two screws above the por…
Tonight, I decided to try and troubleshoot what was wrong with the 5300c I got as a lot with the working 165 for $30. So, I plugged it in, and, low and behold, …
So today at the local Goodwill Computerworks I picked up an Amiga A3000 for $20. No idea if it works or what the specs are. Guess I need to track down a keyboar…
I bought an SE/30 that if I let sit awhile or gently addjust the video board it will will boot up from floppy. It was sold as not working but when I got it it b…
2 - Versions of SEGA GameGear Main-Boards 1 - Game Gear Sound board, Same in all versions. I'm posting this because it might be helpful to our fellow members, a…
Took a chance on a new old stock Apple Li-Ion on the 'bay, for $20, as I had bought one a couple of months ago and it came back to life very nicely. This one, n…
Scored this little lot on eBay a couple of days ago - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/231019955736?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649 - a work…
A few days ago I got the PowerBook Duo I bought off of eBay. Seller was another collector, and had just done a fresh install of System 7.5.5. It seems a bug in …
Hi, I thought I'd post this here as it isn't really machine specific (if there's a better place for it, mods, fell free to move it). Well I've had three line fi…
So I have a Powermac 5500... in fact I have a few of them. But this one in particular is a 5500/250 in black. The issue is however, that it will not boot up wit…
I've been having bits and pieces shipped in this week and I'm testing them on my 6100. Since the hard drive is ridiculously limited, I bought an SCA drive and a…
Since I am actively searching out for more stuff, thought I'd make a continuous finds thread. Recently got a 9.1 GB 50-pin Seagate SCSI hard drive in exchange f…
I was given this motherboard from an All in One PowerMac as part of a lot of computer parts about 6 years ago. I pondered building it into a system somehow, but…
Some, too, have baffled his analytical skill, and would be, as narratives, beginnings without an ending, while others have been but partially cleared up, and ha…
I bought a Quadra 605 a couple of months ago and am just getting around to playing with it now. The problem is that it doesn't seem to want to boot. I get the s…
Hi, I recently picked up a beige Apple IIe, which appeared to work but after 10 seconds the PSU started to give out a loud sizzling sound - the computer continu…
Yesterday a Bondi was advertised for free... well sort of, because it was described as an Apple CRT display...and not working unit I already have one of those (…
Hi All- Just got a Macintosh IIsi with issues. It chimes, and then starts reading the hard drive and I can hear it make an error noise once it has finished load…
Hey, Got a couple of pizza box's here (a LC and Performa 450) that are giving me intermittent ram problems, the LC has oxidised contacts on the ram simm, and th…
Just thought I ought to share one of the personal favourites of my collection with you folks.... my SE Superdrive, which I've been playing with today. The old O…
Was looking for a 1400 for a long time. Found a local ad for a 1400 c /166, no PSU and nothing more than the Powerbook. A phone call later and the 1400 was mine…
. . . if they're the really the same, where did the other 63MB vacate its seat on the memory bus? :?: I'm wondering if the 1MB limit for Bank A might be the phy…
I spotted this auction on eBay and that made me remember my too soon ended love affair with one of my never thought I'd find it conquests, which I don't recall …
This came out of an SE/30 with no hard drive. I'm assuming the drivers are somewhere out there on the net? Also, wasn't there someone making the greyscale adapt…
I've had an SE/30 for years and years that has never worked since the day I got it... I kinda stuffed it away hoping to one day get a second one in a functional…
Hi everyone, Long time lurker but very short time poster! I have looked through the forums but haven't seen a question same as mine yet (if there is I am sorry …
Been thinking about hacking in a IIcx/IIci/Q700 speaker in place of the small round speaker in the IIfx. Anyone do it before? Sound quality is a little better w…
So I got a Centris 610 motherboard coming in the mail with a full 040 and a spare oscillator (for the proper speed) and I was thinking instead of mounting in a …
Not all dead. MOSTLY dead. Looking for a clue here ... I picked up a Quadra 950 last week and it game me half the chimes of death on the first boot. I removed f…
I am cobbling together an 840av from parts found here and there (thank you LuckyBob for his case / power supply etc!) and managed to track down a motherboard on…
I dug my 128K/MacPlus out of stoage yesterday. It's been instorage since Dec 2006. Was in good working order when stored. Good news: Boots, screen is good, batt…
Well I have my non modified CC running to get files to my portable, games and such. It has 10 Meg's of ram, installed FPU, thousands of colors with a 1.2 gig ha…
I have a Mac II board with a Nichicon N8816 capacitor (smallish, bright yellow, axial) that I have not been able to find ratings (uF/v) for. I have looked on th…
Well? I have a 6500/250, 7500/100, a 7600/132, an 8600/250, a 9500/200, G3/266MT, and G3/300MT.
I got a POS 150 off ebay for a few dollars as it didn't work, case cracked and busted. When It got here I plugged it in it booted but no screen. Swapped screen …
Can't get this GFX card to run on both 650 and 700. So I think I'd need drivers. Would VGA Adapters work with them? Maybe I have to setup the VGA Adapter only? …
Problem: On a stock Apple IIe the Profile is far too wide to sit on top of the case and doesn't match with the computer or monitor. The only real device that ni…
It's been a while since I've had my Quadra 605 running. Packed all my Apple stuff up Dec 2006 preparing to move my family to Georgia whil I visited Iraq. Had it…
. . . no CD tray movement. No paperclip access apparent! I was thinking my 9.2.2 CD might be in there, no can tell. WTH!!!(heck) :?:
Hi again everyone! It's been years since I posted here, but I'm still chugging along with my retro Macs... I recently pulled a 1GHz eMac CTO from a recycle bin …
I do love my Pwb 5300, but it's a mess. I repaired the hinges a couple of times, and yesterday i was unable to use the trackpad button. I have just discovered t…