Just collected a B&W G3 today, which I got off eBay for £10 ($14.39). Just updated the firmware and installed 9.2.1. My first PowerMac and this will be …
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Just saved this PowerMac from going to the dump. Turns out to be a 6100/66 DOS Compatible. I have never actual seen one of these before. I cleaned off the snow …
I got my 19" LCD Panel Display ~squeee!!!~ Anyways, it's a 19" LCD Panel for my ProView display that I tried to replace the backlights on (and failed miserably)…
Yay, I'm back after two months! Nevertheless, I got a free PB 100. It only lights up when I press the keyboard, though. It was also kinda not in the best shape …
Hey folks, I decided last night/early morning to grab the parts of my 8500 since my brother thought it was cool the kick the case. Anyways, I fired it up and it…
Hey guys, is there a way I could output my second display through firewire on my Quicksilver? I'm curious because I want to use the NVIDIA GeForce2MX's video ca…
I'm looking to archive some disks and files, and possibly CDs, is there a good recommended accessible program for OS 7.5.5 to compress to SIT? It seems DropStuf…
Ideally I would like a 1GHz G4 upgrade for my B&W G3, but I can't really afford that. So, the next best thing, a 500MHz G4...these go a lot cheaper than…
I have a Beige minitower which has a mean time between failure of about two days. When I boot it up, it will lock up, often in less than a day, but certainly wi…
I would like to make my B&W G3 near-silent, like my iMac. I know it's possible, but I am curious to see if anyone else on here has performed this proced…
While looking for something else, I just turned up in this document, note #2, that pci Macs in the 7300-8600 range support a theoretical maximum of 4 MB of Leve…
Here's an interesting auction (if not outrageous) for an original 128K/512K mouse new in box. I have never seen one of these much less still wrapped in plastic …
After alot of thought and a brief consideration of Ubuntu I went to a local Apple Store and made a decided to pickup a Mac Mini after trying it out at the store…
A dumb terminal, maybe you guys can tell me what I should do w/ it. It's in mint condition along with the keyboard. Has Serial modem ports and Parallel ports. :
Since OS X has no problems with PC fonts, the amount of fonts in a format capable of being used on a 68K Mac has really plummeted. Does anybody know of anywhere…
Anybody have any experience with this keyboard? http://www.datadesktech.com/desktop_mac101e.html Or others that had this functionality? I'm curious how it is ab…
What is the difference between the 3 128K ROM sets ? Pina writes that there were three versions. You can determine the version by pushing the interrupt button a…
I have one, so am not bidding, but as some have been looking for a long time: http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trksid=m38&_nkw=server+pds&am…
Went to the Recycler again, this time I picked up a Powerbook 520c, for free. It's in nice shape, except for the top cover, which is badly scratched. There's al…
I just thought I would mention that I bought a MessagePad 120 recently. I havn't recieved it yet. It will probably come next week as it is coming from Spain. It…
After helping out at the flea market I got: 1) a DVD+/-RW drive for $20 (they're $30+ new locally) 2) An old ATX case with * Slot 1 motherboard * Celeron proces…
Does anyone know of a mirror of multimac.ch? Or even Vieuxmac.com???
I spotted this Mac Portable screen shot recently. As you can see, the OS version is a part of the System Folder icon itself. I've never seen this before. Would …
I've been working on a little side-project, setting up a Power Mac as a DVR box for one of our TV setups. I have the Apple TV/Video system installed and working…
Like most vintage Mac users, I've heard the story that the original 1984 Macintosh Guided Tour contains old-style icons and system features (indeed it is coded …
Does someone have a mirror of mac.the-underdog.info? I have quite a lot of mirrors on my disk, but this one is missing .
Well, in addition to the iMac I picked up, I also scored a number of SCSI items. -1 LaCie Jaz Drive (No cartridges) -1 Compaq 20/40GB DLT drive (Really big, and…
My SE/30 has close to 20MB of memory installed... yes odd number but it's what System 6 is reporting (fresh install, wiped HD) to my knowledge System 6 didn't h…
Just wondering what the largest hard drive you could put in an early Power Mac/Performa system would be. Just got my 6200 today (thanks again to Unknown_K) and …
I priced up a new system for light-gaming to leave at my friend's house. This is the system: ECS Socket 754 Motherboard w/ Sempron 3000+ CPU Galaxy GeForce 8400…
I was thinking about doing this for System 6 & entering it in the RetroChallenge. It'll look & play exactly like Super Mario Brothers 3 for the …
Hey all, Picked up a G4 Mac Mini fixer-upper recently for AU$120 (approx US$80) delivered. I figured I could get back most of that by stripping it for parts if …
:O Hi, I purchased a color Classic off ebay about 1 year ago. Its been my baby. I have loved old macs since I was a kid, yeah I am a geekl, but when it comes to…
Hi, courtesy of a random PC forum I picked up a 12" Powerbook, in very mangled condition. Obviously someone couldn't wait unscrewing everything to get to the HD…
So I just received this 160 as a castoff from a friend's closet. It is my first pre-G3 mac. I am pretty psyched to get it working. The boot chime happens. Repea…
This *RARE* 128K sold for less than $300 in an open auction on eBay. In beautiful working condition, with original keyboard, mouse and cords, it also comes with…
Does anyone know where I can find this? I've been googling my butt off, but can't find a downloadable copy of the most recent At Ease version (5 i think?). Any …
I recently picked one of these up on eBay. I installed the generic Crescendo software on Sonnet's website, then installed the card into my 5500, reset CUDA, PRA…
Spotted this 9500 on the 'Bay... http://tinyurl.com/aadhoe Looks like it has *all* of its PCI slots filled... but with what?? I recognize a few SCSI cards, but …
I finally found my Mac DB15-VGA adapter for my 7600, so I set it up, plugged it in, and POP! WTF? Oh... I forgot I was in Europe, and that the machine's power s…
The original base station (known as Graphite) featured a modem and an Ethernet port. It was based on the same Lucent WaveLAN Bronze PC Card as the AirPort Card,…
Hi! I'm sure you guys get these posts all the time, but I'm looking for a game that was a sort of space racing type game. You outran...something, then a speed l…
Hello all! My name is Miel and I'm a Mac addict. I go back a little with the Macintosh. I had my first taste in third grade with a Colour Classic II (Performa 2…
I ordered an iPod nano last week, after I lost my 8gb touch It's an 8gb black model. It'll hold me out until next month, when/if I get a music phone. I'm kickin…
Hello, I just got a IIci which is not working (death shime). At the moment the motherboard is drying after a good wash. Here is my problem: There is an empty wh…
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I have a bunch of memory sticks and I wanted to kick up my Centris to max 68MB but something isn't working right. A 16MB SIMM shows up as 8. A 32MB SIMM shows u…