I got two DVD-ROM drives yesterday for about $4. I'm hoping one of them will let me get my Beige G3 up and running again since it doesn't like any of the loose …
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I decided to build a budget performance desktop based on some parts from my brothers old Dell computer(used to be a 2.4ghz celeron). I had a Dell case, 2 disc d…
Hi all, I've been a vintage apple guy for a very long time, but I never was interested in posting stuff about them. Its been a while since I've worked on any of…
Hello I have an original Macpaint disk. I acquired it but it does not seem to be recognized in my 512k or plus or SE machines. I have cleaned the disk drives so…
Hi, I remember reading somewhere that the ADB port was introduced a while after the first Macintosh. Sure enough, upon seeing the pictures of the back of a Mac …
I love this picture. Now that's a 128K Mac that's actually worth something! The signature looks fantastic like that. Makes me wonder why we haven't seen a Steve…
My Beige G3 seems to suspend itself, I've tried to tell it not to. But to wake it what am I supposed to press? Power key on keyboard does nothing and power key …
Hi, My first post, this is a great forum with a vast amount of information I recently bought a SE/30 on eBay and I'm working on restoring it to it's original co…
Hi! I am new here, and I thought I would do a poll. What is your favorite version of system 7?
Hello! I and another individual are starting a classic Mac software archive with a focus on 68K. Much of the software will be things that I grew up using. Howev…
and my first ever computer. My mac 128k's power supply shorted for reasons unknown. i am very sad since this computer had a lot of sentimental value to me AND m…
Hi folks, Has anyone ever seen a ROM/FPU expansion board for the Classic II? I'm not convinced that anyone ever bothered to take up Apple's offer of developing …
...and here's what I found -two Apple II clone systems -two CP/M cards for Apple II -alchemy 200mhz board (future color classic upgrade i think) -tons of hard d…
Hi, does anyone have an older version of Apple's Macintosh Programmer's Workshop - I want to be able to run it within System 6 under Mini vMac, and the version …
I recently purchased a Mac Classic II from ebay. At first, the computer did not boot with no startup or death chimes and no video. After washing the logic board…
Just got home with a nice conquest: Mac 128K complete with keyboard, mouse, external FD, original disks and manuals. Working well. Imagewriter. Not yet tested. …
I noticed this earlier this week. If i read a thread, and click the link to return to the forum section, it doesn't mark the thread as "read". The only way to g…
Completely unnecessary and expensive at $40, but I didn't have one and it's got SuperDrive screen printed on the front. Yay!
So I was ResEditing (from Mini vMac - compiled for mac 128k) the Mac 128k Guided Tour disk in hopes of creating a normal system 0.85 startup disk, and while edi…
I know I've seen this posted here before, but many searches couldn't find it. I seem to remember a post about setting up another computer as a sort of email rel…
I got an SE today through a Kijiji ad. It is the M5011 version. Came with a Imagewriter II. It may have a HD issue - the red light stays on and I hear nothing f…
And yes, I finally did it. Full brosing on my Apple IIgs. No, I'm not using Contiki, I am cheating a bit. I'm using Lynx (actually Links) inside of a Unix shell…
So I booted up my Quadra 840av for the first time since I got it years ago. Big time mac collector shipped it to me along with a bunch of WGS 6150's and other p…
Hey guys, I have a Mac Classic B&W from 91 that used to work great, but now, it will chime and startup to grey screen with mouse, say welcome to Mac, Th…
Most of us know that when the "Macintosh 512K" was released the original "Macintosh" was retroactively labeled "Macintosh 128K". The most oft attributed date fo…
How do you charge this thing if the main battery is dead? Remove it and plug it into the wall?
Though this might interest some people....it's basically how virtual memory was first implemented on the early macs. US Patent 5063499
I am thinking more and more about the possible solutions for my LC problems. I swapped the power supply yet the video problems that returned last week persist. …
Now that I have my 475 up and running I have a question or two about its RAM use... About this Macintosh states that the system is using 30MB of the 36MB instal…
Installing Tiger on Beige G3 w/SuperDrive and XPostFacto This is mostly for the benefit of Google searchers and anyone here trying to install Tiger on a Beige G…
I was at the local thriftshop where my mom volunteers at looking for keyboards (my last PS2 one broke a pin in the plug) and I found two keyboards and powercord…
WHY WHY WHY Well now the Q800 Death chimes. The Mint well kept Q800, is acting stupid. Lobo out of the case- proper bong Lobo in the case- Death chimes grrrr I …
We all know Apple offered official upgrade kits for the original 128K Macintosh to 512K as well as 128K/512K/e to Plus upgrades, which involved swapping logic b…
Noob topic: I recently acquired a Color Classic that came to me with 7.6.1 preinstalled. Obviously, the little CC doesn't have enough punch to fight that battle…
Is it possible to hook up an IDE drive to an SE/30 via IDE-SCSI adapter card? Could the drive be used as a boot drive for system 7? What about system 6? Thanks …
The same seller who markets the power monster scsi-cf cards for powerbooks appears to have come up with something special for the SE/30: http://cgi.ebay.ca/Stra…
Does anyone here have experience of installing an ide-cf adapter in a powerbook? Is it worth the time & trouble?
Hi: I just posted instructions with lots of pics on how to install a CF Card as an internal hard drive - with the appropriate adapter - into the PowerBook 5300c…
Just in time for Christmas, this 5300 PowerBook never opened, brand new sealed in box. Now you too can experience first hand the cracked cases, broken AC connec…
OK, sorry if this is a repost but a search on Mac-o-lantern didn't bring anything up. Still plenty of time before Halloween!
I've got a dead Duo 270c and I suspect the PRAM battery. An on-line source calls it a 6 volt battery but that seems kinda high. Has anyone bought one, preferabl…
I am curious about finding drivers or shareware drivers that can let me use the newer printers (like Canon's Pixma printers) in OS9 or even 8? I haven't used th…
I'm running Leopard 10.5.5 and using an old Apple Keyboard II with Griffin iMate plugged into USB. It works perfectly, but does anyone know if it's possible to …
I love this old Apple marketing stuff. This name tag button for sale on eBay really shows the arrogance instilled in Apple by the Macintosh and also how out of …
Today I acquired a Commodore Vic-20, 8 game cassettes, Commodore Datasette reader, and a Vic-1111 16K Ram Cartridge. Everything is in good shape, except that it…
Hello everyone This conquest is not mine, but a friend of mine. He picked up a great shape iBook G4 1.2GHz model with 30GB Hard Drive 512 ram and a carrying cas…
Had a horrible time trying to find out what was wrong with it only to discover after a lot of messing about it was my us/uk adapter had died for the charger so …
For those interested, I'm currently running a BBS called Age of Reason on an Enhanced Apple IIe. The BBS is running GBBS Pro and features the adventure game Lan…
Hey there! Has anybody found that browsers for OS 8 and 9 no longer load pages correctly? I want to see my facebook on Mozilla and not even that works fine...Do…