I have a G4-400 Sawtooth that I upgraded to dual G4-500's. On a 20GB HD I have OS 9.2.2 installed and it works fine (systems seems both G4's at the correct spee…
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110640536016 $5 + $10 shipping. Even includes serial cables for transferring files between a PC and M…
http://cgi.ebay.com/Sonnet-BG3-400-512-Crescendo-L2-G3-Mac-Processor-Card-/380308799315?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item588c2bbf53 No relationship or kno…
My cousin, who works in the graphics design business, gave me a nice Sawtooth a few days ago. It has 768 MB RAM, a 30 GB HDD, 2 graphics cards (1 AGP and 1 PCI)…
For 3 dollars at a local thrift store I got a stack of 7 new ZIP disks, and a SCSI 100mb ZIP drive. (Which is beat up but works perfectly) The disks are Fujifil…
I'm planning on trading in my 6300CD for something more powerful for desktop productivity work at home. ATM, my only productivity Mac is my Powerbook, but it wo…
Here's what I do know about IIGS's and Accelerators: The accelerator card plugs into the expansion slot, which exposes the memory and data lines on the system. …
Anyone have any experience with the 3dfx [voodoo video card] flashed for mac. I want to put one into a B&W. I found alot of info w/ Google, but not yet …
I have a 2.0GHz dual processor G5, (June 2004, 8 Ram slot model), that will not boot unless I heat the MB area around the Ram slots with a hair dryer for about …
Tonight I just picked up a G5 1.8ghz DP and a 400mhz G4 Tower. The weird thing is apparently they removed the hard drives before selling them to me, yet there i…
Today I got a Powerbook 165c running 7.5.3 with power adapter off of craigslist for $25. After that I went to goodwill and got an Applevision to DV-15 adapter f…
Is there a way i can backup my Indigo G3 iMac as I am going to have to place it in storage with a friend and the machine was supplied without restore disks. The…
Well, I could never figure out why this mac never liked to work right. It enjoys crashing. The symptoms are locking up at random, or if you leave it idle it and…
Even if it is just a cooling fan. My 030 SE runs just way, way too loud. The 1GB hard drive (salvaged from a "parts" 7500) sounds like a VTOL aircraft! The only…
Hey guys. I'm finally gonna open my SE FDHD :beige: Two questions, I've let my Mac unplugged and with power button switched on for almost 3/4 days. Do I need to…
So I've been looking for a copy of the old shareware program for System 6, Mac Talker, by James Joaquin. This page is the only one I can find that's supposed to…
I recently got 3 G4 14" iBooks, but all of them have issues. - One is a 1.33 Mhz, Wasted screen, missing parts and the motherboard powers on but displays no vid…
I've got several SE/30's laying around, I want to build the best frankenstein I can. How do I evaluate or determine the best motherboard out of the batch? Thank…
This is a new one for me. I have an Apple full page display (640x870 greyscale) that I hooked up today to two PPC towers, in combination with a variety of colou…
. . . rises to the surface! Here's all the new IRS Funded Goodies arranged on the MacCoffeeTable™ I've mentioned: { "lightbox_close": "Close", "lightbox_next": …
Hello everyone, I am new here, and since there is no introduction forum, I will start off with a short paragraph about myself. I have been collecting old comput…
I bought a PDQ on ebay for $5 plus shipping. It works fine except for one thing. After a short time of use, the internal drive will startup and do a self-check,…
My 1400c, which is my second-fastest Mac, fells just plain sluggish. My Performa 6300Cd, an older, slower machine running the less optimized Mac OS 7.5.5, feels…
Here's the first scan from "Expanding your PowerBook" MacWorld FEB '93 showing Sigma's SCSI Portrait Monitor. { "lightbox_close": "Close", "lightbox_next": "Nex…
Anyone know what model this is? Which slot it's for? { "lightbox_close": "Close", "lightbox_next": "Next", "lightbox_previous": "Previous", "lightbox_error": "T…
Well, I am rather lost as the version of Premiere bundled with the VideoVision card is too old to support video capture from it. There are no bundled tools for …
Hey I was going to buy this http://chicago.craigslist.org/nch/sys/2158040403.html what causes a blurry tube and can I stick that motherboard into a classic and …
http://cgi.ebay.com/AppleVision-850AV-Monitor-M5228LL-A-/380302526421?pt=Computer_Monitors&hash=item588bcc07d5#ht_877wt_907 Man, if only I lived in Oreg…
In my (seemingly never ending) project to clean all my junk out of the living room, I was about to put two SE/30s in the attic. I decided I should pull the batt…
I am looking to get my second ci up and running. What sorts of cool things open themselves up because of having two cis? Best, John
. . . I guess that's what it should be called. :b&w: First off, my favorite VidCard: Radius PrecisionColorPro: { "lightbox_close": "Close", "lightbox_ne…
I was just wondering. On the LC motherboard there are empty RAM sockets for onboard memory. Could someone solder additional chips (say, take some from a broken …
Thanks to Scott's recent garage sale, I finally have an LC. It's cool how much Mac they squeezed on to those little chips. I already have a few extras in mind h…
A IIci in my depressingly large stack-o-macs does not recognize any Nubus cards — working video cards, for instance, have no output when installed. I took a loo…
I have a PowerMac 7200/120 MainBoard and a Working Power Supply. The case is trashed. Missing Sleds, dented up all to hell. Plus I want to use a different CD dr…
I have been restoring my Macintosh IIsi in my spare time and it appears that my work has paid off. At first, it would not boot because the caps leaked out onto …
I decided to work on my old Mac IIci today. It was stored outside in the weather for several years before I got it. The ports on the back are a bit rusty and th…
Hi everyone, I'm a recently "hooked-on" fan on 68k Macintosh, and also is my first time posting here.. Well, lately got 2 LC ''specimens'' : One "wrecked" LC 57…
My MDD basically works. What happens is that after I turn it off, it will not go back on again until I unplug the power cord and re-connect it. Also there is a …
Who'd like to bet that Apple didn't have anything to do with these becoming vaporware? { "lightbox_close": "Close", "lightbox_next": "Next", "lightbox_previous"…
I have always wanted an actual WAV quality sound to be the POST beep, just like on any Mac. But is it possible, at all? I guess it would require some kind of cu…
I am liking my new IIci. Problem is that I had the Daystar PowerCache 33 MHz first, and bought the IIci to go with it. The IIci starts and runs fine with the re…
Hi, I was just given a nice SE/30, and it has a network adapter too. It boots up nicely, although a little noisy on the HDD side. I have not browser the system …
Perhaps someone here can enlighten me as to what to try next. I've searched the net and can't find anything describing this issue. Maybe someone here has seen s…
Is such an item available? I'd like to make myself a silent PowerBook by doing away with the hard drive. Alternatively, are there similar convertors for SD card…
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FOR SALE: iBook G3 900 MHz G3 CPU 256mb RAM 40 Gig HDD DVD-ROM / CD-RW drive AirPort card included The battery lasts several hours (ASP shows it has less than 6…
After a lot of false starts, I finally came up with a decent case for Floppy Emu, using laser-cut acrylic instead of 3D printing. With the Apple Garamond font, …
A couple years back I was given a Powerbook G4 1.67ghz 15" (a1138) from a friend http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/powerbook_g4/specs/powerbook_g4_1.67_15_h…
I was wondering if anyone tried recapping the bad power supply in a PowerMac G5. If that is the problem with them. Is bad caps the cause of so many PowerMac G5 …