I finally have a Color Classic through the generosity of a man getting out of old macs on Craigslist. I've had it for a few months, but recently, I noticed this…
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I thought I might show my latest mod, a core2duo color classic. Tearing down. { "lightbox_close": "Close", "lightbox_next": "Next", "lightbox_previous": "Previo…
I've been struggling to get my external HD to work with my Mac Plus. I thought it was a question of SCSI cable length, but I was wrong. I finally broke down and…
I'm having trouble getting a couple of compact Macs to recognize a Zip 100 drive on the SCSI bus. Forget about driver problems or formatting questions-- I can't…
Hi, Im not quite sure how to solve this. When I download Classic mac aplication on my windows computer and unpack it, or sometimes I dont even need to do that, …
I recently bought a Mac 512k with the 800K disk drive upgrade from Ebay and I had a few questions for the fine folks here. I thought at first it had some bad jo…
Some of you on IRC have heard this story, but I need to reach a larger audience. A while ago I got a G4 Cube with a 17" ADC monitor. Initially it was being weir…
This has been an on-going issue with this printer, but since I want to use it to print out my lecture notes from my eMate, and 5215CD, I want to see if I can re…
I've just aquired a Beige G3 DT and cannot get classic to install, it keeps hanging at the yellow desktop with the CD pictures and "CD" writing, if I hit enter …
Hi, Point 1. I cant boot from pcmcia cf adapter on my 5300cs, where system is broken on the hard drive. Point 2. With CF-IDE adapter i get sad mac codes: &g…
Hi. I have just moved from the UK to Japan and of course I took the best examples of my classic Mac collection with me. Most items have switching power supplies…
What's the recommended repair method for a floppy drive that has difficulty reading disks? I looked through the floppy lubrication tutorial on the wiki, but tha…
Heeeeelp!!!!!! Strange black lines partially blocking sadmac!!!! When I first got it, there was a sadmac with the error code 048545 I then proceeded to remove t…
About Daleks Forever by Mike Gleason mgleason at Nonanone (rhymes with plot mom) Download Daleks Forever for Mac OS When I got my first Mac in the late 80s, the…
So recently I have been having some problems with my Power Mac G4 Sawtooth, here they are (in no particular order): 1) When I hold down the option button to sel…
Thanks charlieman for the inspiration. http://www.mac128.com/m0001 I've set up a database on http://baseportal.com/ which seems like an excellent way to go abou…
In a few idle moments (well waiting for tests to finish running) I was reading up on the 680x0 bus in the 68030 User's Manual. I've read the description of the …
I have a highly upgraded 9600 that has a pioneer DVD burner on an ata/66 card. It has no trouble seeing DVDs but I'd sort of like it to play them. Anyone done t…
I'm pulling out my DUOs and cycling their batteries (it seems a lot of them just totally died in the last two years of storage) but the biggest problem is that …
The machine: - Quicksilver 2002 Dual 1GHz w/GeForce4 MX - 1 hard drive boots 9.2.2 or Tiger - 1 hard drive boots Leopard The accessories: - 4-port USB 2.0 card …
Hi Guys! So... I was able to get my hands on an "old new stock" - or "new old stock" (whichever) - black Apple Pro USB keyboard in pristine, mint condition. It …
Hi all, I just picked up an Apple PowerCD, that came with the unit, base, remote control, a Powerbook power adapter, and a Belkin SCSI cable. However, when I pu…
I got one of these with one of my IIe's. Anyone know anything about it? Does it need a special interface card? Googling only resulted in this picture and a few …
I've been experimenting with 68k driver development with codewarrior and the results so far are a very simplistic, but apparently functional ramdisk driver. It'…
Okay, so I have a nice little 533MHz Power Mac G4 (Gigabit Ethernet) that I've just got up and running with OS9. It's working pretty nicely, except that thanks …
Just collected a Bondie Blue Imac.(it was given to me) Very dirty and side door is missing, but complete with the original keyboard, the "hockey puck" mouse and…
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If eX Pee locks up again I'm going to seriously consider hunting down Bill G…
Restoring another Pismo...this is the same one that had the sound card defect...another oddity has presented itself. A known working AirPort card was not seen b…
. . . EuroDin NuBus/PDS hacking of 1990's era PCBs? :?: I need to solder the cone shaped female end of machine pin strips onto the thru-hole protrusions of the …
I'm looking into two classics: A plus and SE/30, both for a good price. However the SE/30 is listed as "Powers up to a bright screen, but only displays a checke…
Just scored this on ebay for my Color Classic http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150636112665&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT Extreme S…
My PB 1400 was showing that characteristic cracking on the rear display case cover, on either side of the Apple logo. I attempted to repair this (by strengtheni…
I went to boot up the iBook (listed in signature) to connect to the SE/30 so I could add a few more games on it. I heard the usual CD drive "cycle" once, then o…
Maybe a year ago I was trying to make my own PCBs by printing designs onto "Press-n-Peel Blue" to transfer onto blank copper-clad circuit boards. Thinking ahead…
I got 3 kernel panics in the past two days on my upgraded 533 MHz G4 DA Mac- not a good sign. The computer turned 10 years old last month. I backed-up the impor…
I purchased a pair of iPods from reekdaddy on the forum a while back. The third-generation iPod works great - it dislikes this Windows formatted 30gb disk I hav…
Im working with my spare SE/30 I have.. I booted it from SSW 6.0.8 disk and it runs horribly slow, takes forever to do anything.. It has 5MB RAM installed
My friend gave it to me - came with some other old computer equipment that his uncle gave to him. It's in decent condition, although the HD is dead - boots to a…
I have a dual 1.8 GHz G5 tower that is very unstable running X.5, but that seems perfectly fine running X.4. Has anyone else seen this odd behaviour in the G5s?
This was an interesting one: I work in a small PC/Cell Phone/Grocery/Random store near my house, and some teenager brought in an HP monitor(an HP w1907) it woul…
Back in November last year, I noticed an eBay auction for a bulk Vintage Mac Museum come up, with a starting bid of 99 cents. I expected some furious bidding, a…
Hey e'rbody -- I'm frustrated and unable to think clearly. I could use some assistance thinking my way outta this problem: Mac = PowerMac 8500 w/ Sonnet G3 upgr…
I've noticed that jostling or shaking my PB1400 will cause an intermittent system freeze (as in total freeze - even the cursor). My first suspect would be the s…
I have versions 3.5.4 and 3.5.5, but both freeze up my computer. Does anyone have version 3.5.6? Also, the ROM flash utility would be very helpful along with th…
I am trying to install PageMaker 3.0 on a PowerBook 180 (System 7.5.5) and the install process stops at random points but never finishes. any ideas? I have copi…
I use a Pismo 400 with 768mb RAM as my "daily driver." For most browsing, I find it quite acceptable, and Camino is my regular browser. There is one site that s…
I go to turn on my Plus today, and I get to hear this: chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, ... No display, no bong, and someti…
I've got a late 2004 iBook G4, 14" with 1.33 GHz clock and 60 GB disk. It appears to have been manufactured in early 2005. I upgraded its RAM with a 1 GB module…
Hi, Just scored today a complete PWB 165 (including Targus carrying bag, and battery case) all for the total amount of 5 € (around 7 $) In working order (System…
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