I got a PowerBook G3 400 (FireWire) for $30. It came with the original box, 2 good batteries, power adapter, weight saver, DVD drive and 128MB RAM. Good cosmeti…
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I answered an ad that said "mac motherboards"... What I brought home was amazing... here is a list. LC575 Clamshell iBook (fairly beat up) Powerbook Duo 230 Ano…
My latest freecycle wanted ad answered. Mac "Monitor with built in computer" plus modem, and a few extras. Here's hoping it's a 5400 [] ]'> but what's th…
One of my wife's friends gave me this one. It's almost like my birthday all over again. It was a T2341 that decided to go up in smoke. The power supply is dead …
I am looking to see what I would get (and possibly any offers) for a PowerBook G3 Lombard with the following specs: PowerBook G3 Lombard. 333Mhz G3 w/ 512k WORK…
A local pawn shop has an iBook G3 laptop for $150, looks great, runs fine. Was wondering what the value of one these would be, is this anywhere near a decent de…
I got these laptops from a nice fellow off Freecycle. http://i33.tinypic.com/m96pdv.jpg Compaq Armada 1750, PII 400 MHz, 128MB, 10GB, XP http://i35.tinypic.com/…
Yes, it is mine. Thank you craigslist. I've been having a PC laptop craving going on for months. I tried to satiate with a Dell D500 that looks to be dying and …
Hey guys, yet another question. This one one is about my Lombard. ****LOOK DOWN THE PAGE!! PLEASE! After installing both OS 10.2 and 10.3 (from retail disks), m…
Power Macintosh 9600/233 Someone stole the RAM, PCI cards, and daughtercard, and one of the front bezels, but I picked it up anyway for $4.52. Also got another …
I found a 9600/350 today at ISU's surplus. I couldn't pass it up for $3, even though it has no RAM or hard drive. I don't know if it works or not - we shall see…
Hey guys, is it worth grabbing a free Macintosh II SI? It has a 12" apple RGB monitor to go with it and little to no yellowing. Not sure of specs since I did no…
Is there anyone on this forum or knows someone who has every model of compact mac? If not, is this possible? How much all of these would cost? Sorry for all the…
While browsing eBay today, I found for $125 an HP Visualize J6000. Its an HP workstation from around 2000, has dual 552 mhz PA-8600 processors, 4 GB of RAM (exp…
I heard a story recently about someone paying $200 for a Macintosh II motherboard. The idea was that it was some rare variant and not a prototype or something l…
Heya folks. Just had an odd one come in to work, and I'm wondering if anyone can suggest what we should expect to get for it. Beige G3 tower in original box, fo…
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290249907010 I did not know this was possible, and is relevant to my interests.
https://www.lemonsauctioneers.com/lotimages/humble07-17-08/94.JPG 10 Graphite G4s and 7 monitors. $210. https://www.lemonsauctioneers.com/lotimages/humble07-17-…
So I picked up a Performa 6400/200, Apple CRT, and a box full of software and a MIDI keyboard today, all free from some guy out in the east suburbs. The hard dr…
Hello! Has anybody here replaced the internal power supply with an external one? Does anybody foresee any problems with undertaking this venture? Would two powe…
I *really* don't know where to put this, but since this seems TOTALLY retro, you GOTTA see this. This guy built his own machine without ANY Prefabbed CPU. Just …
Apple Duo MiniDock Apple PB Duo Battery Recharger Model M1812 " " " AC Adapter M7783 PB 20X CD-ROM Module M2451 American Memory AMR PB5300/32 32MB New 8-o South…
Friday night got three 1400 series Powerbooks. As of yet not working. A 1400c/166, 1400cs/166 and a 1400cs/133. On Saturday, got a PB 540c working with dead bat…
I put up an ad on craigslist advertising two motherboards. (socket 775), one of them supporting a Core2Duo. I got the boards in a trade for a Pentium IV that ha…
I found a 22" Cinema Display today. Upon powering it, I find out it looks like this: http://i29.tinypic.com/qxwcp2.jpg I also scored a gigabit ethernet G4, but …
I loved my Newton Message Pad 130 and used it everyday, but one day the batteries died. I didn't get around to replacing them for a couple of weeks, but when I …
After spending the day transferring data from a PC to two recent Macs, I transferred my mother-in-law's data from her computer to this PC and I got to take that…
So today Mum and I took another run out to the tip shop, which is just near the uni. And I hit paydirt again. As I'm walking towards the electrical section, the…
Performa 6300CD *HUGE* Bundle........only $575 plus $200 shipping! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220218958581
https://www.lemonsauctioneers.com/lotimages/klein07-14-08/43.JPG $6 Awesome lot. https://www.lemonsauctioneers.com/lotimages/klein07-14-08/58.JPG $16 Another aw…
I have compiled a list of my Macs, which you can see here: http://www.d.umn.edu/~bold0070/spymac_mirror/projects/macs.html My latest conquest actually cost some…
I've been tinkering with my 8100/110 with a G3/400 upgrade. It was using a SuperMac Thunder/24 with DSP video card, but the output to my LCD panel was ghosty. P…
I have SAM 4.0(if I am correct) on my PowerBook 160. While I was checking some disks I had, SAM found the WDEF virus on one of my System 6.0.4 disks and erased …
In addition to the polarized pin pair for the speaker, the IIfx's MLB has three 2-pin headers that are presumably for selection/connection into circuit of summa…
I have 2 Mac IIci s. One turns on fine but has no startup chime, display, or function. Does not access hard drive. It doesn't respond to power button to turn on…
On Saturday I was cruising Craigslist for a new SLR (No D, too cheap ) and found this beauty: http://baltimore.craigslist.org/pho/761214149.html I immediately g…
I wired up the Mac SE and I hoped all would go well. I flipped the power switch and it gave me the start up chime. That was it, though you could still hear the …
So now that I have a 1 Ghz P3 chip in my posession, I have been after a Slocket adaptor for the past few days. Got out of my lecture yesterday afternoon, and wh…
1: PowerBook 170:1 GB HD, 8 MB RAM, has some nice games and software. Found near a pile of computers at Goodwill. $5. 2: ThinkPad 600, works, but has a bad CCFL…
OK I know it's not Apple and it's not exactly fully functional but a nice envelope came through the letterbox with a little white box containing... An unused pa…
Hey everyone. I haven't had a chance to do this yet, but I have wanted to. Today marks my sort of entrance into the RetroChallenge. Really, I'm just posting her…
In a recent thread, I wrote: By the way, I'm trying to resuscitate my good old PowerBook 100 but, alas, to no avail. I put it away some months ago, switched off…
Just bought a Compaq DeskPro EN off a mate at uni, one of these, to be exact. Not a bad machine. Coppermine P3/1 Ghz, 384MB RAM (3 128MB PC100 sticks), no optic…
A few days ago, my battery arrived and I put it into the iMac. Then I reset the PMU, and here we are, several days later, the iMac showing NONE of its previous …
Well, i struck a deal with a fellow mla'er, sawtoothdude, and paid $10 for a 540c with a 520's processor (25mhz), but the 33mhz processor came with it, also a v…
Well my dual450 G4 has been sitting for three weeks or so, and I am now going to use it during this when I sell my 20" iMac. I hit the power and I hear a sizzle…
So in part of the Mac-related duties at my full-time I came across a Quicksilver G4 that was stripped of everything aside from a working PSU and motherboard. I …
This is my first post here. Found this site while googling for info on the new machine I acquired. At a local swap meet, I found an SE/30, 13Meg RAM, 340 Meg HD…
Not much of a conquest per say, but yesterday I got my new Nikon D40. It is my first Digital Single Lens Reflex. Are there any other Nikon fans here? -ft :beige…