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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…
· 6 posts · started 4 Aug 2008 - 18:54 · last 5 Aug 2008 - 13:07
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…
· 6 posts · started 4 Aug 2008 - 22:39 · last 5 Aug 2008 - 02:16
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…
· 17 posts · started 30 Jul 2008 - 22:52 · last 5 Aug 2008 - 00:03
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 …
· 9 posts · started 4 Aug 2008 - 03:01 · last 4 Aug 2008 - 22:48
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…
· 3 posts · started 4 Aug 2008 - 04:41 · last 4 Aug 2008 - 21:28
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…
· 12 posts · started 29 Jul 2008 - 23:38 · last 4 Aug 2008 - 01:18
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/…
· 11 posts · started 2 Aug 2008 - 03:03 · last 3 Aug 2008 - 22:36
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 …
· 11 posts · started 27 Jul 2008 - 23:01 · last 3 Aug 2008 - 22:29
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 …
· 1 posts · started 3 Aug 2008 - 19:39 · last 3 Aug 2008 - 19:39
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…
· 10 posts · started 30 Jul 2008 - 20:09 · last 3 Aug 2008 - 19:16
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…
· 27 posts · started 1 Jun 2008 - 02:33 · last 3 Aug 2008 - 03:13
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…
· 106 posts · started 18 May 2007 - 05:48 · last 2 Aug 2008 - 22:35
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…
· 17 posts · started 25 Jul 2008 - 06:45 · last 2 Aug 2008 - 19:29
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…
· 15 posts · started 15 Jul 2008 - 06:30 · last 1 Aug 2008 - 19:21
https://www.lemonsauctioneers.com/lotimages/humble07-17-08/94.JPG 10 Graphite G4s and 7 monitors. $210. https://www.lemonsauctioneers.com/lotimages/humble07-17-…
· 18 posts · started 28 Jul 2008 - 17:23 · last 1 Aug 2008 - 02:02
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…
· 5 posts · started 29 Jul 2008 - 01:07 · last 31 Jul 2008 - 22:08
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…
· 16 posts · started 26 Jul 2008 - 19:47 · last 31 Jul 2008 - 21:44
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…
· 2 posts · started 30 Jul 2008 - 06:27 · last 30 Jul 2008 - 08:39
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…
· 6 posts · started 28 Jul 2008 - 19:31 · last 30 Jul 2008 - 08:23
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 …
· 21 posts · started 2 Jul 2008 - 22:21 · last 29 Jul 2008 - 12:23
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 …
· 4 posts · started 28 Jul 2008 - 05:05 · last 29 Jul 2008 - 07:09
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…
· 3 posts · started 27 Jul 2008 - 02:56 · last 27 Jul 2008 - 21:27
Performa 6300CD *HUGE* Bundle........only $575 plus $200 shipping! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220218958581
· 24 posts · started 5 Apr 2008 - 22:00 · last 26 Jul 2008 - 16:11
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…
· 16 posts · started 24 Jul 2008 - 03:54 · last 26 Jul 2008 - 05:56
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…
· 6 posts · started 26 Jul 2008 - 00:31 · last 26 Jul 2008 - 05:40
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…
· 12 posts · started 22 May 2008 - 01:27 · last 26 Jul 2008 - 03:20
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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 …
· 3 posts · started 8 Jun 2008 - 05:41 · last 24 Jul 2008 - 19:26
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…
· 5 posts · started 20 Jul 2008 - 19:14 · last 24 Jul 2008 - 01:10
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…
· 7 posts · started 22 Jul 2008 - 16:57 · last 23 Jul 2008 - 18:08
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…
· 4 posts · started 22 Jul 2008 - 04:21 · last 22 Jul 2008 - 18:45
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 …
· 4 posts · started 21 Jul 2008 - 17:06 · last 22 Jul 2008 - 03:23
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…
· 10 posts · started 19 Jul 2008 - 05:35 · last 21 Jul 2008 - 06:37
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…
· 7 posts · started 18 Jul 2008 - 21:29 · last 20 Jul 2008 - 16:07
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…
· 10 posts · started 18 Jul 2008 - 18:45 · last 20 Jul 2008 - 06:50
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…
· 1 posts · started 19 Jul 2008 - 21:26 · last 19 Jul 2008 - 21:26
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…
· 8 posts · started 16 Jul 2008 - 19:41 · last 19 Jul 2008 - 05:26
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…
· 15 posts · started 17 Jul 2008 - 05:36 · last 19 Jul 2008 - 05:25
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 …
· 1 posts · started 19 Jul 2008 - 00:58 · last 19 Jul 2008 - 00:58
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…
· 4 posts · started 17 Jul 2008 - 22:48 · last 18 Jul 2008 - 06:30
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…
· 6 posts · started 16 Jul 2008 - 01:59 · last 17 Jul 2008 - 14:15
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 …
· 7 posts · started 14 Jul 2008 - 07:21 · last 16 Jul 2008 - 19:04
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…
· 2 posts · started 15 Jul 2008 - 00:56 · last 15 Jul 2008 - 01:24
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…
· 3 posts · started 11 Jul 2008 - 22:51 · last 13 Jul 2008 - 05:29
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