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I finaly got the computer I have wanted for a while... The Macintosh Plus. Two of them for free. And free shipping! They were shipped from Wisconsin with UPS. 4…
Hey there, I recently got two Mac Pluses, One of them has this weird issue. There is a dashed vertical line down the center of the screen. I will post a picture…
In terms of performance which is better? DayStar PowerCache 030 50 MHz w/ FPU (P33)? or MicroMac Diimo 030 50 MHz w/ FPU (the one with pass through PDS) Do they…
alright well i've started repairs on the iBook 14", starting with the LCD frame which can be viewed here. its late and i'm tired, but basically i decided that r…
I ordered a replacement drive, model APPLE 661-0345 however what I received in mail was: Sony model MP-F51W-23 My Mac II running 7.1 with this drive cannot read…
My good 'ol barely-clinging-to-life Classic has no sound. Nothing comes out of the built-in speaker, and there's nothing when used with external speakers. I kno…
It appears that the screen on my 5300cs has gone, the screen is backlit but nothing appears. The brightness/contrast buttons don't seem to respond. Does anyone …
LisaEm 1.0.0 has been released. Download is available at http://lisaem.sunder.net/downloads.html as usual. Code: -----------------------------------------------…
I am having a heck of a time getting PCI Extreme/Quartz Extreme to work on a Beige G3 with a Radeon 7000 32 MB running Mac OS X 10.3.9. I have tried just about …
As I posted in Conquests I recently bought and just today got an Apple ][e Platinum. It came with a 5.25" drive and an RGB Monitor (which I'm pretty much using …
Yesterday I installed 7.1 on an LC475, with an early "Apple Keyboard" and a square mouse attached. These were OEM SE/30 peripherals, as far as I can gather, but…
I would like to voice two concerns about the rules: First is the very top-down nature in which they were dished out, with the thread locked to artificially stif…
My Sawtooth won't sleep. It has a PC power spply, and when I try to put it into sleep mode, it says the case is open. Even though it's closed. Is there any way …
I can't seem to log in with Firefox. I looked around and found this: http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=364780&start=0&…
Does anybody know if there's any way to overclock this machine? It's a wonderful machine, but it tends to lag a bit on some of the CPU-intensive tasks. Any poin…
got it from ebay for 9 bucks+shipping. it has a 800k floppy drive and a 20MB HD. the mobo is dated 1986. problem: it won´t boot. when turned on there´s no chime…
Hi there! I purchased a PowerBook 180 from a guy on Craigslist here locally for only $15. The thing is, everything works great on it, except the screen likes to…
This was sold/ distributed on a CD back in the mid-90s: several international dictionaries that could plug into just about any of the Claris products. Anyone pe…
The floppy drive in my 6500 seems to have something wrong with it. Either that, or every single floppy in my room has some problems How would I go about diagnos…
I just took my Classic apart to inspect it as I've been meaning to do since I got it. The logic board is in terrible shape. All the caps have leaked like mad. E…
Finally got around to pulling the full 040 CPU out of the quadra 800 to swap with an LC 630. I want the lc630 to have increased performance of the full 040. But…
I need to know if there is a problem because im buying one of those laptops from a friend and want to know which website to buy from. I got the choices down to …
does / has anyone used the handle on their clamshell ibook to actually carry it anywhere? i just did, and the wife laughed at me and said i looked daft.
Picked up some free books on Macs. They cover System 6 and 7. Macintosh Hard Disk Management-Second Edition Macs for Dummies The Internet for Macs for Dummies T…
How's the stability of OS 8.6 vs 9.2? Any difference? My wallstreet came with 8.6 and I might just keep it on there rather than putting 9 on as originally plann…
Well you know how I was looking for a Pro Mouse for ages to go with my G3, as I wanted an optical mouse rather than the old ball-driven ADB II, and love the loo…
Some background.. For the past few weeks I've been tinkering with a Mac Plus I found in a back alley somewhere near my work. I've managed to get System 6.0.8 in…
Well, I've just had a very satisfying morning. I opened up my 512K Mac (see earlier thread) and took out the 400K disk drive. It was reading ok, but not ejectin…
As I said in the topic about the PowerBook Duos, I was also given two Zip drives with the bunch of Duo bits, one SCSI and one USB. The front bit of the SCSI one…
Original hard-copy service manuals. Macintosh Computers Vol I, II, and III (all models to July 94 [] ]'> ) Peripheral Interface Guide (December 92) Laser…
Hi, I bought recently a Mac 128K on eBay. I repaired the floppy drive, which was sticked into the greace. It is all booting well. The mouse also is good. But wh…
ah, my little LC III. Last seen running 7.5.5 happily. anyways, I am trying to get 7.6 (and later, 7.6.1) on it. So, I hook it to my Powerbook 1400, run the NAD…
Yesterday I set up my Quadra 700, Acorn A4000 and IIcx with a KVM switch linking them all to a VGA Acorn monitor. I'm using Mac to VGA cables to connect the two…
Finally grabbed myself a MacTV to disect and add to my collection of 5xx based systems, and wow is it unique in circuit design. Anyhow, there's a large chip mis…
Since we don't seem to be doing the whole army rank by postcount thing currently (probably a good thing, it discourages people from posting useless junk), are w…
I posted a topic yesterday about a rather unpleasant eBay experience which today seems to be gone. Anyone care to explain?
Well, we're back up and running - albeit with a fresh install and in a slightly different location! Sorry about the huge delay in getting this ship back in the …
after having the eMate slip through my fingers, I went on a riggerous crusade, watching the local autions, CL, freecycle, I finally found one on ebay. http://cg…
apparantly someone eft me a little present at work over the night! a pm 7100/66 with monitor, kbd, and mouse, ill see it tomorrow, but im just a bit excited!
A Macintosh TV?! It seems to be just an LC520 in a black case with a built in TV tuner. But is says on the front: "Macintosh TV" What is the story with this? ht…
I have an IOGEAR Cardbus USB 2.0 PC Card for my WallStreet I, which runs Mac OS 9.2.2. When I insert the card, sometimes it's recognized, sometimes it's not, an…
Open letter to the admins: Dear 68kMLA admins, As you may be aware, we seem to have gotten the first spambot/spammer of the 3rd 68kMLA. What can we do to stop t…
ok, so that newton I mentioned here is MINE!! wel, almost... I responded to the CL posting, made an offer of $30, and this was the response: I do still have it.…
Having a notebook is great. But one thing that kills the joy of using a notebook is the constant whirring of the fan. I propose that one could modify a 120mm fa…
I have to thank my brother for finding a nice PowerBook G3 Wallstreet in the Rice University classifieds and purchasing it for me. I'm going to college in the f…
For some reason, the MIDI sounds scratchy, and I can't fix it! I am running System 7.5.5 with an LCIII ROM in Basilisk II v.142 running under Windows XP SP2. Th…
I know this could technically be filed under peripherals, but since most everyone seems to prefer these on the LC/LCII I will post it here. I have some question…
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My 5120 doesnt have any expansion cards, and I had noticed decent cards are hard to come by, if not impossible. Soo... I have been thinking, I was going to desi…