Hi there guys. I just got a Newton 1200 but the problem is it's in german. Is there any way i can change the language?
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Hi, A lot of my 800k floppy disks, old or new, have the habit of being illegible on my SEs. 'Erase disk' from the Special menu rarely helped. Sometimes they'll …
All: What is the consequences of just flipping the power switch rather than using the ShutDown command on these two Compact Macs: (1) Mac Plus using floppies; (…
My Mac Plus won't eject floppies, unless I use a paper clip and the "manual eject" hole. Does anyone know where the problem may lie? Would I need a whole new fl…
Hello everyone. I transplanted a hard drive from my 190 with a bad mobo to a healthy 190CS. Apparently in 6th grade I put a password lock on and now I can't rem…
...is knock, knock, knockin' on heavens door. Since i've owned it, predating even my involvement on these forums, it's been a loveable old machine with CRT prob…
Actually, this conquest is a few days old, but seeing as there was a bandwidth overflow... I got a filthy Apple Extended Keyboard II, though written on it was "…
Just got the 1990 edition of this book, has loads of info on all the technical stuff on compact Macs up to the SE, as well as the Lisa. Should be useful if I ne…
So I'm currently surfing the forums on my Performa 6200 (the one I liberated last week) through the Dell. System 7.5.5, Netscape Navigator 3. Pretty cool...remi…
Well, I hope everyone enjoyed their mid-year forum detox... ...seriously though, sorry for the brief service interruption. Basically, since the 12th of last mon…
For the past couple of days I've gotten a "Out of bandwidth message". Obviously the server exceeded it's allotted bandwidth, but can someone provide more detail…
...When I connected to the 'net today and went to the 68kMLA, I got a: Code: Information: Your IP address has been permenently banned message. So I'm currious, …
Several months ago, I started this thread. (Quick summary: The floppy drive in my Color Classic was doing weird stuff.) After an attempt at cleaning produced no…
Well, I was working in OS 9, it crashed and then I heard this horrid Mechanical Fail Noise. I unplugged it. I plug it back in, and it is the WORST failure sound…
I've noticed a lot of activity in the War Room. Perhaps you guys are talking about the 60 minute policy. Regardless of what you're discussing, will there be any…
hello again i decided that i needed to reintroduce myself. i've been a member for a long time (back before the big crash when the old forum was lost) but life h…
I remember it looking like Dragon Warrior, with first-person battles, and that I died to a dragon early. I also remember playing it at the same time as TaskMake…
Well, I have decided that it is not impossible to fix the IIci. It is clear to me however, that it will need to be recapped, as the sound is gone. Luckily, ther…
I am running HyperCard on my iBook G3 and am having a bit of a problem with speed. It is running a speed-sensitive stack too quickly, rendering it nearly inoper…
Am I disliked on this forum? I'm just curious cause I know I'm of much help when it comes to macs older then the beige g3. :-/
Hi! I've just acquired an old Macintosh Classic. It is U.S. version with 110V power supply. I found out that someone probably tried to connect them to 230V beca…
I was on my iBook G4 tonight, when the machine froze up. I thought it was due to having a lot of tabs open in FireFox. I did the Command-Option-Escape command, …
Following the protracted switch between service providers the RetroBBS is now back online, hopefully without any significant interruption from now on. Mark
A sad discovery for vintage Macdom: I cannot read these pages on my OS9 Pismo in Mozilla. Any other browsers experiencing these problems on older machines?
Hi, I've opened a public gate-way (read-only) to comp.sys.apple2 at my site. http://macgui.com/usenet/ I will be adding more newsgroups shortly. Any suggestions…
Anybody got a Portable and/or PowerBook 100 up and running they would be willing to do a ROM dump for an emulator analysis? Thanks
I haven't done one of these for a while, so just a quick note to say that I have just done a purge of all the inactive* accounts from the forums. I have left th…
I'm fixing a G4 MDD Powermac and it has this annoying problem. This computer will chime on startup and will make some hard drive noises it will not display any …
I have a 128k and it boots fine to a sad mac however the floppy is stuck in it (its the original startup disk). I have tried a pin however it is not coming out.…
Why hello everybody. I'm new around these woods, although I've visted many times looking for answers. So I've got a question for someone here who hopefully know…
Much is made of some of the high prices set for vintage Mac stuff, in particular 128Ks, on eBay. But I must single this one out as an example of an excellent au…
HEY, gang! I'm thinking about getting a 22-36" digital flat panel HDTV. 8-o I doubt the stock Video Card in my G-4 466 Digital Audio will drive the RGB inputs o…
Righto, so I've entered the Winter Warm Up 09 and dont have one of those new flanged blog things. As such, here is my Pseudo blog - I will post my progress (or …
How come we can't edit our old posts? Is there a new limit or restriction on when we can edit posts? Peace, Drew
I have an Apple IIe enhanced as well as a normal IIe. The duper serial card works in the normal IIe, when I use ADTpro I type: ]IN#2 (in card slot 2) ] (ctrl -A…
Well, Proterm has finally been released to the world. See the link here: http://lostclassics.apple2.info/ The only problem that I have with their release it it'…
I cleaned the heads of 3 different SuperDrives (1.44MB, and all of that) and 1 IIgs 800k drive. Well, three of them, I managed to mess up. Here's how: I used a …
Well, as my 840av would not start up today, I took it apart (as one does - try that on an iMac isight like I'm on now!), only to discover a case of the dreaded …
See last post Just tonight I was able to get enough time to clear preferences to get my PB 190cs online. It has 8.1 installed right now with a bunch of crap the…
It breaks images. Just look at that poor happy mac! Its a....SQUARE!!! :O I really see no reason why the limit is that small. Is space that restricted here?
Hello all, This is my first post, so bear with me. I got a Model #: M0001 Mac 128k from my grandparent's basement. When I turn it on, It displays the "Sad Mac" …
Scored off of eBay a Sonnett Crescendo G3 upgrade for my 1400 project. 400mhz. $30 shipped. It's "unknown if it works" because the 1400 he was using it in stopp…
Does anyone know where this software can be found by any chance? I read about it on Folklore and got intrigued. I looked through almost all of the links on the …
Hi, I have been given a Mac Plus 1Mb however it does not power up. I have checked visually the components on the boards, there do not appear to be any blown cap…
I know, I know, this isn't 68k... but I did pick up a working TRS-80 model 4 out of someone's trash the other day, so it all balances out, right? { "lightbox_cl…
In case you haven't noticed, we've upgraded the forums to phpBB3. Quite a lot has changed, so feel free to have a look around and see what's new. There could we…
The 68kMLA Forum Rules have been updated today, and the main addition is this clause: This is not an eBay/Craigslist/etc seller appraisal forum…While there are …
I have a Daystar SE/30 adapter, but it doesn't work. With a powercache card installed, the display goes all wonky. With the adapter installed by itself, all is …
A family friend donated a lot of his old Apple II and Mac equipment, software, and manuals to me earlier this week. The Apple II stuff is all from around the II…
my cube died and on a surface scan tech tools found bad sectors. can I fix it or new drive time?