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Hi all, Did the SE/30 have diferent chimes over time? Mine has the usual "Macintosh II" chime, just as stated in Macracker for that model. But this sounds wrong…
Does anyone happen to have the SE/30 ROM SIM/Logic Board schematics? thanks. Thinking about trying something....
Since it's such a common vector for SPAM attacks, external links in signatures have now been disabled. You can still link to pages on the MLA wiki using the wik…
I bought this on eBay a few weeks ago and it arrived yesterday. It's an SE dual 800k (sticker on back says 1MB RAM, but it actually has 4 or 5), that came with …
I just stumbled upon http://mpd.wikia.com/wiki/Client:M68kmpc while gathering information on the Music Player Daemon. While the link it gives is dead, there's p…
Goodwill ComputerWorks - Austin decided to resume selling older hardware. The result was an afternoon of 68k conquest: Quadra 605 LC III IIsi Atari 1040 STE unu…
This is an interesting example of something that's been discussed here before, for dealing with the scarcity of old 50-pin SCSI drives: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/e…
Hi, Just opened my Macintosh Plus to give it a quick check-over, to make sure that no components have blatantly malfunctioned. Generally, it looks okay on the i…
Does anyone remember the control panel Respond? I found a download for it, http://download.cnet.com/Respond/3000-2094_4-3836.html Its supposed to provide limite…
This single auction will take care of most of it: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130327511233 128K, 512Ke, Plus, SE, SE/30, Classic,…
What would the Centris 650 original monitor look like? If it didn't come with one, what would the monitors for that time look like? I would answer this myself, …
Two LC 575s for $5/each. Average condition...stickers, some yellowing, some sticker removal ghosts - but no cracks or missing plastics. Best, they both have net…
I love this (and I don't know why): http://technabob.com/blog/2009/02/21/apple-ii-disk-drive-mac-mini-casemod/
How big of a room would a Macintosh 128k fill if you expanded every single microchip so that each circuit path is the width of a thin piece of wire? My estimate…
Do I need to install the LC III enabler to use the 7.0.1 disk tools disk with my LC III?
http://cgi.ebay.com/Apple-Macintosh-LC-III-Computer_W0QQitemZ130322822277QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item1e57d87485&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14 …
Would somebody happen to have the LC III motherboard layout? My LC III was shipped to me without the ROMs installed and I need to know the correct position of t…
Because there's one here: http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270442756435
I'm thinking of pulling it out of my closet and upgrade the OS a little. Trouble is, the only computer I have that has floppy is an eMachines T2080. But I figur…
So today I went to a thrift store in hopes of finding any old macs. Nada, Later on in chinatown, I thought i'd stop by an old hardware shop which sells electron…
After a bit of a fight between me and another bidder, I picked up this on eBay last night. I'm hoping they're 64MB sticks...if so Christmas has come early, and …
People have been looking for these off and on: ebay #160354370085 look like 512k ones. Cheap.
OK several problems. When turn on, it doesn't not make the bong sound. I don't know if a Mac SE 30 should make that sound or not when starting up. Second, sound…
Hi all, I've an Apple external 800K floppy drive (the one with the lines on top and red LED at the front) with a flaky 800K drive I'd like to replace. I've a sp…
I know... a PC floppy drive isn't vintage mac-related, but i didn't feel like making two topics; one here and one in the Lounge. Besides, I need it to transfer …
The title says it all, which forum is appropriate for hacks now that we don't have a Hacks forum? jt :?:
Wee, just had a successful eBay win: { "lightbox_close": "Close", "lightbox_next": "Next", "lightbox_previous": "Previous", "lightbox_error": "The requested con…
It's all over but the crying! This year's RC was quite productive, with probably a dozen assorted programs written and quite a few creative/fun entries. If anyo…
Link Cost $15 shipped, not too bad hopefully. I plan to max my second Macintosh LC out with one of the sets and save the other two for later projects.
Hello! I'm upgrading my performa 630 (now have 136mb ram), and i'm looking for a full 68040 chip (with FPU), anyone knows where to get this cheap chips? (no eba…
I don't know what to say.... a forum devoted to 68K Macs? I think I have found heaven on the internet. I really don't know what to say, ummm... err... I'm a lon…
I made two posts here exposing a recently registered user to be a spammer: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=10574 The spammer's post, as well as my two posts, were r…
Somehow I'm pretty sure I managed to score a working LC575 motherboard with an ethernet card onboard, and it is supposed to arrive in the mail later this week! …
Picked these up at the HAAUG swap meet last weekend. I offered them all cash, but all refused. I'm puzzled by people's lack of appreciation for high quality cla…
Hi! I've been thinking. The only real way to make sure we still have powerbook 5XX machines that aren't in a million pieces for any meaningful amount of time is…
Says DigiDesign. I am pretty sure it's a sound card, but I am wondering because there's yellow and black, and sometimes Yellow = Video { "lightbox_close": "Clos…
This is a question following beachycove's post in the Mac II, Quadra and Centris forum concerning capacitor replacement. Now, first of all, let's get this out o…
Hey guys, Does anybody recognize this card? It appears to be an RCA Output Card of some kind. Would this be of use to anybody? Photos: http://www.ftnlabs.com/ph…
Yaaay, I have always wanted one of these. I have a question though. I am hesitant to put this in my IIsi. Last time I added an accelerator card to a IIsi, I fri…
Paid $25 for a Mac plus today complete with external hard drive, mouse, and original manual (with filled out but never sent in Apple registration card!). Slight…
Greetings, long time listener, first time caller here. Well, I've been lurking for several months now and I finally have a compelling reason to register and pos…
Picked it up from a friend since I am working on this project (Quadra 840AV, follow link to see the rest) Works great. It looks like a good pic believe it or no…
This one should have been relatively easy. I have to admit though, it took a few hours to make it work properly. I liberated this machine ages ago in a non-work…
Could a Quadra 700 hard disk caddy be used in a Macintosh IIcx? I have my eyes set on a Macintosh IIcx on eBay which is missing the hard drive and the caddy, an…
A few weeks ago I got a nice external Apple 2GB SCSI hard disk from a friend. I tried using it with my Classic (running system 6.0. 8) and no matter what device…
So i was having a look around the net today, and found something rather neat: Dale Adams on the Fall '93 '040 Macs For those who don't feel like clicking the li…
I have searched about this, but all my sources conflict with each other. This is the question: I have an 8mb RAM module in my PowerBook 180c. What other models …