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Hello Guys, I have an IMAC G5 4,1 which has a 2.0GHz Intel Core Duo Processor, 2GB RAM, 250 HD and is iSight. I recently thought about upgrading its processor t…
Just today my color Classic show the question mark after several years, pull out the HD and using a case plug it into my Classic and the disk is ok using Norton…
Hello, I am trying to restore a 128k Macintosh. The issue is that its logic board came with Macintosh Plus roms, and all I get is black vertical lines from the …
A few recent threads here and elsewhere got thinking, researching and reminiscing, always a dangerous combination. Dunno if it's an original approach, likely no…
many thanks to Lokki for this originally released in july of 2004, (v4.14 released around dec2004/jan2005) we now have this mac os 9 version of Abletonthat supo…
Just received the latest addition to my collection, a 14 inch Wallstreet model. It appears to be in fantastic condition, except for one little detail: The fan n…
Here is an adventure trip for you. I have a couple of those 36GB and 72GB savvio drives that everyone is using to replace in their 68Ks. Well, I wanted to stick…
Doing some work, I got a Raspberry Pi to run on solar batteries and partially charge up an external battery for night time use; adding a few more solar cells wo…
I have been reading "https://68kmla.org/files/classicmac2.pdf" and it's very helpful, but I've run into a snag. My 128k -> 512e has orange double-sided a…
TOChttp://www.soundonsound.com/articles/ProTools.php2001http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/feb01/articles/protools.asp | Digidesign's Pro Tools Explained, Part 1ht…
I have a Mac Classic II that ticks when you turn it on. No hard drive spin up, no display, just tick tick tick tick tick.... I would guess the PSU caps go bad o…
Can anyone help me diagnose this? I've also xposted it to applefritter. In this linked photo you can see a rolling "interference" through the display. This only…
This is different from the regular LCs I have in the way it has different ROMs, there is a CUDA button, and there is a random soldered on electrolytic capacitor…
Hello everyone! First post here. Today I picked up a Centris 650 with Laser writer for $40. I was ecstatic, so I came home, plugged it in and.. Got the question…
OK so my working CRUDE solution is this. I have a pile of these things so I wanted to come up with something… anything, is better then them not working at all. …
I am recapping the IIcx today. I didn't see polarity markings on these two caps. I would assume they follow the others but want to be sure so I don't blow up an…
Yes, I know a similar topic has been discussed before. But most of these included macs that atleast started up, or had hard disk problems. My Macintosh Color Cl…
Hey everyone, This is my first time posting here on the forums. I have acquired an original macintosh and when it starts up i get the sad mac error 040200. I th…
Has anyone seen an add on board like this. Marked : Mac video adapter fsa 1988 made in usa Eastman Kodak P/n ?010 Rev E (the first no is unreadable) Has on Ic s…
I also have a Quadra 605 that I've had put away for a number of years. Are there known leaky caps on that MB? This is the one that's the same MB as the LC 475.
I started my SE/30, just for fun today and I had this. I've had my SE/30 for 4 months now, and I started it just last week with no issues whatsoever. I was goin…
I recapped my Color Classic today, hoping that would at least make it turn on. I hit the power switch, nothing.. not a single click. Right, the keyboard power s…
hi folks finally got round to having a go at my first 2 mac portables. 1 is back lit the other is the non backlit - I have 1 original portable power supply. too…
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Radius-FullPage-Display-Monitor-/151088543202 9 pin full page display. Too bad the price is out of the stratosphere.
Hi Everyone These are my latest conquests: PowerBook Duo 210 https://plus.google.com/118338589625749894332/posts/QX81BxAqgaC Not yet photographed are the origin…
Just got this baby this morning Very cute and in good shape. German Keyboard. It started on the first try, VERY noisy Hd, and a rectangle of dead pixels on the …
I have two 400k drives from Mac 128k shells. I want to verify their operation. I cleaned them up and lubricated them, the mechanics of them work just fine, but …
. . . still way too much on my plate, but things have come together much better than last year's suddenly picture-free thread: HELP! Noob Building a Parallel Po…
I just ordered a Quicksilver 733MHz Single CPU I plan on installing it in my Gigabit Ethernet Logicboard. From what I have read it should work as along as suppl…
There was a listing on CL for a G3 all-in-one that had been posted for months (I kid you not!) and after they dropped the price again I figured it would be a go…
The Apple custom ICs that are newly designed for the Quadra 950 computer are: - BATMAN: a custom IC (replaces the Apple Sound Chip) that acts as a sound amplifi…
Looking at pin outs, the connectors have nearly identical outputs with the exception of a speaker wire, and they are mapped out on the connector differently. Wo…
I acquired two 512K Macintoshes with HyperDrives in this Conquest thread but the later HyperDrive 20 unit needs work so I'm creating a thread to help document w…
Picked both of these up along with a pair of Altec 887A speakers for $3. The speakers and Mini work but I haven't yet tested the II - it's wet. First off, the I…
I finally figured out on one of my Mac to VGA Adapter how to get other resolution settings on a specific switch setting on the adapter. Thing is this, it does n…
I recently acquired a working, but neglected Quadra 840AV. It came with 3 hard drives installed, an original CD-ROM drive, and with a 64 MB of RAM. It clearly n…
Friend of mine a few streets over has a scrapmetal business running out of his garage-- he buys old computer equipment, AC's, Fridges, etc. for scrap pricing fr…
Sometimes I swear I can beat my head against a wall at times... A Simasima Mac is something most Techs dread and rather fixing it, just replace the motherboard.…
Did some recapping of boards and an LC Power Supply (PSU) today. I had a few successes here and there. Thus I post a few things I learned in recapping my first …
Hi guys! I have two SE/20 (with internal hd) and last week I decided to wake them out of their eternal (almost) sleep. The problem I discovered was that no one …
I just got it in today and I've looked over the motherboard and parts. The battery hasn't exploded but it was dead (blue label Inorganic brand) I replaced it wi…
(I originally ended up writing this as an update post to my IIvx thread, but I decided that this required its own thread. I'm taking on some repairs to new clie…
I haven't used my 6100 for a very long time. Today, I tried to boot it up but it didn't want to. The green light goes on and I could hear the hard drive spinnin…
So I got my /30 today. It's cute. The good news: Survived shipping. Floppy drive and hard drive work fine. Connectix RAM Doubler is installed. Screen is bright.…
[SIZE=10.5pt]T[/SIZE][SIZE=10.5pt]his is my first post, but I've been searching through and reading the posts for months , so I'd like to start with a big thank…
My nifty new video card doesn't do 4-bit, and I have a couple games that require 16-color mode. It only does 1-bit, 8-bit, and 24-bit. Any way to enable 4-bit? …
My Performa has a strange quirk. It seems to be morally opposed to giving system errors with text in them. Either that, or it's just too lazy for words. These e…
I finally woke up really early today to look for electronics at garage sales. I make it clear to everyone that I am looking for old computers and consoles, but …