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My "new" iMac G3 has 9.2 OS and I have no intentions of installing OS X because i have other iMac's with OS X. ( For now I am working with OS 9.2 on this IMac G…
· 4 posts · started 24 Jul 2010 - 17:57 · last 25 Jul 2010 - 18:59
The iMac G3 has OS 9.2 installed. The internal optical CD drive is read only. I tried an external LG DVD burner connected via FireWire. Although DVD's and CD's …
· 2 posts · started 23 Jul 2010 - 19:35 · last 24 Jul 2010 - 17:29
Has anyone ever made OS 7.6.1 work on a Beige G3? Details if so?
· 2 posts · started 23 Jul 2010 - 18:07 · last 23 Jul 2010 - 18:23
I have come to really enjoy using classic Mac OS again, with my 7600 getting a key role in my photowork flow. And with on board SCSI and serial it's the perfect…
· 21 posts · started 19 Jul 2010 - 16:44 · last 22 Jul 2010 - 19:32
I'm on my iMac G3, and I want to set up my email to use Outlook Express. When it asks me what server I'm using for my email, I'm at a loss. It says that POP ser…
· 7 posts · started 15 Feb 2008 - 22:04 · last 20 Jul 2010 - 05:08
Power Mac G5 Dual 1.8, 2GB RAM and 80GB hard drive. I am pretty sure it barely used. Customer who recycled it said she never used it but bought it for her busin…
· 13 posts · started 10 Jul 2010 - 14:34 · last 13 Jul 2010 - 14:04
Apologies if this is in the wrong forum, but I finally got around to installing BeOS 5 Pro on my Power Computing 604/150 last night, so it's sitting happily on …
· 5 posts · started 17 Jun 2010 - 16:48 · last 2 Jul 2010 - 23:00
Seems like the original series of CRT iMacs turned Apple around when they came out. For some time the used machines were the cheapest G3 you could find making t…
· 19 posts · started 19 Mar 2010 - 07:16 · last 30 Jun 2010 - 19:01
I'm up visiting my dad in PA for the summer, and I needed parts for some computers I'm working on, so I went to the local recycling center. When I walked in I s…
· 6 posts · started 26 Jun 2010 - 12:10 · last 29 Jun 2010 - 01:18
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/290444424128 [] ]'> b: [] ]'> Getting a postage quote tomorrow.
· 22 posts · started 20 Jun 2010 - 11:05 · last 25 Jun 2010 - 21:46
http://cgi.ebay.com/PC66-256MB-SODIMM-Apple-G3-iMac-Lombard-Wallstreet-/400129682681 These seem cheap if they do in fact work on Wallstreets (they need low dens…
· 3 posts · started 22 Jun 2010 - 13:50 · last 23 Jun 2010 - 05:01
so a little back story...... In about September I fixed up a 800mhz Quicksilver for one of the teachers in my school and in return I got a G4 sawtooth, and now …
· 1 posts · started 22 Jun 2010 - 20:23 · last 22 Jun 2010 - 20:23
It's been a pretty good couple of days for Apple finds for me. On Friday, I rescued a small treasure trove of original Stylewriter printer inks that were headed…
· 4 posts · started 21 Jun 2010 - 00:50 · last 22 Jun 2010 - 18:20
here Every Q950 that I have clapped eyes on before this one has been two-toned. It appears that they were originally just one colour. I guess it helps for the t…
· 9 posts · started 7 Jun 2010 - 23:23 · last 14 Jun 2010 - 00:47
today, my grandmother's boss had me clear out his back room, for which i was given some new toys to tinker with! i only took some blurry pics of the model numbe…
· 7 posts · started 11 Jun 2010 - 04:06 · last 12 Jun 2010 - 22:19
My Ibook has poor video performance for watching live TV and streaming youtube. I wondered if I could replace the mac motherboard with and ITX-MINI pc board and…
· 5 posts · started 7 Jun 2010 - 15:54 · last 8 Jun 2010 - 10:17
Picked up a PB1400, 64MB with a 250MHz NuTech accelerator--equipment was in pretty good shape. It is running 9.1 right now and I am in the middle of reconfiguri…
· 10 posts · started 4 Jun 2010 - 05:58 · last 7 Jun 2010 - 05:40
Hi, I have searched and i cant find any information on flashing a pci video card for my B&W G3. I would like to put a fx5200 or any card that supports c…
· 10 posts · started 2 Jun 2010 - 06:35 · last 5 Jun 2010 - 03:35
Are there any free fan control utilities for the aluminum powerbooks? I've found one for the MBP, but nothing for the G4's except for two that you have to pay f…
· 10 posts · started 21 Jan 2010 - 19:27 · last 4 Jun 2010 - 19:59
Guess the conquest in this auction: http://cgi.ebay.com/APPLE-G4-733MHz-CPU-HEATSINK-820-1314-A-MISC-LOT-/300433128952?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_…
· 5 posts · started 2 Jun 2010 - 02:24 · last 2 Jun 2010 - 05:49
I purchased this from a member of the Arstechnica boards for what I deem a very good deal. It is the 1.3Ghz model running Tiger and maxed at 1.5gig ram and a 40…
· 4 posts · started 19 May 2010 - 23:22 · last 1 Jun 2010 - 03:39
I'm hooked on high-end workstations, IIfx, Quadra, SGI, Sun, etc. and I love my 1st generation PowerMac G5. Because I'm not made of money, and I'm not an Intel …
· 15 posts · started 25 May 2010 - 12:34 · last 29 May 2010 - 18:34
Someone's clearing out tons of dual processor 1.33 GHz Xserve G4s on eBay for REALLY cheap: http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trksid=p3907.m570.l1313&amp…
· 15 posts · started 4 May 2010 - 22:41 · last 28 May 2010 - 22:08
This isn't the first time i've torn down a newly acquired machine, but it is the first time i've documented the process. So for the first time i'll be giving a …
· 11 posts · started 16 May 2010 - 11:50 · last 23 May 2010 - 15:32
Wasn't sure whether to post this in the Peripherals or the G3/G4/G5 forum. I recently acquired a Power Mac G4 466Mhz (Digital Audio) computer, which I purchased…
· 10 posts · started 20 May 2010 - 22:49 · last 21 May 2010 - 18:23
Well, one of the bigger churches in my churches network has a small recording studio for spoken word stuff and they have dual 2GHz(early 2005) G5 sitting around…
· 7 posts · started 27 Apr 2010 - 03:59 · last 6 May 2010 - 13:21
Hey guys. I just found out that my coppy of 9.2.1 disk wont read. I must of used it to much. so i went in my stuff looking for my real 9 cd to make a coppy of, …
· 2 posts · started 6 May 2010 - 03:39 · last 6 May 2010 - 04:31
I just bought/ received a "new" 2400c battery from powerbookguy (in his eBay incarnation), thinking that I'd be best to have a spare (since where would you find…
· 3 posts · started 4 May 2010 - 04:11 · last 4 May 2010 - 22:31
hey guys, After a long hideing, I have come back, for classic mac's and what not, I have moved on to windows 7. I have to say I love it. But last week on firday…
· 6 posts · started 30 Apr 2010 - 03:29 · last 2 May 2010 - 16:33
I have not actually gotten the machine yet, but one of my good friends from huntsville has a mac mini and I asked him if he would sell it to me I was thinking m…
· 7 posts · started 26 Apr 2010 - 08:01 · last 1 May 2010 - 20:43
hey- just got a used iBook G4 from the bay, only $99! 8-o only problem is, the trackpad's faulty... so i bought a new top case for $12.99!. unfortunately, it di…
· 8 posts · started 2 Apr 2010 - 03:59 · last 27 Apr 2010 - 03:53
I stumbled across an old blog post with some nice backgrounds for us retro-Mac types. Unfortunately the full-size originals seem to have disappeared. Maybe some…
· 16 posts · started 2 Apr 2010 - 17:00 · last 24 Apr 2010 - 08:47
Too rich for my blood, but read it and drool: http://cgi.ebay.com/Apple-PowerBook-1400C-Vintage-New-Sealed-G3-Ready_W0QQitemZ280461029188QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAppl…
· 17 posts · started 9 Feb 2010 - 19:01 · last 20 Apr 2010 - 14:20
Hello all, I recently acquired a PowerBook 540c. So far, I'm very happy with it, blah blah and blah. Anyways, as I was snooping around the System Folder, I noti…
· 8 posts · started 9 Mar 2010 - 02:31 · last 18 Apr 2010 - 23:28
A while back I attempted to install Tiger on my 266 MHZ Beige G3. Today I received a Sonnet G4/500MHZ CPU I had bought off eBay. I installed it and tested it. I…
· 6 posts · started 17 Apr 2010 - 23:06 · last 18 Apr 2010 - 22:40
Hi, Today I picked up a WorkGroup Server 9650/350 - nigh on my idea of the "ultimate" Mac (just short of a Quad G5!). Super expandability with a super case to w…
· 9 posts · started 12 Apr 2010 - 12:50 · last 17 Apr 2010 - 08:47
came out office's electronic recycling bin. also an Amiga 4000D.
· 6 posts · started 21 Mar 2010 - 03:59 · last 10 Apr 2010 - 10:53
i am now the proud new owner of an imac g3 500mhz. yay! i got it for a bargain- 10 dollars at a yard sale! also, i just upgraded the memory to 512 megs from the…
· 3 posts · started 1 Mar 2010 - 05:24 · last 9 Apr 2010 - 20:14
I was wondering if anyone has any free software that they have used for the early versions of OS X (10.1 early). I have been looking for software because I want…
· 3 posts · started 5 Apr 2010 - 13:56 · last 7 Apr 2010 - 03:29

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From their twenty year stint in a New England barn, I procured one Mac SE and two Mac SE/30s. I was mostly interested in the SE/30s, as I had worked with one ba…
· 1 posts · started 25 Jul 2010 - 11:17 · last 25 Jul 2010 - 11:17
READ THIS ENTIRE POST If you have Mac OS X Installed and want to Install Mac OS 9 from within OS XIn the download folder (linked below), you will find a disk im…
· 4 posts · started 20 Jul 2009 - 08:30 · last 20 Jul 2010 - 10:24
Hello, I'm new here and was wondering if somebody could help me. I have a Performa 6360, and I was cleaning it since it had about 7 years worth of dust stuck in…
· 3 posts · started 7 Jul 2010 - 00:02 · last 8 Jul 2010 - 20:39
I posted this at the 68KMLA about the update to JavaScript for Classilla 9.2, which is already using the pure-C implementation of JavaScript (SpiderMonkey). How…
· 7 posts · started 25 Apr 2010 - 21:08 · last 23 May 2010 - 00:33
I borked the motherboard of my B&W G3 a while back, during a failed G4 upgrade? Anybody have an inexpensive one (pref rev. 2) available? Mike, I seem to rem…
· 3 posts · started 6 Apr 2010 - 07:16 · last 8 Apr 2010 - 05:08
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