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Someone is offering to sell me a Wacom Digitizer SD-311e, but it doesn't have the cables for connecting to the Macintosh or power. The power cable seems pretty …
Hello guys, it is me again. Today I got a Plus for 75 bucks and was told that it was not working.It's showing white horizontal lines. What to do? Both the analo…
To boot a computer with Mac Os 9, we need:#1- A Mac Os 9 capable computer.#2- An HFS volume with Mac Os 9 drivers.#3- A Mac Os 9 System folder.Notes:#1- All g3 …
From a osx or linux machine, How would you do it ? Say , without installing remote control apps like vnc server or timbuktu. With an applescript ? But how to tr…
I have a Mac Classic that I purchased in 1991. It was my only computer till 1998 when I placed it in its carrying bag and stored it in a closet. Sometime in the…
Has anyone had any luck using the SCSI2SD in a Quadra 700? I have one for my LC III, and it works really well. I'm intrigued by the new, smaller SCSI2SD, but th…
Hi all, I'm trying to restore a Quadra 840av and am having SCSI issues. My fear is that the SCSI controller on the motherboard is fried and this computer cannot…
Picked up a Quadra 650, keyboard, mouse, software, monitor and laserwriter all for $100.
Ok, just finished a full recap on two of my powerbooks 100s. Got a little lazy and just used Uni's cap reference page since I just got too excited and pulled ev…
Hi everyone I'm digging up my old mac classic with the hopes of reviving it. I know its gonna have lots of problems but i hope it ends up a happy mac story. The…
The recent thread about LC 5xx front bezels got me thinking about the LC/Performa 580. Historically, I generally preferred the 575, due mainly to its Trinitron …
Hi. I have a dead slot loading iMac G3 (with firewire and VGA port), and I'm trying to determine where the fault is. I'm not very knowledgeable on macs, but goo…
Some of you have been following my trials towards a beige holy grail machine for classic gaming. While hemming and hawing over $50 used 9200s and two in box uno…
This is in my Q840. It has to be a cache card, but I can't tell which one. Has TWO DSP chips on it. Google images has been little help...
Hi, everyone. Now that I have the entirety of my beige collection home with me, I am going through and trying to get functional machines up and running. Current…
Ok, so this seems ood...I have a Quadra 610 and want to use a Houdini II card....installed Apple PC Setup 1.64 under 7.5 and the PC Setup control panel works fi…
Hi ! I found a mac SE/30 some 5-10 years ago, and I switched it on. I still remember the horrible sound the hard drive made. Yesterday, decided to fix it, so I …
My Q800 seems to work fine. I can't think of anything wrong with it. Oh, wait. Yes I can. The clock battery is dead. In any case, I'm realizing that if I'm goin…
Maybe this is no news for you guys, but for me it was. Today I connected my Floppy Emu to the internal floppy port in my LC III and it worked perfectly. It moun…
Well, I have been off of work for a few days due to a leg injury I obtained on our tradeshow trip. However, I decided to take a look at a pair of AppleDesign sp…
Won an Ibook G3-500 first model (64MB RAM, 10GB HD). The interesting thing about it was that it seemed to be 100% stock with IE5 preview edition installed on OS…
Hello Everyone. I'm new around here and trying to learn more about vintage Macs. I run a small repair shop and I am very familiar with recapping, restoring and …
Hey there, I have an Imation USB SuperDisk drive that I use very infrequently with my G4 Mac. It's exhibiting a blinking light issue both when plugged in and no…
My fam SE (not pictured) Quadra 605 Power Macintosh G3 (Desktop) Power Macintosh G3 (Minitower) Power Mac G4 (AGP Graphics) iMac (Summer 2001) Power Mac G4 (Qui…
Hi all, I have a 5 port USB 2.0 PCI card I’m trying to make work in my beige G3/233 desktop. My Mac is running Mac OS 9.2.1. I got the USB card used with no pac…
Does anyone have a quadra 700 schematic? I want to try to resurrect it. Well my quadra 700 died yesterday. One of those damn Maxwell batteries peed all over the…
I've got a 7100/66av and I'm wondering what people think the latest system/OS is best for it. It came with 7.1, but I swapped in a 74GB 10k RPM hard drive. In o…
Hello, to help someone trying to resurect a lisa1 I added twiggy drive support to my emulator (IDLE). Since some twiggy floppy were imaged by bitsavers.org ther…
Has anyone used these people? I'd like to get a new battery for my Pismo, but at the moment it's looking rather grim. I tried emailing batteryrefill.com but I'v…
I think it's indigo, but not completely sure. Can someone verify this for me please? My cat loves my vintage Macs too. Back when we used our bondi iMac on a dai…
Yesterday, I found a garage sale on craigslist that claimed to have "Mac computers". So I went to it. There, sitting on a table was a Power Mac G4 tower with a …
Hello! A short announcement: Vendor accounts will now have green colored ranks. We also have a new vendor, intertialcomputing! Thanks, //wthww
Last night I picked up a Pioneer SCSI DVR-S201 DVD burner with firmware version 2.02. Hope to upgrade that when I can. So far I’ve had it read commercial DVDs a…
Just got back from the Salvation Army store with my latest: an Apple Quicktake 150. No cables or manuals or anything, but it looks to be in pretty good shape. K…
My SE/30 is almost perfect. It has a 32bit clean ROM, a 1GB hard disk, 68MB RAM, an Asante Maccon ethernet card - and A/UX 3.01 installed. The only fly in the o…
Ok so I have a few working widget hard drives for the Lisa... I have recapped the boards where required.. They run pretty good... The next question is do I do a…
Picked up a LaCie Biggest F800 RAID array. It only had four 120gb PATA HDs in it but I replaced them with 400gb HDs. Still deciding whether to keep it as RAID 0…
I have been given an Imac G4 Sunflower PSU to have a look at, anyone here has already repaired one. Is there any Capacitor related problem with those as well.
I have just recently added 2 X 32Mb DRAM sims to my Centris, both brand new, made by a company at confirms these are compatible specifically with a Centris 650.…
So I've been on a PB100 kick... Recapping a 100 right now.. still waiting on the new caps.. I've chosen Tantalums except 3 electrolytics.. I've done the display…
My latest Mac and Apple II find: - Apple IIc - Apple /// - Mac SE - Mac SE/30 - Power Mac G4 All are operational.
So I picked up a Performa 600 untested from a pawn shop for $15. Brought it home, powered it on. The power supply powers up, the hard drive spins up, but no chi…
A few years back, I recapped my Portable, replaced the burnt-out main fuse, made a new battery, replaced the HDD (with the kind help of fellow Portlander mcderm…
Couldn't resist sharing this. There is a common misconception, especially in vintage computer newbies, that only the red Maxell batteries can leak. Proof that e…
Need help finding the driver/hack to enable a powermac 8600 to capture video at higher fps: think it was 30fps at I believe it was 640x480? I remember a german …
Two general questions about LCs and systems with LC040 that I've wondered for a long time: 1. Is it possible to replace the LC040 with 68040 in a system with a …
Picked up 1.42ghz MDD, 2gb RAM, 2-185gb HDs, DVD burner, GeForce4 Ti, airport and dead power supply. Before I got it home, I thought I’d just move the processor…
So I have done a few LWII (HP Cartridges) wiper blade replacements and they work great!!! Basically all the HP and LWII cartridges by now need them replaced.. T…
Hello, I was trying to fish the 26 pin header through the back of my Lisa, so that I could connect an Apple Lisa 2/10(XL) External Widget Port Adapter. Unfortun…