Is it possible to get screen burn on a 68k powerbook lcd if a machine is left on (without backlighting) 24/7? I know this can happen with a crt, but what about …
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Anyone know of any software that can display an image on a Mac Plus or SE desktop instead of the standard cheesy wallpaper from the control panel? I could have …
Hi all, I've just received a lovely working Powerbook 170 from ebay, the ebayer claimed it kept switching off, luckily it was a loose connection in the Power Ad…
Hi, I recently got the task of fixing my friend's iBook G4. These are the symptoms: Machine turns on. Backlight comes on for 1/5th of a second, then turns off. …
I was just wondering if anyone here who doesn't own any 68k macs uses emulators. I have been using 68k emulators such as BasiliskII on Windows since several yea…
I've been looking around the web and finding a lot of different approaches to replacing the PowerBook 100 battery and they all seem far too complicated. Isn't i…
Is there any sort of utility to turn on the internal fan on a Lombard? This thing is overheating and locking up. The cooling fan is not turning on at all. I'm w…
It has a nice home in my 6100 now. However, the 6100 is such a heat trap it freezes about after 2 hours due to the heat. Time for a fan I guess. I have a Pentiu…
The compacitors are fine...I tested them with a multimeter. I also raised the volume out in the controll panel...still no sound. Any help?
Hi, Recently I've had one of my SE's display an error code identifying an illegal action. It also displays the number 1000, but I'm not sure how to find out wha…
:O Zip disk just killed one of it's low-level catalog files and Disk First Aid (System 6 version AND Mac OS 9) are being unhelpful. Time to find a different dis…
Thanks mom and dad! I think they thought it was time that I got a portable computer that wasn't outpaced by a graphing calculator, then there is the fact that i…
Hi. A cousin o'mine has been using a LC 475 for quite some time, before storing it in its original carton box for the past five years. The computer had stored i…
I've been needing these for a while! They're iFrogz brand EarPollution headphones, and sound quite good! I'll need to turn down the bass, it's quite reverberati…
Hey guys, Somebody here on Craigslist listed a PowerBook G3. They said it was from the year 2000 and that it no longer worked since the battery was dead. For $1…
Well the 2 hate eachother. System 7.6 hangs at happy mac. With any sonnet driver. So I am trying to install OS 8. It hangs at "checking macintosh hd." Any help?…
Hey gang - I just got a Daystar PPC upgrade for my Q950, and decided to install 8.1 onto a spare partition (yay PPC optimization!). However, after installing 8.…
My Apple AAUI Adapter has bent pins on the AAUI side of it. Is it possible to fix this? I tried with a paper clip but I could not fix it. Is it possible to fix,…
Wow...what an awesome looking card. One issue however...when booting it gets stuck at the happy mac. This is a new recent card.
I have this AppleVision 750 Display that is acts a little strange. It won't always turn on, sometimes it will turn on for just a second and turn back off, other…
Is anyone aware of a method to permanently fix the 500 series hinge defect that does not involve drilling bolts through the case? Searching through the posts it…
I have a Performa 5260 logic board that I have been running in my LC630 shell for the past 4 years. As I think I posted before, a few weeks ago I picked up some…
For absolutely no cash whatsoever, someone I helped with their iMac mailed me a shrinkwrapped boxed copy of Apple PC-Exchange As if that wasn't enough, the post…
Hey, ~tl, thought this might help you: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/ExtensionHPBB/Users_Integration
If I'm not logged in and go to a page that uses references (the Cite extension) all the superscripts display as "1" and nothing shows up in the References secti…
Hey, Okay, for those of you who have read my post about a second Macintosh SE with a defective hard drive... I had forgotten to mention this...that while I was …
The editor, NOT the player! I've been wanting to try this ever since I first discovered it on the Macintosh Garden. Sure I tried the other versions, but they fe…
Can anyone comment on the possibility of success were I to use these two versions of Word to edit the same files, back and forth between the two versions, over …
Something happened on my SE/30 and I've lost most, but not all, the icons of my apps and documents. Don't know when it happened either, as I only noticed it tod…
A little addition to the family - a trade for some in-home mac support fixing an iMac with some 10.3/Safari/Mail problems. Once that was up, I was given... A 75…
http://raleigh.craigslist.org/sys/943296270.html $35, needs the power jack repaired. Not mine, but thought someone might be interested in it.
A few questions about the zip drive on an old compact mac: Is it possible to hook up a 250mb scsi zip drive on to a mac Se/30? Does any SCSI 100mb zip drive wor…
Being bored and crazy (and maybe slightly drunk...), I lurked on eBay for a while before purchasing a set of dead 1.67GHz 15" AlBooks, knowing that both are dea…
Clamshell battery: With my iBook Clamshell SE's battery being well and truly dead, and since it came second hand with the machine when I bought it (meaning no g…
This appears on the screen when I turn on the Classic. This has been happening these last days, but always get solved by leaving the mac unplugged from the main…
Hi I have a problem with my PowerBook It boots to BSD (Command Line Interface) instead of OS X (GUI Aqua) This Video shows more http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=_m…
Hi, I have my second SE open to remove and clean the fan. Aargh! I was able to loosen and remove all screws holding it onto the board (the analog board, I presu…
Hello, when I turn on my powerbook 160, I get 2 sets of 3 chimes. Nothing shows up on the screen. Also, sometimes it will try to boot(if i mess with the reset b…
I'm in the midst of organising my old Macs, and the Quadra 605 that was working fine previously all of a sudden won't start up. It chimes, the hard drive starts…
snapshot of craigslist ad for my new car Was in an accident a bit back, but the owner I got it from bought it and fixed it (that's what he does for a living). I…
Hi, My girlfriend asked if I could build up a notebook for one of her best friends, so I was lucky enough to score: Lombard # 1: The old "$20 special", 333Mhz 1…
Hi Folks, I have a Mac 512k with a spoiled desktop on the screen. The Trash Corner is lower than the left lower corner and the corners are unsharp while the cen…
I'm not sure where exactly to put this, but since we're dealing with a PCI PowerMac, I'll put it here. I am trying to install OS X on one of my Macs with XPostF…
Hi, I just got a second Macintosh SE from eBay, which just arrived. The Mac was evidently neglected and/or mistreated, as the case is yellowed, with marks on it…
I have a powerlogix powerforce g3 and my computer wont boot with it installed. It still boots with the orignal processor. The powerlogix was previously installe…
I recently conquered a beige G3 desktop from university. It's stock + RAM. Unfortunately, I can't get it to boot. Booting from the HD which has OS9 or an OS9 CD…
I have got this file in my Window$ XP machine: CubaseScore68k2.0r10.sea (1479kb), which was obtained upon expanding the original one, CubaseScore68k20r10.sea.hq…
I really think we should have some sort of feedback system for the trading post. I have had a good experience with someone who sold me a Mac TV case, and no way…
I just bought it and Installed it. The software for the card in 7.6.1. It keeps giving me the X through the Sonnet Presto startup.... Can Anyone help? Thanks Ji…
I have purchased from Narion and successfully rebuilt a Mac TV using spare LC 520 parts. The machine successfully starts up and looks totally awesome (pictures …