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Tomorrow I'm helping out my school's environmental club bring electronics to a recycling event in Stuyvesant Town, and as part of the deal I can take whatever M…
· 4 posts · started 22 May 2011 - 06:00 · last 23 May 2011 - 01:21
I recently bought a pair of Apple IIes which both work, but one of them (The Grey Buttoned one) has keys that have broken off. All of the keys that broke off ar…
· 4 posts · started 16 May 2011 - 22:48 · last 19 May 2011 - 16:22
Four new Macs here: --Mac TV with proper keyboard, mouse, and remote control. It powers on although the hard drive isn't spinning up. Not a big deal though as I…
· 5 posts · started 13 May 2011 - 04:05 · last 14 May 2011 - 11:30
Anyone here a guru with SCSIProbe 4.3? Does anyone know how SCSIProbe determines that a SCSI bus is not terminated? If someone knows this, it could help me debu…
· 1 posts · started 11 May 2011 - 04:31 · last 11 May 2011 - 04:31
I've recently gone through and cleaned up 3 400k drives. The mechanics were all cleaned up according to http://www.vintagemacworld.com/400kflop.html, which is g…
· 2 posts · started 5 May 2011 - 00:42 · last 6 May 2011 - 05:19
I saw an SD card floppy emulator demonstrated on an Amiga, and was wondering if anyone has tried something similar on a Mac? These run off the IDE style floppy …
· 2 posts · started 3 May 2011 - 15:59 · last 3 May 2011 - 16:55
My newly acquired Apple /// seems to be having some issues registering a few keys. Namely the right shift, up arrow, return and \. Any tips before I dive right …
· 7 posts · started 28 Apr 2011 - 07:47 · last 29 Apr 2011 - 18:36
I tried almost everything (from HD SCSI setup, to drive setup, to HDT up to version 4. These HDs won't initialize. I tried also with the PB 180c connected in SC…
· 6 posts · started 25 Apr 2011 - 22:42 · last 28 Apr 2011 - 02:10
Hopefully this Monday I'll be given access to the building that computer recycler was locked out of. There should be some of the following: Apple ][s of various…
· 7 posts · started 11 Mar 2011 - 23:47 · last 17 Apr 2011 - 04:54
Got my hands on a AMP. It is a based on the Mac PM 8100/100 motherboard, with a custom enclosure. It has a nubus extension board to give 6 nubus slots. The AMP …
· 14 posts · started 3 Feb 2009 - 04:34 · last 12 Apr 2011 - 09:22
Today my LW300 died or so it seems...I took it apart to replace the fuses on the power board and noticed the fuses looked fine. The capacitors all looked great …
· 1 posts · started 5 Apr 2011 - 23:16 · last 5 Apr 2011 - 23:16
Hi all, Just wondered if any of you have had any more success running Copland D7E1 (the earlier of the two available builds of it) than I have - am just curious…
· 19 posts · started 27 Mar 2011 - 23:53 · last 3 Apr 2011 - 21:51
Found these today The Laser 128 is missing power adapter, and has some handwritten letters where the printed letters would be The IIe Boots, But is missing 5 ke…
· 3 posts · started 24 Mar 2011 - 23:59 · last 26 Mar 2011 - 02:36
TV!
Very happy with this gem. Got it on ebay for $65! A little wear and tear, mostly just drywall scrapes and adhesive residue but this looks so much nicer in perso…
· 6 posts · started 2 Mar 2011 - 02:46 · last 24 Mar 2011 - 22:52
I recently alomost bought a Powerlink presenter for its ethernet port until I found it wasn't compatible with my 2300c(I linked to the ebay auction in the tradi…
· 11 posts · started 10 Mar 2011 - 01:47 · last 21 Mar 2011 - 02:29
Hey all! Another conquest I'm pretty excited about. Post on craigslist offering a IIvx with monitor, $10. Went by on my way home from work and picked it up. Spo…
· 6 posts · started 5 Mar 2011 - 00:18 · last 14 Mar 2011 - 17:41
I have to start archiving some old data to CD/DVD. I have 2 options for my machine to do so. Most of the data is on floppy, ZIP, and Syquest EZ135 Beige G3 AIO …
· 15 posts · started 12 Mar 2011 - 04:26 · last 13 Mar 2011 - 16:38
I was able to acquire a Mac SE dual floppy (not FDHD) with a bunch of floppies, an original Apple Keyboard, Apple Keyboard II,and an original adb mouse. I still…
· 1 posts · started 13 Mar 2011 - 05:13 · last 13 Mar 2011 - 05:13
I was able to acquire a Mac SE dual floppy (not FDHD) with a bunch of floppies, an original Apple Keyboard, Apple Keyboard II,and an original adb mouse. I still…
· 1 posts · started 13 Mar 2011 - 05:13 · last 13 Mar 2011 - 05:13
There's a guy selling a IIgs with color monitor and stand, 1x 5.25" drive, 2x 3.5" drives, joystick, ImageWriter, and educational software. Says they all come i…
· 9 posts · started 9 Mar 2011 - 21:36 · last 12 Mar 2011 - 20:07
I went into Norvac in Salem, OR to find some caps for C1 on two compacts. I walked out with a $5 512ke instead. Everything seems to work fine on it. The screen …
· 3 posts · started 20 Feb 2011 - 04:23 · last 1 Mar 2011 - 20:14
I recently picked up a bunch of things for a total of $65. Here is the stuff: ($25 from CL) Macintosh Powerbook 165c: Good shape. Good Hinges. AC. ($15 from GW)…
· 3 posts · started 20 Feb 2011 - 06:08 · last 26 Feb 2011 - 16:54
Today I got the chance to check out the warehouse this guys been storing his old computers he got from schools all over the state. I did some looking around and…
· 3 posts · started 17 Feb 2011 - 19:50 · last 22 Feb 2011 - 01:32
Maybe others have noticed this, but it seems on a 512ke, 128k ROMs system that under the Apple menu - "About the Finder" it puts a period after the 512k. wherea…
· 3 posts · started 18 Feb 2011 - 10:41 · last 18 Feb 2011 - 23:12
Got myself a barely-used (about 600 pages printed, if I have read the configuration runes rightly) LexMark C500 colour laser printer yesterday evening, complete…
· 1 posts · started 18 Feb 2011 - 21:25 · last 18 Feb 2011 - 21:25
Today I got a copy of "Macintosh II Repair and Upgrade Secrets" by Larry Pina. It has the floppy disc with it too.
· 5 posts · started 16 Feb 2011 - 04:06 · last 17 Feb 2011 - 18:54
Today I acquired a Lisa 2. Well....not really one you can plugin and startup. It is more a former Lisa. A deciced Lisa....Just everything what could be removed …
· 45 posts · started 8 Jan 2011 - 22:35 · last 17 Feb 2011 - 02:29
For some reason, I'm not sure why, I have decided to shove a Dell 1545 motherboard that I revived from our shops junk pile into a dead Powerbook 160 I had kicki…
· 6 posts · started 28 Jan 2011 - 18:08 · last 15 Feb 2011 - 15:41
I found a new use for my Qudra 605. I recently bought a mid-90's Akai S2000 sampler for my studio. I needed to build an external SCSI cas to hold a CD-ROM, ZIP,…
· 4 posts · started 28 Jan 2011 - 17:02 · last 11 Feb 2011 - 11:52
Since I have come to the conclusion that the 40mb stock drive is most likely not usable, I will need to mount a 3.5 inch hard drive. Only problem is, I dont hav…
· 8 posts · started 13 Jan 2011 - 23:01 · last 31 Jan 2011 - 13:58
MDD
Picked up a free single processor 1.25 ghz MDD, 2gb RAM, 80gb HD, Radeon 9000 pro video card, dual layer burner. Came with keyboard & mouse
· 3 posts · started 28 Jan 2011 - 22:13 · last 28 Jan 2011 - 23:05
No pictures yet, but i'm attempting to rebuild my collection of IIGS's. I have 2 ROM 03 units and 1 ROM 01 unit, three floppy drives and I know for sure one key…
· 3 posts · started 19 Jan 2011 - 18:36 · last 27 Jan 2011 - 02:14
I am lucky enough to have an LC 575 that was kept, more or less, in an excellent environment, leaving it in very good condition :sleepy: . It's not even yellowe…
· 2 posts · started 25 Jan 2011 - 22:30 · last 26 Jan 2011 - 23:17
With pics! Continuing from this thread Apple IIe (Enhanced) Platinum, with 128KB RAM, dual 5.25" floppy disk drives, 80-Column card, Printer card (parallel), RA…
· 14 posts · started 18 Jan 2011 - 21:52 · last 24 Jan 2011 - 23:56
Recently I bought one of these mouses of ebay. It is brand new and the buyer accepted my lower price offer. At that time I was looking at a 512 on ebay without …
· 2 posts · started 23 Jan 2011 - 13:21 · last 23 Jan 2011 - 19:22

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Paws for Cause was selling parts computers for $4.99 each. I picked up two of them... #1: PowerMac Beige G3 MT 266mhz 2 DIMMs, unknown capacity 4.3GB (?) IDE ha…
· 15 posts · started 12 Feb 2010 - 13:14 · last 28 Mar 2011 - 15:50
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