Saturday there was a recycling program at a church and I volunteered to help with the electronics. Most of the people there were really nice but this one guy ha…
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This obviously isn't a 'new' topic. My previous soldering iron (and I...) ruined the pads (on C12) here. I'm looking for any advice specifically on that. Then I…
Hi, I just acquired a 40SC in its original state from end of 80s. I thought this might be useful as a reference. Luckily the Service Source for this hard drive …
i want to recell or at least put a battery inside the original battery case but can't figure out a way to remove the top without causing a lot of damage. Has an…
Why on earth is the max ram in this Mac an odd amount? I haven't tried to put a 32mb simm in the slot labeled 16mb max... But I was curious if anyone ever tried…
One key didn't work on my M0110 which came with my newly acquired Lisa/Macintosh. I seemed that the spring of that key was broken. The keyboard itself was very …
Had my centris 610 re-capped a year ago since it became all voodoo... Since then it has worked flawlessly, until Friday night when my daughter turned it on and …
A nice find again. An Apple ][ ITT 2020 OEM. A birthday present from my wife! The case seems to be OEM. To replace the original ITT grey one ( if have this one …
Today I used my newly acquired Lisa XL with Macintosh motherboard to test my other incomplete Lisa XL I switched motherboard and PSU and tested. And yes.... it…
Hi! My friend has a iMac G3 with the id Powermac4,1 with a Airport Card. When he is trying to connect to his wireless network he gets the error message: There w…
No longer have to bum the chip off snuci. { "lightbox_close": "Close", "lightbox_next": "Next", "lightbox_previous": "Previous", "lightbox_error": "The requeste…
So. In my new quests with vintage apple collecting, I seem to have acquired the most homely PB duo one has ever seen. The battery blew up long ago. The front fi…
On eBay right now there are many RAM cards for Duos. Most of them are in the <$20 range for 8M cards. The 40M cards are in the $150 range and the one 48M…
Is it a conquest if you uncover something in your own storage space? I have a workshop in my garage that's been home to my Apple/Mac accumulation for over 10 ye…
Pending my giving away of a 165c, I have three PowerBook's left, and I have to get rid of at least one system for space reasons. PowerBook 3400c/200 with CD-ROM…
Hi all. As some of you know I recently acquired a working PowerBook 145. It has a black and white screen and runs System 7.1. It came with Microsoft Word and Si…
I am posting this from my recently conquered and initially troublesome, but now operational 9600/200MP which I received as some of you might recall from a membe…
Hello guys, this is my first post in this community, who already helped me a lot with some nice thread I followed in the past. I'm italian so forgive me for my …
Anyone who can support with some advice/direction, I will very much appreciate it! Here are the facts: - Both SE30s have professionally recapped logic and anal…
Sorry for the topic, could not resist. I just acquired a US Macintosh Plus in nice (outside) condition. It is a 1987 model. It even came with a voltage transfor…
Ok, so I have managed to find my way back into the apple collecting hobby accidentally. I have since aquired an Apple IIgs that when I turn it on, I get Fatal S…
Hello all, This is an update on recent events. A few days ago the MLA's database was corrupted due to a non-graceful shutdown at the hosting provider. I restore…
Hi, This afternoon, I have decided to restart my Apple ///, after some effort it works but the speaker make continuously a buzzing noise. Have you any idea of w…
In a bit of experimentation I have been trying various SSD schemes in my PB 3400c. Compact Flash cards in the HD spot with a generic Asian CF-to-IDE adapter wor…
So, under that cover panel on the Classic just above the power switch, there are what appear to be two unlabelled adjustable potentiometers or such on the analo…
Hi, As you are the best site on prototype Macintosh, I'm submitting you this one, which is probably the unique EVT1 survivor of the Mac SE project. When I first…
I got given three Powerbook Duos today! On the downside, I tested the 2300 and the power adaptor popped and smoke came out.. The same happened with a different …
So, I acquired a Macintosh IIci recently (see https://68kmla.org/forums/index.php?/topic/25123-macintosh-iici-wont-start-up/). It occasionally booted pre-recap,…
Well I made it out to check on my macs today. One battery explosion and of course it was the IIfx. Any chance of repairability?
I just ordered one of these http://site2.buffalotech.com/downloads/WLIPCML11GP_datasheet.pdf. Both on this page and on another list (from the manufacturer), the…
RacerX ?… Is Fiend.app compatible with Rhapsody 5.6 and 5.5 ? I tried both versions 2.0b2 and 2.0b3, but none would launch… Does it need some specific framework…
I have a Personal LaserWriter NT with an old Toner Cartridge. It seems to print however it made the paper all dirty and the print was faint. So I figured the to…
My LCIII is running once again! Had lots of issues with this one, bad caps (obviously), a short on the +5 volt rail, and all that electrolytic stuff to clean up…
I need a little help [:I] ]'> I do not want to hurt the plastic, I just want to open generic enclosure. I pressed the button as seen on picture but it wo…
I've seen many LC Cards with FPUs like Ethernet w/FPU and so - again, for the LC Series Macs. But is there one for the Classic II? I remember a big expansion sl…
So I grabbed a Powerbook 150, which I've been interested in due to it still being a very late BW/Trackball Powerbook with an IDE drive. I knew going in it had h…
Well, as of late I have noticed my SE Superdrive has developed a bit of a jittery display most noticable when it first powers on, and some ever so slight dimens…
So I recently bought a classic II of of ebay, and it had the condition where it showed lines with static around them. I heard that a way you could fix this prob…
Thought id share this one. as ive been working on rollermanz boards in the last week, ive had to take down several of my machines from the attic to test his boa…
I've vaguely thought about using one of my TRS-80s in a modified capacity. Assuming the interface is visibly identical, can I use larger CRTs on any of the earl…
is this possible? for example, i have a delta 410 card.. that on windows lets me use it with protools m-powered, whille on mac os x.. its dissallowed by the sof…
I recently got a Macintosh IIcx with some other stuff which is in need of repair. Today I went to power up the IIcx to see what the deal was...nothing.. not a s…
Pretty good haul. I say it's a haul because I had to haul all this around while I went to more sales! Many people just don't put out computers until you ask. As…
Started on the performa 200 The board as I got it. caps removed board cleaned Recapped the board but no chime. Compared my performa 200 to this one and noticed …
A few weeks ago CompuNurd had a SE\30 board for sale that he recapped but could not get it past a grey screen and mouse pointer after a bong. I decided to buy i…
The 68000 on one of my Mac 512k's seems to have had three pins connected to something at one point. Curious if folks can guess what device/upgrade might have or…
I cant paste video links on topics... I have never been able too - wondering if its just me, or being in Ireland or what ever - heres a short vid showing the pr…
I got a rather dusty Macintosh IIci (M5780) with no RAM or hard drive, marked by the eBay seller as "Powers On". I also purchased a Macintosh Color Display (M12…