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I have a SE with a bad hard disk, 800k floppy, and no keyboard or mouse I also have a performa 200 with a good hard disk but the SE will not boot from it can I …
· 3 posts · started 16 May 2010 - 08:20 · last 16 May 2010 - 21:26
Hi all - I've just picked up a Mac IIfx - which I am very pleased with. I will have a number of "newbie" type questions over the next few weeks - just as a word…
· 2 posts · started 13 May 2010 - 12:59 · last 13 May 2010 - 17:42
Earlier this week, a very generous college professor of mine came to my apartment and dropped off a Mac 512k and a Mac Plus with his letter of recommendation fo…
· 1 posts · started 7 May 2010 - 21:01 · last 7 May 2010 - 21:01
Happy birthday to me! A friend just handed me a Toshiba Portégé 3110CT subnotebook, bag, external floppy and port replicator. No power supply and no internal op…
· 19 posts · started 22 Jun 2008 - 13:47 · last 7 May 2010 - 00:11
I acquired a Stylewriter II recently, it's in quite good shape, has the original cables, packing materials, and box. Does such an item have any value? I looked …
· 8 posts · started 11 Apr 2010 - 07:54 · last 27 Apr 2010 - 05:42
Onoes! The DIY SCSI PCMCIA drive and SCSI RAM disk projects that have been referenced here often are offline. Wayback machine has zilch. I'm now trying to retri…
· 4 posts · started 12 Apr 2010 - 14:03 · last 17 Apr 2010 - 12:30
This is actually three seperate conquests, in a way. One was entirely accidental. Seems these classic Macs just fall onto my head now I'm not looking First: 14 …
· 23 posts · started 26 Mar 2010 - 22:11 · last 17 Apr 2010 - 11:59
I'm using my SE/30 as a distraction free writing machine, but one of the biggest issues I have is the keyboard home keys on the D and K keys. Its an "Apple Keyb…
· 8 posts · started 12 Apr 2010 - 02:55 · last 14 Apr 2010 - 06:21
Agreed today to buy this lot from a friend for $60 (text of the advert follows): 2 beige G3 Macs, 1 desktop, 1 tower 2 desktop Apple 6100/DOS Centris 660AV IICI…
· 50 posts · started 1 Mar 2010 - 15:49 · last 10 Apr 2010 - 02:32
Is there a possible way I can use the StyleWriter I got in a recent conquest? It's the first StyleWriter, not II or anything. I got a Performa 400 with the Styl…
· 5 posts · started 1 Apr 2010 - 01:01 · last 6 Apr 2010 - 04:44
Hi there. I'm testing some of my external 400k drives. Some of them have a perculiar problem which is completely the opposite of most of these drives: When you …
· 4 posts · started 31 Mar 2010 - 03:46 · last 1 Apr 2010 - 07:09
Last week I scored some beautiful Black hardware: - NeXTstation TurboColor, with SoundBox ADB, and ADB keyboard and mouse, pristine. - NeXT MegaPixel 17'' displ…
· 4 posts · started 29 Mar 2010 - 11:09 · last 29 Mar 2010 - 15:14
First off, hello. I am a new member here. Secondly, I was driving down the street today and saw what looked like the top of a mac in a pile of trash on the side…
· 8 posts · started 21 Mar 2010 - 04:46 · last 21 Mar 2010 - 19:48
http://cgi.ebay.com/RARE-1984-Original-Macintosh-128k-w-boxes_W0QQitemZ290412270219
· 14 posts · started 14 Mar 2010 - 05:02 · last 19 Mar 2010 - 22:12
Anybody tired SE ROMs in a Plus? Any reason not to try in terms of risking damage? There is some software that will only run on an SE. My SEs are packed away or…
· 10 posts · started 19 Sep 2009 - 21:54 · last 14 Mar 2010 - 21:44
Hello all, I recently purchased a dual floppy Macintosh SE off eBay for a mere $20! I'd been really wanting to mess around with some old Macs earlier. Then I fo…
· 6 posts · started 7 Mar 2010 - 20:47 · last 8 Mar 2010 - 02:09
Help, I tried to book up my SE 30 the other day. When the Key board and mouse are connected, the SE will get to the welcome mac screen and will not complete the…
· 6 posts · started 5 Mar 2010 - 22:02 · last 7 Mar 2010 - 08:35
http://cgi.ebay.com/Power-Mac-9500-132-CD-Floppy-Network-Tower_W0QQitemZ250584449182QQcmdZViewItemQQptZApple_Desktops?hash=item3a57ff409e#ht_1472wt_941 I know t…
· 10 posts · started 27 Feb 2010 - 18:05 · last 2 Mar 2010 - 23:03
On top of my other conquest, I just picked up separately a free LaserWriter 12/640PS from my dentist's office (they had bought new equipment). I had been eyeing…
· 6 posts · started 2 Mar 2010 - 00:26 · last 2 Mar 2010 - 03:53
I've got about 10 disks which go to the Jasmine MegaDrive which I can't read because the drive in question is presumed to be lost to the ages, though I still ha…
· 4 posts · started 22 Feb 2010 - 18:28 · last 1 Mar 2010 - 13:48
My Mac Classic has started to ask strangely. It boots up just fine from the internal HD or from a disk and everything looks alright but I can't click on anythin…
· 12 posts · started 20 Feb 2010 - 04:29 · last 26 Feb 2010 - 16:02
Dropped into the local Salvation Army Thrift Store today. On the back shelf was a white mouse. I had not seen this type before. Flipping it over I saw the famil…
· 3 posts · started 19 Feb 2010 - 00:44 · last 19 Feb 2010 - 20:34
8-o I just found this pic while googling "AppleDesign" and have never seen a Q700 equipped with any other feets than the rubber Ho-Chi-Minhs from the IIcx/IIci.…
· 26 posts · started 12 Jan 2010 - 14:43 · last 19 Feb 2010 - 01:14
. . . recoupment? I'm not sure what to call my latest . . . re-acquisition! When I was in Philly, my (very wonderful) ex-wife brought down a few boxes of goodie…
· 12 posts · started 18 Aug 2009 - 03:22 · last 17 Feb 2010 - 05:17
I actually got these a few weeks ago, but since I just got around to trying one of them out tonight, I figured I'd finally post about them: 1. USA GeoGraph (MEC…
· 4 posts · started 9 Feb 2010 - 03:27 · last 9 Feb 2010 - 21:32
Well, i had another lucky day at yard sales today! for all of $36 i got: - 2 monitor cables- connect my macbook to the TV-$1 -ipod video 30gb, not outputting so…
· 2 posts · started 7 Feb 2010 - 03:04 · last 7 Feb 2010 - 06:54
Who can tell me how to hook an external Zip drive to my Performer 630CD? I have access to a Zip 250 external drive but don't know how to hook it to my Mac? Are …
· 14 posts · started 1 Feb 2010 - 07:10 · last 5 Feb 2010 - 06:47
It looks as if the ink is almost gone, yet last week the ink was replaced and was used maybe twice to print a couple text documents and all is well. Just today …
· 1 posts · started 5 Feb 2010 - 05:00 · last 5 Feb 2010 - 05:00
I went to a junk store today, they collect a lot of stuff from people. I found an Apple LaserWriter Select 360 in the box! (Box in great condition) and an Image…
· 2 posts · started 30 Jan 2010 - 19:13 · last 30 Jan 2010 - 19:29
http://cgi.ebay.com/Braille-Display-Processor-MDL-BDP-20_W0QQitemZ190309883734QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item2c4f5a5f56 Interesting use of an Ap…
· 9 posts · started 26 Jan 2010 - 05:20 · last 26 Jan 2010 - 23:52
In my semi-weekly search of Craigslist, I found a week old listing for a 128. The lister says it has a 256 KB RAM upgrade (which makes it still less than a 512,…
· 2 posts · started 23 Jan 2010 - 09:34 · last 23 Jan 2010 - 15:31
I picked up a G3 Platinum Minitower overclocked to 466MHz today, with a Voodoo 5 5500 PCI card installed (the one with DVI and VGA). The Voodoo card was, of cou…
· 6 posts · started 21 Jan 2010 - 21:13 · last 22 Jan 2010 - 02:45
I have 1 SCSI hard drive. just 1. i have 2 classic macs that use SCSI hard drives. the LC III+ and the Classic II. Which one deserves it?
· 6 posts · started 15 Jan 2010 - 04:23 · last 17 Jan 2010 - 15:38
All this was given to me. Pristine condition Centris 650 with pristine Apple Display. Literally this setup looks and works brand new. Pristine-looking Personal …
· 2 posts · started 16 Jan 2010 - 19:03 · last 16 Jan 2010 - 20:31
I posted a link to an album of some of the furniture I've been working on in another thread. It was a little premature on my part, but I was trying to help a co…
· 14 posts · started 3 Jan 2010 - 19:21 · last 10 Jan 2010 - 16:56
THANK YOU LEMSWAP. Performa 6360 with AV kit sans fan Multiple IIsis, including a clean IIsi case Multiple LCs Apple processor upgrade (PCI) Multiple SCSI HDs (…
· 12 posts · started 31 Dec 2009 - 19:38 · last 7 Jan 2010 - 01:15
i was looking around in a local thrift shop today, and i found an apple m0100 mouse. it has the serial type connector, but pin #6 is broken off. for $1 i could …
· 14 posts · started 2 Jan 2010 - 21:09 · last 6 Jan 2010 - 14:25
Great week in conquests for yours truly: - two Newton: a MP 120 and a MP 2000 upgraded to 2100. Both work perfectly! The 120 lacks its stylus and is in German. …
· 7 posts · started 20 Dec 2009 - 19:06 · last 30 Dec 2009 - 19:19
What type of Hard Drive does the Color Classic use, does it use SCSI or IDE? Also will 2GB be compatible with this machine, and where can I purchase one online?…
· 8 posts · started 24 Dec 2009 - 17:48 · last 27 Dec 2009 - 22:57
Does anyone have any photos or other information about this machine? I know they never went beyond the prototype stage but it would be fun to see more pictures …
· 13 posts · started 9 Feb 2009 - 06:44 · last 22 Dec 2009 - 06:24
I was in the process of imaging my copy of ClarisImpact 1.0v1. I imaged Disk 5. Success. Disk 4. Success. Disk 3. Read error at the very end, but ShrinkWrap man…
· 1 posts · started 21 Dec 2009 - 04:37 · last 21 Dec 2009 - 04:37
I have a model M0115 keyboard (Apple Extended Keyboard) that will make a computer turn on simply by plugging it in. If I attempt to shut down the computer, it'l…
· 9 posts · started 17 Dec 2009 - 02:42 · last 20 Dec 2009 - 20:11
Anyone seen one of these yet? being able to use a ball or optical PS/2 mouse on an original macintosh 128/512/plus without using the original mouse. I am making…
· 3 posts · started 17 Dec 2009 - 03:27 · last 17 Dec 2009 - 04:56
The keyboard that came with my G5 died after an accident involving a beverage. So I need a replacement, and I hate the feel of the new flat notebook-like Apple …
· 12 posts · started 28 Nov 2009 - 03:11 · last 8 Dec 2009 - 06:56
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