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Garage sale last weekend, for a quarter, with the add-on keyboard! Put in some batteries and it fired right up! Too bad the Palm network is no more. Now it's ti…
· 12 posts · started 11 Sep 2011 - 22:00 · last 15 Nov 2011 - 20:27
Found pretty cheaply the above usb wireless stick this morning (1,5 euros) managed to get it working with the Ralink driver (Dlink won't work at all) The Powerm…
· 2 posts · started 13 Nov 2011 - 12:25 · last 13 Nov 2011 - 12:38
I thought I'd pull my SE out of the closet and play. It's a basic SE (not an SE/30) with 4MB of RAM. I replaced one of the 800k floppy drives with a 150MB hard …
· 5 posts · started 1 Nov 2011 - 02:17 · last 13 Nov 2011 - 06:15
It was just sitting with some old boxes, literally in the street. IDK how long its been out there but its soaked so I'm gonna let it dry a little before powerin…
· 8 posts · started 8 Nov 2011 - 16:19 · last 10 Nov 2011 - 15:50
Hi Folks! Just picked up a nice Mac IIFx with an AST Mac286 board set installed. However, I'm having trouble getting the card to run. Tried V2 & V3 of t…
· 12 posts · started 6 Nov 2011 - 15:57 · last 8 Nov 2011 - 22:05
Using Siri on an iPhone 4S to communicate with a Mac 512K.
· 14 posts · started 6 Nov 2011 - 21:20 · last 8 Nov 2011 - 19:01
I am wondering if its possible to install a slot loading dvd drive in an indigo clamshell? This is the drive I have: http://www.welovemacs.com/app6154.html I ha…
· 5 posts · started 19 Oct 2011 - 00:44 · last 8 Nov 2011 - 16:11
I just picked up an SE from Ebay with a 20Mb hard drive and 4Mb RAM. It's currently running System 7, but feels a little sluggish compared to my Macintosh Plus.…
· 5 posts · started 1 Nov 2011 - 04:14 · last 1 Nov 2011 - 17:12
I download the System 6.0.8.sea.bin files from the Apple website, then used Stuffit in OS X Lion to unpack them to "System Startup" and "System Addition" files.…
· 8 posts · started 29 Oct 2011 - 20:39 · last 30 Oct 2011 - 23:08
Hey all! I've got a Performa 640CD sitting here, and was wondering what i could to with it to give it some good use. It currently has 8.1 on it, but I'd like to…
· 22 posts · started 24 Oct 2011 - 22:49 · last 27 Oct 2011 - 10:31
Hi all! I am looking for copies of MPW 2.0 and 3.0, either real (original) disks or images. (Yes, I know there is a more recent version available for download.)…
· 9 posts · started 15 Aug 2011 - 08:46 · last 24 Oct 2011 - 05:33
Hi, I just researched about the QuickTime VR, but all the links are targeted to apple.com and they are dead. Has anyone got some experience with the QTVR Author…
· 12 posts · started 1 Oct 2011 - 13:17 · last 22 Oct 2011 - 09:15
I am wondering if anyone has one of these interesting prototypes. I've wanted one for a while mostly to see if I could get one working. Has anyone been able to …
· 17 posts · started 26 Aug 2010 - 02:39 · last 18 Oct 2011 - 04:47
I would like to have Panther and OS9 on my iMac G3 233. It seems Panther is not willing to install on my 10GB pATA, even if it was initialized with DU from the …
· 9 posts · started 15 Oct 2011 - 16:58 · last 17 Oct 2011 - 18:45
2x NEW Central Point Software Apple II Universal Disk Controller cards. Supports Chinon 3 1/2 Inch, Laser FD100, Apple Unidisk, Apple Unidisk 3.5, and Macintosh…
· 6 posts · started 8 Oct 2011 - 00:49 · last 12 Oct 2011 - 12:02
And this post is being posted in Classilla 9.2.3! (More on that later; I decided to take it for a spin on the TAM and it works well.) See picture: http://www.fl…
· 9 posts · started 11 Oct 2011 - 04:46 · last 12 Oct 2011 - 10:35
I've got a SCSI drive that works fine as an internal drive, but is unhappy externally. I put it in an old SCSI enclosure that used to contain a DAT drive. The e…
· 4 posts · started 27 Sep 2011 - 16:50 · last 27 Sep 2011 - 18:27
Copyright Warning: U.S. residents only, I don't know of applicable Copyright laws outside the U.S. This game is considered "abandonware" and is exempt from DMCA…
· 2 posts · started 11 Sep 2011 - 00:25 · last 26 Sep 2011 - 22:14
Took a trip to a customer today who's getting rid of some old Mac stuff. I love people who keep the boxes Rev A Bondi Blue iMac, it's hardly been used and even …
· 4 posts · started 26 Sep 2011 - 12:21 · last 26 Sep 2011 - 18:03
Here's a little Windows program I wrote to take separate resource fork and data fork files, and join them into a MacBinary II file. It can process a single file…
· 3 posts · started 25 Sep 2011 - 17:36 · last 26 Sep 2011 - 02:14
Hi, As a vintage mac enthusiast I watched few videos on youtube of what the old macs could do. Open a QuickDraw file in Notepad. My question is, what software c…
· 1 posts · started 21 Sep 2011 - 21:32 · last 21 Sep 2011 - 21:32
Stopped at some thrift stores today, and came across a box showing a little device similar to a calculator. Reading the words on the box in bold, white letters,…
· 8 posts · started 16 Sep 2011 - 04:48 · last 20 Sep 2011 - 23:51
Hey gang, here's a great little find for my collection: a 1993 Apple PowerCD. A three-in-one device combining a regular audio-CD player, external CD-ROM drive f…
· 6 posts · started 17 Sep 2011 - 19:28 · last 18 Sep 2011 - 19:12
Hey everyone, I have a Macintosh SE that was upgraded to 4mb of ram.. when it first arrived it would bomb (want to restart) on control panel and any other desk …
· 12 posts · started 14 Sep 2011 - 21:07 · last 16 Sep 2011 - 08:35
G'day all I have just received a CF adapter in the mail and have a Kingston 8GB CF card. I'm in a bit of a quandry as to which of my mac laptops to fit it into.…
· 14 posts · started 6 Sep 2011 - 05:12 · last 16 Sep 2011 - 08:28
Someone posted this link over on comp.sys.apple2.marketplace: http://www.iec-usa.com/cgi-bin/iec/05MPartDB19.html They appear to have current stock of 19 pin co…
· 1 posts · started 13 Sep 2011 - 16:04 · last 13 Sep 2011 - 16:04
I have iMac G5 running OS 10.4.11 and Classic. Until recently if I wanted to print from my MS Word 5 document in OS 9, I'd go to Chooser and select printer (HP …
· 5 posts · started 4 Sep 2011 - 22:53 · last 11 Sep 2011 - 16:37
I'm working on figuring out how resource forks are parsed, somewhat for curiosity and also maybe for some use to somebody. I've made some progress, could anybod…
· 4 posts · started 10 Sep 2011 - 23:26 · last 11 Sep 2011 - 15:11
I have a friend that sent me an email with an interesting question: For a long time, I've wished there were a website or database that provided a timeline of va…
· 2 posts · started 8 Sep 2011 - 17:22 · last 8 Sep 2011 - 20:07
I picked up a couple of packs of 25 of rainbow floppies for $5. They're pretty cool. Red, orange, yellow, green, and blue, with a black media cover. I like them…
· 6 posts · started 31 Aug 2011 - 04:40 · last 6 Sep 2011 - 18:59
As an avid Radius collector, I couldn't pass up this (Darker Than PowerBook [] ]'&gt Gray LCD on eBay. { "lightbox_close": "Close", "lightbox_next": "Next",…
· 1 posts · started 6 Sep 2011 - 02:56 · last 6 Sep 2011 - 02:56
Hi, has anyone got a schematic for the Apple Vision 1710AV? I would be so thankful. Im going to build a stereo system out of it. And btw. if you notice there is…
· 1 posts · started 5 Sep 2011 - 18:11 · last 5 Sep 2011 - 18:11
Picked up a really nice keyboard from the dump shop recently. It's a black, IBM branded ex-bank teller USB keyboard made by Cherry, with a mag stripe card reade…
· 11 posts · started 19 Aug 2011 - 00:57 · last 3 Sep 2011 - 07:12
It's been so long... and I've forgotten how you make a startup floppy disk. Assuming I have one Mac that's already running the System version that I want, and I…
· 4 posts · started 1 Sep 2011 - 15:19 · last 2 Sep 2011 - 05:46
I found a nice website selling new copies of vintage Mac software for affordable prices. Seeing as how I have a 128k and was seeking the perfect OS for it, (and…
· 2 posts · started 21 Aug 2011 - 15:44 · last 21 Aug 2011 - 17:48
Anyone have a HabaDisk //? I seem to find some info online about different HabaDisks but nothing really on this one. It's a single sided 3.5" drive with a manua…
· 2 posts · started 30 Jun 2011 - 08:57 · last 20 Aug 2011 - 03:49
Apologizes if this is the wrong forum, wasn't sure if this was lounge.. though it came with a Powerbook 5300 I got so I'm guessing it's from the mid 90s. { "lig…
· 11 posts · started 7 Aug 2011 - 03:40 · last 16 Aug 2011 - 22:42
Bought this for $40 on an Australian "overclocking-related" forum. Seller forgot to mention that it didn't include a power adaptor, and described it's condition…
· 3 posts · started 16 Aug 2011 - 03:59 · last 16 Aug 2011 - 10:06
I just got my DuoDock up and running as a file server for my Plus, and everything I need is on a RAM disk. Is there any way to spin down the DuoDock's HDD? The …
· 6 posts · started 9 Aug 2011 - 16:27 · last 12 Aug 2011 - 22:54
Ive gotten my IIGS to successfully connect to my AppleShare Server and boot to the point of where it says cannot load GS.OS. So I Boot the AppleShare 3.5 disk, …
· 2 posts · started 7 Aug 2011 - 18:11 · last 7 Aug 2011 - 23:38
I didn't want to put this in Software, because it wasn't really 68k. I decided to try Copland on my 6100(6116, Whatever, it even says Power Macintosh on the Log…
· 39 posts · started 13 Jun 2007 - 05:36 · last 7 Aug 2011 - 21:57
According to Apple documentation, the first 1G of address space in the Mac II family is allocated to RAM. The most any of the machines can physically accept is …
· 4 posts · started 4 Aug 2011 - 21:48 · last 7 Aug 2011 - 02:04
Hi, I just picked up an iBook Key Lime - the model with firewire - it's the 366Mhz model with standard 24X CD-ROM drive. I'd like to soup it up and put a DVD dr…
· 4 posts · started 14 May 2010 - 10:45 · last 5 Aug 2011 - 10:42
I was just wondering, what are the pros of buying a MessagePad 2000 series over the 100/200 series models? I don't mean in terms of performance - what features …
· 5 posts · started 23 Jul 2011 - 22:49 · last 4 Aug 2011 - 18:30
Just picked up a Powerbook 1400c in the original box! The box contents are incomplete but it is mostly there. Included was: Powerbook 1400c/133 16MB/1.2/8x box …
· 4 posts · started 1 Aug 2011 - 21:42 · last 1 Aug 2011 - 23:38
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