I recently received a Macintosh 512k from ebay. This thing is mint, I was shocked at the condition of the case, screen, external 400k drive, keyboard and mouse.…
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Okay, wow. So, the other day, in my usual digging around on my local Craigslist pages, I found a guy up near Los Alamos, NM (about 2 hours north of Albuquerque,…
Yesterday on CL, I found two SPARCs available for $10 with keyboard and 13W3 equipped monitor. Today I got an email saying that I could pick them at 4PM . I'll …
Just got one of these sticks, and the only links to drivers I can find are for the newer USB models, not the old ADB models. Also, where might I find a copy of …
Picked up the pair with keyboards and one mouse for $5.00! One is running O.S. 9 and the other 9.2. The lady said they were old and slow? One has 96mb of ram an…
Is there a proven way to adapt an early PowerBook keyboard, stripped to its spartan self, for use on any beige desktop bus i.e. ADB? Specific instructions/ sche…
A 266 and a 300 if I'm interpreting the labels on the CPU boards correctly. I haven't powered them up yet because all my spare power cords are in use at the mom…
After starting up my G4 (AGP 400MHz) it doesn't recognise the keyboard which is a Macally ikeyslim. The keyboard has two USB sockets , one has the mouse in it t…
Hi all! I´ve just bought an apple ProFile external hard drive (5mb), just for curiosity. When you plug it, it turns on and averything seems to be working fine. …
A local school was going to send all the old computers, to the recyclers. The Mac tech sent out a email looking for Mac users. I was the only one to reply. His …
http://www.gse-reactive.com/ Lots of interesting things still being sold for the Apple II line here.
I went to my local little used computer store today, to see about getting some RAM for my 6500. I saw a big box in a pile of stuff that somebody had donated wit…
Hey, I used to post on 68kMLA a long time ago when you were on that weird forum system hosted on that other weird site. Anyway I'm back today because I just got…
Hail friends! I have finally been able to acquire the computer that I have been after for a good 12 years since I saw my first Apple ][e at a friends house. Her…
Before the site crashed I had this bookmarked because it was an ongoing project for me. I've got the cables I think I need but I can't remember the program I ne…
After finally retrieving it from google's cache, i decided to host TheMouse2b for anyone looking for it. I know some of you may have come onto my site before, b…
The local Savers (Value Village) coughed up a nice looking Powerbook 180 for $14.99 (about US$11) - untested and w/o PS. I'm sure I can dig up a PS from around …
Anyone have the driver for this card? ATTO has been no help. I had one before and couldn't get it to work. I can't remember if I didn't have the driver then or …
Mac SE on the way. THe same person who gave me the copy of QuarkXpress 4.0 had this, also. She said she's going to look and see if there's any other Mac stuff t…
Just picked up a PB 150 from a nice lady not far from me. It didn't work at first, but after a bit of tinkering I think Igot it mostly up and running. I get a y…
Here are some Apple HD20 Photos I recently uploaded. They show the outside and inside of the drive, including some closeups of the Rodime mechanism and Apple co…
I've picked up a mint SE/30 but it's poorly The ADB ports dont work at all, I've tried just the mouse plugged in, and just the keyboard and any combination of m…
my retro challance if i do it is digging up my compaq 486 and fitting it out with a second hd ( 210 mb ) and either a cd rom or an internal zip disk the geek fa…
I got a HP ScanJet 5P from the thrift store today. It has SCSI interface, and runs on OS 7 and up. I really need drivers though and the internet isn't being to …
It finally happened! I found a Mac sitting out in someone's (my neighbor's) trash! It's a Bondi iMac, not sure of the specs. No keyboard or mouse but it looks n…
Does anyone have a 1xx SCSI adapter that can check something for me? I just bought one off ebay and it arrived today, but it only has 29 pins in the square end …
Woo Hoo!! Scored a COMPLETE IIGS system today, IIGS, monitor, Imagewriter II, external hard drive, external floppy drive, and dozens of shareware discs. I could…
So my city is having their annual cleanup where everyone puts all the junk they've managed to accumulate out for free pickup, so I decide to go cruising for abo…
Ok, how about some stories about your routine or one-time Mac scavenging experiences - even if they didn't land you any "conquests". The reason I bring this up …
Picked up my SE today. It's a 1meg, two 800k floppy model. It also came with an external hard drive and a cool padded carrying bag. AND....APPLE STICKERS!! I al…
Picked up a working 7300/200 and a bag of cables. The 7300 came with nothing else. No keyboard etc. The bag had the usual scsi, power cords etcThe odd item was …
I picked up an IDE/ATAPI Zip Drive and Blue bezel for the B&W "smurftower" that I am typing this on. One, i now have a working zip drive again, and 2, i…
Two itty bitty Sun boxes for $5 a piece. I was excited for a while there as I thought at least one of them would be a SPARCstation, but it looks like they're bo…
I got this for .60 at the thrift store. It was sealed and the ribbon is still wet. The receipt was tucked in the box. It was originally $4.79 on 11/20/1993
guess whats inside...hehe. take another look here got it from ebay very cheap. seller said it´s dead... took me 5 minutes to make it running again. (hehe... CUD…
Yesterday I picked up a lot of stuff. For free I got: Quadra 630 (with box) Quadra 650 PowerMac 7100/66 IIci with 12" RGB Monitor 20" Radius Monitor 21" SuperMa…
I picked up a fully functional Laserwriter 320 today with cables and a good toner cartridge for $10 from a local Craigslist post. Also included where a selectio…
ok, I went to a indoor sale today, and besides a HP Laserjet 5p with mac serial connection (sorry, i'm saving up for a colour stylewriter), I came along a cable…
Goodness - what a day, and what a surrounded-by-stuff moment I'm having. A few boxes from friends came within hours of one another, and I'm surrounded with more…
Picked up an Apple llgs today at a yard sale. The fellow said everything still works fine. It has all the original manuals, a box of software floppys, an extern…
I just picked up a Powerbook 150 and have some problems. It wouldn't start at first but I seem to have gotten past that. First, I get a yellow rectangle in the …
picked it up today. got it from a guy on ebay who said that he gives you 5 bucks when you come and pick it up... it came with a nice apple 16" monitor and a per…
Brunswick Savers FTW!! The Apple logo is a little worn, but it means I can sell my good one on eBay, probably with a 128k/mouse/keyboard full set. Both are in t…
I picked up all of these today. The Color Classic had a dead mobo. I put the mobo from the Performa 550 in it. It came in a carrying case. The ][e came with the…
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Hello everyone. I really love this site and often lurk on here kinda living vicariously through all of you my love for retromac computing. I still have my Lomba…
Just scored 7 slot-loading SCSI DVD drives in a vertical SCSI storage tower, with a nice smoked perspex locking front door. I haven't pulled them yet to check o…
Hi! I'm trying to get an iMac G3 Rev.D 333 Mhz Tray Loading working. Somebody has installed a later OS 9 for iMac DV slot loading and messed up the OS. Well, my…