Hello collectors: I have recently acquired an SE with a Radius Accelerator 16 installed. However, it is the two-floppy model with no data, and I understand that…
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My newest conquested LC 475 displays some strange problems. It refuses to power up, but with different working power supplies (one from my LC III, which works f…
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Ought I to keep the StarMax 3000/200 clone I recently acquired, or offer it up to the recycling gods? Alternatively, is there anyone here who wants it for a clo…
As I posted in the Lounge, one thing I picked up today was a 20x Hitachi notebook ATAPI CD-ROM drive for my PowerBook 1400, to replace the OEM 8x Teac, which di…
http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-15070641/daystar-68060-accelerators-near.html Galen Gruman DayStar Digital has announced that it will introduce a ser…
I bought a set of System 7 Pro disks from a friend to use with my recently acquired Classic II. However, I've come across an issue with two controls in the cont…
I was able to recently obtain a 15" NEC 1530 15" LCD display. It is white and matches my IIci nicely. I have a Radius Precision Color Xp nubus card. The resolut…
What are your opinions on the screen of the PowerBook 165c? Is it the worst of the worst of passive matrix or is it one of the better ones? Better or worse than…
A Wallstreet battery that was bought new from China about 2 years ago, that worked only for a few months, and that had been boxed awaiting recycling, last night…
Years ago a friend was using MCL on her computer, and I thought it was extremely cool. I looked into buying it then (1999 or so) and it was really quite expensi…
Had an amazing haul at Goodwill yesterday, best in ages! { "lightbox_close": "Close", "lightbox_next": "Next", "lightbox_previous": "Previous", "lightbox_error"…
Hello, I am trying to rescue old Macintosh executable programs from 400K and 800K floppies. I'm able to read the floppies, but haven't found a way to bring them…
I've had two Dell Optiplex GX1 desktop machines for a while that I have been wanting to upgrade and finally found two of these with 1.4ghz P-III's installed. No…
Nothing too big but managed to pick up a power board for my 128k for $25 shipped. I made that bid a week ago and didn't think it would win, but I guess demand f…
Original Post: . . . ARGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 8-o Bunsen, you sneaky lil' . . . erm? . . . INSTIGATOR! I just spent more than a bit of my tim…
Hi, With the advent of Snow Leopard, G4 towers sure are getting cheap these days ... picked up this beauty for AUD $99! It came in pristine condition (bar many …
Picked up a 9600 G4/800 today, 512 MB Ram, a 4 GB SCSI drive and a 10 GB IDE drive driven off an IDE/USB/Firewire card. Radeon 7000 Video card and the usual flo…
I found such a card in an old machine, but there was no hard drive for me to get the drivers from. It says: copyright 1996 CSI P/N 00-9611-PCIS REV. 4.702 FCCID…
I got a used G3/375 Sonnet upgrade a few days ago and put it in my 7600/132 today and system profiler is reporting a G3 at 417mhz! I didn't know these could be …
So the instruction manual from Sonnet says their upgrades only work up to 9.1 but I know there are people here who refuse to accept such things so I have to ask…
Lessay you are daisychaining floppy drives to the floppy port on your IIci. What is the maximum amount of drives you could possible daisychain?
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…
Hi, an "out loud" thought: What are the chances of getting Windows XP (specifically, a stripped-down version like TinyXP) to install and run using an early x86 …
I've had one of these (ACUSON AEGIS QV100) floating around my collection for years. Technically, I guess it's not a "clone" since it has an actual Mac motherboa…
Dual 1.42 versus 1.42 Single (1.25 overclocked to 1.42) in the same machine (G4 MDD). I have done several speed test -primary video compression- swapping two pr…
I posted a wanted ad for vintage macs on freecycle just recently since my curiosity about the old things has gotten the better of me. Hello. If you have any old…
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…
I've noticed recently that whenever my Classic II accesses its HD the screen wobbles. As soon as the HD access stops the screen stabilizes. I have never seen an…
Screen cost me £7.27 from eBay How nice to have an old friend back ... Ok Front bezel claims to be a 1400C/133 when it's in fact a 1400/166 was a cs but the Act…
I have been away from the pre-mac Apple world for a long time. My parents bought for me a Franklin Ace (clone) when I was a kid, but they never got me software …
So I just dug my Workgroup Server 7350 out of storage, and wanted to turn it into an actual production server again. Turns out the hard drive toasted itself. So…
I had two conquests late this afternoon, both of which I feel are worth sharing! First, for something I can use with my old 68Ks. I got two brand new shrinkwrap…
Sonnet Crescendo 1ghz G4 for beige PCI Powermacs. I've been seeing a few of these being sold by Mac dealers on ebay for $225-$250 so grabbed this one because it…
Got a PB 100 today, now I have a use for the 20 pin external floppy I got with another powerbook!
Can the Programmers Key (switch) from a Macintosh II be used on a SE/30? I have a spare one from a dead Mac II, and I thought having a reset button on the side …
Greetings fellow macgeeks, I am trying to run an applescript from a php script but am having difficulties. I'm using the following syntax in my php script: //$a…
Hi all, I recently found an Ethernet network card for my SE/30, which is pretty cool. Now, the card only has a BNC connector, which is much less cool. To tell t…
I am looking for this game from Electronic Arts! Has it vanished in thin air? I own the original but my disk is dead. I hope someone has this stashed away somew…
So after lots of searching around here I can't quite find the info I need... I have recently acquired 2 Macs, one SE and one Color Classic. Both are stripped of…
I seem to remember the old Apple monitors having visibly separated scan lines. Can anyone confirm? The thrust of my question is to determine if A2like or Apple2…
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Fastest 603e powerbook ever made. Given to me by a relative. It has a bad trackpad connection on the logic board that I was able to fix. Specs: 240mhz 603e 40mb…
Since I have been doing this for almost 10 years, I want to continue the experiments further and post my results. Hopefully others will share their experiences …
I have an extra Duo Dock Plus for anyone in need. It is in excellent condition with hardly any discoloration, but it's in a base configuration (no HD or cards -…
Has anyone done this with a G4 Mac Mini? If so what would be the best software to use and what remote do you recomment?
Have for sale an Apple Laserwriter 12/640PS. It comes with an AAUI to RJ45 ethernet adapter, power cord, duplexer attachment, and extra 500 sheet paper tray. Un…