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I was going to post this in the Trading post, but I thought I'd ask a few questions here first. I am looking to upgrade my LC with a 68881 FPU as well as the 68…
· 12 posts · started 28 May 2009 - 16:33 · last 22 Jun 2009 - 02:13
I don't post about everything I get but this find was kind of cool for me. As some of you know I collect boxed mac software, mostly from the 68k era and I like …
· 1 posts · started 21 Jun 2009 - 06:33 · last 21 Jun 2009 - 06:33
Well, we all do stupid things. And I've done a stupid thing. I decided to wash my LC III logicboard, nothing wrong with that. Once it was dry, I reassembled my …
· 4 posts · started 14 Jun 2009 - 20:32 · last 20 Jun 2009 - 04:45
I've been offered a PowerBook 100, but neither of us knows how much it was worth. I've been scavenging Low End Mac and m68kmla but haven't found any good price …
· 5 posts · started 16 Jun 2009 - 04:26 · last 16 Jun 2009 - 23:47
As the title says: these. If anyone needs ISOs of any of the discs, then please let me know and I shall provide them. The older MacTest Pro discs are indeed use…
· 8 posts · started 14 Jun 2009 - 22:15 · last 15 Jun 2009 - 22:58
It's done. [wiki]Template:Userbox[/wiki] I'm currently using it on my user page, the message which tells I may be buying Macs soon. I'm not a template scripting…
· 1 posts · started 13 Jun 2009 - 21:24 · last 13 Jun 2009 - 21:24
It's been a while since I've booted this Mac up, and she didn't want to start at first. The power supply seemed dead so I took the cover off and was just about …
· 16 posts · started 3 Jun 2009 - 12:09 · last 8 Jun 2009 - 00:29
Can't find one for the "-m SEFDHD" version of Mini vMAc! can i please have some help finding one? pretty please?
· 13 posts · started 4 Jun 2009 - 22:33 · last 7 Jun 2009 - 21:27
As of today, 6/1/2009, we've officially reached 100,000 posts on this forum!
· 7 posts · started 1 Jun 2009 - 21:55 · last 3 Jun 2009 - 09:33
I have an SE that seems to boot up, but that has a dead screen. I also have a spare SE/30 with a good screen (though a checkerboard), and thus that has a dodgy …
· 6 posts · started 27 May 2009 - 03:49 · last 1 Jun 2009 - 19:15
I thought I'd touch up the metal portion of the case on one of my 840av's (it's pretty scratched up), and was curious if anyone knew of a spray paint that match…
· 3 posts · started 26 May 2009 - 03:44 · last 28 May 2009 - 14:10
An SE/30 I've been fooling with for a while is missing the screws that go underneath the carrying handle. Does anyone know the exact specs for these screws? Do …
· 10 posts · started 18 May 2009 - 21:32 · last 23 May 2009 - 01:44
Rather than indulging in thread necrophilia, and resurrecting any of the many previous conversations along these lines, I decided to start a new discussion here…
· 5 posts · started 7 May 2009 - 22:41 · last 17 May 2009 - 19:11
This is the 10,000th thread on the 68kMLA, if the "t=" number is accurate.
· 5 posts · started 17 May 2009 - 07:30 · last 17 May 2009 - 17:16
ok it is with much shame and embarrassment that i must say that i have a mac plus, and to get more than 1mb of ram working i cut the resistor -this was part of …
· 6 posts · started 16 May 2009 - 14:14 · last 16 May 2009 - 21:45
I recently noticed that the Artmix CF PowerMonster SCSI adapter is once again available on eBay. There are several threads which reference this adapter on the f…
· 2 posts · started 4 May 2009 - 17:35 · last 6 May 2009 - 23:53
In the last month-or-so I have acquired three 68040 accelerator cards for use in a IIci PDS (cache) slot, and other Macs through an appropriate adapter: DayStar…
· 25 posts · started 24 Apr 2008 - 18:56 · last 5 May 2009 - 21:07
I'm looking for a PB100 ROM and a Mac Classic ROM. The Classic ROM i have found is only the first 256k, its supposed to be 512k Linky to a download page, please
· 29 posts · started 8 Apr 2009 - 19:38 · last 30 Apr 2009 - 01:02
The preformance of my RasterOPS 24xltv is subpar, compared to the onboard PDS video of the Quadra 800. Anyone know of a good card that fills the bottom PDS/Nubu…
· 2 posts · started 26 Apr 2009 - 01:36 · last 26 Apr 2009 - 02:28
According to this page, taken from Apple marketing documentation, the IIvx was a Centris. Says so there in black and white. Vectronics strikes again.
· 19 posts · started 14 Apr 2009 - 03:40 · last 25 Apr 2009 - 16:34
Dear comrades, the new page RAM Module Test Results is open for your contribution. While still searching for expansion memory for some of my old Macontosh compu…
· 1 posts · started 25 Apr 2009 - 14:59 · last 25 Apr 2009 - 14:59
I was at a computer store and someone came in to recycle 2 old Macs. One is a Mac Classic and other is Mac SE/30. Well I gave him 20 dollars for them both and c…
· 2 posts · started 24 Apr 2009 - 23:20 · last 24 Apr 2009 - 23:36
I have an SE that works very well (at least the last time I had it out of its box), but I've been looking at converting this plain Jane SE to an SE FDHD. Now, I…
· 5 posts · started 23 Apr 2009 - 20:33 · last 24 Apr 2009 - 13:35
Hey all, I am on the hunt for a Macintosh SE case for my next project. I want to put my Mac Mini into one so It will fit my retro themed media room. I know it h…
· 8 posts · started 20 Apr 2009 - 01:59 · last 23 Apr 2009 - 22:03
Do you have System 7.5.2 CD-ROM for Power Macintosh 7500/100 and 8500/120? I need this very forever.
· 3 posts · started 7 Apr 2009 - 04:21 · last 19 Apr 2009 - 09:17
I have an original Macintosh LC that refuses to start up. Nothing displays, and the only thing that happens is a clicking coming from the power supply. I do not…
· 10 posts · started 16 Apr 2009 - 17:59 · last 19 Apr 2009 - 03:37
Machine Reviews. Besides just providing facts, we should let people voice their opinions of a machine. What do people think? Like a spereate section of it. Sort…
· 2 posts · started 29 Mar 2009 - 17:26 · last 29 Mar 2009 - 18:41
Are these worth the time and trouble? I have never used a pre-Macintosh Apple, so this is a question from a complete newbie in these matters. I have a goodly nu…
· 3 posts · started 20 Mar 2009 - 23:18 · last 28 Mar 2009 - 16:14
Does anyone have a copy of this i could have? I would like to install 8.6.
· 2 posts · started 24 Mar 2009 - 23:51 · last 27 Mar 2009 - 16:33
Anybody ever heard of the Macintosh External Video Kit designed by Apple for the original Macintosh? News to me ... The designer had this to say about it (sadly…
· 6 posts · started 28 Feb 2009 - 17:09 · last 23 Mar 2009 - 20:28
I picked up a nice example of a vintage Apple Extended Keyboard II. No yellowing, looks very nice, but the key movement feels a little gritty, not smooth. Is th…
· 3 posts · started 13 Mar 2009 - 23:22 · last 14 Mar 2009 - 20:12
Finally, what was promised some months ago has arrived: PowerMac 7500 with PowerPC 604/120 upgrade and loads of A/V ports. Quadra 610 Quadra 800 with a PowerPC …
· 2 posts · started 14 Mar 2009 - 15:52 · last 14 Mar 2009 - 16:47
Not sure whats going on because my iBook G3 before it died worked just fine and it has the same video card. I don't know if this related at all but Panther is s…
· 1 posts · started 10 Mar 2009 - 15:23 · last 10 Mar 2009 - 15:23
I made a few videos of me and my quadra 950, with protools and such, Just to give everyone else a feeling of how great they are. Here are the videos: http://www…
· 1 posts · started 8 Mar 2009 - 23:38 · last 8 Mar 2009 - 23:38
This is the one that Microsoft made a deal with Apple and got them to cancel it, but legend tells of beta copies which were leaked around the mid-80's. Apparent…
· 8 posts · started 6 Mar 2009 - 02:32 · last 8 Mar 2009 - 06:27
I just thought I would share my latest conquest I got with an original Gameboy, for $5. http://www.flickr.com/photos/33628690@N04/3334279181/ Sorry about the di…
· 2 posts · started 7 Mar 2009 - 09:20 · last 7 Mar 2009 - 19:44
Hello to everyone, As promised, I'm doing updates every wednesday on wha I pull out of the Recycler.See this thread for details: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=918…
· 1 posts · started 4 Mar 2009 - 20:30 · last 4 Mar 2009 - 20:30
Hi, all... New to the forum, but happy to have found it. I was recommended here by folks helping me with my quest: i'm looking for anyone interested in playing …
· 1 posts · started 3 Mar 2009 - 03:31 · last 3 Mar 2009 - 03:31
Games... all marked "512K required - Macintosh or Macintosh II" ... One includes a sticker on front: "Macintosh II - Now in Color!" Noob question probably - Any…
· 6 posts · started 26 Feb 2009 - 03:09 · last 27 Feb 2009 - 15:55
I have two lots already here with one more on the way...here is what I've got and will be finding on my doorstep in the next few days... 1. New Math Blaster Plu…
· 11 posts · started 25 Jan 2009 - 05:48 · last 27 Feb 2009 - 05:07
IE must be going retarded cause http://68kmla.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=8966 tripps the Anti Phishing tool in IE7. i cant understand why this topic is the only…
· 8 posts · started 3 Feb 2009 - 22:31 · last 26 Feb 2009 - 03:10
My dad scored me a free quadra 700 last week from a company he works with. Came around to turn it on this week and take a look inside. it got a 2GB IBM drive, a…
· 7 posts · started 22 Feb 2009 - 13:02 · last 23 Feb 2009 - 23:30
Years ago I scored 2 LC3's on freecyle. One worked fine and still works fine to this day, the other worked for about 15 minutes making noise from the speaker (w…
· 4 posts · started 13 Feb 2009 - 05:29 · last 23 Feb 2009 - 21:12
} Woot! Picked it up off of ebay, has numerous small problems, hope to have it working like new shortly. I'll post pictures when it arrives. -Patrick Also score…
· 3 posts · started 22 Feb 2009 - 23:25 · last 23 Feb 2009 - 03:34

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Did the recap on my SE/30. No luck on getting it up and running, it is still a Simasima SE/30. Reading http://www.biwa.ne.jp/~shamada/fullmac/repairEng.html#Sim…
· 2 posts · started 28 Nov 2008 - 08:35 · last 23 May 2009 - 16:23
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