Since so many troubleshooting threads wind up like this: http://68kmla.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=19583 An official detailed recapping guide for eve…
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Sort of a pleasant little surprise...found a 15" IBM flat screen monitor (2005 vintage) for just $32. I was hoping to use it as a TV substitute but can't seem t…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh_XL Sun Remarketing After Apple dropped the XL from their price list in September 1985, Sun Remarketing of Logan, Utah bou…
Could some appropriately skilled solder-jockey replace those 8 chips with, say, the 8 chips on this 32MB SIMM sitting in the slot next to them? (Actually now th…
I bought an Apple IIc, and found out the case isn't screwed together. At all. I would obviously like to fix this! I was wondering if anyone would have an idea w…
Hey all, I'm a total newb when it comes to the Newton. I've always wanted one ever since I saw the demo for the MessagePad on my Macintosh Performa 631CD. I'm n…
So, i was just looking into that old and beaten Classic i had in a box for what seems like years. Caps are leaked, green muck on the traces, it still starts, bu…
Just did the resistor swap in my LC630 tonight to bump it up to 40MHz. I do have a real 33MHz 68040 chip and a heatsink that I stole from a Q700. Successful res…
. . . but not in the same vein . . . I've mentioned this Hack in passing recently, here's linkage to the genesis of the project . . . BrickOvenCube/6/605/MicroQ…
Macintosh Quadra/Centris 610 10 - 16v 47uf $0.10 Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors - SMD 47uF 16V 85C http://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Cornell-Dubilier/AVE476…
I did a bit of searching tonight and couldn't find anything specifically related to this idea...but... does the hardware inside a pizza box/LC5xx/etc support mu…
Welp, I have a client who (believe it or not) is still using his 630. He had a hard drive malfunction and we're replacing his drive for him, then dumping 8 on i…
I answered a local CL ad advertising a old Macintosh for just a few bucks. What she had in the trunk of her car, when I picked it up, has never been used... { "…
Hey guys Gonna be repairing my Mac Plus this weekend, just needs some solder connections reflowing (typical no video, but tapping on the side will get it runnin…
Does anyone have this that I can get? I have rocketware but that wont work in my duo dock. It says It needs rocket share and the one I have of course is corrupt…
I was playing it last night and won 50K Bucks! Whoo! It's funner then going to the casino! Charles
http://www.ebay.com/itm/181046077641?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649 It comes with circuit board, high power led, momentary switch, H…
Dibs on a Quadra 605. I've always wanted one and now I'm getting one. It doesn't come with a hard drive, but that's okay. It's got a 32MB SIMM that I'll replace…
On another forum I've been asked whether a 3.5" 1.4mb superdrive (as standard in SE-Mac II) can be connected to a Plus logic board. My assumption is that the ea…
I found a Cube on Craigslist for $75 in the Chicago area and since I live only a few hours drive away, I emailed and asked if it was available (I missed the one…
Tried to scrub the Apple ][+ lid with basic dishwashing Sunlight and brush, worked quite nicely. This plastic is heavy and seem to attach itself lot of black st…
. . . with any luck at all . . . LC II bottom fished from the 'Bay. . . . the MoBo will be good and the modified BrickOven™ project will condense a fairly large…
Can't tell exactly which model it is. My guess is that it's a Color30 or a MacroColor30, but I don't know how to tell just looking at it. Any help appreciated. …
An emate 300! pretty cool! Heck yeah, he still has one more if you want one, Comes with everything, Charger, Stylus - good hinges, Working, Dead battery though……
OK, we have a couple of folks on 68kMLA who can fix PCBs, etc. better than new. Do we have anyone, or know of anyone, who can & will replace the backlig…
Or is it just Available in case its needed for RS-232 or something?
Hey guys Finally got my Plus working and the floppy drive has started acting up. I'm hoping it just needs greasing. Some times when I insert a disk, the drive w…
Got my IIcx board back with 8 new SIMM slots, now socketed CPU, and new caps. Awesome! Shout out to mcdermd for doing a kickass job! I have the Daystar Powercac…
I'm trying to figure out which revision of motherboard is in my Apple IIe. Can anyone help me out? I've attached some photos... Thanks!
I forgot I had these. A few pictures of a prototype PowerBook 170 and 540 that were being sold on my local Craigslist. Unfortunately at $2000 it was waaay out o…
I was cleaning out one of my Quadra 950's and 2 of these fell out. I have no idea where they came from. Thoughts? :-/
I was looking through LowEndMac today and saw this. I thought those of you in the south east area of the US might be interested in this. >>&gt…
Not a big one, 14 180gb ide hard drives Came with the rack mount hardware and cables. Not sure what I'm going to do with it as I don't have a fibre channel card…
Okay so i got my Macintosh Performa 450 (LC III) with a PDS Ethernet card succesfully on the net! it doesn't really want to work with the internet pass through …
I have one of these cards, and popped it into a IIci last night. I fired it up with 4x4MB RAM, for a 16MB cache. It seems to be working fine, though the IIci ta…
First, excuse me for dragging that LC in here, but it's basically a Centris 605. I have, at a friends house, a nubus adapter for my IIsi. As far as i know one c…
They all say that it cannot be done, but why not? Why can newer hardware not run an older operating system. Surely a Windows 7 computer could run Windows 95? So…
I snagged it off eBay on a buy it now: I'm thrilled, I finally got it tested and it just read a CD-R! [] ]'>
I bought a IIci sort of on impulse recently. I managed to get the machine and a monitor for just under $70 shipped (more than half was the shipping cost). The o…
To keep the 68040 in my head from overheating So: Apple 820-0377-A Different variants of this motherboard--- 20mhz LC /wo Ethernet 20mhz LC /w Ethernet 20mhz Fu…
So one if the benefits to having a Full 040 is the fact that the FPU is integrated. let's say you overclock your Quadra 700 to 30mhz, and because the FPU is int…
G'day just wanted to write this one down so in at least writing it down gives me an outlet. I've a project. its a modern retro interpretation of the g4 cube. It…
I believe it's time i update my Quadra 650 to it'S full potential. You know, the works: a cdrom, new caps, larger disk, max VRAM. Ram is maxed out, so there isn…
does anyone know of a way to hack a 68000 mac - esp a compact to use 8mb ram? has it been done? thx I3arana.
has anyone got numbers for the dimension of a compactmac logic board? thx - thinking of suffing one into a g4 cube.
Someone dropped off several boxes of Vintage Magazines at my local video game shop, the owner didn't want them so I took them off his hands. (I still need to go…
Saturday some goodies came in the mail. A brand new in box, Farallon Ethermac SE kit (for the Macintosh SE, respectively) and 4x 1/2AA 3.6v Batteries. These are…
2 - 100uf 9 - 47uf 47uf 10 cents each http://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Cornell-Dubilier/AVE476M16D16T-F/?qs=sGAEpiMZZMtZ1n0r9vR22ZHbAXPxCSuoQIsUPkSZyQc%3d 10…