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All the sites I have seen say that the 6500 tops out at 128MB but I know the official max is often not the actual limit. It is easy to get a couple 128MB simms …
I get a chime of death every time I boot the Quadra 700 (just randomly started happening). I narrowed it down to a RAM issue. I've tried every variation of chip…
So, after reading trag's contribution to a thread involving CPU card compatibility in edge-slot Powermacs, I note that there are actually fairly significant dif…
I am researching old (pre-OS X) Mac viruses, the older the better. I've found references to quite a few historic documents that speak about their methods of inf…
Hi all, I won an MDD dual 1.25GHz for about USD20 in an auction. I am surprised how loud it is. Aside from replacing the HD, does anybody here have any suggesti…
Hello everyone, I recently acquired a Powerbook 520c in cosmetically very nice condition. It doesn't turn on, though, and after measuring the output of the char…
Hi all, I had avoided the Second-Coming Macs in an effort to keep my collection in check. My only criterion was that it had to have ADB - hence the B&W …
Hi, I have a problem : i have recupered a PowerBook 280C and a Duo Dock II and i have a problem. The first time i power up the PowerBook, it works, but after ~5…
Im a bit stuck on this code, I've already looked at online but still cannot pin point what it means exactly: SADFACE 00000005 00008000 any idea? I've washed the…
Hallo ouens ek hoop almal is goed hey! I'm having some problems with recent acquisitions that I am hoping someone may be able to advise me on... { "lightbox_clo…
Hi, got this card off ebay, but without the connecting cable: Anyone know where I can get a second hand cable? Would the cable be the same as the Radius Pivot I…
Hello. Was wondering if anyone out there knew what would cause a Centris 650 to have a green tint to everything on the screen. Even the grey start up screen has…
Hi people. Got my hands on a laserwriter finally. Ended up getting an Apple Laserwriter 4/600 PS. I have it hooked up to my LC475. Printer is sitting there with…
A week or so ago, I bought a Macintosh SE (SuperDrive) from eBay. The seller sold it to me for $60 + 17.68 shipping. Which given the price this and other compac…
Hello, My Mac II is not booting. From what I can see, one of the two 3V soldered batteries is dead. Who in hell even considered soldering batteries on a board! …
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I recently obtained a couple of compact Macs with Sony SuperDrives. In both cases the drives wouldn't read disks. I did the usual servicing of the insert/eject …
Hey there! I feel that it's somewhat lame that my first post to the 68k MLA forums is to ask for assistance, but "it is what it is" I guess. So here's what I've…
Tonight I was enjoying some Wizard's Fire (and of course, the built-in Brickout game for when you want to take a break from your game to play a game), and when …
Does anybody have any information or experience to share with regards the use of genuine Apple OEM 604 daughtercards from x500/x600 series machines (and others …
I have a double 800 k SE with no ADB, i know the problem is coming from the Logic Board, using a different board works great. Any idea where to start with ?
The answer may be obvious, but I received a non-working Mac Color Classic. I replaced the battery, turned the computer on, hit the power key on the keyboard. No…
I'd like to reinstall OS 9 on my beige G3. All I have is a CD from a G4 cube. It boots from it, but the installer won't cooperate. Anyway to bypass that alert? …
OK so I said no more Macs but then there was this PowerBook 150 on sale for 15$ so how can I resist. I actually have some memories of this PowerBook as it was k…
Hi all, I looked through the archives here for any mention of 500-series PRAM batteries (it turns out that they are actually full-on 50-mAh backup batteries, no…
So I got another 128mb SIMM off eBay... Thought maybe Sonnet would've enabled usage of a large capacity SIMM on the Presto '040 PDS accelerator card.... Mac OS …
Hi Guys i have recently restored an LC , apparently working , starts , boots sounds but ADB port does not work, i have recapped LB but the problem still remain.…
Figured I would wait till I had a complete system before posting this thread. My first post in this forum was in the compact mac section regarding a Macintosh S…
I've got a couple of teardrop ADB mice that I've cleaned inside and out with alcohol, and they're lovely in most regards. That said, I can't seem to find a way …
I have a limited number of SATA and ATA133 cards but I have a fair number of Ultra SCSI PCI cards that I’ve pretty much never used and some 10,000 rpm hard driv…
Hey, everyone. Now that I have my G3 operational I want to get some faster storage in there. The G3MT came with an Adaptec 29160 card installed that I put back …
Topic pretty much explains it all. I have an 8600/250 I am trying to get up and running in my quest for the towers of power. I get boot chime, everything seems …
Looks like I have literally burned out the logic board on my IIsi. I powered it up today after a few weeks in storage to test some RAM sticks, and it was behavi…
Hey all, I've got a Gigabit Ethernet model that I'm wanting to upgrade. It has the 500Mhz Dual Processor in it, and I believe it has a GeForce 2 or 3 in it. I a…
Hi, I'm struggling to install Mac OS 9.1 on my 6100. The only CD-ROm drive I have is a third party one and I cannot make it boot from the original Mac OS 9.1 in…
Hello! first post here, although I have been reading and following threads for a few months now. I've recently started acquiring old Macs (I've been collecting …
Does anyone know what power supplies Daystar equipped their Genesis line with? I would assume it would be the same as a 9500 but I also know some of the clone m…
So, I got myself into a bit of a bind. Everything was going perfectly well with the recap of my SE/30's logic board until I got to the axial caps. A combination…
I recently (well, last year ) acquired a bag full of old SIMMs, DIMMs and the like... I am slowly going thru them and trying to identify them based on number of…
Was wondering if anyone has ever come across the NCSA Mosiac Source for Mac or Windows? It was only available by request. I've been attempting to track it down …
if the person who this belongs to wants to say something. That is just fine, or if they want to remain anonymous that is fine too its almost done… just needs a …
I have an LC III that came with a 40MB hard drive, only other SCSI drive I have laying around is a 6GB Seagate drive... I put it in the LC, created a 500MB part…
I have a Performa 475 with a bad original 160MB hard drive. It exhibits the spin up / spin down symptom. From reading the forums, that seems to be a problem wit…
I recently removed the logic board from a Performa 475 for recapping. The hardest part of removing the board was disconnecting the power supply connector. I cou…
Hi all, new here but I am a long time vintage computer tinkerer. Have owned many classic Macs and Amiga's over the years. I have been lucking enough to just pic…
Hi everybody.I've been visiting 68k LMA but this is my first topic. I got a SE/30 and recapped it.And when I turned it on,I got both Death Chime and Simasimac.I…
Just curious whether or not 64MB SIMMS are recognised on the 550 logic board or if 36MB (4 + 32) truly is the limit. Thanks!
Do you guys buy new Kapton tape pieces when reworking G4 Ibook/Powerbooks? Apples seems to love using that stuff to keep cables plugged in.
Resetting the iLok time demo, the easy way:1- Install iLok 5.05 (attached)2- Drag and drop your startup HD to the "Make all visible" app. (attached)3- Run the s…