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Yesterday, I drove over to John8520's, and we repaired his old ][+, (which amazingly works again), and I got his II stash. I got an II+, IIe (needs new mobo), t…
I burned a CD on my iBook, but when i try to eject it, i only comes out a tiny bit, and goes back into the drive. I can't seem to get it out. What's the safest …
I walked into a pc shop the other day, the owner knows I am into old Macs and he hates Macs...(that has been good for me several times), his shop is a surplus s…
Well, System 7.5 is driving me insane. it is less stable than a Styrofoam couch. Would 7.1.1 Pro be better for it? and will I be able to use Open Transport?
http://www.silvernetworks.net/DSCF0009.jpg The screen wasn't even plugged in. (something that looks like a molex power plug going from the CRT to the power boar…
i just scored on a 7600 ppc for 15 dollars. I wasted to get it for 10 but it was worth it to me i wanted a pci for 7.6.1 operation. [] ]'> 2c1 7100 g3 8-…
I bought a 320mb IBM SCSI HD. It has an apple logo on it and it is quiet. 1$ at the pawn shop. Much quieter than the monstrous 7200rpm 1gb Seagate HD in my quad…
Anyone know of a good way to convert a MacWrite document into something modern? I have a MacWrite doc that I can read on my SE using MacWrite, but it won't conv…
I have OS 8 installed on my PowerBooks but was wondering if it's worth upgrading to 8.1. From your experience is there a significant improvement from 8 to 8.1?
Does anyone know of any free Scrabble games that will work on a 68k Mac? The only one i could find was for OS 8.6+.
For any vets of this game, how many cases do you need to get into the Hall of Fame on the 5th floor? (I'm sitting at 33 cases and on the fourth floor now).
I got a PowerBook 145B from the friend who gave me the iMac and the PowerBook 150. The keyboard is much better than my 150's (The keys are quite stiff on the 15…
Today I found OS/2 v 2.1 on 5.25" foppy as well as "Aces of the Pacific" which is some kind of flight simulator / war game (this one is still shrink wrapped!). …
Hi, was using my new Performa today when Desktop Pictures cp crashed, and i had to do a hard restart (from the keyboard), and now all it displays on bootup is a…
I'm guessing it was dead but an office put it out in the hall to be disposed of. It's a P4 Socket 478 board, the chassis/cover and the power supply. No RAM, dri…
After seeing how well dual processors helped with my Dell server, I decided to try it with my G4. Some searching later and I have purchased a dual G4/450 proces…
Anyone else here have this game? It's basically a studio to make short 1-2 minute Simpsons mini-episodes from a simple drag and drop interface, animation with t…
Well I got an actual car charger for my iPod 3rd gen, its the Monster iAirPlay. I can't use the USB cable and car charger because the 3rd gens don't charge off …
Yes, it's that time again. Time for new Glasses!!! I just got tested today and now have my prescription in hand. Not sure what I am going to get, but I will let…
Its finally here! I got my Performa 578 today, that i bought off of eBay last week. Never before have i owned a 5xx series. It came complete with Keyboard, Mous…
http://lowendmac.com/mail/0801mb/0130.html#2 Interesting. Once all the work is done getting Leopard to run on a beige G3, I am sure someone is going to build on…
I have an LC III. One of the capacitors looks like it fell off, solder pads and all, but as far as I can tell, the missing capacitor has no ill effects on the s…
Released in August 1995 along with the new plastic desktop Power Macintoshes (the 7200 and 7500,) along with the 8500, my AppleVision 1710AV has a manufacture d…
I'm quite a newbie when it comes to connecting a computer to the Internet, so I was wondering if I could get a bit of help with this. I have an iMac G3 Indigo, …
When you can have this ... http://yllan.org/mac/RetroKeyboard/ (and probably an emulator like Mini vMac)
Well, i found out I am getting a Pentium IV Vaio Motherboard/Ram/CPU/Heatsink from a friend. The catch? Well.. My friend is Latino-American (born in the USA) bu…
I've been looking for a USB2 PC Card that would work with my Lombard for a long time. I finally found one at a local computer store with an NEC chipset for $16.…
Well, this challenge idea sounds fun, but I would most likely have to use something fairly old (like my Quadra 950) to make it really a challenge though. In my …
Hi guys! I'm my quest to upgrade the hell out of my recently-aquired Mac IIfx, I just won an auction for a Radius Rocket card! I don't know the exact specs yet,…
My recently-acquired CC had a dead 80MB HDD. I transferred the 250MB HDD from an LC III acquired at the same time as the CC in order to get the cleaned-up (incl…
First thing is to choose a computer. All my games presently need OS 9 or lower. Would the G4 machines be too fast fir the games? The ram will be 1gb Right now t…
http://68kmla.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=40372#40372 Some European variant? It ships with a FULL Mac Plus keyboard!
I got 2gb of ram from OWC. 50$ 2 1gb nanya Sticks. What was in the macbook: 2 512mb Nana Sticks. i never heard of this nanya. Apple seems to like them I always …
I just swiped these today off of my C-list. I even mentioned the db-25 cord I lost to my applecd and he brought one for me for free! The sweetness of Craigslist…
Well, after my last FreeCycle debacle, I found someone who was giving away some old 5.25" floppy disks. I called him up, and he delivered them to my door! He ga…
My sister's iPod's LCD cracked, so she bought a used one on eBay. It arrived today, and I swapped the hard drives. Hers is now syncing, and she gave me her old …
Okay, here's my status: Apple IIGs "Woz" with 5.25 & 3.50 drives. PC Windows ME (fully blown) PC Windows XP (no floppy) Mac Performa 550 (MacOS 7.5) I'v…
I just got a hd20 for a trade (12 pk of pop) and it worked, there was some database on it with names numbers and addresses. I am just glad that I got this and n…
You'll like these Have a look here: http://web.mac.com/pjlarge/iWeb/PJLarge/The%20Computer%20Museum.html It's in fantastic condition. The box isn't 100%, but it…
Hey I got two 20GB iPod drives for FREE, problem? getting my 3rd gen to spin them up to full speed. They were put into a 4th gen by a friend who thought the HD …
Hi, Just as a personal milestone, I want to share one experience I just did! I had my SE/30 with a failed floppy disk. On another side, I had a Performa 63xx th…
So are there any Java compilers that run on a 68k? I read some stuff about Symantec Cafe, but I can't find any requirements for it. I plan to run this on a IIsi…
I'm trading a desktop with my brother for a pretty nice Thinkpad this evening. He runs a hosting service and one of his machines was a bit flaky and he needed a…
Hey. I saw this advertised on the local CL, and jumped on it... A G4 AGP PowerMac with: A 1 gHz Sonnet Upgrade 1 GB RAM CD-R 2 HDs And the original CDs for $150…
Okay, long story short, i put together an old 630CD Performa and it booted like magic and works great. Here's the problem, it won't see the CD-ROM drive or any …
I just got that thing at Alchimie... features a 200 MHz PowerPC 604e processor, 32 MB of RAM, and a 2.3 GB hard drive in an industry-standard tower case. The Ta…
In trade for picking up some stuff, I recieved the following: PM G4 Quicksilver 733 Oty 1 - Working " " Sawtouth 400 Qty 1 - Problems " " Yikes 400 Qty 1 - Prob…
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Hello, I just installed the Xfce desktop environment on my bondi blue iMac running Gentoo (233 MHz, 384MB RAM and a big HD), and the thing it's quite usable com…
Most of you probably know me from the 68kMLA. I figured I should migrate over here too. So, Hi, and here I am. _________________My Macs (In the order I got them…