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Open letter to the admins: Dear 68kMLA admins, As you may be aware, we seem to have gotten the first spambot/spammer of the 3rd 68kMLA. What can we do to stop t…
· 5 posts · started 14 May 2007 - 15:25 · last 14 May 2007 - 17:16
G'day, Hope this is the right section to post this.... I have just bought a PowerForce (PowerLogix) G3 350/175/512K "SPARTAN" upgrade card and was wondering if …
· 5 posts · started 14 May 2007 - 14:16 · last 14 May 2007 - 15:54
ok, so that newton I mentioned here is MINE!! wel, almost... I responded to the CL posting, made an offer of $30, and this was the response: I do still have it.…
· 18 posts · started 8 May 2007 - 16:28 · last 14 May 2007 - 14:49
I'm thinking about bidding on these and picking them up locally. I've had a Quadra 610 before but never a 660av. I can also pickup IIgs from the same person for…
· 11 posts · started 13 May 2007 - 15:51 · last 13 May 2007 - 23:23
What is your favourite application and game for the Apple II? My favourite application is AppleWorks. It is just short of brilliant, and it runs on an 8-bit mic…
· 10 posts · started 7 May 2007 - 01:52 · last 13 May 2007 - 22:41
i got my hands on a rev a imac G3 233 mhz 192 mb ram 4 gig hd for only 25 not half bad il load it up with jaguar ms office and give it to my mother
· 3 posts · started 13 May 2007 - 06:05 · last 13 May 2007 - 22:30
ok, so here is a list of the things that are diffrent between the two, if you wish to add something, reply. I am trying to compile a complete list so someone (l…
· 4 posts · started 13 May 2007 - 02:36 · last 13 May 2007 - 21:07
I posted a QuickCam self portrait of my recent Freecycle Xceed grayscale addition to my SE30 at along with a few other photos of making the cable that I lacked.…
· 17 posts · started 8 May 2007 - 01:22 · last 13 May 2007 - 19:24
I have to thank my brother for finding a nice PowerBook G3 Wallstreet in the Rice University classifieds and purchasing it for me. I'm going to college in the f…
· 22 posts · started 5 May 2007 - 04:00 · last 13 May 2007 - 13:32
not a mac but i managed to aquire a acron risc pc it will arrive wendsday
· 9 posts · started 12 May 2007 - 19:29 · last 13 May 2007 - 02:33
About a week ago tommorow a good friend of mine gave me his G3 that he was using for a backup system. He was using a sawtooth G4 (I think) for his main machine …
· 2 posts · started 12 May 2007 - 21:18 · last 12 May 2007 - 21:24
I just finished relocating the server from my parents' place to my residence.... I have not archived the data yet, but plan to do so before this weekend---- so …
· 16 posts · started 10 May 2007 - 02:07 · last 12 May 2007 - 16:37
I also got a power book 1400 back in January! It has a powerpc 603e 117, 12mb of ram and OS 8. I don't use it much but occasionally I use it for photoshop. It c…
· 6 posts · started 7 May 2007 - 23:26 · last 12 May 2007 - 16:19
my current haul is pristine color classic 1 un modified with its orginal floppies a pismo G3 500 a G4 400 tower an MDD dual G4 1000 mhz an 8100 with a 400 mhz G…
· 13 posts · started 11 May 2007 - 05:13 · last 12 May 2007 - 08:11
For some reason, the MIDI sounds scratchy, and I can't fix it! I am running System 7.5.5 with an LCIII ROM in Basilisk II v.142 running under Windows XP SP2. Th…
· 4 posts · started 4 May 2007 - 10:49 · last 12 May 2007 - 07:51
my macintosh classic (christend big blue after the code name for the G3 ) is running system 6 and its having trouble reading disks not just windows floppies but…
· 10 posts · started 11 May 2007 - 05:08 · last 12 May 2007 - 06:59
I wasn't here before the forums went down, so I don't know if there was a thread covering it before, but I thought it was funny reading about this when it origi…
· 9 posts · started 8 May 2007 - 15:47 · last 12 May 2007 - 05:13
145! So, I won this for a great price. It's local so I'll pick it up...I'm either going to use it for parts, or if not...Use it I guess...yay!
· 4 posts · started 9 May 2007 - 22:26 · last 12 May 2007 - 02:37
I know this could technically be filed under peripherals, but since most everyone seems to prefer these on the LC/LCII I will post it here. I have some question…
· 7 posts · started 3 May 2007 - 02:04 · last 11 May 2007 - 22:48
has anyone ever rebuilt one of them? they seem cheap enough over here - about £40 with postage for a new/recondidtioned one, so rebuilding is not really require…
· 1 posts · started 11 May 2007 - 20:15 · last 11 May 2007 - 20:15
ok then we have this: retrochallenge.net and this, which was my play as i was thinking that the 69kmla could be down too long and the RC could be missed because…
· 12 posts · started 2 May 2007 - 21:57 · last 11 May 2007 - 19:53
Let's all get back to talking about how great our SE/30s are, and how much we've upgraded them. Anybody try a Turbo601 in an SE/30 yet? I think you'd need a IIf…
· 31 posts · started 2 May 2007 - 04:09 · last 11 May 2007 - 17:41
Is the official 68k hotline server down? Can't seem to connect and I thought I read somewhere online of it's absence. Is it going to comeback?
· 7 posts · started 9 May 2007 - 06:37 · last 11 May 2007 - 14:09
How about we make up a folder to discuss the books we've read about our Macs over the years? Everyone on here has probably read at least one of the classics at …
· 18 posts · started 7 May 2007 - 01:40 · last 11 May 2007 - 07:41
pds
i was wondering what powermacs have a processor direct slot do any of the pci powermacs have a pds slot ? and would a newer tech G3 card work on them (or a G3 4…
· 4 posts · started 11 May 2007 - 06:30 · last 11 May 2007 - 07:01
It seems there aren't too many Mac II's on eBay anymore. Any theories?
· 48 posts · started 8 May 2007 - 05:44 · last 11 May 2007 - 06:54
I have a dead slotloader on my hands. I'm doing the ATX conversion. I need the power adaptor and video adaptors wired up. I'm willing to trade my Power Mac 7100…
· 1 posts · started 10 May 2007 - 23:20 · last 10 May 2007 - 23:20
Probably my most recently worthwhile nabbing off of Crigslist, for 80, an iBook with a dead screen.. took a little work, but was able to dissect the inverter ca…
· 9 posts · started 10 May 2007 - 10:30 · last 10 May 2007 - 20:29
Hmm, doesn't look good. Is there any chance of getting OS X working with an ATI Rage Pro 128? It looks like they have completely dropped support for this card.
· 5 posts · started 10 May 2007 - 15:09 · last 10 May 2007 - 17:52
So....i'm back. And i see we still have our emoticons!!!! :beige: :b&w: 8-o :-* :I ;D [] ]'> [] ]'> [8D] [:I] ]'> [] ]'> [}]…
· 13 posts · started 2 May 2007 - 01:54 · last 10 May 2007 - 14:30
Anyone here play any of the big 68k network games still? Is anyone interested in playing some of them online, etc? I used to play Marathon, Avara, Bolo, and Spe…
· 19 posts · started 2 May 2007 - 15:44 · last 10 May 2007 - 14:02
...but not a mac. I found a little calculator in my trash bin today. cute little thing, about the size of a credit card, only slightly thicker. It appears the b…
· 2 posts · started 10 May 2007 - 03:51 · last 10 May 2007 - 04:01
I recently bought a Wallstreet from eBay. Beautiful machine – nicest laptop I’ve ever used. I was all set to go and ready to take it out and show it off to the …
· 24 posts · started 8 May 2007 - 01:58 · last 9 May 2007 - 21:49
Both work properly, alto the IIvx is missing its hard drive. The IIvx has a full 030 and the Quadra has a full 040 with TV tuner! I am happy I Got these two mac…
· 6 posts · started 7 May 2007 - 23:24 · last 9 May 2007 - 02:48
I am wondering how much a Newton Messagepad is worth? I would hope more towards a 2x00 MP. I have a wifi card that would work with it, so I can get it online . …
· 2 posts · started 7 May 2007 - 09:59 · last 8 May 2007 - 13:43
If there was an iMac with Mac OS 9.2.2 connected to the internet via Airport, would it be able to share the connection with AppleShare IP 5 to other macs connec…
· 3 posts · started 7 May 2007 - 05:03 · last 8 May 2007 - 01:16
hi guys! does anybody of you did build such a thing and got it working: http://www.usyd.edu.au/anaes/rpa/Loadsmanextras/Macmidi.html ? I did it exactly as it´s …
· 4 posts · started 7 May 2007 - 14:43 · last 7 May 2007 - 22:52
Found a rev A iMac left in the street while this site was down. Took it home, need to find something to do with it... End message!
· 3 posts · started 7 May 2007 - 20:54 · last 7 May 2007 - 22:12
well my ibook arived and its super! upped the ram with a 128mb stick and put my airport card in and all worked well on os9.2.2. of course with no need for an ib…
· 5 posts · started 6 May 2007 - 14:41 · last 7 May 2007 - 17:33

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Has anyone here done the hacks to get later versions of mac os to run ppc upgraded 68ks. If so what was thw performance like?
· 10 posts · started 25 Apr 2007 - 23:21 · last 12 May 2007 - 10:41
I've been bouncing between 7.6.1 and 8.1 on my Q700. The main reason why I couldn't decide was that Outlook Express 5.06 which supports gmail doesn't work in 7.…
· 1 posts · started 12 May 2007 - 10:33 · last 12 May 2007 - 10:33
I have a 9600. For some reason when I first got it a while back, pressing the power button would boot the machine. Now it doesn't work. Why?
· 4 posts · started 10 May 2007 - 18:33 · last 11 May 2007 - 08:12
{ "lightbox_close": "Close", "lightbox_next": "Next", "lightbox_previous": "Previous", "lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try aga…
· 5 posts · started 2 May 2007 - 08:22 · last 10 May 2007 - 16:35
This is a PB100 I got over the summer, never had one before. Plugging it in and turning it on it chimes, I can see the screen backlight come on and the HD spin …
· 4 posts · started 8 May 2007 - 23:21 · last 9 May 2007 - 20:37
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