Hi. I got a color classic the other day and I did the vga mod to it and put my lc575 motherboard inside of it. I booted it and it looked perfect. Well perfect a…
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Hello, After I moved 2 years ago, I am finally able to get my machines out and fire them. I have two for which I want to make sure they work: - a LC III in whic…
I got my StarRouter, and with the supplies I already have for my never-used StarController I had it up and connected to my Mac. However, the disks for the StarC…
Per this: http://support.apple.com/kb/TA21834 Is this battery compatible with the 3400c? http://www.powerbookmedic.com/Rechargeable-LI-ION-Battery-M7318-NEW-p-1…
So I have two Macintosh SEs, one I keep in its original condition (20MB hard drive loud fan etc) The other one is my play Mac which I upgraded with more RAM, Ha…
Today I was feeling nostalgic, and I wanted to find some of the Kaleidoscope schemes I loved as a kid. Unfortunately the original official website is no longer …
Hey all, I got a 512k recently, and the keyboard has a broken stem on the backspace key. I have ordered a new switch and replacement keycap, but since the origi…
Got the first of my G3 all-in-ones running. I installed virtual of with windows 95 then installed Microsoft rdp which is happily letting me download files direc…
So, what can learned people tell me about these machines, the //gs Limited Edition with Steve Wozniak's signature printed on the front bezel? I procured one nea…
Can anyone tell me which CD-ROM drive originally came in the IIvx and also will bezel from any other case work?
I dont think I have ever seen a 30-pin module for a Mac this large before.... Four are maxed out. Four are barely populated, which seems odd. These came in a Ma…
Today my everyday use machine, a 12in screen Powerbook G4 1.5GHz, died horribly. Apps slowed to a crawl, noisey fan, palm rest on the case by HD side heats up, …
My partner's mother used to work for a local school district, and she would frequently get Mac equipment at low or no cost. She had mentioned to me that she had…
Hello guys! While still trying to get my two Pluses working, last week I've bought a nice Macintosh SE (the FDHD model) for about 60 euros including shipping (t…
Greetings all- I'm trying to get some classics from macintoshgarden.org to my newly restored Classic II. I have lots of pieces to the puzzle but no clear soluti…
i had the need for one, so i made one. { "lightbox_close": "Close", "lightbox_next": "Next", "lightbox_previous": "Previous", "lightbox_error": "The requested c…
How easy would it be to update some of the command-line tools on older versions of Mac OS X? Can they be taken from Linux or FreeBSD?
Hi, I was happy to discover this forum recently. I hope someone can help. When cold, my Mac 512K powers up, boots from disk, and runs perfectly fine for up to a…
Hello, first post here but long time reader. I just wanted to share my recently purchased Rev. 1 300mhz G3 I bought on CL for $20. Always wanted one, I have a l…
Yeah well, bought another one of these black Powerbooks… A Lombard, not very exiting. Bought it cause it's in pretty good shape compare to the one i have, as a …
Picked this up near Boston for $50 thanks to a great tip here at the MLA! It's a standard 512k with a 10MB Hyperdrive installed. It's in really good shape, and …
Hi, does anyone know where to find the Appletalk Peek/Poke tools which are mentioned, e.g., in http://basalgangster.macgui.com/RetroMacComputing/The_Long_View/E…
Hi, I'd like to get an Apple ADC LCD display for my G4 Cube, and wondered what is the correct match aesthetically: - Apple Cinema Display ADC 22" (released arou…
Some of you have been following my frantic search to locate more male DB-19 connectors, used to mate with the Mac's external floppy port for Floppy Emu. These t…
Hi,I am considering the purchase of a low cost second hand sampler. I read about a program for the AKAI samplers (I am watching a sx3000 for 80 euros), that is …
I bought a color classic on ebay the other day. When it arrived the front and side had been cracked in the shipping process. does anyone have a recommendation o…
Any suggestions of which conductive epoxy to get - for two purposes: 1) connecting axial leads to a battery (just a thought); and 2) to connect a series of batt…
I have two ADB mice and neither of them track very well. The clicking is fine, it's just the ball in it that's giving problems. I don't really know what's wrong…
Well since I'm I'm the middle of getting my collection back up and running I figured I would pick up a little LC II off eBay. And yes I'm running SoftPC there w…
A friend gave me a complete Apple IIc set with the system, monitor, stand and printer including the boxes (with the foam intact!), manuals and software. There's…
This photo is real! It's one of my 12" PowerBook G4s running OS 9 for the first time! So far, everything seems operational except video and AirPort (now that OS…
Hi everyone! When I was younger the main computer in my family was a tray loading Bondi iMac running 8.6. It was used for hours each day for at least ten years …
I have a 450Mz PMG4 Sawtooth that seems to be very picky on the video cards it likes. I have an ATI R128 PCI card and ATI R128Pro that I can get it to boot with…
Since I finally have a CC on my desk full-time, I am curious--what does everyone do regarding that rocker in the back? Do you leave yours on or off, and why?
Ok, silly question - I know. But when did Apple switch to the super reflective metallic RF paint? I have an SE/30 with that brown paint used on older compacts. …
I recently got a Newton MessagePad 2000 in nice shape for a very low price. However, the reason the cost was so low is the fact that it does not have a battery …
I just finished fixing up a Mac 512K. It works like new, including the internal floppy drive. But the external 400K drive is making me mad. It is a SONY OA-D34V…
Back in October I told the story of a little boy's first Sad Mac. If anyone wants to read it the link to the post is here. Well, the story continues! In January…
Hello everyone If you're like me, then you've been frustrated that THINK C++ 7.0 doesn't support all the newest features from the C++11 standard. Well, you prob…
I need to change the fuse (12V, 0.5A) you can see on the pictures. Do I have to solder in a new one or can I change just the inner part of the fuse? It looks li…
Does anyone know how to achieve the upgrade beyond the supported 9.1 on a PowerMac 7300 with a MAXPowr G3 upgrade? I managed to find a copy of OS9 Helper and I …
I was using it, removed a US Robotics Megahertz 33.6 modem and it just turned off. I reset it and got a few configurations of vertical lines, but it will not ac…
Hi, My PB160 boots up with a white screen. I do no see "Happy Face" or "Sad Face." Hard drive sounds like it's spinning. I connected it to an external monitor, …
Hello all.. I need help.. My Global Village PowerPort software for my Powerbook Duo 2300c that was on floppies was ruined in my basement... I thought I had back…
I was installing os 6.0.8 onto the external SCSI drive on a Mac Plus when suddenly I heard a loud pop and smoke started pouring out of the top of the computer! …
My Mac SE is pretty flakey (crashing randomly with different errors each time), sometimes as often as every 10 minutes. It came with a dead 20 MB hard drive but…
I spent some time making new Happy Mac icons today: { "lightbox_close": "Close", "lightbox_next": "Next", "lightbox_previous": "Previous", "lightbox_error": "Th…
http://www.synack.net/~bbraun/plusrom/index.html ( Rob's Post on his site ) The Mac Plus (and associated machines) have 1MB of contiguous address space around t…
Hello everyone, I've got a IIgs with Rom00. My question is I see a lot of the upgraded IIgs' with Rom 01/03 but not too many Rom00's. Are they worth more?