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So my Quadra has this in the PDS slot. { "lightbox_close": "Close", "lightbox_next": "Next", "lightbox_previous": "Previous", "lightbox_error": "The requested c…
I have Dark Castle on my SE/30 internal hard drive. It launches and plays no problem. I copied the files to an Enermax 20DL external SCSI drive with System 6.0.…
Sometimes I swear I can beat my head against a wall at times... A Simasima Mac is something most Techs dread and rather fixing it, just replace the motherboard.…
a few were asking if I ever got to finish this thing heres the link - its over in the lounge cheers people https://68kmla.org/forums/index.php?/topic/23550-a-no…
[SIZE=medium]Hi, Recently I got an Mac SE/30 that was not working. When turning on the Mac the sound is Ok and the hardrive is spinning but no video. The screen…
I have setup an appletalk network between Mac OS X / Linux and System 7.6.1 When opening a shared folder from System 7, is there a way to tell the finder to alw…
Did some recapping of boards and an LC Power Supply (PSU) today. I had a few successes here and there. Thus I post a few things I learned in recapping my first …
I am trying any angle I can to figure out why this device is not working (I did have it working once upon a time!) I have a Mac Plus and a Farallon Etherwave PB…
Since I'm getting a few more of my machines up and running, I notice that I have a mix of Systems per machine. For example I have 1 LC with System 6.07 and anot…
Hi guys! I have two SE/20 (with internal hd) and last week I decided to wake them out of their eternal (almost) sleep. The problem I discovered was that no one …
I just got it in today and I've looked over the motherboard and parts. The battery hasn't exploded but it was dead (blue label Inorganic brand) I replaced it wi…
(I originally ended up writing this as an update post to my IIvx thread, but I decided that this required its own thread. I'm taking on some repairs to new clie…
I haven't used my 6100 for a very long time. Today, I tried to boot it up but it didn't want to. The green light goes on and I could hear the hard drive spinnin…
Hi everyone! When I was a toddler I was addicted to a certain game, and I can't find it anywhere. It ran on either System 7.5.1 or Mac OS 8.6, and it was really…
With the user logins locked, what is the state of the wiki? It would be an invaluable tool and organize and centralize our vast wealth of information, but almos…
I've been pulling out my old hardware and setting up a network. I have a IIci I've been setting up as a file server. It currently has a DaynaPort E/II-T NuBus E…
Hi,I'm trying to install Digital Performer 3 from CD, but the installer advice me that there is enough space in my Hard Disk.Naturally my HD has 70 Gb of free s…
Hi :beige: , i recently bought a Lisa 2/5 with keyboard and Profile 5MB on Ebay, The lady wasnt working due to corrosion on the motherboard and i/o board But af…
I have two matched lampshades (40gb hdd, DVD, AirPort, 512mb ram) that I want to put fresh installations on. The thing is that I want to avoid the "whatever the…
So I got my /30 today. It's cute. The good news: Survived shipping. Floppy drive and hard drive work fine. Connectix RAM Doubler is installed. Screen is bright.…
[SIZE=10.5pt]T[/SIZE][SIZE=10.5pt]his is my first post, but I've been searching through and reading the posts for months , so I'd like to start with a big thank…
My nifty new video card doesn't do 4-bit, and I have a couple games that require 16-color mode. It only does 1-bit, 8-bit, and 24-bit. Any way to enable 4-bit? …
I managed to get an as-is PowerBook 140 for $35 shipped, seller reported it dead, but with my 3a PowerBook adapter it does power on and boot from the hard drive…
My Performa has a strange quirk. It seems to be morally opposed to giving system errors with text in them. Either that, or it's just too lazy for words. These e…
We had this game on my fathers computer back in the day. As far as we both can remember it was named "Beast". The mechanics were simple. You moved your characte…
Sometimes its not about the hardware!! An auction sat on eBay for a long, long time for four non-readable floppies. Decided to buy them after a couple price dro…
Hi, I am working on another SE/30 logic board, and have done a full recap. It works perfectly (good, loud bong and all), but I can't move the cursor. Now, what …
I finally woke up really early today to look for electronics at garage sales. I make it clear to everyone that I am looking for old computers and consoles, but …
what upgrades are available for the macintosh se/30 and where can I buy them? The upgrades I know about but do not know where to buy are 8 16mb dimms, a acceler…
I am interested in a compact mac for retro gaming. Which one would be the best? would a macintosh plus be a good candidate? New to the forums. My current and pr…
Hi! I'm trying to get an iMac G3 Rev.D 333 Mhz Tray Loading working. Somebody has installed a later OS 9 for iMac DV slot loading and messed up the OS. Well, my…
Hello, let me introduce myself. I'm a retro computer collector from Finland. My collection consists mostly of 8 and 16 bit Commodores but I have also other make…
Ok to start I had a 1.25 and a 1.67 set of PowerBooks. The 125 was kernel panic king with no obvious reason so I start pulling it apart to swap better pieces to…
updating this list of possibilities for adat expansion on interfacessuch as the 2408, or DIGI 001, DIGI 002, etc any interface that features ADAT expansionhttp:…
Hey guys How hard do you think it would be to come by a Portable power adapter on its own, I would think pretty rare. Are any other power adapters compatible wi…
I've seen it around but forget where, but I'm looking for an Apple Control Panel or System extension that allows one to adjust the display brightness and contra…
I got a powerbook g4 Titanium 667MHz DVI from a friend. It has had a hard life so far the right hinge is broke, peeling paint, but it does work except for I get…
From their twenty year stint in a New England barn, I procured one Mac SE and two Mac SE/30s. I was mostly interested in the SE/30s, as I had worked with one ba…
I picked up the Performa and G4 today. I am glad to say the Performa arrived in one piece, but I wish I could say the same about the G4. It was loose in a box, …
http://macos9lives.com/smforum/index.php?topic=863.0you must be logged in to access this pageMinimum Requirements for Reason v2.5 (as posted in the reason v2.5 …
Hey everyone! I'm SO glad I found this forum, I've been reading posts as a guest for a while and just now got around to making an account. Today I pulled my Mac…
Finally i have my portable working! Just got it's logicboard back from it's 8,000 mile round trip to techknight (who i must thank for all the work he put in, re…
Its been far too long since I have owned a Mac XL. I do not recall if the disks are interchangeable with a Mac. That is if I have a floppy formatted for use in …
Hi gang! I recently pulled one of my old project machines from storage after ~10 years. This is a Color Classic that I long ago upgraded to a Color Classic II m…
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vista-V1200-6MB-Storage-Device-for-Apple-II-/201172658417 Hehehe. Looks like this company took 6 HD floppies and RAIDed them somehow for…
OK, so I'm stumped on this one. I've tried to look all over here as well as everywhere Bing and Google would show me and they were not taking me to where I need…
OK so my VGA adapter arrived today. The generic one with the switches. Well I have a Acer wide screen LCD that I want to use with the Macintosh IIci. I would li…
I know this card I have is for a 1400. Other than sticking it in a 1400 is there any other way to tell what speed it is. Google search returned not so informati…