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Recently I got a SE/30 that was not working. Simasimac and no sound. After recapping and cleaning its working almost. The internal SCSI drive was not detected, …
Hello, I have an SE, and I'd like to replace the internal hard drive with the SCSI2SD. Since I am new to this process, what's the best way to set it up? Can I j…
Hey there, 5.25" floppies are not getting any younger. I just got my first Apple II system (a IIc) and am starting to look on eBay for software. How do you guys…
Sorry fo my poor english... I have buy used Quadra 700, first times I powered up it not immediately switch on but... after some minutes! And with power button I…
I am looking information concerning a PDS Vidéo card for a Macintosh SE/30. Apparently IC stands for International Computer, but can't find any information on t…
Hey guys, I am willing to buy a iifx, is it worth it? How much would you give for it? The seller asks for 320 bucks with mouse and keyboard? Is it the most powe…
Here is my deal { "lightbox_close": "Close", "lightbox_next": "Next", "lightbox_previous": "Previous", "lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded…
I read somewhere the Rage128 is better than Twinturbo... I have the two card and I have tested it with my 7600/sonnetG3 (os9) and Macbench5: The TwinTurbo in so…
Well damnit anyway...I've been horribly busy, haven't been here in a long time and I've recently been using my centris a lot lately and it has worked flawlessly…
Hello! Today I purchased my first Vintage mac. I first used one of these in 1993 in Grade One and have not used one since, the rest of my primary schooling bein…
I've had a box of 20 or so IIcx logic boards in the attic for a decade or more. I got the batteries out of them early on, so I never had a battery explosions, b…
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XBHS1997's thread reminded me of my Tangerine SL iMac, which has had a most peculiar problem since new: the screen will flicker and shink upwards from the botto…
My trusty old Radius 81/110 doesn't want to power down. I noticed a few weeks back it started up on its own. Took it apart and looked around, the battery is 3.6…
Was wondering if you guys like the 17" model powerbooks over the 15 or 12" ones and why. The 15" seems like a decent size to carry around and the screen space i…
Hi I'm trying to help out someone who posted an ad saying that his classic wouldn't start anymore. He is 78 and French, so he doesn't speak English at all. He u…
Does anyone know what the heck this is?? I am trying to find drivers for this accelerator board, but have no idea what it is.. The S/N is blank, and it has no w…
Hey there! Have an odd question and am wondering if it is at all possible. I have a dead Macintosh IIci that has been recapped but still does not want to boot. …
Hello all... So I have replaced in my Lisa's the Power Supply and Video Board caps.. including the X2 film caps... many of mine were cracked... (not good)... at…
I recently purchased an SE w/ Superdrive locally for $30. This computer has dual 1.44 floppy drives and has an internal 30meg HD (after opening up the machine i…
Does anyone have a cap list for the SE-30 analog board? I found this one here, and I think the analog boards are the same between SE and SE-30 Macintosh SE Anal…
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00C7W5L44?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00 off brand #40 developer by the gallon { "lightbox…
Well, I just picked up a G3 L2 on ebay, I stuck it in my TAM, downloaded the 2.0.5 driver from the newer technologies website which still has the drivers listed…
Quick question pertaining to AGP Powermac towers... Was the ability to use a keyboard power key removed from Mac towers when they started shipping with Pro Keyb…
Hello everyone, I wanted to share with you a couple of things I got today ! The guy brought in 6 massive cardboard boxes, 300 miles from where I live (Bordeaux …
So, my latest conquest has still not successfully run under it's own steam yet and I am beat as to why. It will chime, and will power up the monitor (I have tri…
So, I just decided to consolidate my various stuff and things into a single thread on another forum yesterday so figured I may as well do the same here. Some of…
Earlier this year I raided a co-worker's Apple collection and bought his PowerBook 100 off of him. Unfortunately, his did not have a battery, or even a cover. I…
Hey, You guys may know whats wrong. 2 of my macs (Macintosh plus and Macinotsh Classic II) have an issue saving changes to the sound and mouse settings. the ma…
I have a lot of PC133 RAM laying around from various PCs I've parted out. I thought I would use it to bring my Power Mac G4 Sawtooth up to 1GB from 640MB. So, I…
A local guy I know ends up with old machines that people drop off. I went to pick up an old Compaq 486 tower and he had some iMac G5's. So I said what the hell …
I bought a PowerBook 540c on eBay, because I wanted a 68k laptop. When it arrived, I discovered it had been upgraded to PowerPC. I have two questions: 1. Would …
I recently took my Mac Classic II out of storage, it had been at the top of my garage for the past 10+ years. It gets pretty hot up there and as a result my bat…
These interfaces were created between 1990-1999 and are only usable by those who have a mac with a serial port. they came built in on older beige colored g3 or …
I was working on my LC III (again) and tinkering with the two external hard drives I acquired some time ago. It turned out that one of them had a functional har…
Hey guys, So I am relatively new to the board, mostly because my long standing Apple/Mac interest has exploded into a recent rash of acquiring vintage macs (muc…
Hi folks I managed to resurrect another trash-saved Mac which was sitting around here. Before, at the first try (probably after ~10 years without being in use),…
I have an extra 3400c case that I had in the back of my mind wondered what to do with. A friend just pointed this out: http://www.minnowboard.org/meet-minnowboa…
A few days ago I was doing a random search on Craigslist for computers that cost $30 or less. One of the results was an Acer Chromebook that had a damaged Chrom…
Hi, I recently bought a Quadra 950 and have been having some problems with it. It doesn't seem like there are a lot of these, and thusly not much information on…
I did my first re-cap yesterday on my SE/30. I'm glad to say it went well. I wasn't getting any sound before, now I get clear and loud sound through the headpho…
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…
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…
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…
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! …
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…
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 …