Don't wanna jinx it, but I found a Mac Portable on Craigslist in my metro area for $40. Going to pick it up tonight. The seller says it doesn't work, but it is …
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Good evening, Apologies if this specific problem has been handled elsewhere. I could not find this exact issue through searching. On Monday, I took possession o…
Well its about time I start on this one. I have a dual floppy TEMPEST SE. The fact that its dual floppy seems rather odd to me. While I may be able to add a har…
From what I've read, the first Apple II floppy drive (the Disk II) wasn't invented until about six months after the release of the Apple II - so the computer's …
I have been home for a couple of days after a surgery, so have had time to tinker with most of my fleet. Most of them are working great, the last one on my list…
Hi. Now that I have started to use my 3400 on a more regular basis, I have been noticing many software problems; probably due to whatever the previous owner had…
Anyone have the seemingly short-lived version of the Newton with an "N" logo in place of the Apple logo? I have only handled one, I think it was a blue circle w…
Hello – I have a Mac Plus that won't save any settings, such as the time, date or mouse tracking. I replaced the PRAM battery on the back of it with a new one, …
Last week, I got another 12" RGB from a buddy who had one in his garage. I plugged it in and it worked fine, but the CRT has these epically huge scratches all o…
I'm thinking about starting on a new Mac hardware hacking project, and searching for ideas. Any suggestions? I'm hoping for something that other people would ac…
The PSU that i normally use to test LC's is a re-capped one. but i forgot, in messing with my personal machines a week ago the good one got swapped with one tha…
I'm sure this isn't totally new, but I'll describe the chain of events specific to this PB. I bought it on eBay untested. There wasn't that much corrosion on th…
so long story short, this company in Chicago, they are a battery company, but they take on side projects as well. They make these devices that detect water, if …
OK, I just purchased a IIci and it worked fine for a day. After copying the hard drive, and replacing the PRAM battery (It booted up fine with a dead one but I …
Hello: I am the new owner of a RasterOps 24XLi Nubus video card, and I am wondering if any of you fine p[eople mght have the driver to share? Thanks! Matt
I did pretty well on an almost complete set of 11" x 17" Think Different posters on eBay. I wonder why no one else bid? http://www.ebay.com/itm/171684155074 Edi…
I own a PowerBook Duo 230, in decent shape. However, when I turn it on, it starts smelling strongly of fish. It has gotten a lot better, and seems to be working…
Hello everyone, I have a mac classic with a problem: the power supply voltage is too low output. I have 4.5V and 11.4V ... I also changed the electrolytic capac…
Was given it as non functional. So far seems to work fine except when an external monitor is connected. Then it has video issues. Not sure what I'm going to do …
Hi, just finished recapping my IIci with tantalums. Works nicely. You can see it getting a fresh System 7.5.5. :ii: The machine came with a rare video card I gu…
I got a Duo 230 in unknown state. When I powered it on, it worked, but it was unstable. I then examined the capacitors on the board and found that every one of …
Today I received a Color Classic and an Apple Techstep Diagnostic Tool! Only had time to tinker with them for a little while. The color classic only makes a sli…
I have a 3400c that had some corrosion beneath the PRAM battery. It wasn't actually that bad, and I've cleaned the board with still unknown results. Hopefully t…
I just got my floppy emu and I got my HD20 emulation working, but I am wondering if it will work on an un-expanded Macintosh 128K? I read somewhere that the Mac…
I just had my iici motherboard recapped and it looks beautiful! The problem is, I can't get it to display anything. I have bank A full of Ram. I am using a db15…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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! …
G'day, Currently I'm recapping my old IIsi mobo after the video stopped working. Here's hoping it's just caps. Anyway, I've got a Daystar 33mhz 040 accel that I…
I recently bought an Apple /// (256k model), Monitor ///, Disk /// external drive, manuals, and software. All of the units are cosmetically in amazing condition…
Got these in the mail today, $20ish for the lot. Supposedly dead, so going to reference and replace capacitors to see where that takes me. I better keep them in…
Welp, it came to a point where I was without a daily Mac recently after my G5 2.0DP developed those logic board issues, and after percervering for a few days wi…
Either the shimmering box or a random system error will come up randomly after 10-15 minutes of use. It doesn't matter what version of the system is being used,…
Have any of you experienced this with MDDs, or maybe other Macs? When I power them off after use, I cannot get them to start again until momentarily unplugging …
Some of you may have seen my WTB inquiries for a top end 9600 and Daystar Genesis this last week or so... Well, as I began reading and searching for a machine, …
Picked this up today dirt cheap (less than $5). Not sure if it was a Lisa 2 or XL yet but either way someone really didn't like money. { "lightbox_close": "Clos…
[SIZE=medium]Recently I bought an Apple IIGS from US. I live in Europe and want to convert the power supply from 115 volts to 230 volts if its possible. The PSU…
I have a Classic II with a couple of issues. Before washing and recapping it, it would boot maybe 20% of the time, and otherwise would give a checkerboard patte…
Neat article about BMOW's writeup about a rewritable ROM based on work from Rob Braun and Doug Brown: http://hackaday.com/2014/12/23/rewritable-rom-for-the-mac-…
I got my Mac 128k today. I was hoping it was fairly complete as discussed in another thread here recently: https://68kmla.org/forums/index.php?/topic/24452-orig…
Hey all, I'm new here so thought I'd say hi! I've been collecting for a few years, and I love macs. I initially had a small collection of Powerbook protos which…