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It's a LC III Macintosh (the computer). I finally had the chance to boot her up today because I got the VGA-DB15 pin adapter for my monitor. Fire her up, she lo…
· 10 posts · started 29 Sep 2007 - 22:29 · last 1 Oct 2007 - 03:35
About 2 years ago or so I got the flatshade polygonal 1st person perspective bug. I was absolutely dying to make a World War II flightsimulator for System 6 Mac…
· 22 posts · started 25 Sep 2007 - 19:03 · last 29 Sep 2007 - 05:21
Hey, delighted to find this place! [] ]'> Keeping in mind I have never done anything with my Powerbook but type on it (erm, and replace the letters with …
· 21 posts · started 11 Aug 2007 - 08:20 · last 28 Sep 2007 - 16:05
http://silvernetworks.net/IMG_0177.JPG http://silvernetworks.net/IMG_0178.JPG Biggest liberation ever. I won the Macs at school auction. The grand total came ou…
· 13 posts · started 26 Sep 2007 - 20:39 · last 27 Sep 2007 - 22:36
I'm having problems with AppleTalk. Every time I restart my laptop it turns off. I can't get LocalTalk Bridge to work unless AppleTalk stays on. I know it's not…
· 5 posts · started 12 Sep 2007 - 20:21 · last 16 Sep 2007 - 14:31
I can connect to my iBook's (9.1) drive from my SE (6.0.5) using Appleshare and Ethertalk. On the SE, I can copy files from the iBook, and run apps from the iBo…
· 11 posts · started 21 Aug 2007 - 00:50 · last 15 Sep 2007 - 23:44
I just built a cable to network my desktop pc to my powerbook 150. Though my problem is that stargate (the file transfer program) will not work with the paralle…
· 6 posts · started 12 Sep 2007 - 01:43 · last 13 Sep 2007 - 13:14
I have some rather large files (mostly music) that I would like to get from my 6500 to my 540c. I can use Localtalk, but it's slooooooooooooooooooow. Since both…
· 3 posts · started 1 Sep 2007 - 16:58 · last 7 Sep 2007 - 21:26
I use an Orinoco Gold Wireless card with my Wallstreet G3. It was working fine but recently it can't find my wireless signal. When I open up the TCP/IP control …
· 9 posts · started 8 Aug 2007 - 17:19 · last 20 Aug 2007 - 01:27
I managed to get my LC II up and running with a non apple SCSI disk and Mac OS 7.5. All works well, except when I shutdown I get a message to insert the 'Mac Vo…
· 4 posts · started 15 Aug 2007 - 16:38 · last 18 Aug 2007 - 13:39
http://tinyurl.com/297zrn I got this today, and I haven't tried it though. What interesting is the lack of a power plug. So it it powered by SCSI I guess? Cool …
· 8 posts · started 16 Aug 2007 - 00:06 · last 16 Aug 2007 - 21:20
I can't seem to get a floppy that both my plus and my SE like. All I have are HD disks. If I format it on the plus as a double-sided disk, I get (as expected) a…
· 14 posts · started 12 Aug 2007 - 05:53 · last 13 Aug 2007 - 09:23
I did a clean install of System 7.1 on my IIcx yesterday and then I proceeded to install Open Transport. OT is working fine but there is something strange going…
· 3 posts · started 12 Aug 2007 - 19:58 · last 12 Aug 2007 - 21:28
http://tinyurl.com/2eew35 This is my 3rd iMac G3. I'm going to keep it on my desk, probably as my web server, just because...Local pickup too.
· 11 posts · started 6 Aug 2007 - 05:15 · last 10 Aug 2007 - 13:38
I've got a Performa 577 here that I got in my big haul. One of the first things I did was install a Comm Slot Ethernet card. I have noticed that it will sometim…
· 10 posts · started 23 Jul 2007 - 02:40 · last 24 Jul 2007 - 00:01
Got it in a trade with defor. It came without any drives and 256MB of RAM. It's replaced my Sawtooth as my main machine. I put a USB hub in the Zip bay.
· 1 posts · started 14 Jul 2007 - 13:13 · last 14 Jul 2007 - 13:13
So today i was at a customer's place, and we were looking for a USB cable, so he was going through some old computer stuff of his. I saw an old 10Mbps hub there…
· 5 posts · started 2 Jul 2007 - 08:06 · last 7 Jul 2007 - 13:09
I bought a ZyDas WiFi usb adapter on ebay and recieved it today. Since, now my iBook seems stable in OS X I descided to try it out. They driver see's wireless n…
· 2 posts · started 29 Jun 2007 - 09:46 · last 29 Jun 2007 - 11:02
Bought a $1 Orinoco Silver PC24E-H-FC 802.11b WiFi PC Card at a local recycling center, in slightly bent condition. Photo of damage at The previous owner appear…
· 8 posts · started 25 Jun 2007 - 07:26 · last 29 Jun 2007 - 04:27
Ignoring the bloatware bit, ADT has gotten a whole lot better. Rather than being limited to serial-port transfers (I still have to make my null modem), you have…
· 3 posts · started 22 Jun 2007 - 00:09 · last 22 Jun 2007 - 13:43
I currently have an LCPDS ethernet card in my LCIII, which is an API "Focus" card. Would this be compatible with the LC475? Currently I am posting with the LCII…
· 6 posts · started 19 Jun 2007 - 17:45 · last 19 Jun 2007 - 19:36
My problem is so similar to the one here, that I'll edit it to the problem I'm having: I have a Quadra 700 with OS 7.5.0*. The MacTCP and Network control panels…
· 16 posts · started 13 Jun 2007 - 19:14 · last 14 Jun 2007 - 23:40
I'm on my TiBook right now, OS X 10.4.9. How do I got about using the IRdA port on the back? I'd like to see if I can beam things back and forth my Zaurus for e…
· 3 posts · started 13 Jun 2007 - 04:17 · last 14 Jun 2007 - 00:32
I just need the control panel called Network which was a classic networking control panel. It should be on most systems 7.0-7.5.1. Could somone email it to me? …
· 2 posts · started 13 Jun 2007 - 06:18 · last 13 Jun 2007 - 18:22
Nothing too exciting unless you're me and get excited over everything... USB floppy drive. White, matching the newest Macs. Works great. Looks like it was never…
· 18 posts · started 9 Jun 2007 - 04:33 · last 11 Jun 2007 - 09:05
SEVEN (count them - 7) slot loading SCSI DVD-ROMs in a neat looking (and heavy) SCSI storage tower with a nice lockable smoked glass front door. I haven't pulle…
· 17 posts · started 6 Jun 2007 - 01:27 · last 8 Jun 2007 - 06:55
Hi If you don't remember me, I'm from eBay. How's the 9500 going? You may be interested in the following gear. ... I prefer old Apple stuff to go to a good home…
· 13 posts · started 3 May 2007 - 07:25 · last 6 Jun 2007 - 09:30
Well, I finally liberated that old Classic that I'd babbled about a few times before from the opressive closet at my old school. It's beat up, its screen is wob…
· 7 posts · started 25 May 2007 - 15:33 · last 6 Jun 2007 - 01:18
Has anyone used non-Apple replacement batteries such as this: http://tinyurl.com/2lfces :?: And are they any good? Do Apple even make batteries for these old ma…
· 31 posts · started 17 May 2007 - 01:26 · last 5 Jun 2007 - 03:10
In my garage I found an old Mac SE that I had acquired from a trade on an e-mail list two years ago. I used it for exactly one thing--a demonstration speech in …
· 3 posts · started 27 May 2007 - 04:25 · last 27 May 2007 - 21:09
I've been at this for a few hours now... How the heck do I get System 6 connected to an AppleTalk network? I need to install AppleTalk in it, but I can't for th…
· 3 posts · started 27 May 2007 - 04:22 · last 27 May 2007 - 12:01
Picked up some stuff that I wanted this morning. the Apple tool to open Compact Mac cases BTI Power Adapter for PB 140-180c. Brand new in Box Viking 56k Ext Mod…
· 4 posts · started 19 May 2007 - 21:58 · last 19 May 2007 - 23:11
I may buy this for my Macintosh LC III. Would it need special drivers because it is dual or are the drivers built into Mac OS like for the singles?
· 14 posts · started 7 May 2007 - 00:41 · last 18 May 2007 - 08:54
I'm a huge fan of the Apple PLW320 and 4/600 printers. They still work great in Mac OS X, and you have software to use them in Linux. (Microsoft dropped LocalTa…
· 6 posts · started 15 May 2007 - 09:33 · last 16 May 2007 - 01:57
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
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
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
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
I've had this 9pin - 25pin cable around for ages, and I always thought it was a 9pin - 25pin serial cable. Problem is, it never seemed to work any time I used i…
· 10 posts · started 2 May 2007 - 02:29 · last 2 May 2007 - 21:55

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The other day I picked up a Power Computing Power Tower Pro 250 after being tipped off that it was sitting without a pricetag on a shelf at the thrift shop. Wen…
· 46 posts · started 26 Apr 2007 - 22:05 · last 1 May 2007 - 18:30

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I see that I can use my Mac as a webserver, and can even log into it from within my network from other PC's. Right now when I use IE and type in the Macbox's lo…
· 50 posts · started 7 Jun 2005 - 15:27 · last 21 Jul 2005 - 14:44
We have a 1 GHZ eMac with a 80 Gig HD and 768 Memory and a Superdrive. Our house was hit by lightning on Thursday and it took out the DSL modem and appears to h…
· 10 posts · started 4 Jul 2005 - 11:38 · last 7 Jul 2005 - 06:49
Hey everyone, I have been searching for some information and realized that the people on a forum like this would know far more in real world scenerios. So here …
· 16 posts · started 28 Jun 2005 - 14:16 · last 29 Jun 2005 - 13:59
I'm having a horrible time trying to play WoW over my wireless LAN. Here is the situation: I have a G5 with an Airport Extreme card and WoW has basically become…
· 4 posts · started 25 Jun 2005 - 22:50 · last 26 Jun 2005 - 14:04
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