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…
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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…
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 …
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…
Anyone know if the Farallon etherwave serial to ethernet adapters work under system 6? Thanks, Nathan
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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 …
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…
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…
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.
I bought a ethernet card, and it wont fit in the powerbooks pc card slot! It wont go all the way back, it springs back! It is a 32 bit pc card.
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…
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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? …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Hi guys, Okay, so I've gotten my beloved old Color Classic up and running with a Color Classic II (Performa 275?) motherboard, 36 megs of RAM, and System 7.5.3 …
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 …
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…
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…
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?
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…
I need to connect a computer through the modem of my powermac g4 quicksilver running 10.4. problem though, i cant find any way to share the internet connection …
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 …
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…
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…
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 . …
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…
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Hi, two "new" Powerbooks Got each for 20 €. First one is a PB G4 17" 1Ghz. Sold as broken/not starting, turned out to be a dead AC adapter. case is so so, some …
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…
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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…
Mine does not, although under Panther it was OK! Its a d-Link DSL-G664T. Can anyone recommend a replacement that definitely works with iChat 3?
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…
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 …
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…