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I know about the Nubus-based Photoshop DSP accelerators but are there any similar PCI cards? I think I remember seeing something like that years ago but I can't…
Do any versions of baskilisk or minivmac out there support using an actual internal zip drive?
I have the PC version of the Radeon 9800 pro video card purchased as an upgrade for my G4 AGP (Sawtooth). I bought it from eBay as the description said it was t…
Hi Guys, I have been contemplating on moving the Cyrix 5x86 CPU which I am currently using in my 640 DOS Compatible onto the 6100/66's DOS Card. Since the Cyrix…
I can't find that much info about the AppleCD devices. When did Apple release them? What's the differences between the models? I know AppleCD SC was introduced …
So today I acquired the "MacBook Pro Mac OS X Install Disc 1" and "Mac OS X Install Disc 2" for the, of course, MacBook Pro. I just wanted to make sure that the…
http://lowendmac.com/imacs/700-mhz-imac-g3-mid-2001.html anyone have one of these? or worked with one? i personally only ever seen the 600mhz iMac g3
Saw today an ad offering an SE/30 with box and software + for the same offer free Powerbook Duo 230. So i offered some and i got it, the guy called me soon afte…
So the other day I was out and spotted a computer on the curb. When i pulled over and investigated, I found that it was a Power Macintosh 7500. It was just sitt…
I successfully upgraded my iMac G3/350 to an iMac G3/600. It used to have 9.2.1 on a 6 GB HDD. Now, it's Jaguar with 9.2.(2?) for classic. The supplies (mobo, m…
Hi Guys, Not sure if you guys have any use for this but I figure it can't hurt to share the information. While most Power Macs these days can or have been upgra…
Poking through the local Craigslist, I came across an iMac G4 being advertised for $20. Looking at the crappy picture, it looked to be in decent enough shape. T…
So I got an iBook G4 a few weeks ago, and out of curiosity I installed Lubuntu PPC 12.04 on it. I got past the wireless card issues that come with the operating…
Rescued this mint condition historic screen saver from Weird Stuff fro $5. One of the first screen savers for the Mac. Just discovered this, a guy who converted…
Yeah, got an iBook G4 and an indigo iMac G3. Traded a Playstation 2 and a Sega Genesis for them, I was supposed to give the guy my Nintendo 64 as well but he le…
Uniserver hooked me up with a Power Mac G3 AIO and while tearing it down, I noticed something I haven't seen on another Mac before - a power supply jumper to sw…
So I finally sourced the break-out box for the Nubus version fo the Radius VideoVision (because apparently the PCI one is different). I plugged it into my specc…
Rumor has it that this is the last release of Java 6 that would install on a G5... unfortunately the file seems to have vanished from the internet. It was pushe…
So starting from where another fellow left off here: viewtopic.php?f=15&t=11366 viewtopic.php?f=3&t=9967&start=0 https://discussions.app…
Hi, I am going to receive a 2003 model MDD in the mail soon, and I was wondering about memory capacity. Since there exists 1 GB DDR RAM modules which are of the…
Hi I own a iMac G4 20" and noticed the fan makes a lot of noice, so i started looking for a replacment. I was thinking about a silent fan but then i read this: …
I can't for the life of me figure out how to boot from a CF card either in a PCMCIA adaptor or using a USB adaptor. I can hold down option and see the main volu…
Hi, Basically what the title says. I got it among a lot of several other parts machines (among which was another 17" PowerBook), and I was able to piece it toge…
Does anyone have any insight into whether CopyROM gives accurate ROM images for the early PCI Power Macintoshes? I makes the correct sized files. I am trying to…
This one's a beauty. It's in great shape. Only $70 bucks. The box too looks like new. It originally had 10.2 on it, but it was hosed. So I gave it a clean insta…
...the locking bar thing for the keyboard/trackpad connector on a 17" PowerBook G4, other than another logic board? Or is there a way to make the connector work…
Hello, I am looking to just get a quick answer on what to do in order to hook up my digital audio powermac to two displays. It is currently hooked up to an adc …
Hi, two recent conquests: Lilliput 8" touch screen LCD: a gift from a friend, which he used to use in his car to play Xbox games. This thing is so cool, complet…
I found this little gem in amongst a pile of Indigo G3s and eMacs. { "lightbox_close": "Close", "lightbox_next": "Next", "lightbox_previous": "Previous", "light…
I have a ton of external SCSI devices for my old macs but never had anything firewire. So browsing ebay at 4am I won a couple firewire burners, a beige cdrw and…
I have an iMac G4 that i picked up from the hamvention, it fires up but it goes kernel panic please turn off your computer screen on startup. So, i grabbed my O…
I helped my father in law with an iMac upgrade and transferred all his info (his 5th Mac: LCII, Beige PM G3, Snow iMac G3, Intel iMac, now a 21.5" iMac), and he…
I was hoping that the 601 Power Macintosh card in my Quadra 800 would go from 66 to 80MHz when I clockchipped the Q800 from 33 to 40 (since it will run at 80 in…
My old place of work had some G5s it was getting rid of and I was asked if I had any interest in one, so I figured I'd go for it. This is the dual 2.5 model (wa…
Im trying to use my PowerBook G3 to interface with some very old proprietary synths - running 9.2.2, anyone know of any Firewire audio interfaces that work in P…
Found this morning, a VST Zip 100 Drive for Powerbook G3: { "lightbox_close": "Close", "lightbox_next": "Next", "lightbox_previous": "Previous", "lightbox_error…
Hey Everyone, Not sure if anyone saw this but on geeks.com, they are selling refurbished quad-core G5 powermacs for $379. I have ordered from them before and ha…
So... I will be getting an iMac G4 within the next few days. It's an 800MHz model. Problem is, I am not sure if it's an OS 9 capable model. I was told by someon…
Hey all, You may have seen these, but so far, there are two auctions for bulk lots of G3 iMacs in several colours (no Dalmations or Flower Powers that I can see…
Are the CPU cards for all these Macs universally interchangeable? Are there exceptions?
you guys aren't going to believe what i just got for $110 :O :O 2.7ghz G5, no hd, 2.5GB RAM (now 3.5), came with airport extreme and antenna 2ghz G5, no hd, 2GB…
Today, I scored these: iMac G4 NuPower G3 500mhz Beige upgrade in the original box. Powerbook 280 complete. I picked up the LC575 as it was still sitting there,…
This time, when I say "Old School", I mean it in the literal sense. Grades 10 and 11 in high school were some of the best times of my life so far, and one of my…
Hey guys I ran across a problem when copying OS 9 applications across to run in classic mode under OSX 10.4 in the sense that the system simply wouldn't recogni…
Picked up a few little gems from a regular client of ours at work who had some of the remaining Apple hardware from a now defunct Apple Reseller. I didn't know …
Got some machines turned over to me few days ago, non 68k or PPC but.. Macbook (late 2007) 2.2Ghz C2D, 1GB RAM, 160GB HD, DVD-+RW, Black. No PSU but i had one u…
So recently I met this guy through my work that up until two years ago, was exclusively a mac repair specialist. I started talking to him and he took me to one …
Some of my Pismos have fairly loose screens now (5-10 degrees of play). Is there a "best practice" to retighten them, or is a little bit of extra looseness due …
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I have an eMac 1.42 Ghz and I want to install OS 9.2 on it. I've recently found out that it can't. Is there some kind of work around or something. I don't under…