So I dug up my PowerBook 160 and found out that the hinge is already starting to separate. Is there anything I can do to hold the hinge together?
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Hi I've just bought on ebay a Lapis color card for my SE/30. The seller didn't test the card himself as he had no external monitor... but the SE/30 which came w…
Hey everybody! Tom Lee reminded me recently that the Classic Mac Repair Notes document is still around The file is located here: http://68kmla.org/files/classic…
Ok... so on this board I have not seen a PB100 battery rebuild.. But I did see another forum with a solution someone did... Any help here is greatly appreciated…
Got a couple of these power supplies in. Both dead. one of them had 5V standby, the other one does not. Both have good fuses. This post is about ONE, as I only …
For lack of better term, I've had a Duo 230 suffer from small pink blob and I've seen a few other like this. For some reason it seems I've seen this only in Pow…
Well, my new SCSI2SD arrived today (the new small board), and I have spent the entire evening trying to get it to work with either my SE/30 or Classic II. At fi…
I've read that since the Plus didn't have a fan, it was somewhat common for it to overheat and have PSU issues. The last time I used one, I was 7, but I've rece…
I don't actually have the 5300c yet, so I don't know what the condition of the battery is yet. The end goal is to rebuild a 5300c (possibly therefore also a 190…
Hi, I'm doing an overhaul of my 68K Macs at present, and under the house found an AppleVision 1710 monitor - a notorious model famed for high failure rate. This…
Hi there. This is my first post on this board, but I've already used the information in threads here to narrow down my problem. I recently picked up an SE/30 fr…
Ok so I found a great solution to replace the battery..... Purchase these http://www.ebay.com/itm/180979418921?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=S…
Hey guys! My OMP/H1000 is dead in the water - it /was/ working for quite a while until its batteries died (I used high-performance alkalines) and I simply left …
OK my spare SE/30 is having a major problem! I think it's the SCSI chip. Which is not socketted! It will hang on boots and reboot, and after messing with it, SC…
So I finally found an Apple CD SC 1X CD drive to finish off my stack of external Macintosh II peripherials but this one is giving me trouble. I have not hooked …
Well, this one came from eBay with no indication it was a HyperDrive Mac 512k other than the metal plate on the front and the sticker on the back that said "Hyp…
I have been slightly irritated with the capacitor price hikes over at Mouser.com There are other places to get caps… LIke Ebay and AliExpress.com Buy with cauti…
I am looking for an L2 which is too broken to use. Anyone have one with a demolished core (tube) that just can't be used in a Mac any more, but one whose wire c…
My hoard is a bit ridiculous, so it will take a while to catalog it all, but here's a start: a shot of my current workshop, in a few different configurations. M…
Received 5 boards from rollermanz in the uk to try and fix. Some look hopeful , some look anything but. Anyway took a few pics of the boards before I did anythi…
Hi, I have a basically brand new 17-inch PowerBook G4, but I cannot figure out why the keyboard backlight is so dim. It was dim from the start, so I replaced th…
Hi, I realized that both Firmtek and Wiebetech sold Sil3132 based controller cards for late-2005 PowerMac G5. I had a Sil3132 card sitting in a drawer so I deci…
I had posted a thread on this many years ago, but wanted to start anew since we have some fresh minds here and hopefully someone can help with this. Please read…
Hello everybody, I'm back again with another conquest of mine! This time luck has brought me nothing less than a Macintosh 128k, which I obtained from a guy in …
Hello! I recently acquired a Macintosh Portable M5120, when I power it from a brand new (and charged) lead battery, it runs fine until it tries reading from the…
Hey guys, I was browsing craigslist for mac stuff as usual when I'm bored and noticed a listing for a DOS card for $10. They didn't really go into detail about …
I recently acquired a 7100 that used to crash a lot when starting. I didn't hear any cases of 7100 needing new caps, but anyway I checked them. I then found tha…
I know it involves SSL somehow but is it that the libraries that classilla links against don't understand the encryption being used? If it is is it possible to …
Hi guys, I was given a Graphite DV SE 400 Mhz with video issues. And indeed: After several PRAM resets and a PMU reset and a new PRAM battery (which all changed…
Hello everyone, I recently got hold of an Apple ///, however it doesn't want to boot any Apple /// software. It will however boot nearly all my Apple ][ softwar…
My Classic has been sitting under my desk for a few months, but the other day I set it up to do some writing on it. When starting up, I noticed that there is a …
Just got in a G4 15" 1.5ghz Powerbook the owner said just quit turning on. It boots up just fine for me (65w aftermarket power brick). The unit looks pretty muc…
Recently I thought I'd take advantage of some extra time to unpack my neglected Macs since their recent move. I started on trying to make a sort of OS 9 server …
Hi guys, I just put my hands on a very good shape iMac G4 700 Mhz. The machine is working well so far. There was no keyboard or mouse, but that's not an issue f…
I would like to test a Grappler Plus card for which I don't have a ready cable (to printer). Is that possible? When I try to enable the slot it's in the machine…
My oldest 800mhz G3 'book suddenly has a major issue - won't turn on with any regularity, can occasionally get restarted and booted by pressing the power button…
Hello fellow. First congratulate you for having this forum so fabulous. About a month ago came into my hands my first Apple computer, nothing more and nothing l…
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Hi Guys, just going to put it out there that I'm interested in getting an ethernet card for an SE/30 if anyone has one. I recently recapped an SE/30 and got the…
I've been maintaining what was formerly a fully operational LC III for the past couple of months following the completion of board and PSU recapping (c.o. Unise…
I apologise if this is in the wrong subforum but I couldn't find a better one to post it in. Is ADB hotswappable for keyboards and mice? It's just I have someth…
I have made available to everyone a replacement gear for 400k/800k (internal or external) floppy drives. this is to replace the tiny (smallest) gear of the ejec…
I have a Beige Macintosh Plus, likely converted from a 128k/512k, and it has been working fine for the past several months. Just today, however, I was using Mac…
I just acquired a mint condition Classic II. It was described that it shows only checkerboard pattern. When I got it, it powered on and it showed checkerboard w…
Hi. A few months ago I repaired Mac Classic. Today I have a SE model. Now I have a problem with PRAM. I installed a new Lithium battery, but mac still can't sav…
I have been given 3 Fujitsu Hard Drives (50 pin ones) and i have had no chance with either. Only one of them has what looks like a resistor pack (in a socket) W…
Related question: is it possible to jury rig an external 3.5" floppy's internal cable into a Disk II controller board (is that what it's called?)? I haven't che…
My G4 Sawtooth came with an ATI Radeon 7500 in it. After updating to 9.2.1 from 9.1, the machine freezes at the desktop unless I disable all ATI extensions. I n…
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The Trail of TearsProject Goal: Migrating 264 Vision 1.4 files to Logic Pro XSummary: It works! But it is going to take a million years to complete the project.…