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Hi, I have a problem with a PowerBook G4 17" 1.67Ghz A1107. Was working fine apart some graphic problems sometime when opening the screen after sleep, would sho…
· 4 posts · started 25 Oct 2015 - 15:53 · last 13 Nov 2015 - 08:05
Anyone know much about this? All I can find is that it apparently connected to an external 5.25" drive and could be used to transfer data off of 360K PC disks w…
· 1 posts · started 12 Nov 2015 - 13:49 · last 12 Nov 2015 - 13:49
Well, I just picked up a G3 L2 on ebay, I stuck it in my TAM, downloaded the 2.0.5 driver from the newer technologies website which still has the drivers listed…
· 37 posts · started 24 Oct 2015 - 22:43 · last 12 Nov 2015 - 00:13
My much loved 180 has succumb to tunnel vision and is now used with an external display. Still wanting to take a 1xx around with me, I was given a very nice 180…
· 8 posts · started 3 Nov 2015 - 01:25 · last 11 Nov 2015 - 20:38
I am struggling with my recently purchased PowerBook 540c. It had 7.5.3 on it with all the files and programs of a former user. I have done a fresh install of M…
· 13 posts · started 6 Nov 2015 - 03:42 · last 11 Nov 2015 - 19:57
Quick question pertaining to AGP Powermac towers... Was the ability to use a keyboard power key removed from Mac towers when they started shipping with Pro Keyb…
· 6 posts · started 10 Nov 2015 - 17:01 · last 11 Nov 2015 - 18:19
I recently won an eBay auction for a Powerbook 520, where the seller did not include the AC adapter. I did a little searching online, and found a company that c…
· 4 posts · started 8 Nov 2015 - 01:46 · last 11 Nov 2015 - 02:28
I am not a Mac person and this is probably super easy but I must have installed something and now my TAM boots to a gray screen that I can't get out of without …
· 4 posts · started 8 Nov 2015 - 15:53 · last 10 Nov 2015 - 16:47
I just got a PowerMac G4 Sawtooth (more on that here) that had an install of 10.4 Tiger along with Mac OS 9.0.4. I wanted to update the Mac OS 9 install to 9.2.…
· 10 posts · started 30 Aug 2015 - 23:53 · last 10 Nov 2015 - 14:50
This may have been posted in the past, But I had just stumbled across this: http://www.dasarodesigns.com/schematics-and-resources/?drawer=files*Apple the 800K f…
· 2 posts · started 9 Nov 2015 - 03:26 · last 10 Nov 2015 - 04:41
Hello everyone, I wanted to share with you a couple of things I got today ! The guy brought in 6 massive cardboard boxes, 300 miles from where I live (Bordeaux …
· 12 posts · started 5 Nov 2015 - 18:41 · last 9 Nov 2015 - 16:52
Earlier this year I raided a co-worker's Apple collection and bought his PowerBook 100 off of him. Unfortunately, his did not have a battery, or even a cover. I…
· 5 posts · started 28 Sep 2015 - 16:55 · last 8 Nov 2015 - 01:41
Hey, You guys may know​ whats wrong. 2 of my macs (Macintosh plus and Macinotsh Classic II) have an issue saving changes to the sound and mouse settings. the ma…
· 5 posts · started 4 Nov 2015 - 12:58 · last 7 Nov 2015 - 16:48
A local guy I know ends up with old machines that people drop off. I went to pick up an old Compaq 486 tower and he had some iMac G5's. So I said what the hell …
· 9 posts · started 14 Oct 2015 - 23:58 · last 6 Nov 2015 - 21:10
Hi, m68k users! I've been using bbraun's djMEMC fix in the NetBSD kernel to support 260 megs in a Quadra 610. However, sometime between last summer and now I've…
· 4 posts · started 4 Dec 2014 - 21:22 · last 6 Nov 2015 - 18:27
I boughta pair of Atto SEIV on ebay about half a month ago. My first goal was to get one of those "monsters" to work with my mac IIci which boots mac OS 8.1 (mo…
· 6 posts · started 31 Oct 2015 - 20:19 · last 6 Nov 2015 - 07:33
I have a problem with a 400k external Apple drive. I can put a disk in and gently push it down to seat properly (drive obviously needs a clean), the drive will …
· 4 posts · started 4 Nov 2015 - 10:28 · last 6 Nov 2015 - 05:53
A friend gave this to me, he found it in a stash of scrap boards Do you know what this card is/does? Thanks!
· 9 posts · started 15 Jun 2015 - 10:55 · last 5 Nov 2015 - 22:52
I recently acquired (for a good price) a Mac Plus, that looks like it hasn't been touched for a while. When I went to power it up, I noticed that the CRT was di…
· 5 posts · started 3 Nov 2015 - 03:21 · last 3 Nov 2015 - 21:36
I recently took my Mac Classic II out of storage, it had been at the top of my garage for the past 10+ years. It gets pretty hot up there and as a result my bat…
· 10 posts · started 26 Oct 2015 - 17:44 · last 3 Nov 2015 - 04:07
I have a Macintosh 512K (M0001W) which has been sitting in storage for the last 15 years. When I last used it, I remember it working fine however when I powered…
· 19 posts · started 26 Oct 2015 - 00:24 · last 3 Nov 2015 - 02:18
Hello, Apologies if this post is in the wrong place; I looked around several of the boards but didn't see any hard drive discussion in Peripherals. Links to oth…
· 13 posts · started 22 Oct 2015 - 16:26 · last 31 Oct 2015 - 20:48
These interfaces were created between 1990-1999 and are only usable by those who have a mac with a serial port. they came built in on older beige colored g3 or …
· 26 posts · started 4 Oct 2014 - 17:53 · last 31 Oct 2015 - 04:22
I won this one at my local surplus auction. I discovered this gem amongst a bunch of 1,1 Mac Pros and G5s. I think whatever company that surplussed it accidenta…
· 23 posts · started 28 Oct 2015 - 16:28 · last 30 Oct 2015 - 21:20
I was working on my LC III (again) and tinkering with the two external hard drives I acquired some time ago. It turned out that one of them had a functional har…
· 3 posts · started 29 Oct 2015 - 01:26 · last 30 Oct 2015 - 02:02
Much like LazarusNine, I had my own disaster. Two issues: 1. Had my iron set for 650F and was using some solder tweezers (Hakko FX-8804-02) thinking it would be…
· 19 posts · started 25 Oct 2015 - 04:27 · last 29 Oct 2015 - 19:30
I've just had my last intact 65w G4-era AC adapter lose one of its cable-winding wings to a slight bit of jostling in my bag, joining several others I've had wi…
· 9 posts · started 27 Oct 2015 - 19:45 · last 29 Oct 2015 - 02:02
I found a 250MB Avatar Shark drive, along with 4 disks. It has the PC Parallel Port cable. It also says on the box that SCSI interface cables for Macintosh comp…
· 15 posts · started 21 Oct 2015 - 15:11 · last 28 Oct 2015 - 19:37
So I got a hold of a few 280 motherboards from someone local, 1 powered on 2 didn't even after huge cleaning and recap, Have a 270 that has flaky video but will…
· 1 posts · started 28 Oct 2015 - 05:36 · last 28 Oct 2015 - 05:36
Hey guys, So I am relatively new to the board, mostly because my long standing Apple/Mac interest has exploded into a recent rash of acquiring vintage macs (muc…
· 4 posts · started 27 Oct 2015 - 21:54 · last 27 Oct 2015 - 23:42
Hi folks I managed to resurrect another trash-saved Mac which was sitting around here. Before, at the first try (probably after ~10 years without being in use),…
· 3 posts · started 27 Oct 2015 - 16:11 · last 27 Oct 2015 - 18:43
Is anyone else having trouble getting to the page? I just get redirected to the generic support page. I also found this article http://support.apple.com/kb/TA48…
· 142 posts · started 12 Nov 2014 - 22:41 · last 27 Oct 2015 - 18:17
Hi there. Was wondering if anyone has heard of Macintosh speakers going bad. I have a G3 desktop Macintosh with the oblong speaker in that beige casing. Anyways…
· 12 posts · started 23 Oct 2015 - 15:00 · last 27 Oct 2015 - 13:43
I have an extra 3400c case that I had in the back of my mind wondered what to do with. A friend just pointed this out: http://www.minnowboard.org/meet-minnowboa…
· 23 posts · started 17 Mar 2015 - 18:21 · last 27 Oct 2015 - 07:55
OK. Got a nice looking Pismo out of the ‘Bay. All is good and it functions just fine except - 1. It will NOT start up from any CD or DVD with an OS on it (it wi…
· 7 posts · started 16 Oct 2015 - 00:56 · last 27 Oct 2015 - 00:42
Anyone know what this is?? I have never seen a drive formatted like this before... Is this to use the "040 Fast Cache" option?? Over the years I never enabled o…
· 4 posts · started 7 Oct 2015 - 05:55 · last 26 Oct 2015 - 23:41
As a result of the feedback I got from the topic at https://68kmla.org/forums/index.php?/topic/26059-lc-iii-external-hard-drive/I was able to obtain an external…
· 5 posts · started 23 Sep 2015 - 19:15 · last 26 Oct 2015 - 17:27
A few days ago I was doing a random search on Craigslist for computers that cost $30 or less. One of the results was an Acer Chromebook that had a damaged Chrom…
· 19 posts · started 11 Sep 2015 - 02:38 · last 26 Oct 2015 - 09:30
Hi, I recently bought a Quadra 950 and have been having some problems with it. It doesn't seem like there are a lot of these, and thusly not much information on…
· 7 posts · started 25 Oct 2015 - 23:16 · last 26 Oct 2015 - 01:25
I did my first re-cap yesterday on my SE/30. I'm glad to say it went well. I wasn't getting any sound before, now I get clear and loud sound through the headpho…
· 4 posts · started 25 Oct 2015 - 02:04 · last 25 Oct 2015 - 20:26
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