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I'm assuming this is a Hack. I upgraded from my original Core Duo Mac to a Core 2 Duo Mac so I could upgrade to Lion an upgrade to ICloud. I gave the Mac to a g…
Dunno if everyone is aware of this resource, so I thought I'd post it: http://www.everymac.com/monitors/apple/ There are some interesting anomalies, like the Mu…
hello im new to the group. my name is roger and my current line of of macs are as follow's imac g4 imac g5 dead 2 dual 2.7 powermac g5s just thought id say hi t…
Okay, so I have a nice little 533MHz Power Mac G4 (Gigabit Ethernet) that I've just got up and running with OS9. It's working pretty nicely, except that thanks …
Here's what someone needs: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lot-Of-50-Apple-Mac-Mini-1-25GHz-512-MB-40-GB-HD-W-Power-Adapters-ONLY-100-LEFT-/161464162711?pt=US_Wholesale…
I am looking to buy just about any Apple Stuff that is not in my signature. If you have anything that you are willing to sell or trade (See below) please leave …
I'm using IE8 and Windows 7 and the scroll bar on the right doesn't work with this site. It works in other browsers but in IE8 I have to use the arrow keys to s…
Yes, I've joined, registered.... or something like that. I had to use an alternate email address and then change it to the desired one after registering because…
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I have today been reading and annotating a student's thesis using Libre Office (she had written in Open Office, and the tracking of text insertions, annotations…
Although I have tons of great old computers that I try and keep in good condition, for a while now I've felt the need for my own "main" computer that can suppor…
Saved these from being trashed. Macintosh Classic 4Mb, 40Mb, OS 7 works fine. Performa 6400/180 88Mb. These are my first "vintage" Macs So far the oldest have b…
It's been quite a while since getting a conquest this good, but here it is. Yesterday I was walking around the Chemical Engineering building on my college's cam…
Well, not ruined, but they don't work together. This might save someone a lot of headaches, and is sad to report, but OrangePC does not like the Sonnet G4 upgra…
Though problem of not being able to print in OS 9 occurred over a week before my Nov. 2 post, it's only today that after not doing anything, after selecting my …
Walked around town yesterday with my friend and spotted a store with lots of stuffs inside. My friend was looking for a video card to fix his G3 as it doesn't s…
I want to send a fax from my SE 30 (OS 7.5.5) . I know I have sent fax from this in past. I found the 1.4Mb disk with FaxSTF (version 2.6.1) installer on it and…
Hi! Could I find anyone skillful enough to dump the ROM file from the original iMac grpahics card the Ati Rage IIc? I want to use it for flashing. I will be mor…
I'm looking to possibly upgrade the SCSI drive in my Power Mac 8500. What type of SCSI drive should I be looking for? I'm a little bewildered by wide SCSI, ultr…
I went to Computer Works and picked up eight iBooks at $10 each. They need some stuff to make them useable (Battery, Charger, Ram, HD and Keyboard) which will p…
Bought an iMac with broken ram for 80USD and fixed it up for 2 USD iam very happy with this find
Hi all, I have a PowerMac G4 Quicksilver that I love. It once was an original 867 MHz, but a couple of years ago I swapped its motherboard with a dual 1.0 GHz f…
Hello, i got an iBook G4 and got a Apple Studio Display with ADC from a friend, what converters do i need for connecting the screen to the mini VGA port on the …
I've got to say I've been going to just about every thrift store in the area about once a week for the past 2-3 months.. in this time I've managed to find a blu…
Acquired today, all for free: Power Macintosh 8500/120 system. 120 MHz 604, 160 MB RAM, 2 GB HD, CD-ROM. Also has some kind of AV panel with audio/video in/out-…
Hello, I recently saved some compact and desktop mac. I plan to use one classic to drive my old synths and expanders (D20, MT32, TR707). I already found a worki…
eBay purchase, so not much of a conquest per se, but the unit is in great shape. I thought I was getting the 17" 1GHz, but this is actually the 15" 1GHz. That s…
Hello, I'm borrowing my friend's account for a second for this. I have a backup of Mac OS X Tiger (a .toast file, I copied it on a friend's Mac and to my flash …
Rescued a Sawtooth G4/500DP and a Quicksilver 867mhz G4 from my employer when they were bought out by a bigger company. I now work for the other company and am …
I bought these for $50 a pop. Got 6 of them shipped for more than i paid for the machines. Anyway, I'm putting gentoo on these bad boys now. Any idea how/what I…
Can anybody comment on the quality of video captured on PCI Power Macs (ie 7500, 8500, 8600, etc) compared to video capture cards of their day? I've owned sever…
My landlord gave me this original Rev B Bondi Blue iMac G3. It's spotless. He had it sitting up in the attic and no longer had a use for it so he said I could h…
Has anyone really sat down and tried to run OS 9 on newer, unsupported Macs? For example - the FW800 MDD G4s. There's some iMac G4s that use regular AirPort, US…
http://tenfourfox.blogspot.com/2011/07/60b1-available.html Please note: plugins ship disabled in 6.0. Read the blog entry thoroughly. You can opt back in, but t…
I've recently sparked an interest in the PowerMac G4'S, And have been looking in to purchasing one. However, due to the several variations of PowerMacs, I canno…
I have not been able to find much relevant info about speakers for G5 towers. What speakers out there work with the G5 towers (late 2005 DC models)? Not looking…
For the wonderful price of 11$ + shipping, I recently acquired: Ram Doubler 8 on CD "Optimized for OS 8, Apple's Newest and fastest OS!" ~1998 Ram Doubler 1.6.2…
my computer is a 2x1.8GHz G5 tower, 1.5GB RAM (upgrading to 4GB soon). with TenFourFox, Adium, and a couple other low-power apps going, I can get through around…
I've noticed almost every white Apple Pro Keyboard has turned a rather disgusting yellow shade these days. Since most of us have used Retr0brite exclusively on …
Long ago, in a universe far away, the details of which are shrouded in the mists of failing memory, I acquired a yellowed pair of AppleDesign Speakers. Like mos…
The untimely portended "demise" of my G4 Cube (since partly resuscitated, diagnosed and put in the "to be properly fixed" pile) has forced me to give some atten…
Surely someone can triumph where I have failed. http://tenfourfox.blogspot.com/2011/05/four-ever-yours.html In the meantime, we will carry on with development o…
I'm in the market for either a Quicksilver (Dual 1GHz) or a MDD (Dual 1.25GHz FW400) and wanted to get some opinions. I need something that boots Mac OS 9 nativ…
Here it is, after years of waiting! The DayStar Turbo601 does *not* work in the SE/30, and I'm pretty sure we won't ever convince it to. The good news: -With th…
Hey all, I just had a thought to re-use my existing DOS/PC disk image file from my Performa 640CD DOS machine using Virtual PC on my PowerMac G3. I discovered t…
Well, the guy I bought the stuff from the conquest of the year sent me more stuff for free in the mail. -Radius 81/110 restore disk, manual, and registration ca…
So this week I had a serious breakthru on why the JavaScript accelerator in TenFourFox chugs so badly on the G5. Apple, true to form, only documents some of thi…
Well, it all started a few months ago when I was working on a Language Arts Project. A teacher happened to walk by where I was working and noticed my copy of Ap…
Ok so I just got 2 Power Macs for $50 The first one is a Power Macintosh 7100/66, Here are the specs: 109MB RAM 4GB SCSI HDD Standard CD-ROM 66Mhz PowerPC 601 S…
I just got a Power Macintosh 8500 and was wondering, does anybody else have one, and what do you do with it? Also, what are the specs on your 8500. I'm using mi…