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I've been wanting a Cube since they were released in 2000. It is a basic 450mhz/192MB/40GB/DVD and it came with a 17" Apple ADC LCD monitor. Its a neat unit in …
· 9 posts · started 8 May 2011 - 03:27 · last 16 May 2011 - 15:32
I was at the junkyard on a mission to acquire a P4 system when out of the corner of my eye, stacked up high above piles of obsolete lab equipment... A wild 7100…
· 8 posts · started 11 May 2011 - 00:04 · last 12 May 2011 - 01:30
Yesterday I went to goodwill and the second I walked in I went to the vintage section and low and behold was an Apple IIe (With grey keys) and 2 Disk II Drives.…
· 3 posts · started 8 May 2011 - 18:26 · last 8 May 2011 - 23:40
I have a dual 1.8 g5. Its missing a video card, can I just use a radeon 7000 I got laying around in it
· 6 posts · started 3 May 2011 - 21:17 · last 4 May 2011 - 23:06
I ventured down to my local county government surplus today, and found some awesome stuff. A nice Philips 170S LCD Display. Very few defects, only 1 scratch for…
· 2 posts · started 30 Apr 2011 - 17:21 · last 30 Apr 2011 - 18:42
Back in elementary school, there was a math game I used to play. I thought it was called MacVirus or something, but I cant find anything that matches what I rem…
· 7 posts · started 21 Feb 2011 - 19:30 · last 21 Apr 2011 - 05:34
I just noticed that Newegg has "recertified" 1.33 GHz G4 12" iBooks for $210. The reviews aren't so great, so it looks like one should be returned to return one…
· 4 posts · started 14 Apr 2011 - 16:36 · last 15 Apr 2011 - 19:52
Dual Processor 1.25Ghz G4 No RAM, No HDD, SuperDrive Radeon 9000 64MB, Airport USB 2.0 Card (2-port) $39 It was marked "As-is" saying it didn't boot. I took the…
· 18 posts · started 28 Mar 2011 - 16:46 · last 14 Apr 2011 - 18:31
I just managed to get Youtube working in Flash 7! This only works on videos with 360p I think, and it doesn't sync very well, but that could be my hardware. But…
· 11 posts · started 3 Apr 2011 - 20:52 · last 11 Apr 2011 - 04:28
For so long... SO long have I wanted a Power Mac G3 MiniTower. Only this one came with a New World companion, and a few extras to boot. Power Macintosh G3 MiniT…
· 27 posts · started 10 Dec 2009 - 07:49 · last 9 Apr 2011 - 08:46
Well, sort of. It's a Quadra 700 styled case for a Mac Mini (see #2 on the page referenced). Click on the last word highlighted and you get some photos, with Ja…
· 2 posts · started 3 Apr 2011 - 02:56 · last 3 Apr 2011 - 03:07
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· 18 posts · started 24 Mar 2011 - 14:13 · last 29 Mar 2011 - 21:38
Anyone remember this one? It was a great entry in the Maxis "Sim" series of games back in the 90s. I found an old CD copy of it and installed it on my Kanga PB,…
· 16 posts · started 16 Jan 2010 - 23:46 · last 26 Mar 2011 - 00:40
I found an academic version of Illustrator CS for the Mac at a nearby thrift store for $3. It goes along nicely with the copy of Toast 5 and Photoshop 7 I found…
· 3 posts · started 16 Mar 2011 - 19:20 · last 21 Mar 2011 - 19:36
Oh, i forgot to mention, A while back i swapped out a CRT from a 52XX/53XX/54XX machine, into a G3 AIO. My G3 AIO had a weak green gun, and it was burned in pre…
· 9 posts · started 26 Feb 2011 - 19:06 · last 20 Mar 2011 - 22:12
From the if-you-want-something-done-you-do-it-yourself department, as posted to the OS 9 list. This is mostly off-topic, but since I know that many (like me) us…
· 63 posts · started 16 Oct 2010 - 18:58 · last 10 Mar 2011 - 20:40
A friend of mine has offered to give me an imac g5 for the price of shipping. I don't currently have any PPC macs in use (got my b&w g3 in my closet and…
· 3 posts · started 3 Mar 2011 - 06:46 · last 6 Mar 2011 - 21:00
A small conquest for me (it has been a while). Original Airport Card, 2 512MB SD-RAM SO-DIMM, and a 60GB Fujitsu Hard Drive. Grand total: $15 Apparently all wer…
· 3 posts · started 2 Mar 2011 - 03:32 · last 5 Mar 2011 - 05:55
So I was running Norton System Info on my iMac G3 and I found out, much to my surprise, that the system benchmarks only slightly less that a G4 at 500 Mhz in te…
· 4 posts · started 20 Feb 2011 - 21:59 · last 22 Feb 2011 - 06:08
ALPS keyswitches are common on Apple keyboards, namely the Apple Extended, Apple Standard, M0116, etc. While they are rated for millions of actuations, sometime…
· 9 posts · started 5 Jan 2011 - 02:03 · last 19 Feb 2011 - 15:09
Was looking for my copy of my quad G5 service manual to do a little work on the spare I just got in and ... it's for the wrong model of PM G5. I guess I should …
· 4 posts · started 13 Feb 2011 - 22:44 · last 18 Feb 2011 - 05:40
Got this two days back! It had a dead disk but 20 minutes poking with various screwdrivers along with a dead iBook G4 obliterated the problem! :lol: In A.D 2011…
· 12 posts · started 12 Feb 2011 - 02:12 · last 17 Feb 2011 - 16:18
For 25 euro at the local recycle store. It is the 867mhz model. It has a Geforce 2 32mb , 512mb ram and a 60gb harddrive. Pretty standard I guess. It kinda smel…
· 4 posts · started 28 Jan 2011 - 14:40 · last 12 Feb 2011 - 16:36
So I decided to try and install Leopard onto my Gigabit Ethernet. I ran LeopardAssist from Tiger and rebooted to a kernel panic. Some googling alerted me to the…
· 16 posts · started 2 Feb 2011 - 14:55 · last 11 Feb 2011 - 07:42
Not really a "conquest" per se, since I bought it retail (all told around $10K), but I realized I never posted it here. Meet my new-to-me dual-core 4.2GHz POWER…
· 8 posts · started 8 Feb 2011 - 05:58 · last 9 Feb 2011 - 03:19
I am curious if there are any compatible IDE cards for Mac OS 7. I dont have the deep pockets to fund larger SCSI drives and I want to load up my 9500 with tons…
· 13 posts · started 30 Jan 2011 - 16:07 · last 6 Feb 2011 - 23:09
For the past few weeks I've been fiddling around with my IIfx, but I'm starting to wonder if I could put it to better use. I was sort of involved in the Apple I…
· 6 posts · started 4 Jan 2011 - 18:26 · last 30 Jan 2011 - 21:57
Hello everyone, My Powerbook G3 Lombard Hard drive is slow and makes click sounds, I'm sure it's pretty much dead now . So I'm going to buy a new one. But I don…
· 3 posts · started 30 Jan 2011 - 10:45 · last 30 Jan 2011 - 19:13
Powermacintosh G4 MDD iMac G3 eMac G4 Powermacintosh G3 (broken) and some other Powermacintosh 4400/200 Powerbook Duo 280c Powerbook G3 "Lombard" (Broken CD-Dri…
· 1 posts · started 22 Jan 2011 - 21:36 · last 22 Jan 2011 - 21:36
What to do when you have two disused IBM 160MB SCSI drives and an empty drive enclosure? Hack the enclosure so that both drives fit into one unit! This did requ…
· 4 posts · started 15 Jan 2011 - 04:04 · last 15 Jan 2011 - 20:41
Hi all, After a little wanted ad on Craigslist, I now have the above machines. $155 for all. The eMac is a G4 1.33GHz or something... couldn't read the entire l…
· 8 posts · started 16 Dec 2010 - 02:46 · last 14 Jan 2011 - 09:39
Yesterday I had to get some stuff from my dads house and I found an Imac G4 in front of my bed in the box. Since I was in a hurry to get to boyscouts, I only go…
· 3 posts · started 8 Jan 2011 - 21:28 · last 12 Jan 2011 - 02:26
I recently scored a good amount of PowerPC stuff, including a 7500/100. Originally DOA, I found the cause of the problem to be a lack of ram and hard disk. To m…
· 3 posts · started 9 Jan 2011 - 22:23 · last 10 Jan 2011 - 05:25
Found one at a local thrift store with the power supply and assembly manual for $10. Took me a while to figure out how to open it. EDIT: Would be nice to get a …
· 2 posts · started 5 Jan 2011 - 19:33 · last 7 Jan 2011 - 23:08
My G3 iMac is running Tiger OS X from an external FireWired drive. The G3 has a built in CD only reader/burner. I connected an LG external FireWire burner to th…
· 10 posts · started 1 Jan 2011 - 18:22 · last 7 Jan 2011 - 15:55

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Hi everyone! When I was a toddler I was addicted to a certain game, and I can't find it anywhere. It ran on either System 7.5.1 or Mac OS 8.6, and it was really…
· 1 posts · started 14 Mar 2011 - 02:21 · last 14 Mar 2011 - 02:21
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…
· 13 posts · started 4 May 2007 - 08:40 · last 7 Mar 2011 - 11:16
Damn, I swear. I was hoping to post up the tale of two recaps of two LC IIIs, but success fails me. One LC III (a LC III @ 25MHz) was dead to begin with. The ot…
· 5 posts · started 3 Mar 2010 - 09:06 · last 6 Mar 2011 - 20:45
I think I've built a pretty sweet OS 9 rig. Does anyone have a better one? Gigabit G4 Tower 1.7 GHz PowerLogix G4 card. Overclocks up to 2 GHz! Rescued from the…
· 22 posts · started 2 Feb 2010 - 00:57 · last 23 Feb 2011 - 16:44
I've seen it around but forget where, but I'm looking for an Apple Control Panel or System extension that allows one to adjust the display brightness and contra…
· 1 posts · started 23 Feb 2011 - 16:17 · last 23 Feb 2011 - 16:17
Hi everyone! When I was younger the main computer in my family was a tray loading Bondi iMac running 8.6. It was used for hours each day for at least ten years …
· 1 posts · started 5 Feb 2011 - 00:40 · last 5 Feb 2011 - 00:40
Does anyone know where I can get these? Or are they not even needed? I'm running a SE/30 machine with System 7.5.5. To be perfectly honest I haven't tested yet.…
· 2 posts · started 22 Jul 2010 - 20:59 · last 28 Dec 2010 - 11:56
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