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I would like to get My ImageWriter II working with my Mac. I don't have the cable, though. I have a 25' MiniDIN8 cable I found at a surplus store. If I chop it,…
So I am working on refurbishing a set of Virtual World 3.0 pods http://imgur.com/a/XlfoA These run of Amiga hardware, with a Macintosh console utilizing a Nubus…
Well when I moved, the one thing I forgot and left behind was my laser printer. I did up some USPS labels, and well, the only printer I have on hand is my Image…
I have an ADB Kensington Mouse-in-a-Box (model 64206B) that I'm trying to get working under System 7.6.1, on a Quadra 630. Is it possible?
Just a post to show the completion of my Mac CC trilogy. The three CCs are now complete, one with a Presto Plus dual booting 7.6 and 8.1, a second with an LC520…
One of my work colleagues is retiring soon and very kindly gave me his old work/lab Macs as we had got to talking and he wanted them to come to a good new home …
Hey guys, I am planning to trade my Apple IIe to a WOZ edition IIGS. Should I?
$100 got me: SE/30 which still boots, but surely needs a re-cap G3 blue & white, with extra pci USB card and scsi card (bonus!) PowerMac 54300/120. Wish…
Hello! I have an SE FDHD that looks like it's good and working that's coming in on Friday. (Sad thing is I'm leaving on a plane tomorrow, so gotta wait to play …
The Mac market in Pittsburgh has been sort of dry lately on Craigslist. There's your occasional overpriced Mac or two, but nothing too big in terms of older stu…
posting their Mac TVs I figured I would post mine too. I have been waiting to have a more complete setup and yes that is design keyboard from Europe and not pro…
A guide to Open Firmware - The Apple BIOS Most Apple G3/G4 systems use a modified version of the Open Firmware standard. These machiens are normally referred to…
So I have a Macintosh SE with an internal hard drive... but no drive cover on the second floppy slot. I'm wondering if anyone knows of a 3D model that I can pri…
Did Kensington ever make a trackball for the Mac 128k/512k/Plus? I much prefer trackballs to mice with my classic Macs and have a couple ADB models for use with…
Hello, I have recently and successfully recapped my SE/30, and I'm interested in connecting it to my network to transfer files to it via FTP. However, I am rela…
I recently got a Macintosh LC 520. It has System 7.1 installed but it contains a whole bunch of old garbage & extensions so I wanted to do a fresh insta…
Howdy from Texas. [] ]'> I was given a Macintosh 128K & Apple ImageWriter I by one of my clients a few years ago and just got around to booting i…
Hello! I wanted to start making the Replica I from the book "Apple I Replica Creation Back to the Garage" but i got problems with finding the appropriate PCB Ma…
Hi, I have a classic two which has to support for hd20 emulation. It has a hard drive in it, which spins up and makes noises, but it does not mount when I boot …
Hi, As you are the best site on prototype Macintosh, I'm submitting you this one, which is probably the unique EVT1 survivor of the Mac SE project. When I first…
I have a Personal LaserWriter NT with an old Toner Cartridge. It seems to print however it made the paper all dirty and the print was faint. So I figured the to…
Hello, I've recently gotten hold of a Color Classic with an LC550 logic board. I also have an Aztecmonster SCSI to CF card I'd like to use in the machine to mak…
Anyone know what this interface is called? It's 20 pins. Is it just an adapted normal internal connector?
Won a WACOM tablet pen and driver disks (have 2 drawing tablets and only one pen until today). Also received a boxed Copy of Frame Maker 3.0 (1991 era). 2 of th…
Long ago, I had an Epson dot matrix with a wide track for those wide Green/White folded paper. It can on both my Mac IIcx and Atari ST. But in searching my hard…
A friend has one of the above drum scanners in GWO but no computer for it! He has Mac software and has been told that the scanner and software can run in a beig…
Hi, My Quantum ProDrive LT in PM 7200 just died. Can i replace it with non Apple SCSI drive? Is there any guide for this? Thanks for looking.
So I accidentally clicked on a printer in Chooser and now it keeps appearing on my desktop and when I put it in Trash, I get a message saying the printer will r…
Welp, I haven't been here in a long time, kinda got out of vintage macs. BUTTTTTT, I found one that I just couldnt pass up. I found it on a humongous stack of o…
There's an ad near me for a Mac Plus. It looks like there's discoloration from a label just above the "Macintosh Plus" on the left side. I guess that probably s…
There're quite a few new old stock online for real cheap. They look like ADKII, but what I'm wondering is if they have mechanical key switch or crappy key switc…
Hello, I was wondering how to slim up System 6.0.8 for rom use when it occurred to me to see if I could use finder 5.5 with system 6.0.8 and sure enough it work…
I was surfing the web earlier this morning when I happened to find this. Now there's some *serious* hacking involved! A few things he's done: 1) He's got an ARM…
My apologies - this is a really old topic with tons of suggestions and tools available via a web search - almost too much - but I'm not having much luck and may…
Hey all, I got a 512k recently, and the keyboard has a broken stem on the backspace key. I have ordered a new switch and replacement keycap, but since the origi…
I have two ADB mice and neither of them track very well. The clicking is fine, it's just the ball in it that's giving problems. I don't really know what's wrong…
Since I finally have a CC on my desk full-time, I am curious--what does everyone do regarding that rocker in the back? Do you leave yours on or off, and why?
Hey all, First post for me. I recently dragged out my SE/30 out of the garage. A friend was nice enough to donate it to my growing collection of retro computer.…
Does anyone have one of these rebadged Canons from 1993? There seems to be little information on the web about them, and I can't even find a decent picture of o…
Any thoughts? My Power Mac 6100/66 is supposed to (I believe) be natively supported.
Discovered a Mac carrying case in the back of the cave and inside found this interesting package. A 128k badged 'thin' Mac with a french KB, a square plug mouse…
I'm in the process of trying to acquire a boxed original Mac 128k and was wondering what's supposed to be in the box. I saw this web page http://www.macworld.co…
Hi: I tried to make a rescue zip disk but for some reason I can't select it form 'start-up disk'.(it's grayed out'). I have a 'System Folder' with a proper icon…
Never mind it's a long story about why I need this but does anyone know of any good screenreader software for Macintosh System 7.x?
I'm formatting an external SCSI drive and this option is enabled by default. Not sure what it is. In other issues, I can't seem to get Drive Setup to recognize …
well steve is some of the way there with his Katy project. http://www.bigmessowires.com/2014/11/17/68-katy-68000-linux-on-a-solderless-breadboard/ { "lightbox_c…
My 512k is running system 1.1 so it doesn't have any shut off options in the software. Does it do damage to the computer over time just turning it off with the …
Hey All, I recently got my Beige G3 powermac up and running. It is the slowest Beige G3 with the only upgrade being 128MB of ram. I have just successfully insta…