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I'm sure there are many that don't read my "My Latest" thread so I figured I'd link up to this find I procured the other weekend. It came from a former Apple em…
· 7 posts · started 29 May 2013 - 06:23 · last 30 May 2013 - 02:55
I went home to Pittsburgh for the weekend. Along the way, I met a CL seller and picked up an SE. No idea of the specs yet but it's a dual-floppy model. He says …
· 1 posts · started 25 May 2013 - 23:01 · last 25 May 2013 - 23:01
I don't know quite where to ask this, but I'll try here: Do OSX fonts always need to be downloaded on every print job to older Postscript printers (I am thinkin…
· 1 posts · started 24 May 2013 - 22:06 · last 24 May 2013 - 22:06
I'm giving up on this for now. I have this SCA Server hard drive from Uniserver , a 3.5" 68pin drive going through an adapter to 50-pin SCSI. (Which is going th…
· 5 posts · started 24 May 2013 - 03:07 · last 24 May 2013 - 03:33
I found this image while searching the web. I used to have tangerine speakers just like that. I emailed the owner of that pic, but he hasn't seen them in 10 yea…
· 1 posts · started 18 May 2013 - 05:03 · last 18 May 2013 - 05:03
I've had this machine for about a month now, just havent gotten around to posting. But, a little while back, I was looking around for an LC III, and a seller on…
· 13 posts · started 17 May 2013 - 05:50 · last 18 May 2013 - 01:18
I've got a pair of adapters for turning Laptop Optical Drives into standard IDE & MOLEX connector internals for desktop/tower use. Is there such a thing…
· 23 posts · started 12 May 2013 - 00:14 · last 16 May 2013 - 17:24
After I leave work this afternoon, I'm going to take the trek over to North Sydney to hopefully pick up a Mac SE. More details later....
· 12 posts · started 8 May 2013 - 03:30 · last 14 May 2013 - 09:50
I have a LW8500 here that of late has been giving me persistent "ROS motor" errors. There is a documented fix "out there," but which in my case hasn't fixed any…
· 7 posts · started 30 Apr 2013 - 23:25 · last 11 May 2013 - 17:56
OK, so I've been trying to remove the computers from my collection but I couldn't pass up on this craigslist find Mint in box 128k upgraded to 512k all accessor…
· 14 posts · started 2 May 2013 - 23:21 · last 6 May 2013 - 20:45
The SE's superdrive. If I swap it into an external 800k floppy enclosure, does that work as an external 1.44mb for the SE?
· 9 posts · started 1 May 2013 - 22:24 · last 2 May 2013 - 06:49
I have a keyboard suffering with two dead keys, I've tried following some of the guides online for removing the black plastic surround, so that i can access the…
· 3 posts · started 10 Apr 2013 - 11:09 · last 30 Apr 2013 - 17:39
Here it is. This is my early Transparent Mac SE. The clear case was created for smoke testing at Apple. They wanted to make sure the computer was being adequate…
· 19 posts · started 20 Apr 2013 - 07:08 · last 29 Apr 2013 - 20:48
Hey Guys, I just did some trading with Deacon Frost on here for a Brand New ImageWriter II (1990 Series - Last one made), I wanted to take some pictures of the …
· 25 posts · started 26 Apr 2013 - 03:10 · last 29 Apr 2013 - 19:57
Scored this one off the old craigslist today. I wasn't real sure what exactly I was getting, but it's something I don't already have, so I figured why not. The …
· 18 posts · started 10 Apr 2013 - 00:16 · last 22 Apr 2013 - 00:39
I scored this guy for only $60 bucks on eBay. I've seen them go for as high as $200-ish. It does have some signs of age, but in surprisingly good condition for …
· 8 posts · started 15 Apr 2013 - 13:21 · last 16 Apr 2013 - 05:10
Thanks to Macdrone for pointing me in this direction (and his overwhelming generosity)! I enjoy keeping an eye on eBay, Craigslist, and Freecycle for whatever c…
· 3 posts · started 11 Apr 2013 - 19:06 · last 11 Apr 2013 - 20:13
I'm kinda of curious to try OS 8 on my 5300c, but I can't seem to figure out a way to get OS 8 on the PB. It is the only machine I have that will run a non-spec…
· 11 posts · started 8 Apr 2013 - 07:52 · last 9 Apr 2013 - 20:07
I recently joined this forum because my SE/30 needed to be recapped, and Google sent me here. After signing up, I got in touch with a gentleman who was able to …
· 4 posts · started 4 Apr 2013 - 02:55 · last 5 Apr 2013 - 13:31
I need the ability to plug in one keyboard and one mouse into a device, and on the other side, emulate two ADB devices (a mouse and a keyboard). I have breadboa…
· 22 posts · started 4 Jan 2013 - 17:24 · last 3 Apr 2013 - 03:32
Back when I had a MacBook 13 Unibody Alu model, I loved the trackpad on it. When Apple released the Magic Trackpad, I thought it was pretty cool. Never owned on…
· 1 posts · started 1 Apr 2013 - 04:05 · last 1 Apr 2013 - 04:05
I'm attempting to enclose a Conner 40MB drive (not my first choice but the only drive I have on me that isn't in a Mac at the moment) and for the life of me can…
· 2 posts · started 27 Mar 2013 - 22:57 · last 28 Mar 2013 - 18:25
Apparently I've got dibs on a IIGS in Pittsburgh. Hopefully will be able to pick it up when I'm home next week. Has a monitor (not sure if it's RGB or Composite…
· 8 posts · started 23 Mar 2013 - 16:58 · last 28 Mar 2013 - 02:14
For $20 on Craigslist: --Mac Plus. Not in the best cosmetic shape but I was told it works. Unsure about RAM but I do hope to fire it up tonight! Has keyboard an…
· 5 posts · started 20 Mar 2013 - 01:11 · last 20 Mar 2013 - 16:57
Hi guys, Most of us use this kind of 68-pin to 50-pin adapter: { "lightbox_close": "Close", "lightbox_next": "Next", "lightbox_previous": "Previous", "lightbox_…
· 5 posts · started 14 Mar 2013 - 20:27 · last 15 Mar 2013 - 19:44
I have two Apple IIe's and notice that the case color is considerably different. The first one is dated 1982 on the motherboard and it seems to be a lighter sha…
· 8 posts · started 4 Mar 2013 - 03:47 · last 11 Mar 2013 - 18:27
. . . I seem to be collecting things in threes. Given the peripherals, I couldn't pass on this IIsi, I haven't had an "ADB" KBD since the storage room whirlpool…
· 4 posts · started 11 Mar 2013 - 04:21 · last 11 Mar 2013 - 14:49
Considering using an s-video cable as a substitute for an ADB keyboard cable (for test and backup purposes). They are both 4-pin mini-DIN male to male. Any risk…
· 5 posts · started 28 Feb 2013 - 11:28 · last 5 Mar 2013 - 08:02
I liberated quite a bit of small stuff recently: 1 CD-Caddy. Finally i can listen to music on my C610! (1 Euro) 1 Net Talk Connector kit from Apple, new, still …
· 4 posts · started 1 Mar 2013 - 20:56 · last 3 Mar 2013 - 22:39
Well this was quite a nice software haul! While I was out of town this weekend, I was browsing the local craigslist for Apple stuff. Lo and behold, I came acros…
· 1 posts · started 26 Feb 2013 - 05:28 · last 26 Feb 2013 - 05:28
In the Primordial Ooze of the DTP Earth, when Syquest ruled . . . I wanted one of these. :approve: Internal Bernoulli 44 . . . it seems I never have managed to …
· 10 posts · started 23 Feb 2013 - 18:26 · last 26 Feb 2013 - 00:49
Does anyone know of - or have - a printable 'Disk ][' floppy sleeve template? You'd think it wouldn't be that hard to find something like that, but...
· 3 posts · started 19 Feb 2013 - 22:51 · last 20 Feb 2013 - 00:59
So I thought when I got my SE/30 that it was an SE because it's in an SE case. The case itself, however, is discolored and not evenly. There's spots where the o…
· 13 posts · started 15 Feb 2013 - 14:11 · last 16 Feb 2013 - 03:05
I'm curious why there was never any Nubus card with USB ports. The imac came out in 1998, which means that it was less than three years since the top of the lin…
· 7 posts · started 21 Jan 2013 - 03:13 · last 22 Jan 2013 - 10:54
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