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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
new to me... continuation of my conquest thread moved to a more appropriate section for the current discussion. had my 3rd kernel panic, all three occurred over…
· 8 posts · started 6 Sep 2012 - 01:36 · last 20 Mar 2013 - 14:20
My Beige has always been a bit...well..."different". It has never liked shutting down. I shut down, and the machine reboots. Only way to kill it is to pull the …
· 2 posts · started 20 Mar 2013 - 12:37 · last 20 Mar 2013 - 12:58
I've upgraded my IIsi to OS 7.5.5 and am trying to get TCP\IP working. I have a Nubus network card that worked on a previous owner's AppleTalk network, going by…
· 7 posts · started 2 Mar 2013 - 06:07 · last 20 Mar 2013 - 06:04
I am doing a bit of modification to the inside of my Color Classic trying to fit a SSD solution. I need a move things around a little and I need a cable that ca…
· 7 posts · started 18 Mar 2013 - 06:59 · last 19 Mar 2013 - 15:02
Just wanted to share with you all my most recent new-to-me Mac My girlfriend has an aunt that is extremely obsessive about taking care of her things. Her house …
· 5 posts · started 18 Mar 2013 - 22:49 · last 19 Mar 2013 - 10:44
Running some tests over a few hours with the IIsi case open, I found that the CPU and the two LSI system chips seemed to get steadily warmer, quite hot to touch…
· 9 posts · started 18 Mar 2013 - 10:55 · last 19 Mar 2013 - 10:17
Actually this one's been sitting on the shelf at work for at least 5 years, probably more like 10 or more. I snagged it before it got thrown away! Anyway, nothi…
· 5 posts · started 19 Mar 2013 - 01:25 · last 19 Mar 2013 - 06:21
This is a follow up video to my previous experiment where I dictated an email to Siri that was sent to a Mac 512K. In the new video, the Mac 512K itself talks t…
· 12 posts · started 11 Mar 2013 - 02:18 · last 18 Mar 2013 - 21:40
I have Basilisk II, but the sound doesn't work right. It can be up to ten seconds before a sound plays, and most programs complain about lack of sound hardware …
· 13 posts · started 15 Mar 2013 - 17:55 · last 18 Mar 2013 - 20:04
I know you can get PCMCIA Slots for the 540c, do you think a usb card would work with Mac OS 8.1 I wanted to use this for thumb drives.
· 13 posts · started 5 Mar 2013 - 06:52 · last 18 Mar 2013 - 05:47
Recently acquired, hard drive spins up but stuck on pattern screen. Reseated RAM and CPU boards, reset power management. Any idears? It booted once successfully…
· 9 posts · started 3 Mar 2013 - 22:20 · last 18 Mar 2013 - 01:00
Can't tell exactly which model it is. My guess is that it's a Color30 or a MacroColor30, but I don't know how to tell just looking at it. Any help appreciated. …
· 10 posts · started 13 Feb 2010 - 02:26 · last 17 Mar 2013 - 22:58
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Last week i found an old PC lying off the road...managed to remove drives, Graphic Card and Ram. Sticks were 256 Mo each (3 of them) PC 133. Was playing with on…
· 10 posts · started 16 Mar 2013 - 19:10 · last 17 Mar 2013 - 16:11
I was asked by someone in regards to my Dual Drive LC hack to start a thread so people could post their own personal favorite hacks or mods. These are hacks you…
· 25 posts · started 13 Mar 2013 - 17:00 · last 17 Mar 2013 - 06:53
I have a Lisa 1 that was upgraded to 2/5 and has the H/A8 ROMs but while doing troubleshooting I managed to glitch out the floppy controller and it gave me this…
· 3 posts · started 23 Feb 2013 - 03:06 · last 17 Mar 2013 - 06:19
Was looking for one for a long time, and missed a really cheap (and complete) one lately. Just collected an almost complete unit for (what seems like) a fair su…
· 12 posts · started 14 Mar 2013 - 18:46 · last 16 Mar 2013 - 21:54
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 a dual boot FW 800 PowerMac (Tiger and Jaguar), it did not come to me with the original optical drive (it has a LiteOn that works ok, but won't boot from…
· 11 posts · started 25 Feb 2013 - 01:20 · last 15 Mar 2013 - 17:20
Color Classic 2 - 100uf 1 - 10uf 6 - 47uf (Stock OEM Replacement Caps) (47uf 10 Cents ea)http://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Cornell-Dubilier/AVE476M16D16T-F/?q…
· 5 posts · started 3 Dec 2012 - 08:16 · last 15 Mar 2013 - 16:59
An emate 300! pretty cool! Heck yeah, he still has one more if you want one, Comes with everything, Charger, Stylus - good hinges, Working, Dead battery though……
· 2 posts · started 14 Mar 2013 - 20:32 · last 14 Mar 2013 - 22:10
Further to my SE/30's restoration (viewtopic.php?f=7&t=20122), I've mounted my hard drive by suspending it between two large rubber bands. Although the …
· 13 posts · started 18 Feb 2013 - 04:48 · last 14 Mar 2013 - 19:57
I picked up one of these today, for parts basically, because the LaserWriter Pro, Pro 630, and 16/600 are all based on the same Canon engine, and because I have…
· 7 posts · started 9 Mar 2013 - 17:32 · last 14 Mar 2013 - 19:28
Hi again! I've just installed system 7.5.3 on a Macintosh emulator. I've got it set up with 7.1 in one system folder and 7.5 in another (both on the same disk).…
· 3 posts · started 12 Mar 2013 - 17:45 · last 14 Mar 2013 - 16:36
not mine, but somebody is very lucky { "lightbox_close": "Close", "lightbox_next": "Next", "lightbox_previous": "Previous", "lightbox_error": "The requested con…
· 58 posts · started 26 Jan 2012 - 07:41 · last 14 Mar 2013 - 05:59
OK, we have a couple of folks on 68kMLA who can fix PCBs, etc. better than new. Do we have anyone, or know of anyone, who can & will replace the backlig…
· 1 posts · started 14 Mar 2013 - 00:16 · last 14 Mar 2013 - 00:16
Excuse the simple question.. I want to play safe. I have a working Plus logic board, and I have a 512ke that fails ROM read. Replacing electro caps with tants d…
· 9 posts · started 16 Feb 2013 - 07:10 · last 13 Mar 2013 - 21:55
Ok I dont wanna jump to hard here but do people not notice the threads on these things? that the plastic needs the coarse thread and the metal needs the thin th…
· 10 posts · started 12 Mar 2013 - 21:07 · last 13 Mar 2013 - 16:36
Shrine od apple has posted a pictures of unifile twiggy drive http://t.co/SWdaqMbQ { "lightbox_close": "Close", "lightbox_next": "Next", "lightbox_previous": "P…
· 5 posts · started 14 Jun 2012 - 09:53 · last 13 Mar 2013 - 04:37
I had a spare IIsi board (the PSU went to Zuiko -a 68kmla member) so i decided to try to clock it to 25 mhz: First step is to remove the 40 Mhz oscillator { "li…
· 19 posts · started 3 Mar 2012 - 18:12 · last 13 Mar 2013 - 00:51
This topic is probably an old chestnut buried somewhere, but I couldn't find a thread about it on this forum. :I I need to make a number of 800k disks from imag…
· 12 posts · started 11 Mar 2013 - 10:25 · last 12 Mar 2013 - 22:45
Macintosh Classic II with 10 Mb and 40mb hd Power Macintosh 7600/132 with 64mb and 1.1 hd Apple LaserWriter NTR Apple 14" rgb monitor All work! The only thing l…
· 18 posts · started 9 Mar 2013 - 22:52 · last 12 Mar 2013 - 16:43
Hi there! May I introduce you to my new and already beloved Macminitosh? This project is nearly finished, and I thought I'd share some pics before writing a lon…
· 34 posts · started 9 Nov 2008 - 19:45 · last 12 Mar 2013 - 14:30
I might have a possible conquest in Daytona. It looks to be a II or II Plus, maybe someone here can help me ID this beauty for...$20! http://daytona.craigslist.…
· 6 posts · started 9 Mar 2013 - 23:05 · last 12 Mar 2013 - 14:19
So last Sunday I went to fire up my TiBook 500, which worked perfectly the last time I used it. Hasn't been fired up in about a month, so naturally I expected t…
· 7 posts · started 2 Mar 2013 - 08:38 · last 12 Mar 2013 - 03:32
This listing has been popping up a few times from a University sale on my local Craigslist. Hopefully I'll be able to pay for it within a week or two, as I'm ge…
· 2 posts · started 12 Mar 2013 - 02:00 · last 12 Mar 2013 - 02:38
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
What are some of the essential pieces of Software you'd be using in Tiger. I have Tiger installed on a G4 PPC but I have no software. I want to play with it but…
· 11 posts · started 10 Mar 2013 - 02:24 · last 11 Mar 2013 - 17:13
. . . 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
So the stock Toshiba from my G4 iBook took a dump on me. It will try to boot, then go black and turn off over and over again. Did verbose mode, and it was throw…
· 3 posts · started 11 Mar 2013 - 04:56 · last 11 Mar 2013 - 11:26
Hey guys Finally got my Plus working and the floppy drive has started acting up. I'm hoping it just needs greasing. Some times when I insert a disk, the drive w…
· 6 posts · started 9 Mar 2013 - 23:53 · last 11 Mar 2013 - 10:15
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