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I may have a lead on a boxed Classic II. The machine looks immaculate. However, I'd have to drive several hours to pick it up and I didn't hear back from the se…
Hi everyone! Some time ago, I got a SE/30 that someone gave away. Only thing I know about its history is that it "stopped working". Back then, it showed horizon…
For the first time ever, I went to an electronic swap meet. There were some people selling ham radios, computers, parts etc. I tried to nab up what I could. Too…
Okay... yet another problem with my macintosh pluses. lets see if this is fixable too! So i'm very new to the scsi system of connecting external drives. i bough…
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…
I've been doing some work with my IIgs recently. It had been working well as I went through the rpocess of getting it to network boot off of a Mac II running Ap…
I bought a IIci sort of on impulse recently. I managed to get the machine and a monitor for just under $70 shipped (more than half was the shipping cost). The o…
Also known as a 1.8" LIF/ZIF Solid State drive. Uses a Sandisk 1.8" 16GB Solid State drive. Connected to a LIF/ZIF to 44-pin IDE Connector (provides data and po…
More of a hardware "repair" than a hack. I was getting tired of how my cheap Philips CD-Rs just wouldn't work in my PowerBook G4 no matter what speed I burned t…
Hi All New to the forum, but been on IRC over the past couple of days talking to some of you, also a big thank you to the mod who authorized my registration, do…
Got one for price of shipping and plugged it in, hit power and nothing. tested power supply with voltmeter and its juicing as it should. Opened it up and found …
So today I went to Fry's and picked up a couple neat things at good prices, all in a way having to do with my Macs. Samsung 120GB 840 Series SSD (Non-Pro model)…
OK so I am trying to install mac os 7.5.3 onto my macintosh quadra 610. I have tried a cd that I burned but when I try to install the os using this cd my instal…
This ram for my LC475 just arrived. I did some google searching, I can't find how much a 128mb 72 pin Simm would have cost in 1994. My guess is 1000 Dollars. It…
OK, it's not an Apple, but it did use a couple Motorola CPUs, the 6800 and 6809. The most exciting thing about this arcade, I think, is that it has the original…
I've been taking a few deliveries and freebie pickups over the past week. Last week I took delivery of the MacBook Pro and PowerBook collection. I've been busy …
Picked this today after an ad at local macintosh users forum. I was looking for the backlit-display parts for my Portable i got from Juhani few weeks ago, this …
I recently bought a fully working macintosh plus. with that, another macintosh plus came in ok cosmetic condition but the owner said it wouldn't boot... when i …
I pulled from an older HP that a friend wanted to get rid of a 250GB Western Digital hard drive, 7200rpm 8MB cache (I installed it, harvested out of an old LaCi…
Basically Passive Matrix LCD's are total crap, here are my Pick's With the Macintosh Portable, If you can, choose the one that is back lit.
To keep the 68040 in my head from overheating So: Apple 820-0377-A Different variants of this motherboard--- 20mhz LC /wo Ethernet 20mhz LC /w Ethernet 20mhz Fu…
http://www.ebay.com/itm/140914495299?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649 Well its not a 6100 its a preforma, but yeah the same as The Pow…
So I managed to actually get my hands on an eMate a while back, and an orinoco wavelan card I managed to get some help from Newton poetry, and geek technique. I…
Got my Indigo iBook (366 MHz PowerPC G3, Firewire) today. In fact, my first "clamshell" iBook. To my surprise, it came with AirPort card (802.11b) installed, th…
So today I picked up a blueberry iMac G3 (tray-loading 333MHz) as a board and system spare for my strawberry iMac which I plan to put in the music/guest room, b…
So one if the benefits to having a Full 040 is the fact that the FPU is integrated. let's say you overclock your Quadra 700 to 30mhz, and because the FPU is int…
G'day just wanted to write this one down so in at least writing it down gives me an outlet. I've a project. its a modern retro interpretation of the g4 cube. It…
I believe it's time i update my Quadra 650 to it'S full potential. You know, the works: a cdrom, new caps, larger disk, max VRAM. Ram is maxed out, so there isn…
I have a Griffin DB15 to VGA adapter which I use to hook my 6400 up to my KVM switch. Since I started using it (I had a Mac CRT before that) it's always bothere…
And Pismo makes Two. This is the second conquest in the series, first being the iPod minis I picked up last week. I found this on eBay listed as "For Parts or N…
I've just joined the community, and am pleased to announce a successful resuscitation of a sound-less SE/30. Out family's first computer, when I was a kid, was …
Dumpster diving at the university. found close to a whole shelf of Apple documentation. { "lightbox_close": "Close", "lightbox_next": "Next", "lightbox_previous…
Post photos of your NIB or NOS apple stuff, Post pictures, So we can all drool and be jealous The only thing I own that would be in this category is this:
does anyone know of a way to hack a 68000 mac - esp a compact to use 8mb ram? has it been done? thx I3arana.
I received this with a recent conquest of an Apple 15" Display. It also came with an Apple 205W Power Adapter P/N M5849. They appear physically compatible with …
Ok, got my Duo all set up and drivers installed, only thing I can't figure out is how to get it to connect to the internet. It's using 8.1 and I go to the TCP/I…
Nice freebie haul today, should keep me busy for a while. There's nothing specific known about these machines yet, so I'll cut right to the chase. Today I picke…
So last weekend I decided to buy myself a little present. And today it completed its trip to its new home in Sydney, a loooooooong way from its previous life in…
Hello everyone. I'm a longtime lurker but just had to post this find. I was cleaning out a buddy's junk closet and found a solar charger for the powerbook 1400I…
Just what the subject says. I know it needs a type II or III card. I just wanted to know if there are any out there that are better than others. Also, I wouldn'…
I recently got a ast mac286 card and wanted to install it in my IIci. The iici from what i can tell is shot. I won't chime or has any sound, as it didnt before.…
Hey there guys, first post on the forums. Thanks for already being such a help for me recapping my classic and IIci recently got into the classic mac world and …
hello, quick question I have an Apple IIe and when I use the "init" command to try to initialize a disk, I get a syntax error. Is there a good reference for com…
I have three ongoing frustrations with Mac OS Classic in general, and Mac OS 7.5 and 8.6 in specific, which I am running on my Quadra 660AV and my PowerMac 7500…
has anyone got numbers for the dimension of a compactmac logic board? thx - thinking of suffing one into a g4 cube.
Hi, I just got my IIsi logic board recapped by uniserver (thank you!), but I seem to have had a stroke of bad luck . I eagerly reassembled the machine, only to …
My Q800 periodically makes a noise like a kid trying to sound like a ray gun. Pyooooooooooo! Pyooooooooooo! Pyooooooooooo! I have a sense of what this probably …
I'm rather pleased, I replaced some caps on the power board of my beat up LC575, and now it works! I figured I would ask before i try... Will the Color Classic …