Having been asked on Google+ for a list of the capacitors I used for my recap, I thought it would be useful to share it here too. Here is a Mouser cart for the …
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I just got my two boards back from Uni today (thx). I got a SE/30 and CC recapped. Now I finally have my SE/30 working without the weird SCSI problems it's had …
The other day I picked up a Power Computing Power Tower Pro 250 after being tipped off that it was sitting without a pricetag on a shelf at the thrift shop. Wen…
What is your main computer? [(alk) Edit: Added Mac running *nix and Mac running Windows options]
What's the go with OSX and defragging? I read somewhere that it does it all automatically; but then there appear to still be defragging programs available for O…
In response to a post, the link below I found seems to offer some utilities that will work well in breaking the limit. I haven't had any personal experience wit…
So I was able to get an ISO of codewarrior onto my PB190... and as soon as I mounted the disk with the Virtual CD/DVD-ROM Utility I get a popup saying that it d…
Just so I can post the pic . [img:a98c8a567f]http://www.danamania.com/temp/powerbook_550hd.jpg[/img:a98c8a567f] Dana
Sorry for bad photos. LC III was in storage for about 15 years, and yes it had the darned Maxell battery installed, which went bad and sprayed all the toxic gut…
I’d like to obtain and use a P630 as my main 68k machine. I’d also like to use a large-ish LCD display with it. The color depth is of no concern. Were there any…
I see this pop up every now and then, but is there a dual PDS adapter so you can have bot the Turbo 040 and a cache card?
So I pulled out the Duo 230 today to test it's operation, and it chimes, screen comes on, then the speaker starts squealing and it shuts down with the smell of …
I acquired two 512K Macintoshes with HyperDrives in this Conquest thread but the later HyperDrive 20 unit needs work so I'm creating a thread to help document w…
Just as the title says. What's a reasonable price for a HyperDrive 20? Just wondering. I know some of you have gotten really lucky with some $50 machines. Thank…
Where would the best place be to find Office 2001 for OS 9 for a reasonable price? What are the specs for this -- does it run under OS 7.6.1 or just 8.6+?
For a while now, my Lombard has been out of action, due to a bad power in / sound board. (at least, im about 99.9% sure that is the issue). I just received an e…
Spent today trying to get my SE/30 working, and I did get it to boot once!! It's always had the classic horizontal stripes SimasiMac, without any chimes. I repl…
While browsing the local Craigslists this weekend, I happened upon an SE/30 that someone was ready to throw out: Free for the taking! I promptly picked it up, b…
Anybody want my 6500/300? I do need to shift it cos it's a big hulking box. You can have the screen, you can have a flatbed scanner with it if you like. It has …
I'm pretty sure this is the correct subforum to post this in-- I need to track down the Mac OS 9 Audio Update version 1.3, in probably the worst way. I have no …
Hey there! I am getting a 1400c with about 48MB or so of RAM very shortly. I was debating having them install OS 9 before they shipped -- but on the other hand,…
Was looking at random Mac videos, and came across this guys' tour of a IIci: How'd he get a spinning Apple menu? I want that! 10 minutes into the video. Anyone …
Well I decided to fire up my Plus today to test a hard drive that I had. This plus was working about a week ago and from what I remember I thought the CRT was u…
I've asked this a few other places, so whay not try here? To be more accurate, I'll be using it primarily for filemaker and web surfing. I know that the G3 iMac…
With help with from Uniserver, I decided to recap my SE/30 PSU as he determined and evidence shows that is where the Humongus Fish Smell is coming from. And on …
Hello! This is my first post, so forgive me if I'm in the wrong place etc. Having grown up with the classics - the first computer I ever used was a Plus - I've …
USB works fine in OS8 with the Apple 1.4.1 USB driver. Has there ever been some kind of workaround for USB in System 7?
Well I have a powerbook 5300 with a 190 screen... I assume the screen is the same? I know the 190 is a 68k and a 5300 is a powerpc, right?
Does anybody know what kind of cable I'd need to connect a Stylewriter I to a mac with an average serial port? I know that one of the sides is a serial, but wha…
Finally got pictures taken of q700. The only problem three keys broke off in shipping, works great. Havent decided on a os yet. Waiting on upgrades to get here …
I have a two Pismos with two dead batteries. One is original, other one is aftermarket. When I first got the Pismos, the batteries did try to charge when first …
when i received my G3 iMac, we had to reinstall Mac OS X Panther since there was a password on it that i didn't know about. Anyway, my problem is after i reinst…
So, I am now the owner of a mildly crusty little PB190 (NIMH battery leaked a bit but runs great still w/o the battery though needs cleaning) It has a copy of W…
I do so love my two LC "Twins". I practically grew up with them. Grandma worked at an elementary school on a local military base, and once they were deemed obso…
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Hi I have a Macintosh SE/30. Bought it at a market (sold as seen) for very little money. When I switched it on today I can hear what can only be described as a …
I've looked high and low for the Powerbook 550c Enabler but have had absolutely no luck. It's only found on the original installation medium for the 550c. If an…
I nearby city has their hard trash pickup this month so I did a cruise through today and found a HP 932c deskjet printer in the original box with all the cables…
A working PB5300ce/32MB,1GB, with the floppy drive but missing rear door, two marginal batteries, two power adaptors, one VST external battery charger stand, on…
Hi folks, I bought a Mac Classic on eBay recently, as part of my plan to relive some of my youth. I had various 68k machines in the mid 90s, the only one I ever…
Hi all I need to get a new PSU for my Performa 475 (or, at least, I suspect that I do). I have an LCIII. Are the PSUs between the two interchangeable? The value…
I have a 366mhz iBook SE, a 500mhz Indigo iMac, a Power Macintosh 4400, and a Powerbook 1400cs. I have an LC III too, but that's not a PPC.
I got 9 MacAcademy tapes for free! Some are shrinkwrapped and some are not. I'm keeping the shrinkwrapped ones in the wrap because I don't have MS Works, Pagema…
For those of you who use and love the iStat Pro widget, version 4.0 is out now. It's a it more minimalistic that the older version. It looks alot cleaner too.__…
I have a new 36GB drive on a 9600. The SCSI-2 bus is only 10mb/s so it's pretty slow. Usually when I format drives I never select low level format or zero all d…
With the Mac Plus I got external Microtech HD enclouser with Maxtor drive, I deleted the partion and reinstalled the drive with modified HD SC Setup 7.3.5 so it…
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On April 5th (almost a month ago!) when the forums initially went down, I was in the middle of a post... I had just finished it up and clicked "Submit", then go…
WTF? We've been back an hour and already have a spam account? One thing I always liked about the 68kMLA was the rarity of spam. What were we doing right before?
Yes, We're Finally Back online again, what happened to everything anyway's, LCGuy said something about backups, if it's needed though i can backup the server to…