Hi all, been reading through here for a few hours but I can't find any mention of the problem I have. I got a Classic II from a mate to fix and got it set up an…
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My good 'ol barely-clinging-to-life Classic has no sound. Nothing comes out of the built-in speaker, and there's nothing when used with external speakers. I kno…
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Is there any way to run (boot and operate) a Quadra (or for that matter a 68030-40 desktop Mac of any variety) from a Ram Disk (a) under 7.1 and ( B) with the H…
Haharh! I case any of you geeks* want to take this olde junke fetiche to its logical conclusion, I just discovered that LightSoft's 68k/PPC Assembly workshop is…
I'm having a bit of trouble with a lc550 board I've put into a colour classic. The problem is that I always get the error that I have not shut down my computer …
It appears that the screen on my 5300cs has gone, the screen is backlit but nothing appears. The brightness/contrast buttons don't seem to respond. Does anyone …
Hi. I'm about to make an simple script that download and show a picture or some text on one of my performas frequently. (like a webcam over my city or a news fe…
I managed to liberate a sweet Power Macintosh 6500/250 yesterday. I also received the Multiscan 15AV monitor and Color StyleWriter 4100 that often accompanied i…
I found this in a box of assorted RAM I received recently. Please let me know if you have any idea what this is. It's one card, I just edited front and back sho…
Picked up a box of old Mac stuff from Freecycle. Lots of odds and ends. The big stuff is 3 external 5 1/4 floppy drives, 3 external 800k drives(?), a joystick f…
While bored at work and searching for nothing in particular, I stumbled across this thread. I'm sure the old-timers know about this but it was interesting to re…
got another MacSE on ebay for !!7 € BIN!! and local pickup. the other SE (that was broken) cost me 9€+shipping 3 weeks ago. /me smashes head against wall... thi…
The other day a guy who I met on freecycle told me he had some Mac equipment for me. Should be more coming sooner or later. I grabbed a slightly yellowed Mac SE…
while the site was down, i got my pb 100 in the mail! one problem, when i turn it on, the backlight just blinks. any idea why? ive already disconnected the hd, …
Got it in a trade with defor. It came without any drives and 256MB of RAM. It's replaced my Sawtooth as my main machine. I put a USB hub in the Zip bay.
I wanted to put a full 040 cpu from a quadra 800 into an LC630. has anyone done that? did it work? what is the your favorite tool / method to use to pull the CP…
I put in a 575 motherboard in my CC. I did no other modifications. I wanted to make sure the board was ok. It chimed, and I got a grey screen - which was good b…
Is there a piece of software that will change a simple string of letters (abcd, say, or acbd) to a simple string of numbers (which would then be, say, 1234, or …
Hello all, I recently purchased a color classic, but the sound doesn't seem to work. I connected the actual speaker to a waveform generator I have, so I know it…
Just got back from the town across the river (Mandan, ND for those interested) and got a nice deal. For a nice clean $20 I got: 2xLC 550, all-in-one systems. Bo…
I recently received a Macintosh 512k from ebay. This thing is mint, I was shocked at the condition of the case, screen, external 400k drive, keyboard and mouse.…
I just got a Wrath of Cortex intro from the web that I would like to run on my LC. It's in MPEG format and I would like to convert it to a Cinepak compressed 4 …
Okay, wow. So, the other day, in my usual digging around on my local Craigslist pages, I found a guy up near Los Alamos, NM (about 2 hours north of Albuquerque,…
Um, anyone know how to install an ethernet card in a Performa 550? I've never actually put anything in a mac internally, and this is my favorite mac, so I don't…
:O I'm having some horrible luck with my Macs lately... I just got a 4.0Gb Apple 50 pin SCSI HDD to put in my Centris only to find that it, like many things, wo…
Yesterday on CL, I found two SPARCs available for $10 with keyboard and 13W3 equipped monitor. Today I got an email saying that I could pick them at 4PM . I'll …
Is there any mac software to turn a Compact or newer system into a firewall?
I asked this on the LEM vintage-mac list, but haven't gotten a reply. I know that there are some people on this board that might no, so I'm re-posting here... I…
OK folks, time for an honest poll that slams them against each other, rather than just if you like the SE/30 or Classic II. I know a lot of people were commenti…
ok, not really a conquest. Found it in my basement when I was looking for a fan. it's 38 minutes long, and just tells about what you can do with a mac. it's cop…
What's the best source for Apple II software? Ever since I got my IIc+, I've fallen in love with these machines all over again (I actually have been spending mo…
Does anyone have a list of every Compact Mac model, or know where I may find one? As shown in another post, I will try to collect every model.
Last month, a few Wallstreets came my way, one of which was dead, with a display that sometimes worked, sometimes flickered weird pixels all over the place, and…
So as you may remember, a few months ago i got a freebie Canon multifunction device. Well it turns out its borked, and as such i'm stripping it to see what part…
I have my Centris 610 hooked up to a 14" (13" viewable) Color Display that came with it when I bought it. Last night I finally got some RAM that I bought for it…
LisaEm 1.0.0 has been released. Download is available at http://lisaem.sunder.net/downloads.html as usual. Code: -----------------------------------------------…
Just got one of these sticks, and the only links to drivers I can find are for the newer USB models, not the old ADB models. Also, where might I find a copy of …
Bought a g4 laptop for $70.00 CAD. The screen was detached fron body. The main body has a crack by the hinge area. Took one 512mb chip and put it in the ibook. …
Picked up the pair with keyboards and one mouse for $5.00! One is running O.S. 9 and the other 9.2. The lady said they were old and slow? One has 96mb of ram an…
I accidently posted this in the Trading Post, I deleted that and put it in here... I finally went to a local computer shop and got RAM for my iBook G3, which is…
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Heres a few pictures of an SE I got in a lot last year. The front case is totally smooth. Back case looks like ordinary se case. Don't know whats original or sw…
you know on recent Apple portables (up until the MB and MBP) have a little ring that lights up when the charger is connected, around the power jack. orange if i…
It seems to be getting harder to find the 512KB SIMMs. Someone want to run some off using these: http://www.ebay.com/itm/271605768758?_trksid=p2060778.m1438.l26…
I'm sorry to have to ask another question about a particular item and if it will work with a CC, but information is scarce about this. Will HYM94500S-70 be okay…
Anybody run the twain together? I've still got that Daystar processor card that I want to do something cool with, and I'm thinking - because I've been on a *ubu…
Hey my PM 6500 that I recently got has a G3 upgrade. I got that working , but I'm wondering, is there anyway to make the G3 upgrade work AND the 603 processor t…