This board is built just like a m5126 board. New style ram and all. except, the video header is for the non back-lit screen like the m5120. There is not extra h…
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Got my battery today. It appears to be charged. The charging circuit appears to be working without a problem with the stock AC adapter. Battery tests good with …
Hi all, Recently I bought a Macintosh IIcx motherboard off ebay. I only got round to cleaning it a few days ago and then I noticed that the copyright date on th…
So I have a Workgroup Server 9650/350 w/ 1.5gb ram, was wondering if I could buy this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Huge-001-Ciprico-Mediavault-R-5-Bay-IDE-RAID-SCSI…
Hi folks! So, I've got myself a Messagepad 2100, nice little device, and I've acquired some pcmcia networking stuff off ebay. I've got a 3Com 10/100 Xjack card …
i would say this tool knocked about 15 minutes off, my re-caps. just push and twist. love it. http://shop.sportsmansguide.com/net/cb/cb.aspx?a=1164820&p…
Just a quick question to any Australian Mac guys in the know... where is the best place to go about getting replacement caps, diodes, resistors etc of the types…
Hi all, It seems to me that (beyond the stuff common to all vintage machines like leaky electrolytic caps) there are three common points of failure in old Power…
So i am here tearing into this Macintosh Classic. Pulled out the A/B board, Had to re-cap it, Screen was wavy, HD would not spin etc. etc. Anyways, Replaced all…
What do you guys have for specs on yours? Can be tower, desktop, or AIO, although I prefer the server version myself I have: G3 Tower (server version) OS 9.2.2 …
Can someone explain to me if its possible and how, to use a non apple branded IDE burner in a G4 sawtooth under 10.4? I have a plain DVD drive, but I need to ba…
Hi, I have several of these, and one works, but has a bad cord and plug at the computer end. The other one has a good plug and cable, but it doesn't work. I was…
Hey everyone! My last few videos revolved around the Mac 512K talking to Siri and getting a specific action to occur. While this was neat, it wasn't very practi…
http://lowendmac.com/ppc/digital-audio-power-mac-g4.html We moved to the hood about 3 to 4 years ago. I never really talked to our neighbor very much. They invi…
Hello everyone, I have a Power Mac G3 B&W with a dead logic board (as described here http://68kmla.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=21030) and I'…
This is my first Mac, an SE running system 6. I found it at an estate sell a couple of weeks ago (paid $25). It came with an Apple Extended keyboard, original m…
The PB190cs that I'm now working on has a strange screen symptom. It powers up, and the screen stays mainly a murky dark green except for the top menu bar and t…
This LB seem's a little strange compared to the non back light one. 4 - 1uf-50v 2 - 10uf-16v 1 - 220uf-25v 4 - 47uf-16v 1 - 4.7uf-25v 2- 470uf-25v 4 - 100uf-25v
As most of us are aware, our old Macs can't be set beyond 2019. Now I'm not going to take this project up myself, as I don't have the time to do the research an…
Hello everyone, I have the same problem as this guy http://68kmla.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=20786 but the problem like this guy isn't the RAM. I'v…
Do you guys know wich brand is reliable and still freshly fabricated? I thought it is time to copy all my old 3,5 floppys to new material. Any advice?
In a current Conquests thread on a PB165 there has been discussion of correct ratings for power supplies that should be connected to various PB models. The offi…
I thought I had finished my accumulation phase, but... Tipped off by Byrd, I bid for a lot of Powerbooks on ebay, located in Canberra, Australia. Since freight …
i recently picked up a pb 165 complete except for powerbrick for 5.00 @ a local thrift store. I just need to get a compatible powerbrick which ive already resea…
Someone asked me to go through a box of software and get rid of whatever she didn’t need. Since her oldest computer is running 10.8, a lot of the software was u…
Hi, I know it would be difficult, if not impossible to hack in an extra antenna, but I'm just wondering if it's even possible to get a card that'll fit in there…
Can someone help me find replacement capacitors for the 145b lcd panel that I just disassembled? I took the 145b apart to re-grease the clutches, clean out the …
I recently contacted the author of ToolDaemon, which is a telnet <-> MPW ToolServer interface, and asked him if he'd be willing to open-source his…
Hey all, I have a Macintosh II that has a hard drive that Uniserver set me up with (thanks man!). The problem I'm having is I can't wrap my brain around how to …
Hey everyone - I know the 667MHz DVI TiBooks have a placeholder for where the second fan for the faster models went. Does anyone know if the logic board for the…
I like how there is pads for SMD caps. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Capacitor-ESR-Inductance-Resistor-Meter-Transistor-Tester-Detect-NPN-PNP-Mosfet-/261229081706?pt=…
I was talking with a friend today and I asked him if he still had a few things he told me about a while ago (old mac hardware). I picked up today: Macintosh LC …
Hi, I brought out the TiBook again, and I was reminded of a weird problem with the Airport card. It won't work under Mac OS 9. I updated the software, reinstall…
I decided recently to dust off the old Mac Pro for the kids to play with. (The primary motivating factor was someone giving me a matching 30" Cinema display the…
I've come up with a few questions about OSX, I've been sitting on the fence about adopting it. First, I recall a discussion about a specific eMac install set th…
Tangential discussion shifted from: You Know You're an Old-School Mac Guy When... p.7 . . . holding down the mouse button to put away removable media is intuiti…
My Quadra 950 boots perfectly but does not seem to want to play with a keyboard or mouse - neither work at all at any point in the boot process or otherwise - a…
Hello, I seem to be having some trouble trying to select a start up disk using OS 7.1. I go to control panel, then starup disk. I see my three partitions there,…
In vintage computing the main benefit of solving a problem is it helps you to find the next problem. After fixing my IIsi logic board (caps) and its PSU (caps) …
Found it for a buck And it had apple logos.. Looked unusual so bought it..
Hi, So I'm doing some cleaning and I found this under a desk... Now I'm wondering if this could be used on a Mac IIfx? I have no idea if this scanner ever had 6…
here's a shot while getting OS 7.6 downloaded off my file server via FTP Got it all configured and now I no longer have to use FTP, I can AFP to my 10.5 server …
I have a Classic II that needs to be recapped. I have noticed during times of heavy HD access that the edges of the screen will visibly wobble. Is this a caps i…
Back in 2004 or so there was a short lived alpha quality port of the Mac-On-Linux virtual machine to Darwin platforms. I took a keen interest in it as my Alumin…
I noticed my 7500's PSU is making very high-pitched noises while running certain loads. It's worse when I put in a replacement 150MHz 604 CPU card, and then esp…
I came back home to Pittsburgh yesterday. I've got my first day of business tomorrow (tutoring) so I'm using today to unpack and unwind a bit (already did my ho…
OK, I know that this isn't a classic Mac snag, but I'm really stoked that I finally got my Raspberry Pi in the mail. I'm actually using it as I type. :lol: I ha…
I was excited when I won this on eBay. Described as "Mint in box" and "unused." I was doubly excited when I won it for only $50. I had put a minimum bid on it n…
I tried searching but failed. Can someone tell me how deep I have to go to remove the bezel of a compact mac? (The SE is in question.) I know that the CRT is mo…
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anyone have screen grabs / photos of Notator for Mac??running on system 7