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http://macvintage.tripod.com/iisi/overclock.html i know the graphics is kinda sluggish, setting disk cache to 1024K does help! but would changing the oscillator…
On my performa 6116 i have installed a sonnet nubus g3 card with the Apple HPV 7100 1mb vram and i use macintosh color display (M1212). As i remember i can have…
Hi guys, Just wanted to let you all know that the story of how we got the prototype Twiggy Macs to boot is now published. Although I don't agree with the title …
I have a Classic II motherboard that I am trying to bring back to life (bad caps, corroded pads, vias and [possibly?] connections). I don't have access to the C…
Hi Everybody, I recently got a SE/30, LC 475 and Color Classic for free! I've gotten the LC and SE/30 to work (Both needed a new HDD), but the Color Classic is …
I decided to wipe the Sawtooth and install 10.1. Why? I still have no clue. I'm weird. Anyway, I installed 10.1 and grabbed the 10.1.5 Combo Updater from Apple.…
I have a Quantum 540S SCSI HDD mounted internally to my SE/30 as shown here: And here is the technical document on that drive: http://joomla.birdata.com/dss10/5…
I'd like to introduce you to my iBook. It was from a school, and needed a lot of attention. I rebuilt it last year. It's a nice little machine, and I have often…
Once I opened up the cover and gave the spindle a little turn, It's been running good. Anyone still running with a miniscribe in their vintage mac? What do you …
I finally managed to find a reasonably priced ImageWriter II on Ebay last week. Description said unit did turn on but no further testing was done. Seemed safe e…
Do they make a 524,288 by 8 bit VRAM IC? just rumbling around in my head about the potential of beefing up the internal VRAM for the Duo. It has 2 onboard VRAM …
ok so i have 3 IIsi's, they all have nic's in them. They are all running 7.5 So the first 2 have an ok amount of ram one has 9mb then other has 17mb + 73gig 10k…
I seem to recall someone either here or on MacRumors mentioning attempting to re-create the original 1984 Macintosh introduction demo. (The "It sure is great to…
I have a 20mb Sider hard drive that was working fine then when I turned it on it sped up way past the normal RPM. Of course also not working. Tried without the …
I have three hard drives hanging off my Quadra 950. There's two drives internally and a drive that is external. All three of them have been formatted with the p…
I need some input on this: I have a 270c with a killed logic board. its nearly flawless condition, and the LCD is nice and bright. I may have another 270c board…
So, the vintage bug has bit me once again, so I decided to do some old-skool mac gaming with Mac OS 9 as the host. The setup: PowerMac Beige G3 Rev.2 board with…
I'm looking to sell my mac plus, color classic, and SE. title pretty much says it all, what is the safest way to ship these units and have them arrive intact? I…
Just ran into a PB Duo, with an issue I hadn't seen before. It powers on and chimes, but it shows the grey screen. Never makes it to a mouse cursor, or icons or…
So my PowerBook G4's hard drive has one foot out the door (its making noises) and its time to replace it. I mean, its original from January 2005, so its going o…
I've cracked open my 2 Mac II's in prep for refurbishment. On one of the machines the two PRAM batteries are soldered in with axial leads. Seems like the follow…
Hi, just picked up a HD20 off eBay that has had its interface/floppy cable cut off. I have a spare 400K external floppy drive, and I was hoping to use its cable…
Hey guys, I remember hearing this was possible before that others have done it with the Sonnet PCI SATA Card. And have used 7.6-9 without issue. Heres what I ha…
Today i bought a used power mac g4 with the following info: Power Mac G4 1,25GHz (dual) RAM: 768MB HDD: 60GB CD-RW Asus CRW-5232A3 Graphics: nVidia GeForce 4mx …
I am starting this thread so its easier to keep track of all these nifty SE/30 mod's all going on. Basically Techknight is looking at modding the SE/30's video …
I got this Classic of a friend's friend that's in really poor condition technically and cosmetically. Sure enough it showed the usual garbled screen. I recapped…
Obviously if you want to know about the Quadra 700 you can ask google, Google will show you what it finds: There is info on: - #1 hit, Wikipedia: http://en.wiki…
So I got a new SE, internal drive worked enough that Disk First Aid would see it, but fail to initialize. HD SC Setup always said a suitable drive could not be …
Hullo. I've been wanting to get a video capture card for my 9600 for a while and grabbed a complete Mirovideo DC30 Plus set the other day. Perusing the manual t…
The Craigslist ad had fuzzy pictures of the "Mac SE" the guy wanted to sell. Turned out to be an SE/30 with an Ethernet card in it! I felt much better about dro…
So I did a search and with all the mods going on I couldn't find an answer. Why does a IIsi have a ROM slot if it doesn't need it? Unusual for them to add parts…
I recently bought a Power Mac G3 Blue and White. It was no os on the hdd so I wounder if I could copy the files for os 9 to a usb key in windows,if i can this, …
Preamble: This investigative thread was first posted by myself on MacRumors on the 25th of November, 2013. Its aim was to provide information to the many Power …
Two cranky IIxes. First one doesn't chime (death or otherwise), but rather continually plays random crackly static noises that sound like they are probably the …
Macintosh Quadra 840av ** I HIGHLY SUGGEST THAT, IF YOUR Q840av is working right now, And you haven't changed the CAPS yet. DO IT NOW! ** -- BE happy your Quadr…
Hi! I'm writing a program on my Mac, but this one seems to be a bit troublesome. It crashes randomly (I suspect due to memory leaks), but no matter how long I s…
My dad got me a ticket to this event today!!! http://www.pittsburghsymphony.org/production/37362/steve-wozniak Yes, Woz is coming to speak in Pittsburgh!!! I'm …
...you thought I was going to say an iMac or G3 tower, right? Nah, it's an iPod Shuffle. Mostly because I needed something to keep me sane as I train for the Pi…
Picked up a couple of these. I remember using them years ago in an SE or Classic maybe. I don't recall. But I do not recall if they let one "bypass" the theoret…
Hey, just recived a xserve g5 i brought on ebay, only problem is it won't boot When the power button is pressed the xserve turns on and the fans spin up, but it…
Hi, I got a Mac Portable from Haplain, and apparently it's a bit of a fixer-upper (which I knew going in, because of my tight budget). It will come on, but it j…
This is a new one to me. I have a test Mac setup. Going through my motherboard surplus I put in another Plus with four 256k SIMMs I have been transferring from …
All: I started a discussion on de-yellowing compact Mac plastics in this thread: viewtopic.php?f=7&t=8794 which was about my adventures in reviving and …
who wants to pay $150 for a nic that works in the SE/30… Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Boooooooooooooooooo! who whats to pay $9.99 for a LC NIC and install it into the SE/3…
here is what happens to some of those Color Classic Mainboards, and its really got me annoyed. NOT super Annoyed, because none of my personal Color Classic Main…
Hi all - I've revived a multi-year project to get my Mac Plus online via ethernet (Asante EN/SC) and have finally succeeded in getting it to speak IP natively! …
I just got my hands on a IIfx I bought it blind and when it arrived it wouldn't power up. Opened it up and both battery holders were empty. Filled them up and n…
I got a couple of Macs. An SE/30 that has a bad hard drive and an SE (dual 800k) with an accelerator card. Both have 1MB of memory. I need to dig into the SE/30…