Hello, My name is Antoine. I am a mac collector, specifically Powerbooks. I have a website for my Powerbook museum at: http://www.ryonix.com/powerbookmuseum/ I …
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Just got it on Friday after a 3-week wait, and I spent a good part of Friday and Saturday figuring out how to install Kubuntu on it. Mine's the $499 model that'…
After cleaning house of the desktop PCs, I came across this stuff: From the flea market: * Slot 1 motherboard - free * Enlight ATX case with missing drive bay c…
Got a (in my sig) Q605 - 33Mhz hack, full RC040, 64MB SIMM, 250MB hard disk, PDS etherent, I think MacOS 8.1 It was put away working about 2-3 years go. Pull it…
Picked up a working WriteMove II and was looking to see if anyone had a copy of the installation disk(s)... I was able to download the driver off of GCC's websi…
I finally got a new(er) hard drive for my iBook G3. I pulled out of a Toshiba that was going to be tossed. It's a 100GB Fujitsu. Date says it was made in 2005. …
I got'z my new macbook ^_^ . I feel happy now This was a replacement for my last one that I bid farewell to the horrible rebuild that it kept coming back to me …
I bought this: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320239543738 under the assumption that it would fit in my 7300. To the naked eye, it…
IIfx won't turn on Tried brand new PRAM batteries in both slots with no success. Bad power supply? Bad motherboard?
There is a dead Quadra 610 on ebay that I'm willing to pull the CPU out (if I win the auction) for my LC 475, but how do I pull it out?
is it possible to convert a PowerBook 520 to a 520c doing an LCD swap? What would actually keep it from using a color screen?
thank-you to patnukem, I have scored a PowerBook 520 (my first 68k PowerBook since 1998) for $30 cash. I will be picking it up either tomorrow, or on wednesday.…
I have a 630-0102-E that has some parts left off of it, and wanted to find a schismatic for it so I can find some parts for it. Thank you in advance.
Got a nice little Pismo 500/512 MB/40 GB pseudo-locally for $50 today. Works very well, just has a shot battery.
Got a working 81/110 with 64mb of ram. Thought I could put in a Sonnet G3 200 something mhz card in it, but not sure. Another Aduiomedia II card Toast Platinum …
Here's a couple of odd-ball questions. Can the 100 display 512x342 or only 640x400? Has anyone actually tried to boot a 100 with anything less than System 6.0.7…
Linky I got this to replace the Socket-A board and duron that I had for the server. This should kick it into high-gear. it sucks, yes, but it's not going to be …
Quick question, Anyone take apart their Mac SE recently? Mine has a power connector that won't quit. I know about the clip, even with the clip actually clipped …
As I've just ordered a couple of QuadDoubler /edit/ NewerTech Quadra Overdrive / accelerators (/edit/ one 33MHz 650 compatible Overdrive Plus with 128kB cache a…
I recently picked up a Quadra 650 from the trashbin. Can someone give me some pointers on how to access the RAM under the drives? Thanks in advance
Slow week at the office, so what better time to continue cleaning and prepping older company machines for new homes? There's something satisfying about clearing…
we scored some parts off of Craigslist and Freecycle to enhance our server. 2x 256MB (FreeCycle) PC-133 40MB/s U-Wide SCSI Card (PCI) with REAL hardware RAID (b…
Haven't really seen this before. Did a Forum search and didn't see it posted before so thought I'd share. Nifty little update over Steve Capp's Dali Clock for m…
The old Voodoo 5 cards produced for the Mac just before 3dfx went bankrupt had a DVI as well as a VGA connector. Has anyone perchance tried connecting a current…
I've been into classic (well really all) Macs for a long time and have quite an random collection of them. I've decided to build myself an "ultimate" 68k machin…
My first "real liberation" in quite a while. This was at the flower shop where my Mom used to work, sitting in a pile in the office where it went unused for man…
Picked up a mint condition beige Mac Plus for $10 last week. This one came with an almost new MacBag, a Kensington MacTilt, a Fanny Mac cooling fan, and an old …
Sharp PC-9300D 133mhz Pentium Processor 32mb RAM Hard Disk Missing Toshiba Satellite Pro 440CDT (x2) Specs unknown, power supply missing from both. I'll boot it…
I have the follwing bits and pieces -- can anyone think of a way to get my 512k booted? working 512k with no boot diskette .sit image of system 3.2 blank 800k f…
Well this is interesting! About two weeks ago a guy swung by my house with a bunch of old PC stuff that he was cleaning out, and he said he'd be by again soon w…
I have a theory that compact Macs, along with all computers, can continue to work no matter what, even if they fail. What I'm saying is, no matter how many vita…
I went on the local craigslist and got a trade for 2x 512MB PC-5300 and 1x 512MB PC-2700 and 1x 256 PC-2100 for 1x PC-100 128MB, 1x PC-133 512MB and 1x Low-Dens…
I got a nice AMS roadwarrier laptop for free from a teacher I knew several years ago. Specs: 300mhz AMD K6 CPU -upgradable..it looks like a standard desktop CPU…
Oh brother ... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150241309194
I could not resist. I had one of these machines last year, but I fried the boot ROM upon installing the HD somehow. It was a 400mhz/64mb/6gb machine. Since my i…
snatched one on ebay for a few bucks and local pickup. nothing special in there. -12x SCSI CD ROM drive -no HDD -CPU card -mobo -some 64MB RAMs together with th…
I finally got an upgrade in RAM for my IBM RS/6000 7044. 512 MB kit for $35 on eBay, not bad, considering its genuine IBM RAM, with a warranty too. That'll brin…
I found a Quicksilver G4 in a computer recycling bin today. Sticker says it's an 867 MHz, and it has no RAM or HD. I found it in pieces, but it has the logic bo…
How many SCSI drives can the Mac SCSI bus support? Is it actually all 7 devices, or is it 6 plus the host adapter? I found a source for some really cheap swapab…
I am looking to get a little extra power out of my lombard. I am thinking of bumping it up to 400MHz from the 333Mhz it is. My question is, is this a drop-in re…
Post speedtips for Nubus PPC Macs that you've discovered or tried out in this thread. Here are some of mine: 1) Make sure you've installed all of the recommende…
Got it for free, seems the only problem it has is a missing up arrow key, even the battery works. 700mhz Celeron Processor 192mb RAM 10gb HD Still not sure of t…
Engadget has a story about Ben Heck who has built an Apple IIgs laptop using an Apple IIgs logic board and some other parts for the chassis. http://www.engadget…
My 15" PowerBook, running Leopard, has recently been showing some weird problem. In the Energy Saver prefs for both Power Adapter and Battery settings, I have i…
For some reason my Quicksilver won't regonize any hard drive I put in. I tried different one which I know worked before. I swapped them with a PC and now I'm tr…
I have a 180c that doesn't do anything. When I got it, it powered up off the AC adaptor and had a screen problem due to a bad cable. the bottom of it's case was…
I picked up a really nice SE/30 last week and got it up and running. Honestly, it didn't take much, as it was in great shape. I bought it from the original owne…
Hey everyone, So I recently purchased a PB520c off of the LEM Swaplist. I only powered it up a couple of times to show my friends. And for some odd reason, when…
What the heck happened to the PB 160 in this auction? The video port seems to be missing... Link