Hi! I ran the installer for System 7.5.3 a few days ago to upgrade my new hard drive for the Mac. It took about ten minutes to do the whole job, but near the en…
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Thanks to uniserver, I've acquired a Power Mac G3 Molar. It's a beauty (some aren't enamored by it's looks but I love the look for an All-in-one). As I've state…
I was at good will and there was a brand new never opened 150 watt power inverter. 3 dollars. I took it up to the counter bought it, went and sat in my car turn…
Hey guys! Just scored a 2001 indigo DV, a French Apple IIc and a beige desktop Power Mac G3 from my bestfriend ) 2001 DV: Works perfectly fine, 500Mhz w/ 128MB.…
Hi folks, I've found an ethernet card online for my LC475 but can see no indication of whether or not it includes drivers, or even the manufacturer. I have trie…
Hey guys there is only 10 options. I am just curious what powerbook you guys like the most. Right now I know of 2 members that Favor the Powerbook 100. Pretty s…
Here in Columbus vintage/older Macs are hard to come by. Every now and then I search through Craigslist for something I'm interested in (Powerbooks and Compacts…
I recently got a Powerbook 540. After tracking down and installing 7.1.1 for powerbooks 500, I noticed there is not even a folder for applications. These are th…
I just wanted to share my happyness about the Apple Extended Keyboard II, that I am now using again on a daily basis. I am still using just oldworld Macs for ev…
I've recently inherited a 1400cs with a peculiar backlight problem and I was wondering if anyone could shed any light on it. When starting up, contrast usually …
I got the 128k board in today, and I went to test it in the 512k. Standard procedure: Unscrew handle screws, Battery compartment screw, two screws above the por…
Just collected today one of those for 2 € { "lightbox_close": "Close", "lightbox_next": "Next", "lightbox_previous": "Previous", "lightbox_error": "The requeste…
Tonight, I decided to try and troubleshoot what was wrong with the 5300c I got as a lot with the working 165 for $30. So, I plugged it in, and, low and behold, …
So today at the local Goodwill Computerworks I picked up an Amiga A3000 for $20. No idea if it works or what the specs are. Guess I need to track down a keyboar…
I bought an SE/30 that if I let sit awhile or gently addjust the video board it will will boot up from floppy. It was sold as not working but when I got it it b…
I've always been curious about this. Does the Micron Xceed grayscale modification for the SE/30 provide true 8-bit grayscale or is it less shades than that? The…
Hi Everyone, This is my first post as a member! Glad to be a part of the 68kMLA! A few weeks back I picked up a Color Classic that was sold to me as dead, for a…
2 - Versions of SEGA GameGear Main-Boards 1 - Game Gear Sound board, Same in all versions. I'm posting this because it might be helpful to our fellow members, a…
I was just pondering solutions tonight to the recurring issue i have of blowing the deteriorated surrounds out of G3 iMac speakers... My Snow has gone through 4…
Folks; I have been working on bringing an old Macintosh II back to life. I'm not new to the process, but this one is stumping me. replaced both batteries replac…
Took a chance on a new old stock Apple Li-Ion on the 'bay, for $20, as I had bought one a couple of months ago and it came back to life very nicely. This one, n…
Scored this little lot on eBay a couple of days ago - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/231019955736?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649 - a work…
This is some re-work that i am doing for a member. It was sent to me already re-capped with tantalums. I am trying to diagnose issues with it. Removing some cap…
What software (other than Retrospect and some A/UX stuff) can take advantage of tape drives on an old Mac? (This includes the Apple Tape Backup 40SC and the tap…
Who already recapped their pb500 charger ? Mine is giving a heavy smell of capacitor fluid when it's used so time to recap. Anyone with tips how to open the hou…
A few days ago I got the PowerBook Duo I bought off of eBay. Seller was another collector, and had just done a fresh install of System 7.5.5. It seems a bug in …
Finally got around to installing the PB 540C LCD into my PB520. Works great, but its in definite need of a new CCFL tube. ugh... But at least it works.
Hi, I have a flashed FX5500/5200 PCI card in G3 B&W. It has support for QE/CI but every game and app crashing when using OpenGL. Any sugestions or solut…
. . . dunno if this is news or not, but it's time to save some pages as before Apple deep sixes everything else about info they don't want used for new developm…
I'm taking a crack at learning Toolbox (well, I'm actually starting with CarbonLib) so that I can write some utilities of my very own for Mac OS. I have the bas…
Hello, I was wondering if I could get more information about the different types of boxes that the macintosh plus came in? So far I've seen two original manufac…
Just picked it up. It came with the original system disks, a Leopard DVD, airport, original keyboard, mouse, and an iSight camera. On the downside no hard drive…
This is a issue I have been battling over the years. Finally a solution that works. I submerge the whole damm mouse in alcohol, let it sit, 10-15 min, that goo …
I had a bit of time to spare today, so I went to the Goodwill Computer Works store in Pittsburgh. There's only one of these stores now for those of you who may …
Hi, I thought I'd post this here as it isn't really machine specific (if there's a better place for it, mods, fell free to move it). Well I've had three line fi…
So I have a Powermac 5500... in fact I have a few of them. But this one in particular is a 5500/250 in black. The issue is however, that it will not boot up wit…
For anyone who is interested I'm selling an Apple IIe system on eBay, the auction number is 221264643143
A gut feeling wants to toss this in the dual floppy drive LC, then its true to its roots. But what do you guys think is the best Mac for the LC Apple IIe Card? …
Ok after receiving my 550 board from a member I popped it in and had boot but weird color. Had not been recapped of course, so recapped and boots to correct col…
I just got a Quadra 650 board in, which is currently fitted with a 68LC040, and I've got it up and running. I'm trying to install Mac OS on the original drive, …
I've been having bits and pieces shipped in this week and I'm testing them on my 6100. Since the hard drive is ridiculously limited, I bought an SCA drive and a…
Since I am actively searching out for more stuff, thought I'd make a continuous finds thread. Recently got a 9.1 GB 50-pin Seagate SCSI hard drive in exchange f…
first off i would like to say i know absolutely nothing about the powebook 100 out of the 3, when i power them on 1- no boot - back light comes on - no tone 2- …
Howdy all - I've read here and there that 7.5.5 is the best optimized for the '040s, wondering what you think will run the fastest on an 840av that will be used…
Cedar Mill The final revision of the Pentium 4 was Cedar Mill, released on January 5, 2006. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentium_4 The shipping guy here at work…
I was given this motherboard from an All in One PowerMac as part of a lot of computer parts about 6 years ago. I pondered building it into a system somehow, but…
Some, too, have baffled his analytical skill, and would be, as narratives, beginnings without an ending, while others have been but partially cleared up, and ha…
I bought a Quadra 605 a couple of months ago and am just getting around to playing with it now. The problem is that it doesn't seem to want to boot. I get the s…
Hi, I recently picked up a beige Apple IIe, which appeared to work but after 10 seconds the PSU started to give out a loud sizzling sound - the computer continu…
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There appears to be nothing special here, I just have never seen one with yellow silk-screening before. I know many pre-production boards seem to have yellow sc…