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Vintage Apple 101: Getting Started
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Vintage IBM Compatible PC's
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For the fans of formerly expensive big iron.
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For all your vintage macintosh software needs!
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MANUAL for MacEffects RAM Card for Mac Portable M5120 & M5126Photo of printed documentation- JDW
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PINOUT DIAGRAM for SE/30 PDS Slot & Mac IIci Cache SlotPinout Diagram for PDS and Cache slots- JDW
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Connectix Compact Virtual 3.0 Manual and Quick ReferenceUser's manual and quick reference sheet for Connectix Compact Virtual 3.0
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Making a list of possible projects to do for PPC Challenge 2025
iBook G3: hinge, backlight, ram, SSD
iBook G4: Ram, SSD
PowerBook G4: backlight, Ram, SSD, straighten frame
imacG3: ram upgrade
3x iBook G4 parts plus complete shell: test and build a working one, battery rebuild
3x Siil3114 cards: flash firmware to MAC
G3/G4 AGP video cards, fix and test
G5 PCI video cards, fix and test
4x G5 towers, retest, fix
G4 ZIF 500 for B&W, probe/test/fix
MDD fix
G3/G4 SCSI cards swap
G3/G4 USB cards swap
Check all CMOS batteries
Cube speakers rebuild (diaphragm)
iFire DIY amps for pro speakers
EtherWave, test 3 printers
iBook G3: hinge, backlight, ram, SSD
iBook G4: Ram, SSD
PowerBook G4: backlight, Ram, SSD, straighten frame
imacG3: ram upgrade
3x iBook G4 parts plus complete shell: test and build a working one, battery rebuild
3x Siil3114 cards: flash firmware to MAC
G3/G4 AGP video cards, fix and test
G5 PCI video cards, fix and test
4x G5 towers, retest, fix
G4 ZIF 500 for B&W, probe/test/fix
MDD fix
G3/G4 SCSI cards swap
G3/G4 USB cards swap
Check all CMOS batteries
Cube speakers rebuild (diaphragm)
iFire DIY amps for pro speakers
EtherWave, test 3 printers
After one year of being dead due to a bad analog board and putting a good working replacement analog board and a good PSU my 800k Macintosh SE is alive once again
Hi Tinkerers, I'm new here and I like messing with old macs. Some of the machines I have are, 2004 G4 Powerbook, 2005 G4 Mac Mini, 2 of 2012 Macbook Pros, 2019 Macbook Pro, 2007 iMac Core Duo, 2013 8 core Mac Pro, 2 of 30 inch Apple Cinema Displays, 23 inch ACD, 20 inch ACD. Plus also 2 modern displays and a powerful Hackintosh. Also a brand new in the box 2006 1,1 Intel Mac Mini, which may I add that I paid to much for.
Sorry for the long rant.
Sorry for the long rant.
Gave my Mac SE SuperDrive a nice BlueSCSI upgrade and so far it's fantastic and I'm loving it so far
The original 40mb Quantum ProDrive still works and thankfully I have backed it up alongside with that 160mb Conner drive that stopped working sadly
The original 40mb Quantum ProDrive still works and thankfully I have backed it up alongside with that 160mb Conner drive that stopped working sadly