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As you maybe could see in my other post, I recently picked up a Mac TV (one of my holy grail items), however it was missing a few accessories, namely the mouse, and the keyboard's ADB cable. Unfortunately, the black ADB accessories can be very expensive on eBay, and rarely come up for sale...

I recently picked up a non-working Macintosh TV that is not in the best shape. I'm hoping a good cleaning will restore the black plastic to a respectable condition. However, the CRT has a scratch on it, and I'm wondering if the 14" Trinitron is shared with other LC / Performa models. I have...

I was running a longer duration test of my Mac Plus (with 030 accelerator) and came back into the room to find the picture was gone and replaced with diagonal lines and the image was stretched beyond the edges of the CRT. I tested my voltages and they are stable and within spec on 12.0v and...

I recently picked up a Mac Plus that had been updated with a Total Systems 68030 accelerator board. On powering it up, I get a nice clear startup chime, but no video. The floppy is toast, but I can see activity on my FloppyEmu when I have it plugged in. I've independently tested the CRT (it...

Found a listing for a cube and studio CRT ADC and the owner wouldn’t split them apart. I already have a working Cube but always wanted the CRT to go with it. Bit the bullet and bought the bundle, figuring i could sell the cube myself and it’d basically be like I just bought the monitor. Went to...

I have an IIc and IIc Plus. I've seen @Javmast3r's video changing the B&W LCD from the original LCD kit for the IIc. However, those are in short supply and are getting expensive. iPad LCDs with control boards are cheap and relatively decent quality (e.g...

Recently picked up a 512k from Facebook marketplace as a non-booting machine. After pickup, quickly removed the battery (which had started leaking and actually corroded the battery holder metal tab to the point where it broke off when I removed the battery. Anyway, I inspected the inside of...

I picked up a boxed 6115 a while back and didn’t do anything with it when I first got it other than to open it up and remove the battery, then try to power it up. Unfortunately, I got no video out on the multisync 15” monitor that came with it. So I set it aside, having other more pressing...

Some of my items have the original boxes, in various states, that I'd like to store, but don't want them to be destroyed. I like to use my vintage Macs, so the items are not stored in the boxes, but I also need to make room in my bonus room for actual living, and was going to move the boxes to...

(Edit: adding disclaimer: I should make it clear this is not due to lack of information on JDW's video. He covered it at 7:15 of the video, but I'm an idiot and even though I watched the whole video when it first came out, I skipped ahead to the action when I went to go watch the steps today...

Anyone else have extreme difficulty removing the Color Classic analog board after all cables have been removed. I watched @Branchus' video on the removal and his slides right out. Is it possible the edge connectors are fused somehow. I've used a good amount of force and cannot get it to...

Just picked up a really clean PowerMac G5 (dual 2.5 PCI-X). Owner said the video card was bad. I had another slower machine with a working video card, so I figured I'd just swap it out and have a nice, fast G5 as my bridge machine. When I first tried booting it up with the original graphics...

I have an SE where the plastic clips holding the RAM down have broken. Has anyone removed these from the board and replaced them with new components that have metal retaining clips? I'd like to replace it and not have to worry every time I need to take memory out of the machine.

I finally got around to setting up my Newton devices to load software from my Powerbook G3. I was able to get the 110/120/130 loaded with the 2010 fix and get the date set properly. However, I was trying to get my eMate fixe up with Eckhart Köppen's 2010 fix. Unfortunately, it fails with the...

I recently got a Cinema Display from goodwill for $8 (+ $15 shipping) but it did not have a stand. I was hoping I could just use the leg from one of my 17" Cinema displays. Unfortunately, when it arrived I realized it wasn't just the leg that was missing, but the metal tab was actually...

Just picked up an LC 575 to use for my Mystic Color Classic upgrade. I was told it would power on but no image, so I thought maybe the analog board may be bad, which didn't concern me too much since I just want the logic board from it. However, when I got it home, I was pleasantly surprised to...

I posted a while back about the website ASCII for loading old games or generating new floppy disks. I really liked the idea, but found their mobile web interface to be a bit less than ideal. I actually threw together a native iOS app this evening, and while I need to tweak some of the UX, it's...

I never thought about using the "cassette" disk functionality of the Apple II to allow you to load games from your phone's audio jack. Might see if I have an old Android phone I can use expressly as a "disk drive" for my IIe. youtube.com/watch?... Everyone else might be familiar with this...

Anyone know if there is a way to unlock a MessagePad locked by a PIN? Purchased a MP 120 Off craigslist and it booted up just fine after putting in new batteries. The problem is that it is locked by a PIN. I believe I can do a hard reset, which would erase all data, but I'd really like to...

I picked up a Performa 6400/200, my old college computer, off of craigslist. It had no hard drive, so I swapped out the hard drive for another I had laying around. Booted up fine, and I moved on to my final plan - dual booting Mac OS 9 and BeOS. I got the drive partitioned, reinstalled OS 9 on...