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Hi all, I am not sure where this is meant to go so I will also be adding it into another section, but I am needing to know very soon whether or not a powerbook 170 floppy disk drive, will be able to read and install software from 800 kb floppy diskettes? I have found a listing on ebay for some...

Hi all, I am not sure where this is meant to go so I will also be adding it into another section, but I am needing to know very soon whether or not a powerbook 170 floppy disk drive, will be able to read and install software from 800 kb floppy diskettes? I have found a listing on ebay for some...

Hi all I am currently still on the journey to restoring a powerbook 170 that I can use for retro/vintage mac shenanigans. Currently I have done the following: Bought a powerbook 170. Tested it out. Cleaned it. Did a complete teardown. Worked on repairs. Did some plastic welding, and super...

Hello there! A few days ago I got a Mac Plus for like 40€, but it's not working (I knew that when buying it). I've been looking in this and other forums, videos, manuals, and I can't really find the issue. This is what my Mac Plus is doing: Normally, i press turn on button, and theres no chime...

SOLVED! Solution here While working on my IIe Card video, I've run up against a number of things I cannot explain. We had a good discussion here recently, but I feel this needs its own thread with a more specific title, in the proper sub-forum (which is perhaps best suited here rather than in...

Hi All! I was recommended to join and ask you all by some reddit users and Joe, regarding a SyQuest Disk recovery I had attempted and see if there's any suggests on making this initial recovery work or if I should send them somewhere else. I have a 8.5.1 Mac OS and an external SyQuest disk...

Hey Everyone. I recently got a Macintosh Classic (I'll post photos soon) that I took apart, and restored (cleaned up, new caps, repaired drive (for now, soon will be a Blue SCSI once the parts arrive from Mouser) cleaned and re-lubed floppy drive, etc. Has the 4MB of RAM upgrade, original...