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Finally added an eMac to my collection... time to model and build miniatures at 48 (not printed yet) and 22 percent (photo side by side).

Old speakers from an old 2006-2008 iMac will work great for the 48 percent size. Experimenting with speaker grille hole sizes.

My storm trooper edition SE/30 with ZZG LCD kit and magneto optical drive.

Anyone in the UK want a huge pile of retro gear?

I saw your post about your PC Chips M326 motherboard. I have one of these that I don't need anymore. It worked fine when I used it about a year and a half ago. It's a v5.3 revision. The AMD 386-40 is soldered onto the motherboard and I have an IIT 387 math coprocessor installed. The Varta battery was removed. There is a 132-pin socket, but I was unable to get 486DLC working in it. Asking price is $50 plus shipping if you are interested.

Discovered modern software for connecting AFP shared directories -- Apple Share IP Browser.
This allows you to connect, for example, from System Software 7.0.1 on Quarda 950 to the general AFP catalog on Netatalk.

Love your YT channel!

My Vintage Mac Collection:
Macintosh IIx
Macintosh Plus
Macintosh SE FDHD
Macintosh LC II
iMac G3 Graphite
iMac G3 Lime
PowerMac G4 Mirrored Drive Doors
PowerMac G4 Quicksilver
PowerMac G4 Graphite x2
PowerMac G5
MessagePad 130 (Not really a Mac...)
PowerBook 140
PowerBook Duo 230
Powerbook 520
iBook G4 12"
2007 MacBook Pro 15.4"

So, some ******* on eBay is selling Macintosh Classic Reloaded boards, in specific violation of the Creative Commons Non-Commercial license and even stripped part of the silkscreen off that even identifies it as my board.

MacEffects is the only commercial vendor, thus far, permitted to sell the Classic Reloaded.

If you want to help out and report the item as fraudulent or counterfeit, please look up the ebay seller 'svintag'.

I will be filing a VeRO complaint, in due course.

Catching up, looking around...

Upgrading Powerbook G3 Lombard 333 HDD to SSD through trial and error and help from this forum. Restoring old Deck II 2.5.1 music projects from my days using a Power Mac 6100

SPIISD V2, now on sale!
https://en.infinityproducts.co.jp/product-page/spiisd-v2-diy-kit

Current project: trying to revive a dead Macintosh IIci.

Welcome to the forums! Apologies again for the misunderstanding.

Working on a Thinkpad 170 and some Zimodem homebrew modems...

Thanks to @Stinkerton18 I have an InWin A500 case on the way - woohoo!

Happy New Year !

More prep. I have 3 iBook G3 500Mhz 12" semi-working status. Hopefully I can get at least two fully working.

Disassembling all three at once, to make it easier.

I should really have a magnetic tray for all these screws.

So, just wondering if anyone has some tips for neutralizing this aluminum oxidization... Looks like this thing was down with the Titanic.

I don't even know how this was even running with all that corrosion dust inside.

I stripped it to the frame, then hit it with a poly brush on a drill.

Got most of the dust off.


Then I had to deal with the the trackpad socket that was pulled off. Luckily it was still inside the unit.

And I was able to get it soldered back on. Forgive the crappy focus on my phone camera.


Where is the PPC Challenge 2025?

During the PPC Challenge 2024, I worked on 15 desktops, performing upgrades, fixes, and general use. For PPC Challenge 2025, I intend to work on laptops I have acquired. Prepping SSDs now.

I have purchased some 2.5" mSATA to IDE adapters that were full size with cover for about $12. I also have some cheaper $4 ones without covers, so I printed my own trays to mount them.





I have 14 PPC laptops: 2x 3400c almost like new, an Aluminum PowerBook G4 12" that is pretty banged up, and 11x various iBook G3/G4 12" units in disrepair. I purchased a few different lots of parts machines to fix up some others, but it looks like most will be salvageable/functional. All the G3/G4 models seem to work fine with these adapters (and AppleTVs as well). The two 3400c do not work with these adapters, so waiting for some CF-IDE adapters to arrive.

Happy Grav-mass!

Just a few traces