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I took another look at the logic board in my Performa 475 which is now over 30 years old. I don't see any signs of dulling solder joints or leakage so far. It could do with a wash though to clear out some surface dust and clean the contact areas. The fan duct also needs cleaned. I'd like to...

I've always loved collecting brochures on some of the more esoteric products available for Macintosh computers back in the day. In the early 90's I saw an ad about adding 8 slots to a Compact Macintosh and I wanted to find out more immediately and sent away for the brochure. The company was...

Hi - I've a Macintosh LC and a Performa 475 which I know share some common components. There was no sign of life when I switched the LC on so I thought it might be an issue with the power supply. The Performa 475 is working fine so I opened both up and moved the good power supply from the 475...

Back in late 80's MacPeak Systems were naming their accelerators and video adapters using some sort of futuristic 'star' theme with names like Orion and Galaxy. Did anyone ever own the Galaxy video board that plugs into the Orion accelerator in the SE and supported both single page and two page...

Hi - I've an old Apple Laserwriter Select 310 from 1993 but new toner cartridges have not been manufactured for a long time. The printer was only ever used by me so has had very light usage over the years. I've confirmed it still works in terms of going through the motions of guiding the paper...