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I do have a 512k with a MonsterMac! I'm not sure if the board is fully functional (it no longer shows the 'vampire' Happy Mac at boot), but the RAM upgrade seems to be working at least. @cj_reha - my MonsterMac is tucked away in my storage locker and I probably won't be able to get to it until...

Just chiming in to say that I would love to be able to download and try this out! I love obscure games on obscure formats... :)

I had the same thought right after I started this thread! I popped my nice cleaning CD in there annnnnd it got trapped inside ☹️ Once the cleaning disc was in there, the drive started frequently making sad whining / whirring sounds - it was obviously trying to eject the disc but not getting...

Hi all, I was hoping to install Mac OS X 10.1 onto an extra partition on my slot-loading iMac G3 (Blueberry, 350MHz, non-Firewire model). Unfortunately, every optical disc I insert is immediately ejected, without being "spun up" at all. This iMac and CD drive haven't been used in many years so...

Hahaha damn, that's hilarious! I haven't thought about it in 20+ years, but I feel like I installed something that did that trick back in the day - maybe from a MacAddict CD-ROM?

These are great suggestions - thanks everyone! H.

Hi all, I'm going to try to get Mac OS X 10.1 running on the Blueberry iMac G3 that I'll be exhibiting this weekend, specifically in the context of comparing it to NeXTSTEP (which will be exhibited on our NeXT Cube). It's been more than a little time since I last played with OS X 10.1, and I'm...

Hi again @mst3k! Curious if you ever got this setup working? I'm finally playing with my MonsterMac, but I've found a few oddities too: The very first time I powered it on, I saw the little squares under the Happy Mac icon which indicates the presence of the additional 2MB of RAM, but I've...

Hi all! Last year I stumbled across a rough-but-intact Mac 512k. I probably would've bought it regardless ($60 for an early Compact Mac these days is a decent bargain!), but I absolutely jumped on it when I saw that it had a "MonsterMac by Levco" sticker on the front, and a SCSI ribbon cable...

As of now, the RGB monitor is probably the only component that I'm reasonably confident is working correctly, just based on the recent repair and calibration it's received. I noticed that the image on the RGB display flickered back to life for a moment when I pressed down on the IIGS...

Hi all, I’m back with a few quick updates: I successfully recapped the IIGS motherboard yesterday. It was a challenging project for me, as some of the capacitors are tiny and packed pretty close together on the board, and the old solder was super stubborn and frequently didn’t want to come out...

I'm working on a presentation for some upcoming Retro Roadshow events, and on one slide I want to quickly summarize the major components of the Apple I motherboard. Other than the big capacitors in the top-right quadrant, what am I missing currently that is noteworthy or worth calling out...

I found it in a bundle of IIgs images / apps that I migrated to my CF card a while back. If / when I get the machine running again I'm happy to export and share!

That's totally fair and valid feedback, thanks @Callan & @bibilit. I gave the PSU a closer inspection and noted a faint but distinctly fishy smell, which I suspect points to leaking caps and/or a burnt RIFA. I've ordered a new PSU from ReactiveMicro - excited to get it installed and see if the...

Hi all! My trusty Apple IIgs (ROM1) is suddenly a lot less trusty than it used to be. I've noticed that recently the image on my AppleColor RGB Monitor (the IIgs monitor) has been flickering, so I had it professionally recapped and refurbished by a legit CRT expert (Andy King of the CRT...