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  1. highlandcattle

    first conquest in years...

    Although I have tinkered with macs in recent years it has been ages since I actually purchased one. Today @ my local auction picked up a good looking Powerbook 150. I know it s not the best model but at least it uses IDE. For 8 euro I couldn't resist. No psu but I had one laying around from my...
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    End of the line for my Quicksilver

    My quicksilver just got replaced by a pentium 4 as my main system (yeah I'm modern). Since I also own a cube (it was my dad and I'm keeping it for nostalgic/recipe computer in the kitchen) I was thinking of transplanting some parts. Ram,GFX card and HD. And I was thinking is it possible to...
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    Oldworld Wallstreet and Debian troubles

    Hi guys, For evening classes I'm following we are learning command-linux and I thought about using my Wallstreet Powerbook G3 as an excersice tool. I looked up all the info. downloaded BootX and debian harddrive installer from this site...
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    Finally put my Crescendo G3 in...

    In my powermac 6100/66 Doesn't feel that much quicker though..
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    Quicktake 150

    I got this almost mint in the box at the Amiga club meeting for free. What a prize. I Already got it over a month ago but I couldn't find any batteries for it so I bought some today. ere are some of the raw photos I took with it today:
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    Powerbook 145

    I was on a fleamarket in our capital (Brussels) this morning and saw a powerbook lying around. I asked the price and the guy said 20 euro. I was able to haggle it down to 6 euro! Cosmetically it looks great but I doubt it will work (I've heard the horror stories about failing hd's and screens...
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    Sonnet G3/250 for a PM6100/66

    Hiya all, Sometime ago I bought a Sonnet G3 from Strimkind on here, but I don't have the actual software to make it work. On these forums I found Sonnet Crescendo EnablerV31. But it doesn't work, it freezes upon loading the extension. The Powermac works fine with extensions off. I also googled...
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    Apple Studio Display

    Finally a native apple lcd display for my classic macs it is the original with ADB ports only 14 euro! Does anybody know how to power it? It doesn't have the standard plugs a regular screen or computer has. How do I power this?
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    Warcraft 3 and Mac OS 9

    Soo... I just installed WC3 on my cube which runs 9.2.2. All is well, until I want to play a network game. It starts running the software updater first. No sweat. After the restart I notice that the actual application is gone!It is replaced by a program Warcraft3.app so I guess it is replaced...
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    Cool stuf

    At work i found a huge stack of BC-01 cartididges for my style writer, I'm save until 2050! Still need to ask my boss If I can take them all. I also when to the dump to get some old PC's to work on my soldering skilzz. And I found a Berliotz Interpreter card for the newton on the ground! I...
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    Macinstosh SE 6400

    I have a SE with a borked mobo and a 6400 with half a tower. I would love to combine the two but could use some pointers. How do I connect the motherboard to the SE monitor for example. Tips and tricks are welcome!
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    My very first liberation...

    My girlfriend and I just bought a house. Since there was a lot of trash inside and we broke out so stuff. We did several recycle park trips. But everytime I come home with something new for the skip. First it was a pcmcia to CF adaptor. Then a Wallstreet battery + AC DC. Yesterday I found a...
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    Funny start up screen

    I don't know if this is known or not but I found this file in my SE's hard drive. Altough the idea is completely obsolete(IBM vs Apple,when were they last direct competitors?),it still puts a smile on my face.P ut it in your system folder and reboot :) .I have tested it on a powermac with...
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    Good conquest today

    A guy whom I bought my first 68k mac from almost a year a good sent me an email that he had some stuff I could pick up for free. Needless to say I got on my moped with a very big back pack and went on my way. The score: a Macintosh SE: the hard drive seems to be borked and the floppy is...
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    Hard drive repair?

    My Quadra 700 just ate its drive :( It was a Quantum 500 MB HD out of some other PowerMac, and it just stopped working.) Since my stack of SCSI 50pin hds is disappearing fastly. I'm looking for options ? I have a Quantum Fireball 1,2gb hard drive. But it is missing one of it pins (don't ask...
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    Help me decide!

    This guy is selling a plus for 35 euro. I find that a lot+it is very far from me. But look at this picture is there some sort of card installed or did they just remove the pannel?
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    LC COLOR PIVOT

    Thanks to djcommie overhere I obtained a LC PIVOT INTERFACE. I was hoping it would give my LC II a much needed graphics boost. Sadly I doesn't seem able to do higher resolutions then the standard 640X480. There are a lot of cool functions but you need a pivot monitor for that. This pivot...
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    Flashing a Radeon 9250 PCI card

    Hi, I got this videocard cheap it is a HIS Radeon 9250 for PCI. I tried to follow all the tips on Mac elite, but the flasher program wont even start. it always says that the rom files are bigger then the actual rom. (I also tried the reduced file sizes.)The card does get recognised as a VGA...
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    Anyway to make USB support in 9.2.2 any better?

    I just installed OS 9.22 on my QS 867Mhz with 1.5 gig ram. I'm loving Classila and all the speed but one thing that annoys me is the lack of some decent drivers for USB. It won't recognise much. USB 2.0 PCI Card? not much responce... Scrolling on a pc mouse doesn't work. mass storage device...
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    Fun with my Powermac 6500

    Today started a bit boring with not knowing what I would do to keep myself busy. After having lost twice with Warcraft III multiplayer, done the dishes and fed the plants, I decided I should finally work out my plan of turning my PowerMac 6500/275 (the fastest -G4 computer I own.)into a...
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