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Color Classic on the left has a purplish hue (CC on the right shown for reference purposes). Also, not sure if related, but the Brightness slider in the Screen control panel appears to have no effect on the display. Anyone fixed this before? Is it a cap issue or something else? Thanks in...

I realize that a mid-2009 MacBook Pro is a little outside the usual forums here but I thought that others may have encountered a situation similar to mine. I have a mid-2009 MacBook Pro that I use for light work, although I use it intermittently. I typically leave it running. Last week, I...

Curious to hear the community's thoughts/recommendations. I would like to build an environment that has, at one end, a machine capable of operating on the modern Internet for downloading apps, etc. from, e.g., Macintosh Garden. The other end would be any number of vintage Macs on which the...

My iSub has begun emitting a whine. Confirmed it was the iSub by unplugging it. tested to see if it was hardware related by muting from the control panel. That also caused the the whine to stop. Anyone else ever encountered this problem? johnl

I have a number of old SCSI drives that I would like to try to revive, if only to capture the apps before trashing the drives for good. Anyone have recommendations for good tools to use? Thanks!

Curious to know what the group thinks is the value of an original Apple SCSI HD enclosure, without a disk. To be clear, I don’t have one that I want to sell, I’m simply curious to know what the “market price” should be. Thanks! johnl

Looking for thoughts on whether it is worth rebuilding the battery for an white iBook versus simply buying a replacement battery.  I've looked at several resources that show that the battery comprises six foil-encased square batteries, but nowhere have I found specifications for those cells, so...

Group: I'm aware of some very slick plastic stands for the new Mac Minis that allow them to be deployed vertically, but I can't find any for the old Mac Minis, which are thicker.  Anyone out there ever put something like that together?  I have a small farm of PPC and Core Duo Minis that I would...

Curious to hear if anyone else has seen this problem before.  My TAM will happily hum along and then static will begin to build up until there is a constant audio hum with crackling static.  Sounds like the kind of static and audio hum one gets when a ground wire is floating in an audio system...

Curious to hear the group's though on this LC575 Board I found on eBay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Apple-Performa-LC-575-Mystic-Color-Classic-Logic-Board-RECAPPED-w-Rear-Cover/124525365318?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649 I have been looking for a 575 board for some...

Hi all - I have a TAM that was working fine until, as these things go, it wasn't.  My PM 6100, PM 7100 and IIsi all reported that the TAM had unceremoniously departed the AppleTalk network.  Restarting the TAM results in the satisfying "bong," but I get nothing on the screen.  It also does not...

Found these: https://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Retail-HDI-45-to-DB15-DA15-Apple-Monitor-Programmable-Adapter-Converter/283943104410, while looking for replacement Power Macintosh display converter plugs.  Anyone ever used these?  I'm trying to figure out if these are legit -- thanks!

Has anyone looked into creating Airport cards having the legacy Orinoco Gold form factor but that will support WPA2?  I'm looking to get some old Macs on my wireless network and would like to avoid provisioning a second network just for the legacy devices.  Plus, it would be hella cool...

I have read (too late) in several places that EDO RAM can damage the motherboard of a 7200.  What I can't find is any information on what is the damage that gets done!  I made the mistake of loading my 7200 with EDO RAM chips, and now I get the breaking glass sound whenever I try to start up. ...

I am unfamiliar with the construction on the Color Classic mobo.  Getting ready to pull the bad caps off, but I haven’t seen these black bases before (see picture).  Are they part of the cap?  Do they stay on the board?  What the heck are they? johnl

Anyone have recommendations for IDE to SATA adaptors that fit in the Duo’s form factor?  I’m recapping a 280c and figure I should take advantage of having it open! Thanks, johnl

Okay, experts, here's what I've got. CC without the mobo installed powers up.  Fans spins, etc. Insert the mobo, and no joy. Left it plugged into power overnight, still no joy. Removed the PRAM battery, still no joy. Inspected the mobo, but I don't see any evidence of damage, cap leakage...

All: I have a couple of Color Classics that I am refurbing and I'm trying to locate additional VRAM.  It appears to be a 68-pin chip (>100 ns), but I can't find anyone that clearly has them.  Anyone have ideas for sources (or chips that work)? johnl

I’m working on a Quadra 660av that boots from the CD-ROM, but does not chime at startup.  After boot, the speaker makes a tick, tick, tick noise which speeds up and slows down seemingly at random.  Any thoughts? The ticking may or may not have anything to do with the problems I’m having getting...

All: I have a 6100 that intermittently drives its display on startup.  "Intermittent" means that I get display output about 1 out of every 8 times I start it up.  I'm also noticing that the processor is not hitting the SCSI bus on the times when it does not display.  I get a happy chime, and...