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Someone wanted to give away faulty IIcx (not starting at all) and Apple Color High Resolution RGB Monitor. As it was nearby I decided to help him. IIcx has clean and nice plastics, Macintosh II Video Card, 4MB RAM and disk drive. HDD was removed but the original sled was left there. Some cap...

Around two years ago I was asking some programming related questions https://68kmla.org/bb/index.php?threads/getting-started-with-application-development-for-system-6-7.36470/ My goal was to create a little CTF (capture the flag) challenge for a hacking event. I am not sure if the challenge was...

I guess the card is not ok, I couldn't get it to work in IIfx. I tried in two different slots without difference. These slots work fine with the display adapter so I assume it isn't something with the IIfx. Memory Buffer Test works but NIC Test fails always with Excessive Collisions. Is this...

I see there used to be MicroMac Speedy for IIfx but obviously it isn't anymore available. The only photos I managed to find are these: https://img.aucfree.com/h431310795.1.jpg https://img.aucfree.com/h431310795.2.jpg https://img.aucfree.com/h431310795.3.jpg It doesn't look particularly complex...

Just got a home delivery of two items. Apple Multiple Scan 15 AV. This screen is ready for recycling bin - the pedestal has missing bits and the image is really pale. The brightness knob has no effect and the longer the display is on the paler the screen becomes. But the IIfx was the reason...

I bought a new project even though I think Apple Macintosh Classic is a rather boring piece of hardware. It came with an ADB Mouse II and an Apple Keyboard II, nothing special there. The case is really yellow but on the hand the logic board is pretty clean. It had original battery and very...

I have a Plus with a strange display issue. I checked the typical soldering issues but no luck. There is a bright and blurry glowy area in the very bottom of the screen. I looks like the whole image has fallen down and out of focus. My wife told me the computer smelt bad as well. Any ideas...

I rescued/bought a Plus with 4MB RAM and a rather beaten up SE/30. Both with keyboards and mice. And as a bonus there was an external SCSI2SD and Imagewriter II :). Mac Plus seems to be pretty mint, boots up and the disk drive works fine. The SE/30 has some damage all around the case and the...

It seems display sleep or some other energy saver causes this machine to became really slow on screen redraws, for example while typing or just refreshing windows. After restart everything back to normal. I have scanned the HD with Disinfectant 3.7.1.  The computer has ATI Rage Pro with 6MB...

I bought a third party power adapter to my G3 Pismo. I have no info of the history of the laptop but it looks somewhat worn. The screen plastics have couple cracks. I plugged in the charger and pressed power button. There is no chime (loudspeaker or headphones. I can hear a little pop from the...

I spotted somebody selling a working 2x 1GHz CPU, Nvidia GeForce 4MX 64Mt AGP, 512Mt RAM for 50 euros. I am somewhat tempted to buy it, but does that dual CPU machine work ok on 9.2? Not that I would have any proper use for that machine...

I have a little coding challenge in my mind. The requirements are that it should have some input and output for the text - could be proper UI components or just plain terminal like text screen. I should also read some data from resource fork (text for example) and its target environment should...

I have 45W A1036 charger and based on the label it outputs 24 VDC. But the plug is smaller than G3 Pismo requires. Is the 9.5mm plug used on G3 Pismo some common part I could find from electronics store? I would like to avoid buying yet another charger. I'd rather build a little adaptor if possible.

I once posted "WTB: old macs" and forgot the whole thing. Now a gentleman contacted me and said he had some old macs nearby.  Based on the photos there are three units: - Beige G3 desktop model with ZIP drive - Green G3 iMac, looks like a tray loading model - Pismo G3 Powerbook  -...

I received a disk drive but it seems its zero track sensor is faulty. Right after startup it moves to the zero track but doesn't stop there. I cleaned the optical sensor with first air and then IPA but no help. If I block the cut on the bottom of the sensor with a piece of a paper it stops the...

While ago bought three IIcx computers and managed to fix two of them. The third one starts up but no activity after that. Now it was time to level up and do the same with IIci triplets. But instead of buying we made a little deal. I'll get two computers free if I return one recapped. Not sure...

Running OS X 10.4 fine except it tends to shut itself down when there is CPU intensive tasks. Fans are blowing but I assume the machine is full of dirt as it has never been opened. Should the thermal paste be reapplied on this model? The battery is totally dead. Is it possible to rebuild the...

I was looking for a network card for my IIcx and as usually, I ended up buying bit more than just a single card... I came home with: - 3Com EtherLink/NB with thin coax and AUI. - Asante MCNB REV A with RJ-45 and AUI. - RasterOps Color Board 364 (NTSC model?) with bunch of installation disks...

I went to pick up ROM chips for my Plus project and came back two Plus logic boards and three IIcx units. So, only one of the IIcx is working without sound.  It has a display adapter (Macintosh Display Card 8•24 (670)), RAM, PSU and floppy drive and other two are empty cases with only...

I was looking for a mouse for my 512Ke and ended up getting a broken Mac Plus with it. Very boring unit, no extras or anything. Seems like it has the same issue with the analog board solders as my 512Ke. I was able to get some video by pushing the sides but I think it has some other issues as...