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On MacKido, I saw a not very specific Easter Egg related to the mountain image used in the early Apple systems. The website doesn't mention the exact steps, and I couldn't find any other references. Does anyone know if this is a real Easter Egg or just a joke? On this page ...

Hi I have a question : i search a person with a Performa 550 and the original hard drive. Actually, i have found an article on a book who say "MACINTOSH SECRET: THE LC 550’S SECRET PARTITION If Apple’s programmers, in creating the Performa series, were aiming to make idiot-proof computers...

I have buy an "ADB" joystick on eBay, a MacFly. But when i have received the joystick, i have discovered one thing : the joystick use a serial connection And i have not the floppy with the driver I have searched on the net, and i have not find a copy ANyone can help me ? It's a MacFly...

I search a specific things, can you help me ? I search a ROM dump from the LaserWriter 810 Pro. Actually, i have found many pages with reference to an easter egg with this printer, and i will verify that... and i must find the ROM. I have not found a printer to make the dump. My article about...

Hi,  I have a little problem. I have found a 12" monochrome monitor (High Res) and i will try to connect the display to a modern Mac. And it will not work : https://www.journaldulapin.com/2018/08/17/crt-apple/  The display is working with an old Mac LC, with a Power Mac G3 (beige), but not...

Hi,  I have a question : i have two QuickDraw 3D Card from Apple, and i want to test the card with QuickDraw 3D benchmark. And for that, i search CineBench 2000 for Mac. The file on archive.org is corrupted, and i can't find a copy. Can you help me ? Actually, i have tested one card with Havoc...

Hi,  Since many years, i read this forum. Today, i try to share my finds. This week, i have found a ZIP 100 SCSI (not a Plus), a StyleWriter 2400 to use with my Apple Bandai Pippin, many (many) RAM SIMM and DIMM, an ExpressCard SSD (48 GB, for old MacBook Pro), a Centris 660/AV with CD-ROM (a...

I'm a big fan of the Pippin - the Apple/bandai console - and i have installed an hard disk on my console. And with Mac OS on a CD, i have dumped the ROM (version 1.3) from the console. Now, i want to analyse the content... but i have no idea how to do that.  Actually, it's interessant for a...

Hi,  I have a problem : i tru to connect a "DOS" Macintosh to the Net, and i have problem to do that. It's a Power Macintosh 6100 under Mac OS 8.6, with Ethernet and AAUI adapter. I can connect Mac OS to the net with TCP/IP. On the PC side, it's WIndows 95, with PC Setup 2.1.7. I have...

Hi,  I have a problem : i have recupered a PowerBook 280C and a Duo Dock II and i have a problem. The first time i power up the PowerBook, it works, but after ~5 minutes, the PowerBook shut off with no reason. And after that, i can't boot the PowerBook. When i press the power button, the LED...

I have found a nice "Power Mac" : there is a Pentium 4 inside, and a BIOS.   It's a Developer Transition Kit from 2005, the first officiel Intel Mac, with Mac OS X 10.4.1.     I will try to install a modern OS on it (and a good GPU, the GMA 900 is a pain)

I have found a special Power Mac G5 : it's a Xenon Alpha Kit, the development kit for the Xbox 360. It's a classic G5 (dual 2 GHz, PCI-X) with a Intel Network card and many stickers from Microsoft. My problem is simple : i have not the software and i search it : it's Xenon Launcher, i have...