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Hey all, I've got a recapped Powerbook 100. It works well but some games give an "Unimplemented Trap" type error. Specifically so far these 2 games don't work: Sim Farm Crystal Quest I also tried on my backlit Portable and I get the same errors. So I assume it is not a hardware issue...

Hi, I just recapped a Mac Portable M5120 logic board. It has no sound to the internal speaker, the external jack works however. I found C9 (+) was not connect to pin 11 of the Sound Left Chip. C10 (+) was connected OK to Sound Right. I also found that the speaker (+) does connect to 2 leads...

Hi, I have a 5126 with a broken display ribbon cable.  Is it possible to fit the more common 5120 non-backlit display?  The connector on the logic board is similar but not the same.  Are pinout diagram available for this connector? Otherwise, if someone has a spare backlit ribbon cable I’m...

Hi, I have a 1400c that powered on using the reset switch in back when I first got it. Since then it will not power on at all. I tried pulling the battery and AC adapter and holding the reset switch for 1 minute. I tried cutting the connection for the PRAM battery and letting it sit...

Hi guys, I have a Macintosh II that I can't get to power via the button on the back or via the keyboard.  I have already replaced both batteries and the capacitors on the logic board.  The system does start up just fine using the white wire from PS-3V battery-ground trick. This is the version...

Hi, I have a 500mhz iBook Dual G3 that powers to a blank gray screen.  It does chime.  Tried PRAM and PMU resets no help.  Removed airport card and ram simm and still doesn't boot.  I can eject the CDROM OK. Logic board dead or any other options? Thanks!

Is there a modification that can be made so the option for keyboard illumination can be always "on" and adjustable with the keyboard keys? Thanks!

Hello, I just bought the Sonnet Encore 1ghz ZIF processor upgrade for my Beige G3. When I got it I realized I was missing the power cable adapter which will run a power connector directly to the CPU, which is not normally present. I asked the seller and they do not have it(see attached) The 8...

I was looking at a IIx on craigslist, and I couldn't figure out what the Nubus card in the front is. See attached picture. I know the one in the back is the toby card, and the middle is a radius full page display card, but whats that first one? Thanks!

I have a nice powerbook 180, I would going to try to do the resedit hack and install OS 8.1. However, whenever I plug a SCSI CDROM into the computer it won't boot, just hangs. When I unplug it boots just fine. Tried messing with SCSI ID numbers on the back of the CDROM but no go. I have an...

Got my IIcx board back with 8 new SIMM slots, now socketed CPU, and new caps. Awesome! Shout out to mcdermd for doing a kickass job! ;) I have the Daystar Powercache adapter for the IIcx that plugs into the CPU socket, as soon as I find a Powercache I'm going to try out this rarity. Side...

I was cleaning out one of my Quadra 950's and 2 of these fell out. I have no idea where they came from. Thoughts? :-/

Has there been any success at all installing OS 9 on an aluminum powerbook? I heard the ROM is coded to not boot 9.2.1.

So I'm completely new to radius rockets. I have a IIci with the turbo601. Can the rocket be used in conjuction with the turbo601, to run one 68k system(rocket) while booted with the 601? Thanks!

I have a IIsi that doesn't boot. I put the hard drive in an external closure and connected it to my color classic, and the color classic displays the floppy ? at boot up and won't even boot off its own drive, or bombs if I try to turn on the drive after the CC boots off its own HD. I'd like to...

I accidently bent a pin removing my sonnet allegro 33mhz card for my se/30. I tried to bend it back and it broke off...am I screwed? What can I do? Pin #1 is broken. Thanks :-/

Had some extra time this weekend to get going on a project I have been meaning to do. Awhile ago I bought a 9" IBM monochrome VGA monitor with hopes of putting it in my old SE/30 case. (the original had a massive battery explosion) Today I was able to mount the screen and electronics and test...

Hello, I have a powerbook 1400c w/ OS 9 and the 12x CDROM module. It refuses to read any of my CDR's, but will read a normal CD just fine. Is there a way I can get a CDR to work? Thanks!

Hello, I have an SE/30 with a IIsi ROM and I am trying to install system 7.6. I followed all of the instruction's on Gamba's site, and everything worked up until I had to modify the system file in Resedit. It says to: ResEdit hack to 7.6.1 System file: • 'gusd' resource 'ID 1' at offset...

So, I have a 1gb 80 pin SCSI hard drive I wanted to use in an SE/30. So I bought an 80 pin to 50 adapter for it. However when I boot up the system with disk tools floppy, Apple HD Setup does not detect any SCSI devices. The only thing I can think is I have to mess with jumper settings. The...