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Okay, first, I am trying this in the Virtual ][ emulator and not on an actual Apple IIe. But, I think it should function pretty much the same. I have a program on a (virtual) diskette. I can use "LOAD filename" to load the program into memory and then "LIST" will show the program. But, it...

Does anyone have or know of a map of characters/glyphs that were available on the Apple II series keyboards? I've looked at images of the keyboards as well as typing characters into AppleWorks, but I'm trying to determine if there were any other "hidden" characters that maybe required pressing...

So, out of morbid curiosity, I took a look at my PowerBook 5300ce last night and, well, the good news is that it boots. Hard drive doesn't work; just clicks. Maybe it's repairable; maybe not. Either way, the hard drive situation can be resolved. The battery is no good. I don't know if that...

My father goes through a lot of keyboards. Most are USB since the wireless ones get to be annoying having to either charge them (with a USB cable so, um, why bother being "wireless"?) or change batteries all the time. A couple are Apple keyboards; others are MacAlly or other relatively...

Okay, so I need to update one of my websites and, before I do, I thought I would present what is possibly the most useless piece of classic Mac OS software ever, the Pet Stone: Pet Stone v1.2 This was one of (I think) three pieces of software I released back in the day. I tested it on a 68040...

From a Mac with Mac OS X 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard), I used to be able to print over the internal network to printers connected to a Mac running either Sierra or High Sierra (I don't remember which). Since the (High?) Sierra Mac was upgraded to Monterey, network printing no longer works. The Snow...

Does anyone remember what games would have come on the fruit iMacs? I think that would have been 8.5 or 8.6. I think Nanosaur or Nanosaur II might have been one. Not sure what the others might have been.

At the office, we have a "dead" iMac G5, model A1076. I don't know the specs beyond that. What I remember is that, years ago, something in it died and the local computer/Apple repair store said it wasn't worth fixing, that for the cost of the parts/repair, you might as well buy a new Mac. So...

This is something that has stuck with me for a long time. I'm guessing since sometime in the late 90s. The claim was that having more than one MB of RAM in a Mac Plus could cause overheating issues. I don't remember if this pertained to general usage or usage in a server environment as, way...

So, for PCs, there was the PS/2 connector and later USB. For Macs, we had ADB and later USB. But, early on, the Mac used a RJ11 4P4C connector for the keyboard which is like a phone handset connector but wired differently. Question is, was there a specific name for that connector/port? Maybe...

Way back when, before they became unobtainium, the SCSI drive replacement for Power Mac 7200s was a Sonnet Tempo ATA PCI card with an ATA drive. That was my go-to anyway. What are the available options these days? Is it limited to SCSI2SD and similar SD solutions? Or are there options that...

Kind of a long-shot, but is anyone familiar with Keep It Up (later Keep-It-Up Classic)? It was a classic Mac utility that would relaunch crashed programs, which was good for server applications. There was later a Mac OS X version. (I only have a couple of the classic versions.) Looks like...

On some of my older systems, I had stuff like MacScan and ClamXav, which are probably no longer updated given that I think both have now gone to subscription models. Don't know if they support updating older versions anymore anyway. Anyway, the point is that I am wondering if there is anything...

I have a Basilisk II install using a disk image from my PowerBook. I can get it working in a window, but when I go full screen, it will crash or not start or otherwise have issues. I've tried removing all the PowerBook-related stuff, but that hasn't worked. I've tried one-by-one removing...

Does anyone remember the filename of the 7.5.5 installer or upgrader? I have install disk floppies for System 7.5.3 but, in Basilisk, I have a virtual hard drive that has System 7.5.5 on it. So, I must have the installer or upgrader somewhere, but I cannot find it and variations of "7.5.5" or...

I have a number of sounds (mostly short sound clips from assorted sources as well as ones I recorded myself) from the System 7 days.  Most of these are in the SND format that I think was the Mac's default format.  They worked as system sounds and double-clicking them would auto-play the sound. ...

So, I was going to ask for recommendations for a display for a Blue & White G3.  I booted it up so I could see what resolution I ran it at so I could get a display that would work at that same resolution.  Except that I booted it up, and nothing shows up on the display.  I know it's...

Does anyone know if the ATI Rage 128 Mac Edition PCI would be compatible with a Power Mac 8600?  All I've been able to find online is that it requires Mac OS 8.0 or higher and a 33 MHz or 66 MHz PCI slot.  A PM 8600 can run Mac OS 8 or higher, so no problem there, but I've not found anything on...

Okay, so it's not quite 2020 yet, but fairly close.  <-- Wow.  The editor saved this unfinished post; evidently, I intended to post this a long time ago. I am curious what are the best options for emulating older Macs on current Macs macOS Catalina? I have had good luck running Basilisk II...

I know from firsthand nearly extensive (unfortunately) experience that Iomega Zip 100 drives tend to eventually succumb to the dreaded "Click of Death."  If you're lucky, if you can call it "lucky," only a Zip disk will be affected.  But, sometimes the drive itself succumbs and becomes unable to...