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  1. Brett B.

    Mac SE: "zoomed" display, dim, high pitch whine

    I have been using this SE as a clock at my office for 10+ years and other than one blown cap on the analog board that I fixed, it's been working great. I came back from an appointment last week and immediately noticed that the screen was very dim and appeared to be way too large. I took it...
  2. Brett B.

    G3, Radeon 9200, OS9 screen resolution options

    I ran across a Soyo 24" LCD monitor a while back and finally got it fixed (bad cap in the power supply) and it would sure be cool to use it with my beige G3.  I got it all hooked up last night and have discovered that I cannot get it to display the native resolution (1920x1200.)  It will display...
  3. Brett B.

    Not Mac but pretty cool

    Hit up an estate sale today.  Lots of boxes and buckets of stuff - some really nice stuff (Snap-on wrenches, etc) mixed in with old screws, sheetrock tape, etc.)  Looked like an organized garage dumped into buckets.  Anyway.  I spied one red toolbox that I had to look in, and immediately shut it...
  4. Brett B.

    QS '02 CPU upgrade issues

    I recently acquired a Giga Designs 1.8GHz G4 upgrade for my Quicksilver '02.  I am having some issues getting it working and need some advice. I have installed the firmware update (3.01) and shut down from inside the updater application, installed the new CPU, and booted while holding the...
  5. Brett B.

    LC630 DOS Compatible supports 64MB SIMMs - 84MB total!

    I got two of these 64MB 72 pin SIMMs quite a while back and finally got around to using them.  One went into my LC475 where it worked great, and not unexpectedly.  The other was destined for my LC630 DOS Compatible machine which allegedly has a ceiling of 52MB - 32 in one slot, 16 in the other...
  6. Brett B.

    Legit "barn find" Apple IIe

    I have had this for a couple weeks now and just had time to post it - bought it off a guy from NE who answered my craigslist ad.  As you can see... it's in BAD shape.  I got it for the monitor to use with my II - fortunately I had a power inverter with me to test it or I would have let it go. ...
  7. Brett B.

    Coolest thing I've found this year

    ... or perhaps in the last 15 years?   My old boss had one of these and was very protective of it.  I used it once and gained an instant fetish for them... and never found one outside of eBay where they wanted way too much money for a dang mouse.  I believe this almost completes my collection -...
  8. Brett B.

    What is this

    I picked up this thing from an estate sale.  It was sitting in a corner on top of a bunch of car batteries and electronics trash but it looked special so I had to have it! I know virtually nothing about Apple II hardware but it appears to have a legit ][ motherboard, power supply, and bottom...
  9. Brett B.

    Couldn't help myself...

    I picked up a Plus tonight, complete system actually, keyboard, mouse, cables, and an ImageWriter II. It was posted on a Facebook group for $60 (untested) but nobody wanted it and I ended up getting it for free to keep it out of the trash. The guy was cleaning out a house he bought and found it...
  10. Brett B.

    Boxed OS X Tiger!

    Never thought I'd see or score this, but I picked up a complete boxed retail copy of OS X Tiger on DVD today from the thrift store for $6.   I'm actually really happy about this because the only retail Tiger DVD I have is worn to the point where it is almost unusable. It'll also look cool with...
  11. Brett B.

    I did say no more...

    But I couldn't pass these up for $25.  I did pass on a MDD 1.42GHz and a 450MHz Sawtooth (lady wanted another $40 for those...meh.) This is my first conquest in about 4 years. I have always wanted a Quicksilver, both of these had sticky notes that said they didn't work.  The 933 on the left...
  12. Brett B.

    Cannot create desktop printer/other weird issues

    I need some input on a weird issue that I am having that seems to be somehow related to OS 9.2.2. I have a LaserWriter 12/640PS. It is connected to my network via ethernet and has an IP address of 192.168.70.10. All the computers on my network can see it, and I can print to it from Windows...
  13. Brett B.

    LC-PDS "passthrough" adapter

    I did a bit of searching tonight and couldn't find anything specifically related to this idea...but... does the hardware inside a pizza box/LC5xx/etc support multiple LC-PDS cards, or is it simply limited to one card? Here's my idea - I have an Apple IIe card in my LCIII. Neat, sure, but I...
  14. Brett B.

    LC630 overclocking 33->40MHz success

    Just did the resistor swap in my LC630 tonight to bump it up to 40MHz. I do have a real 33MHz 68040 chip and a heatsink that I stole from a Q700. Successful results, OS 8.1 is a LOT more snappy. Significantly better video performance. Dark Forces is actually playable in full screen! I...
  15. Brett B.

    Plus-upgraded 512k

    Scored this one off the old craigslist today. I wasn't real sure what exactly I was getting, but it's something I don't already have, so I figured why not. The guy said it was a Plus, and it is, but apparently used to be a 512k. No label on the front, has the Plus rear plastics and logic...
  16. Brett B.

    Power Mac 7300/180

    Snagged this one off craigslist today for $20, real nice shape! I've never had a 7300 (or any other 604 based box, other than a WGS 9650, for that matter) so I'm definitely looking forward to it. I even got a boxed copy of OS9, a nice Extended Keyboard II (my favorite) and it had an 8.5GB 80...
  17. Brett B.

    Scored a nice PDQ

    Actually this one's been sitting on the shelf at work for at least 5 years, probably more like 10 or more. I snagged it before it got thrown away! Anyway, nothing terribly special, just a Wallstreet II. 300MHz, 384MB RAM, 8GB hard drive. Got the CD, DVD, floppy, and one sorta working...
  18. Brett B.

    ID this remote control . . .

    Anyone know what exactly this goes to? or what it does? Haven't tried it with anything yet, looks like maybe it controls Apple Video Player or something? It does not have any part number or anything on it.
  19. Brett B.

    Missing file association for certain files/apps

    I have been having a recurring problem for quite a while and was wondering if I should just deal with it, or if there is actually a fix. Basically, my problem is that certain files "lose" their association to the application that would normally open them - for example, I have some disk images...
  20. Brett B.

    G5 Dual 2.5

    I was out doing a bit of dumpster diving over the weekend and scored a G5 with the dual 2.5, 1.5GB RAM and a SuperDrive. Doesn't appear to have any coolant leaks, either. I'm having some issues with it occasionally not booting and not recognizing some of the memory, hopefully it will be an...
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