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Hey everyone, I accidentally broke L1 on an SE logic board. I'd like to order a replacement from Digikey — does anyone know what the part is, and what the value is? It kind of looks like a resistor, but something tells me it's not a resistor.

Hey everyone, I've just wrapped up what ended up being an extraordinarily involved project: the full teardown, recap, and restoration of a G3 iMac trayloader.  She's a 266mhz Tangerine, and she's a beaut: This has been one of my most involved Macintosh projects to date, and the only thing...

Hey everyone, I've got a trayloader Rev. C iMac, and I just acquired a new-old-stock picture tube for the G3 AIO.  My plan is to put the AIO tube into the iMac.  Has anyone ever swapped picture tubes between the two?  They are both similar part numbers from LG, but don't seem to be exactly the...

Does anyone know of (or have) any icon packs that would work well on a Compact Mac running system 7? I'd like to change the icons for my external drives and for the internal HDDs on my SE, SE/30, and Classic II, but I don't know where to look for black-and-white icons that work under 7. I...

I'm not sure if it has been brought up on the forum yet, but has anyone gotten a SCSI2SD v5.5 yet?  I just did last week, and it's a fantastic little device. I was using a v5 inside a 3D-printed external box with the DB25 adapter, and it worked well but was very clunky and kind of a pain to...

"Let me take ya'll back man, as I do so well..." Back in 2013, I was bitten by an overwhelming wave of nostalgia for 90s Macintosh.  Not any model in particular, just 90s Macintosh as an entity.  Beige plastic; the Chicago typeface; whirring hard drives and errant "eep!" sounds accompanied by...

Hi all, we've had threads about "which compact is the best?" before, but I'm wondering if we can have a thread specifically about the vintage Mac that needs no introduction: the SE/30. It gets a lot of love, and seems to be most appealing and valuable out of all the compacts.  People want this...

Hello all, I want to thank everyone who hacks and develops stuff for vintage computers.  In my opinion, it's the most exciting thing going on in the vintage computer world!   Twenty years ago, it would have taken a business enterprise with a formidable amount of capital and a staff of...

Hey everyone, I've got a fully-restored SE/30 that is giving me screen issues.  It's the one from this thread: https://68kmla.org/forums/index.php?/topic/30045-full-recap-of-my-new-se30-with-many-pictures/ I've attached a video of the screen issue I'm having (can upload to YouTube if the...

Hello everyone, A year ago, I picked up an SE/30.  It's still a work in progress, but I've gotten far enough along with it that I think it merits a post. Here is the SE/30 as received.  I found it on Craigslist and had to drive a couple hours for it — figured the drive was worth it because the...

Hello everyone, I'm looking for suggestions for the best way to get a black and white compact mac to display a desktop picture under System 7.1.   This is not my picture, but I'd like the final result to look something like this SE...

Hey everyone, I am in the process of ordering parts for an SE/30 and had a few questions.  Can you guys confirm that the replacements I am looking at for the following parts are correct? Motherboard —...

After trying a few different versions of MacOS, I have gone back to System 7.1 on my LC550.  7.5.3 felt a little sluggish.  7.1 is very fast, but a little barren.  There is no clock on the menubar, which I really miss.  There are no desktop patterns.  It's really killing my Vintage Macintosh...

What is it about vintage Apple hardware that attracts more vintage Apple hardware? A few months ago I found an LC550 at a recycler, and now I have an PowerBook G3 to go along with it!  She is a 300Mhz Wallstreet PDQ that I picked up off Craigslist for $10.  The guy didn't have the AC adapter...

Hello everybody!  This is my first post, but I have been lurking for a few months now.  It's good to finally join!  I have been wanting to get back into the world of Vintage Macintosh for a while now and finally scored a sweet LC550 from a recycler.  She is running System 7.1P5 and works pretty...