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I'm looking for some advice on a Color Classic I acquired over the summer. This is a long post, but I wanted to provide enough detail to answer some of the first questions that seem to be asked about these problems, and hopefully to serve as a reference/resource for others by consolidating some...

I just received a really nice 2400c from an eBay purchase. It's 180mhz, running 9.1 on 80mb of RAM (I plan to put it on 8.6). It's in practically mint condition—I'm really amazed. First question: sound. The startup chime works (though sort of sounds like it fades out a little at the end?)—but...

I am posting this because I wish it had shown up in Google when I was googling about my issue. Using a Duo 2300c with 7.6.1: I recently acquired an ethernet microdock and experienced freezes whenever I attempted sustained file transfers (downloads in iCab, over FTP, or using AppleShare) though...

I didn't realize this was possible, because I didn't know that the MiniDock had extra VRAM inside. Here is my Duo 2300c, with 48MB of RAM, a 1GB CompactFlash card, MiniDock, 8.6 (soon to be 8.1 or 7.6 for speed), running through a VGA adapter into a modern LCD at 800x600. You can see in the...

Interesting question for you all... I have a 1400c with a 400mhz G3 upgrade. However, the L2 cache is bad and cannot be enabled without constant freezing (usually doesn't even make it past the extensions march). I still have an original (either 133mhz or 166mhz, will need to check) CPU...

Here in Columbus vintage/older Macs are hard to come by. Every now and then I search through Craigslist for something I'm interested in (Powerbooks and Compacts). Found a Mac Plus listed with no cords/keyboard/mouse for $80 (way high) and got it for $40. The case is a little yellowed, but the...

Hey guys, Just acquired what appears to be a pretty solid Mac Plus from craigslist. Boots from floppy fine (phew—my other Plus's floppy drive refuses to cooperate), very strong video/analog board, etc. However, the one keyboard I have for these seems to have certain keys that work never, and...

I just bought an iMac G4 on eBay with a blank hard disk and no CDs. It only has 128mb of RAM so I want to put OS 9 on it (It's the 700mhz model that shipped with 9.2.2 and 10.1.2 installed, so I know it can boot OS 9). Problem is, from what I've found it needs 9.2.2 (not 9.2.1), AND all 9.2.2...

15", 700mhz, so the earliest one. $85 shipped. The listing says "parts or repair" but that they wiped the hard drive, it boots to a :?: , and worked fine before they wiped it. I expected to get out bid but was surprised this morning to have it. These are one my favorite Apple designs of all...

I'll preface this by saying I have two compact projects going on: 1) A clean, good-physical-condition, working Mac plus to run HappyPlusClock on (nearly 24/7) 2) A "hackintosh plus"—a home theater PC stuffed into a Mac Plus (or 512k...) case, complete with monochrome VGA CRT and HDMI out to...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120504889362&ssPageName=ADME:X:AAQ:US:1123 I'm not really sure what to do with this, but I had never seen or heard of it before so I snagged it up (and the price was right). Any suggestions for MIDI software for older macs...

I saw an ad for a B&W minitower on Freecycle today and snapped it up: 300mhz G3 256mb RAM (I think) CD-ROM ZIP HD (unknown) ...and a Radeon 7000, with DVI, VGA, and S-Video. The drive to pick it up was worth the card alone, as my project blue and white OS 9 gaming rig still has a Rage...

Okay, I've read the famous PDF about classic mac procedures, and I'm pretty sure I need to fix the solder connections on the J1 connector. I'm a little unclear on exactly what to do, however. I've circled what I believe to be the 4 solder "points" (not sure on the correct terminology here)...

I've found its way easier to give old macs away on Freecycle than to find them! I've dispatched 3 mostly broken G3 iMacs and a G3 Minitower to happy collectors/tinkerers in the last 2 hours. I kept my best G3 for an OS 9 gaming machine when I can scrounge up a monitor, but the iMacs were taking...

Paid $25 for a Mac plus today complete with external hard drive, mouse, and original manual (with filled out but never sent in Apple registration card!). Slightly yellowed and kind of dirty, but I can clean that up. It looks like the analog board needs some work, I've read most of the famous...

I finally had time to assemble my latest pet project (after my Duo 2300c): 1400c/133 with: 400mhz Sonnet Crescendo G3/1MB L2 Cache, which seems to be running stable. I had problems with this module in my other 1400. 48MB RAM 2GB HD Ethernet Card Working batteries. One of these got over 3...

Freecycle FTW... hopefully no-one nabs before me! "I have a Mac 512K (circa 1984) and Mac SE30 (circa 1987?), including operating system disks. Also an Apple Color StyleWriter II printer, LaserWriter, and Epson color inkjet printer. Have extra cartridges for the inkjets, floppies (4.5") for the...

Scored off of eBay a Sonnett Crescendo G3 upgrade for my 1400 project. 400mhz. $30 shipped. It's "unknown if it works" because the 1400 he was using it in stopped working. Fingers crossed! Next step 1400c screen replacement.

I'm looking to turn one of my extra powerbook duos into a simple alarm clock for my endtable. I figured it would make the perfect alarm clock: Large, dimmable LCD display, small footprint, and mine runs off a CF card so totally silent (until I need it to wake me up!). There are plenty of these...

"two b&w G3s, two imacs" $30. Will report tomorrow when I pick them up.