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So, I booted up the SE today to copy some games onto it from a powerbook. It was working alright for a bit but when I stuck in a reformatted IBM floppy then I got an error saying the disk is damaged and it wants me to initialize it. It does this for all HFS disks I insert now when just an hour...

I got a 190CS pretty recently and it seems to be in pretty good shape. Unfortunately, it's not powering on. I used my 5300 charger and I get nothing. Tried resetting PRAM, and I get light speaker clicks when I do so, but nothing else. I have yet to open it in search of caps or anything else and...

I figured this should go in the PowerBook forum since it's not a trading post thread as such, I mostly just had a question about this. So, I've been reading about the 5300 and saw several places mentioned a VST Zip drive that went in the floppy bay. I checked EBay but got nothing and was...

Yesterday I got an original iPhone for free, which is pretty neat. A friend just handed it to me saying he had found it in a drawer and had no use for it. It's in pretty rough shape but who can argue with free? So far, I've got a list of issues that need to be fixed to at least restore some...

So, I was pulling out my favorite SD, my FDHD model. I haven't used it at all this month because I've been so busy with other projects. And now, an old problem I thought was gone is back. Essentially, I flip the switch and it doesn't start up right away. Rather than describe the symptoms I'll...

So, in my lot of Apple stuff I got a few weeks ago, there was an Apple Keyboard II. I initially ignored it since it was in a carry bag with a Classic and I assumed it was fine. My attention was going towards fixing the Apple Keyboard I with stuck keys I also got. Now that I've resolved that...

Hi everyone, So, I've got a nice 5300cs that until fairly recently was running on a CF card in a PC card adapter. However, the friend who gave them to me found an urgent need for them back and I returned it after restoring the files on it. Point is, I'm now on the internal drive of my 5300 and...

So, I might be getting a decently sized conquest of Mac stuff this weekend from trades. There'll probably be a post from me in that section around Satueday, but for now I've got a question. Among this lot is a Macintosh Color Display, the 640x480 CRT. From what I've heard and read, the only...

I realize I've made quite a few threads for my 5300, and this is my last major question for now. I'm mainly asking because I've gotten conflicting information from across the internet. My friend called me to tell me he needs the CF card back for a system that needs it, so I had to pull it out...

I just put Soundjam on my 5300 tonight and am definitely enjoying MP3 playback; the system is even sort of still useable while doing so, which was a pleasant surprise. Now, I'm wondering about getting music files on my other Mac. I was wondering if there are any MP3 players for system 6 that...

I decided to play around with my g5 iMac (iSight) a bit today, and did some general cleanup before getting sidetracked thinking about file writing. It's honestly the oldest new (post 2000) mac I own, and I was wondering if you can put classic mode on it for OS9 related compatibilty. It's running...

I've collected quite a lot of machines this year after I really started getting into this hobby, so I figured it's about time I got a thread together for the various parts and machines I've been gathering. Today I was visiting a friend and left with some interesting stuff. I'm going to just...

This is a sad post following my previous ones over the last week. The 5300 that I've got has been running flawlessly all the time I've had it and was fine this morning, but tonight when I tried to powder it up it threw a sad Mac and chimes of death. The error codes were 0000000f and 00000001. I...

As a few of you may know, I just got a slew (well, three) Powerbooks fairly recently, consisting of a 5300, 190, and 190cs. the 5300 currently is running 7.5.5 perfectly and I'm trying to get software onto it and was wondering what the best method for this is. Of course, I can write 1.44...

Hi everyone, I'm new to these forums and have pretty recently gotten into vintage computing this past year. I've got gotten a Powerbook 190 for free but it's rather quickly developed some issues that I could use some help diagnosing. When I first got it, it booted and was functionally working...