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Hi all, I was hoping to install Mac OS X 10.1 onto an extra partition on my slot-loading iMac G3 (Blueberry, 350MHz, non-Firewire model). Unfortunately, every optical disc I insert is immediately ejected, without being "spun up" at all. This iMac and CD drive haven't been used in many years so...

Hi all, I'm going to try to get Mac OS X 10.1 running on the Blueberry iMac G3 that I'll be exhibiting this weekend, specifically in the context of comparing it to NeXTSTEP (which will be exhibited on our NeXT Cube). It's been more than a little time since I last played with OS X 10.1, and I'm...

Hi all! Last year I stumbled across a rough-but-intact Mac 512k. I probably would've bought it regardless ($60 for an early Compact Mac these days is a decent bargain!), but I absolutely jumped on it when I saw that it had a "MonsterMac by Levco" sticker on the front, and a SCSI ribbon cable...

I'm working on a presentation for some upcoming Retro Roadshow events, and on one slide I want to quickly summarize the major components of the Apple I motherboard. Other than the big capacitors in the top-right quadrant, what am I missing currently that is noteworthy or worth calling out...

Hi all! My trusty Apple IIgs (ROM1) is suddenly a lot less trusty than it used to be. I've noticed that recently the image on my AppleColor RGB Monitor (the IIgs monitor) has been flickering, so I had it professionally recapped and refurbished by a legit CRT expert (Andy King of the CRT...

Hi all, I'm working on something neat (which I'll share soon!), and for it to work I need a way to display a "PICT" image full-screen, and refresh / redraw the image if/when the PICT file is replaced in the background. My ideal outcome would actually be doing this with AppleScript, since the...

Curious if anyone has encountered this before? This PowerBook 170 was POST'ing just fine a few weeks ago (I think I mentioned it here previously, as its internal drive has Norton DiskLock installed), but now when I hit the power button it just makes a loud POP!! sound from the speaker and...

Hi all! A while back I picked up this gorgeous Apple II from a Craigslist seller. He'd received it from a family friend who worked for Apple back in the 80's, and I think it's an original Apple II case with a II+ Rev. 7 motherboard inside, but I'd love to be corrected if I'm wrong! The model tag...

Hi all, A person in my neighborhood is selling a nice-looking PowerBook 150, but it shows the dreaded blinking question mark indicating a failed hard disk. From what I understand, the PB150 uses a very early implementation of the IDE specification, and it's not as simple as just popping an...

Hi all! I've used various SCS2SD devices over the years and had good success with them, including on my backlit Portable. I'm now trying to use a new "SillyTinySCSI" ZuluSCSI dongle for the first time, and I'm so close to getting it working but haven't quite gotten over the line. As of now...

I've spent the past week or so attempting to coordinate with a gentleman who had listed a pair of Macintosh SE/30's on our local Facebook Marketplace. His listing included a few basic pics, with a title reading "Vintage mc computers" and a description that lacked virtually any useful details at...

Hi all, My trusty Apple IIgs RGB display is starting to show its age - it works (mostly) but the image starts flickering wildly after it warms up (literally - this display gets quite hot after a while!). I'm already planning to do a bit of solder reflowing just in case it's a cold solder...

Hi all, I'm at the stage of my self-taught-repair-skills journey where I'm just knowledgable enough to be dangerous. Case in point: I have two 128k Macs - one "standard" and one which was upgraded to "Fat Mac" status, and both had issues: - The Fat Mac would power on but it would take several...

Hi all! An acquaintance of my wife reached out this weekend to say that they were at a yard sale and had spotted "an old Mac for $20 - do you want it?" Obviously we said YES, and it turned out to be a lovely Mac Plus, complete with keyboard, mouse, and an ImageWriter II. Not bad! The Mac...

Every now and then I pop some fresh batteries into my trusty Newton 2100, and have some fun with it. However, there's one dumb that that always bugs me: when it comes back from a long period of no power, the date resets back to 1998, and the only way I've been able to set the year to 2024 is by...

They might not be quite as plentiful as in years past, but great deals do still exist! I found this semi-rough but functional Mac 512k at a local junk shop today - it was priced at $60 but they accepted a $50 offer. Although it did not come with a keyboard and mouse, it DID come with something...

A local friend messaged me a couple days ago to point out a post on a local community app I'd never heard of (think NextDoor, but hopefully less awful). The poster was offering to give away some vaguely-defined Mac stuff - old magazines, CD-ROM's, books, etc., along with some Berkeley Mac User...

My wife and I were out running some errands yesterday and on a whim we stopped into an awesome local secondhand / junk store. We had a nice time poking around and looking at tons of interesting items, and then I spotted something that made my brain twitch: a Mac-like device, but shorter and...

Hi all! I just completed a "brain transplant" - I relocated the innards of my Macintosh Portable from the original badly-cracked bottom case to a replacement case (thanks again @ScutBoy!). The operation was a success and my Portable is looking and working beautifully now. However, the hinge...

Hi all! I recently bought a really nice Apple IIc kit, which I'm pretty excited about - it's a system I've always admired but never owned. When I bought it a couple weeks ago, the seller gave me a quick demo and everything seemed to be working well. I finally have some time to play with it...