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Thanks for the compliments, guys! I think the keyboard is the piece that I'm most proud of. It cleaned up really nice. None of the silver paint came off during the retrobrite process, thankfully. It was pretty unfazed by the whole thing. I ended up using about 2:1 hydrogen peroxide to water...

The good news is that you likely don't need the System Prefrences file. Simply hold the option key when you start the computer and select the Mac OS 9 system folder. It should then boot into OS 9, and you'll be able to select the correct startup disk in the OS 9 control panel.

So I've just finished up restoring a SE/30 I received a few weeks ago. When I got it it was in decent shape. It had all the parts it was supposed to have, and it (sometimes) booted. It also had an ethernet card, which was really nice. It was beginning to show capacitor rot, however, so I figured...

It's hard to say. It could just be that the PSU is fried and everything upstream is okay, or it could be that everything inside has melted into an amorphous blob. If it's a decent price (like less than fifty dollars), I'd say go for it. The bag, case, peripherals, and any working internal parts...

I've got the same model, and would tend to recommend 6.0.8. It works smoothly, and most of the apps and games I've wanted to run will work under it. If you need any applications that will only run under System 7, try any revision prior to System 7.1.1. After that and the processor and RAM...

I'm looking to retrobrite a couple of SE/30s I've recently acquired, and I was wondering if anyone could tell be how to remove the speaker. I figure it's probably not good to let it soak in hydrogen peroxide. There's four tabs holding it on, but two of them are melted to hold it in place. Is...

EDIT: You do not have one of the G3s with a removable processor card. Oops. I'm sorry. One thing to check would be the connection between the processor card and logic board. As I recall, the ROM is on the card. The machine won't boot without it, so a loose card means a (metaphorically) sad Mac...

I don't see why an s-video switch wouldn't work, though I'm not an expert. It uses the same connector and my impression is those boxes are all hardware. 

In my experience, getting a clamshell apart is easier than getting it back together. All in all, though, it's hard but not impossible. Use the iFixit guide and be patient and you should be fine. Plus, you get an opportunity to replace the hard drive while you're in there.

Yep. Connect the Ethernet port on the PowerBook to the Ethernet port on the color classic. I've done it with a regular cable (like the kind that came with my router), though I'm hardly an expert in network hardware.

You might be able to use OS X's internet sharing (found in the sharing preference pane in settings). It lets you bridge your computer's internet connection to another connection type (for example, from WiFi to ethernet). I used it to connect my clamshell iBook to the internet before I got the...

On the Uniserver front, I contacted him for a recap of a couple SE/30 boards through his site (maccaps.com) a little before the banning incident and sent him my boards a little bit after. There was nothing awkward about it. Regardless of the moderation decision and everything around it, the guy...

I think this is a good guide, and I'd generally agree with your pitch that it's 10.4 and up or OS 9. I used 10.3 on and off for a few years on my 466 Mhz iBook, and one of the things I noticed was that software compatibility with 10.3 pales in comparison to 10.4. There's a lot of useful software...

My solution for older airport cards in the age of WPA has been combining MAC filtering with a hidden access point. It's probably not the most secure thing in the world, but it's a better solution for me than adding an open network or dealing with new hardware.

There are actually hacks I've seen that can let you upgrade the 2006 Mac Pro to 10.9, at the very least. This answer was all I could find about it, but the information is out there. I don't know if you can upgrade past that, but Chrome, at least, does support 10.9. That ol' girl probably still...

Okay, cool! Thanks for your advice. I'd like to not lose this to something avoidable, so the help is appreciated.

So is your suggestion just to leave it unless something goes wrong? That's great on my end (saving time and money is nice), but I just wanted to make sure I had you right.

Hello, all. I just purchased a (fully functional) Mac SE for myself, and I was wondering what's typically recommended in terms of a recap on those. Obviously the battery should be replaced, but I've seen conflicting information about what boards should get recapped. What would you guys...