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I mentioned recently that I found and saved a Mac IIci from a local e-waste recycler. Last night I finally spent some time with it - I used my electric air compressor to really clean the hell out of it, it was PACKED with dust, having spent its life in some sort of industrial setting. Once it...

It's been 10+ years since I had the Quadra booted but I think it was running System 7.1. The IIci is new to me and doesn't have a hard drive yet, so it'll run whatever suits it :)   I've sent an email to the seller - hopefully they're willing to haggle a little! Huxley

Great info, thanks! One of the pics in the listing does show the cable, and it appears to end in a sort of squid-like extension with ADB, audio, video, etc. - I'm assuming that's the adapter you're describing?

As noted in the title, I'm just trying to figure out if an Apple AudioVision 14 Display would be a good / appropriate match for a Mac IIci and/or a Quadra 950. I've got a IIci (in pretty rough shape, it's a recent rescue from an e-waste place) and a well-specced Quadra 950 in storage.  Someone...

Hey! Happy to do this, probably later next week. I'm frantically prepping for our appearance at the East Bay Mini Maker Faire this weekend (followed by our usual local meetup in my hometown), so I'm mostly hoping that the 128k's PSU board doesn't completely give up having being heavily used for...

Update: I solved it! Turns out, the CF cards cannot be partitioned with a Master Boot Record scheme, they need to be in Apple Partition Map format! Once I tried this, it immediately started working!

So a few years ago I bought a Tecnobytes ClassicIDE board for my Apple IIe / IIGS, and I'm finally trying to get it working. This is a card which allows an Apple II-series machine to use a CompactFlash card as though it were a hard drive. Very cool... if I could get it working! I've been...

I'm happy to do that when things settle down for me in a week or so (post-Maker Faire), on the condition that you share whatever you create - I want a copy hanging on my wall too! :D   H.

As I'm deep into preparations for the upcoming Retro Roadshow events I've mentioned over in the Lounge, I thought it might be fun to see if this old Mac 128k actually works. I bought it sight-unseen 12-13 years ago when I was living in Albuquerque, and I either never used it or only powered it...

I'm following this thread and have nothing of value to add given my complete lack of electrical engineering / programming skills, but I can definitely say that I'd happily help fund a project along these lines, in whatever format that makes sense (chipping in to help cover development costs...

I've got an Apple IIGS which I love, and I've got a significant stockpile of Apple Extended Keyboard II's. However, I find that the IIGS doesn't like to reboot when the "three finger salute" is pressed on any of the AEKII's - something about the timing of it is really finicky and weird, and 9/10...

I got home late last night from a long out-of-state work trip, so I took some 'me' time today to poke around a few local junk-shops and thrift stores. I found a few great items for cheap at my first stop (if you look on the left side of the first pic you'll see my new DigiDesign 001 breakout box...

As most of you guys probably know, I've got my Mac SE/30 setup as a web server. It's working great overall, but it tends to choke after a couple hours when under heavy load. The easy / simple fix is to just reboot the machine, but when I'm away at work (or like this week, traveling out of...

Hi guys! I now own two eMates, both in relatively-good / functional condition (dead batteries aside). I understand that hinge failures are one of the most predictable issues with eMates, and I'd like to keep mine in good shape going forward. Is there a guide or "how to" type doc on...

Man, your work here is really top-notch. I've recently been restoring a fairly-rough Mac Plus myself, and your work here has really inspired me to take my game to a higher level. Fantastic work.

Oooooh, that CompuCable GDock sounds cool! Don't think I've ever heard of that before. Could you post some pics?

A second Dual-Processor "Quicksilver" PowerMac G4! Some of you guys may remember that I recently found a Quicksilver G4 (800MHz) and have been fixing it up over the past few weeks - new speaker, deep-cleaning, SuperDrive installed, max RAM installed, hard drive added, upgrade to dual-G4 @ 1GHz...

Wanted to post a quick update: I was able to de-solder the two dead switches and (after much effort and worry that I was about to rip them to pieces) extract them from the keyboard. I then disassembled both switches, carefully cleaned them out and bent the little X-shaped spring back into the...

So my project to resurrect my recently-acquired Mac Plus is making real progress today - I've got fresh ROM's installed and completely tore down / cleaned / greased / rebuilt the floppy drive, and the machine will boot now. Hooray! However, I've got a new funky problem to resolve:  The Mac Plus...

Totally valid question. To be fair, the plastics aren't horribly yellowed - they just aren't really "white" anymore - almost like a butter color now. Thankfully I don't detect a whiff of cigarette smell from the machine (I can't stand the smell and my wife is even more sensitive than I am - she...