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I used to burn a bunch of CDs when I first got into 68K and early PPC macs, but I prefer original media for installs so I collected quite a few of them.

BASIC testing means remove what isn't needed to boot and use 1 good RAM stick.

Apple had the numbers of sold machines to entice developers plus the software team to help them if needed while Commodore had neither with the Amiga. Let's be honest the top seller was probably the A500 which is nothing more than a game machine (no networking or hard drive nor VGA video). Once...

Generally, I would recommend you wipe the drive and format it when attached to the third party IDE/SATA card instead of just using a drive from another machine. Also 6 PCI slot machines are picky on which set of slots you use for storage (because of the bandwidth used). Back when OSX didn't...

First RAM stick isn't clicked in.

The original Wallstreet also came with the crappy 800x600 DS screen as an option. The major difference is the originals had the 66/83mhz FSB and the later needed PC100 RAM, the second generation was just 66FSB.

Hopefully some of the main chips didn't get destroyed or lose too many legs.

9600 slots seemed pretty deep and tight to me for the thick CPU to sag in any way. I would be looking for weak PRAM batteries, marginal power supplies, or general capacitor issues that come with age. Old computers, Cars, stereo systems etc. all seem to age badly if not fired up every so often.

An SE/30 with ethernet and 32MB of RAM running OS 7.1 is perfection to me. I also like an SE with dual floppies and a skinny SCSI HD on top, especially with a Radius 68020 upgrade. Did he order the greyscale upgrade?

Nobody is making PC66/100/133 anymore so people are fighting over leftovers especially if they want unused. I think DDR3 might still be made in Asia.

PC100 is what the Wallstreets used (66 or 83 FSB depending on the model). When I was actively collecting that era of laptops there were deals for low density Crucial 256MB PC100 CL2 DIMMs 8 small chips per side new (basically old stock being blown out) but that was ages ago. A quick look on...

I benched spinning disks ages ago on Jackhammers and SEIV (I have SEII's and other Nubus SCSI cards as well). There should be results from back then on the forum if you search.

Yea, I was lucky when I found mine. Apple must have sold a million IIfx motherboards as upgrades to Mac II and IIx's. As far as power supplies go, I never really noticed much noise difference but never did a side-by-side comparison. Cooling fans even from the same batch can sound different...

There are probably more Mac II's upgraded to IIfx then stock these days.

It all depends on what you like in vintage gear, I like the old sounds of mechanical drives.

The expensive cards shine at high resolution and color depth (basically needs more VRAM then configured on the motherboard), Quadra video bandwidth just has too much of an advantage not having to run over the Nubus interface.

If vintage hardware doesn't end up in a private collection it ends up recycled or at the dump. Many of us here snagged the rarities when they were worthless before collecting was a thing. It's not like people are paying $20K for every Tokamac ever made to corner the market and drives up prices...

If you are going to get a plus you might as well get an external floppy drive as well and have the experience of flipping floppies all the time. I made sure to get external floppies for my Amiga 500 and 1000 to experience that same thing (HD expansions exists but were pricey 20 years ago let...

I don't remember mine being that orange, but the case/monitor is in the garage so who knows what it looks like now. I did hunt down a SCSI zip for it when I do put it together plus a larger IDE drive since the OEM was cooked. I am sure everybody here has projects they are in no hurry to...

I took mine apart ages ago and resoldered the joints but have yet to put it back together.