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Hello everyone, Looking for an extension which lets you turn the volume up/down using key combinations. I found a few programs that could do the job, but I am pretty sure I've seen one in the past that had a OSX-like overlay like this: Other suitable programs for reference...

Hi there, Inspired by aapl2c's mishaps with their Quadra 700, I decided to check out which modifications bbraun made to the Q700/900+PB140/170 ROM. He wrote a great article about his IIsi ROM Hack and I wanted to do the same to the 950 ROM. He already made the necessary changes to the 900 ROM...

Hi there,  I'm just wondering if this is possible at all. I know there's an adapter for the 7100/8100 but there's no mention whether it works or not in the 9150.  There seems to be some logic on the ribbon cable, so making a replica would be damn near impossible.  Any ideas? 

Ladies and Gentlemen,  Today, I would like to talk about the rapidly decreasing population of working Quadra 9x0 (900 and 950) specimens. If no action is taken within the next 5 or 10 years, the entire specie will soon disappear. Although the exact cause of death is still unknown, most...

Hi I'm currently trying to troubleshoot a 512K that has a bad 120V analog board.  The display keeps cutting out every half a second or so and it makes the dreaded flup flup noise. It happened out of the blue and when it's starting to get hot. The dead Mac scrolls points to bad CR20 &amp...

Hi all To keep things short and simple, I am now in a situation that prevents me from devoting as much time to the hobby as I'd want to. Don't worry, I'll come back to it in a few months, my passion for Macs hasn't gone away at all. There's just more important 'life' things going on at the...

Hi all, I had just about the time to install 8.1 on this machine before its power supply died. I had received the new capacitors from Arrows a couple of days prior, so I set out replacing them all. The thing is, it's a really difficult PSU to work on. It's got two main PCBs, and a daughterboard...

Hi all, Just thought about this the other day. I know it's possible (with some limitations) to use an Imagewriter II on modern versions of macOS or Windows with a USB to Serial adapter. I wonder if the opposite works... I have just bought a new Inkjet printer, it's a Canon TS8150. I use it...

Hi all, There is a lot of confusing info floating around this and Apple never really documented it.  Most webpages I find online say that the early Quadras (700, 900 and then 950) got an updated SCSI bus compared to the II line (which came with Narrow SCSI 1 as standard).  The internal bus of...

Hi all, A month or two ago I bought a GGLabs SIMM for my SE/30. I had the seller flash a custom image and I think something went wrong with the programming (the ROM image works otherwise fine with Basilisk II). The SE/30 freezes when the Floppy EMU is connected in HD20 mode and System 7.5...

Hi all One of the AC filter capacitors in my IIc's monitor blew a couple of days ago. I downloaded the SAMS for it (it seems to be the only service manual available), but it doesn't have a capacitor reference/list. Plus my model is 240V so I very much doubt there's a list for it out there. My...

Hi all Most of the things I tried to do yesterday and today with my SE/30 fail miserably... Now I've got a IIsi ROM installed and Mac OS 7.5 gets stuck on the Welcome to Macintosh screen. I remember reading somewhere I should have an Universal installation for this hack to work properly. I...

Yep, apparently my Maccon died.  I can't see any damaged traces/chips (apart from the ones which were cut from the factory...) but perhaps I missed one? Here's what I get on the display. (FYI, nothing else's plugged in, just the card without its daughterboard. SE/30 works otherwise well.)...

Hello I'm going back home for a couple of weeks in March so that means spending more time with my Macs! I had Mode32 installed on my SE/30 but for some reason it was the wrong version for 7.5. Having the wrong version installed can completely screw up your hard drive. And in my case, it kinda...

Hi there, I might be able to get my hands on a boxed Quadra 950. I like the fact that it's got a full 040 (It would be a first for me. My fastest 'classic' Mac is a 50MHz SE/30 but an 030 cannot run everything). I also love the fact that you need a key to start it up as well as the form factor...

Hi folks, I was about to install Mojave on my 2016 rMB but I got cold feet at the last second.  As you may or may not know, Mojave is the first macOS release to require an APFS formatted boot partition. Disk Utility's supposed to convert your existing HFS+ partition to APFS during the install...

Hi My new IIc is in perfect condition but the bottom sticker is missing. Here’s what I’m on about: This picture is a great template to work on. I’ll use it to recreate a label on Photoshop. Problem is, I have no idea what my IIc’s serial number could be. 2A2S4 seems to be common to all...

Hi all Been thinking lately about buying a Tibook, the 1.0GHz one. Problem is, the slower 867MHz model has the same model number. I know later powerbooks had a sticker in the battery bay allowing you to properly identify the config when the battery was removed. I don't think the Ti has the same...

Hi all, I've got a Quicksilver in the mail. Should arrive in about two weeks. It has a 1.7GHz Sonnet Encore ST, a bunch of cards (Firewire 800, USB2.0, Radeon 9000) and no airport card. Since that mac was in Basel Switzerland, ArmorAlley agreed to act as an intermediary. I'll also be getting...

Hey there I've just watched Nostalgia Nerd's review of SkiFree for Windows and found out there used to be a 'classic mac' version. Has anyone heard of it or has a copy? It's not on the garden or on macgui.com Thanks!