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Keep in mind that the beige G3's went through a lot of revisions and have, in my opinion, more than and average number of quirks. I was not aware that they would boot anything less than Mac OS 8.  7.6.1 is new information to me.  So is the sound simply not working?  And is this the internal...

I don't recall the 63x machines being more prone to capacitor failure than any other equipment - do they even have the leaky electrolytics like a lot of the others in that era do?  I could be wrong but my LC630 is the only one I haven't recapped - it's been a few years but there must have been a...

I need to stop.  I haven't even turned on the 6200 and have done very minimal playing around with the rest, but I just HAD to pick up a pair of LCIIs and a 600E CD-ROM drive.  One of the LCIIs appears to boot, the other suffered a battery explosion but came with a IIe card (!!!) that I don't...

Good work!  That was totally worth the effort to fix, those are neat machines. FWIW I might have tried an electrolysis tank to remove the rust.  Basically what it involves is a solution of water and washing soda and a DC power supply.  You hook up one end of the power supply (negative) to the...

I picked up the IBM today... it's a PS/2 Model 55 SX.  And... wow.  I am not kidding when I say it is all like new.  Monitor and keyboard included, in the original boxes.  Can't wait to hook it up, it's so cool!

I met up with the same guy again and bought a Performa 6200CD from him for $10.  Came with a bunch of software, external SCSI CD drive, and some other cool stuff.  Haven't tested it yet but will probably clean it up and maybe pass it along - or maybe not, I haven't decided. The G5 seems to work...

QuickSilver works great.  Had a nice Adaptec FireWire/USB 2.0 card that made its way into my old QS, as well as the GeForce4.  Probably will keep it as a parts machine. Mini works great too. G5, I will test tomorrow. It's not in good shape, very dirty. But maybe it sees more than one bank of...

I just picked up a 933MHz QuickSilver G4 that has maxed out RAM, AirPort, probably some other goodies, a 2.0GHz G5 that allegedly works, and a 1.25GHz G4 Mac Mini for $25. :beige: :smiley: bw:)

I think both of them will stay here... and intact... unless someone stops by.  I already broke both of the tabs off the Performa 550 rear cover - I'm not going to disassemble them any further. Kind of a shame to part them out - there's not many surviving 5xx machines now, even with a few little...

I was given a Performa 577 yesterday!  It even came with a StyleWriter and nice keyboard, mouse, and bag of cables.  Works great!  Been a while since I got a freebee.  Unfortunately it's suffering from the typical brittle plastic syndrome and is missing little chunks here and there. I'll...

I picked up a Multiple Scan 15 monitor today for $10.  Not sure if it works or not yet, will test it tonight, hoping it does though.  It's in fantastic shape.  I'm hoping that it will solve some of my KVM issues - I have a "Basic Color Monitor" that does not work well with my KVM, or anything...

Out of curiosity - what games are you guys playing in OS9 that require that level of processing power? I am a little out of date now but I played a ton of games back in the OS7, 8, 9, and very early OS X era.  I just don't recall not being able to play ANY OS9 compatible games on my tricked out...

My LC630 had no leaking caps the last time I had it apart (year ago maybe?)  I'm sure it's just a matter of time.

I would be interested in taking the machine itself off your hands if you decide that you want to part ways with it.  I just happen to have an LC550 board that I've been saving for a board-less Color Classic for about 15 years... 

I will be interested to see if you figure this out.  My Studio Display and QS G4 do the exact same thing.  Power button works fine, brightness and USB ports do not.  I don't recall that it matters what operating system - stuff just flat out doesn't work.  Pretty much factory stock hardware...

With the "Sapphire" logo on the heatsink, I think you can be 100% sure that it is NOT an original Mac compatible card.  If I remember right, ALL Mac compatible ATI cards made back then were ATI branded, not resold by third parties like Sapphire.  There's nothing wrong with a flashed PC card once...

Nice score.  For some reason these are super sensitive to vibration - I have to go reseat everything, every time I move it or it won't boot.  I don't know if it's just simply age, or oxidation on connectors, or something else but both of mine are definitely more sensitive to vibration than they...

Forgot to mention that the other thing to keep in mind is whether or not the cover piece on the drive tray will fit through your bezel when the drive opens and if the eject button will line up.  A lot will be fine but I have a few that are just no go in all aspects. 

Yes (kinda.)  I have used several over the years.  Pioneer and LG drives seem to work well.  Others, maybe, almost everything will read discs but a lot will not write, and even fewer will write DVDs.

Both of my G3s came with PCI SCSI cards and 4GB 68 pin drives.  First thing I did was dump that ridiculous trash.  I might have saved one of the cards, but regardless, myself and many others were sitting on a mountain of relatively large and mostly free IDE hard drives that were pulled from...