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So I recently picked up a nearly-complete-in-box Apple QuickTake 150 camera from our very own @Brett B. - the kit arrived in fine shape and the camera seems to be working nicely. However, I've run into an unexpected snag: every attempt to get the required software installed and working on my...

I desperately wanted one of these "Flower Power" iMac G3's when they were new back in early 2001, but I was a broke college kid and it just never happened... until today! A local Craiglist ad popped up in a nearby area I needed to pass through anyway today, so I made a pit-stop and here we are...

I'm probably showing my bias since I was working for Apple back in the pre-iWork era (I sold many copies of Keynote when it was a 1.0 standalone retail product), but I still love and use Pages (and Keynote / Numbers) constantly. I agree that they have their quirks (esp. on iOS), but if you spend...

Thanks for the tips and suggestions! FWIW, I'm not too concerned with keeping the entire "workflow" retro - as long as the bulk of the actual content in the newsletter is created and the layout work is done on a retro machine, I'm happy leveraging modern gear and software to finish it up. This...

My wife recently had a fun idea: we should create a simple 2-page (front/back) newsletter around retrocomputing topics, as part of our promotional efforts for the Retro Roadshow (our hands-on retrocomputing event series in the San Francisco area), and we should create it on a vintage computer. I...

The Mac I was using from ~1999 through ~2003 was definitely a PowerMac 7100/80, which I eventually upgraded with a G3 running at 233MHz (IIRC). I really loved that machine - I used it for a while with three NuBus video cards + 3 14" Apple CRT's and although my poor desk was sagging under the...

Yeah, I've seen a lot of Mac internals and I don't think I've ever seen one with an internal black plastic frame like this. My first thought when I saw it was "OMG, is this a prototype?!?" but (other than the previously-mentioned patch wire which probably doesn't mean anything) I don't see any...

Here's an album with pics and info - some cool stuff in here (including a "Snow" iMac I haven't tested yet)! https://imgur.com/gallery/0sQp36q A quick TL;DR: for anyone who skims the pics without reading all the descriptions: this past weekend I was given a PowerMac 8500/150 by its original...

Hey that’s great, thanks! I’m out at a doctors appointment right now but I’ll PM you later to buy a couple sets of capacitors - given my total-novice status, I figure it’ll be smart to have a healthy supply on hand...

Oooh, great suggestion - looks like MacCaps does have a reference page for the IIci (not sure why this didn't come up via Google). Thanks! Hey @uniserver - do you / would you sell a "DIY kit" of the specific parts I'd need to attempt this? 

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...