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Hi guys  :) I'm finally starting my own "conquests" topic. I'll regularly update it, by posting one Mac after the other. And also try to keep the following posts shorter than this one. First of all, I'm Nicolas, 18, from Switzerland. Macintosh trash-picker and computer hoarder since 2009. ...

Hi folks I managed to resurrect another trash-saved Mac which was sitting around here. Before, at the first try (probably after ~10 years without being in use), it chimed and showed a flashing question mark. I then tried some OS 9 CDs I had lying around and also a Power Macintosh G3 one (not...

Hi guys, I was given a Graphite DV SE 400 Mhz with video issues. And indeed: After several PRAM resets and a PMU reset and a new PRAM battery (which all changed nothing): bad colours, for example the icons + icon names on the desktop have a "pinkish tail" to the right. Sometimes, it partly...

Hi! I'm trying to get an iMac G3 Rev.D 333 Mhz Tray Loading working. Somebody has installed a later OS 9 for iMac DV slot loading and messed up the OS. Well, my actual problem: I'd like to copy the System Folder of another working, identical iMac, but USB sticks won't work. It recognizes them...

Hi everyone I'm new here! I'm 17 years old, from Switzerland and have been saving old macs from recycling since 2009... I've got a "Mutant Mac", a 4400/200, with keyboard and mouse... The owner wanted to throw it away, so I got it... Even if it belongs to the strangest macs made, I kinda like...