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I found an abandoned iMac G3 at work (indigo, in beautiful condition) and I booted it up to Tiger. It says there is an airport card installed, and it has the airport logo in the menubar, but it couldn't find any wireless networks even though there were several networks within 30 feet of the...

I have a Power Mac 8500 that has had a dead hard drive for the last year. I finally got around to ordering a replacement hard drive on eBay (a whopping 700 MB 50-pin internal SCSI), and I installed it in my 8500. The first problem arose when I tried to boot from a System 7.5.3 disk - the CD...

I have a PB 180 that I want to connect to another computer. It does not need to connect to the internet; I simply need a way to quickly transfer files from one machine to the other. What kind of cable/software do I need?

A few months ago, I found a dual processor Power Mac G5 and took it home. Unfortunately, the liquid cooling unit leaked and destroyed the motherboard and processors. It's also missing a couple of fans and a hard drive. I want to fix it, but I don't want to spend a whole bunch of money on it...

Hi, My Power Mac 8500's internal SCSI hard drive failed recently. Does anyone know where I can find a replacement hard drive?

Hi, I posted awhile ago about a non working Power Mac 8500. The problem was that it had no video out. Fortunately, it was just the adapter that didn't work, and I found a new Mac video to VGA adapter. The video out works fine now. Unfortunately, the hard disk has no OS installed, and when I...

Hi, I've had my 17" Studio Display for about 3 months now (I got it for free from a University that was clearing out their older hardware). From the beginning, it would occasionally click softly, expand (the width and height of the picture), then contract to it's normal size. Two days ago, I...

I picked up a 17" Apple Studio Display, and a Power Mac G5 from a music school about a week ago. - The CRT monitor works great. I have it connected to my 68k PowerBook. The color quality is great, unmatched by any display I have ever used. :b&w: - The Power Mac G5 needs some parts and...

I have a MIDI keyboard and a PowerBook 180. I also have a MIDI to 15 pin sound port cable. The 15 pin sound port can plug into the display port on the PowerBook, but it wouldn't make any sense to plug an audio device into a video port. Can someone help me connect the PowerBook to the keyboard?

What kind of SCSI card was available for the G3 Power Mac? I think it was 68 pin, but I don't know whether it is an HD-68 or a VHDCI-68? I want to be sure before I buy an adapter. Thanks!

Hello, I am buying an old Power Mac G3 to use as a file server for my collection of vintage Macs. I would love to connect a 17 inch Apple Studio Display (Flat Panel), but the Power Mac was built before the ADC monitor connector. The first solution would be to buy a VGA to DVI adapter and then a...

I managed to find a PowerBook Video adapter on ebay for a very affordable $3 ($9 with shipping). The item came in its original 1992 Apple packaging and worked out of the box with my PowerBook 180 when I plugged it in to my PC monitor (requires another adapter). The adapter works with the...

Mr Power Macintosh 8500 has stopped functioning properly. While I was using Photoshop 6, the screen froze, and I was forced to press the shut down button to turn off the computer. When I turned the computer on again, the monitor no longer functioned. I tried plugging my Power Macintosh into a...

Sometimes the most frustrating problems are the ones that you completely understand. I moved a few system resources from the start up folder on my G3 iBook (running OS 9,) and now the system shows a question mark each time I attempt to start it up. Is there any way I can move an item back to the...

I was very excited to discover an old LC III sitting alone in our school's basement. With the permission of one of our IT people, I took to LC III home along with the SCSI connected hard disk it came with. I plugged it in to my PC's monitor via and adapter, and to my delight, I heard the...

I currently own a well working PowerBook 180, built in 1991 and running System 7.1. I was looking to connect an external display to it, but I didn't recognize the display port on the back on the PowerBook. After doing a little research, I discovered that the port is called a Mini-15...

My Power Macintosh 8500 was running perfectly until, yesterday, while I was using Photoshop 6, it froze. I shut it down by clicking the start up button, but when I started it up again, the moniter didn't show the picture. I double checked all of the plugs, and opened up the Power Mac to check if...

While I was taking a bike ride the other day, I passed what looked like an old Windows computer. I payed no attention to it. But after a few minutes, I decided that I would go back and have a look, just out of curiosity. I was lucky to find a Power Macintosh 8500, complete with a moniter...

Does anyone know of a CD-ROM that would be compatible with both the Power Macintosh 8500 and the modern day Windows PC?