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Quick update: I did find this, which looks fantastic! https://airtalk.nl/product/macintosh-battery/ I'd still love to know of any alternatives, as the import fees on anything going from EU > US are just brutal these days...

Hi @Maccollector! Curious if you ever found an answer to this? I'm almost done restoring a lovely Mac Plus, but the battery housing and terminals are so badly corroded that I think it might be wiser to replace vs. restoring - the metal is nearly eaten through...

I found an easy summary of the MARCHintosh concept: https://marchintosh.com/ :)

As far as I'm aware it's just a social media hashtag used to promote the care and feeding of vintage Macs during the month of March. I vaguely remember someone (probably on this forum?) starting it years ago - perhaps to promote an event or project? I'd love a reminder if anyone remembers the...

I spotted a local Craigslist ad the other day offering some old Macs for $50. There were virtually no details and only one unfocused picture so I wasn't exactly confident that it was going to be a worthwhile endeavor but the seller was quite close to me so we arranged to meet after lunch. The ad...

Super helpful info - thank you! I'm delighted to report that a set of fresh ImageWriter II ink ribbons arrived today, and after some trial-and-error with various combinations of serial cables and null-modem adapters, the Lisa and ImageWriter are working beautifully! Spoiler alert: if anyone...

Probably a super basic question but just in case there's some esoteric knowledge needed: I have a Lisa 2/10 running Lisa OS and the 7/7 application suite. I've also got an Apple ImageWriter II printer which I brought back to life tonight (it was making horrendous noises but it was just in need...

Just chiming in to confirm that I do this frequently from my SE/30 using the BlueSCSI's WiFi connection + Fetch + a simple FTP server app on my MacBook Pro. Works like a charm! Huxley

Hi all, The keyboard that came with my 'new' Lisa 2/10 is in semi-functional condition. Most of the keys would respond after a couple firm presses, but it was pretty clear that the foam-and-foil discs inside had degraded. I've just finished the painstaking task of replacing all the discs, and...

Hi all! My wife and I visited VCF West a few months ago, and came home with a lovely Apple Lisa 2/10. The machine is in good shape overall, including a functional internal 10MB Widget drive with MacWorks XL installed. The only real issue with the machine that I'm aware of is that the upper...

Please have that engraved on my tombstone 🤣

Yeah, whatever the glitch is, it really does seem to only impact the menu bar and drop-down menus - everything else has been smoooooth so far!

Update: I’m very pleased to report that the suggestion from @nathall worked - installing ClickChange let me set the menu colors to their proper values! I haven’t tried it with ClickChange uninstalled yet (I quite like this app!) but it’s a perfectly good solution for me. Hooray!

Good tips - I'll see what I can do... Great suggestion - I'll give this a shot!

I'm at the point where I think I've tried everything I can think of and/or what you've suggested: Open / close Monitors Control Panel + reboot Open / close Monitors Control Panel > Options + reboot Change color bit depth + reboot Menu bar and menus look correct in 1-bit (black & white) mode...

How I'm feeling right now Good call! Once I finish tinkering with the hardware I'll give Test Drive a try :cool: I do have a fresh/modern PRAM battery installed and the odd inverted-colors thing persisted after a few PRAM reset cycles. I'll keep playing with it but if anyone else has a...

Hey all! It's now past 3:30am local time and I'm basically a zombie at this point, but I had to take a moment to share that after several hours of painstaking work, my Macintosh SE/30 has been almost hilariously upgraded: a new 4XDC power supply from @tt powering a tower of @zigzagjoe's...

Thank you! We really couldn't be more psyched. The list of truly historically-significant personal computers that we can't currently exhibit has gotten wonderfully small - if you know someone with an extra Altair sitting around collecting dust, please let me know 🙃 Hahah I've seen some...

I've been collecting Apple / Mac stuff (and more general vintage computer / gaming stuff) since I was a broke kid scrounging around at yard sales in the early 1990s, and I'm proud that I've managed to put together a respectable collection which includes both beloved classics and esoteric...

I do have a 512k with a MonsterMac! I'm not sure if the board is fully functional (it no longer shows the 'vampire' Happy Mac at boot), but the RAM upgrade seems to be working at least. @cj_reha - my MonsterMac is tucked away in my storage locker and I probably won't be able to get to it until...