Vintage Apple

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I'm recapping the analog and logic boards on my Macintosh SE, because they have known leak risks. Is there any evidence that the Sony PSU has similar problems, or can I leave it alone?

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I have the following devices: - Apple IIC+, whose internal drive is working. - BMOW floppy EMU. - external 3.5" drive that just says Apple 3.5" drive. - 2 drive 5.25 external drive. What is the best configuration to set these up in to maximize storage space and secondarily to provide the most media capability? Thanks!

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Hello, I’m looking for a way to upgrade my Quicksilver RAM. I’ve bought some 512MB sticks but they’re either not seen by the system or they crash it after a big allocation. How can I make sure the RAM will work?

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Hi Everyone. I am a user of an Apple IIC+! yay! I use mine mostly for Applesoft Basic programming. Is this a place for those of us who rock Jurassic Apples?

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It wasn’t formatted (or maybe A/UX?) but it initialised just fine. The power supply probably needs a recap but still outputs a stable 12V when connected to the hard drive. I can’t find much about these, are they rare?

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Upgrades include: SCSI CD-ROM, 68040 accelerator, 128MB memory, ethernet, and not shown in this picture, a grayscale card. All in a clear MacEffects case.

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I recently flew out to VCF Southwest in Texas, and had my 2400c out on the plane. Battery lasts a whopping 30 minutes!

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256gb iflash card with SD card and iPod classic click wheel.

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256gb mod and iPod classic click wheel mod.

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Through sheer luck a friend of mine gave me this IIcx (battery not exploded). It has an Ethernet card (Asanté MacCon+ II E thick and thin) and a Supermac (unknown) graphics card. It also came with a 256 SCSI drive. With what can I replace the battery? Do I need it to run at all?

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I had luck finding a G4 AGP with a Sonnet Encore ST 1.8 for only 80 bucks some months ago. Because the technical and optical advantages of the QS i decided to put the Encore into a QS 733 and build the QS i could never afford in my younger days. Now with a 1.8GHz G4, 1.5GB RAM, an ATI Radeon 9800 Pro SE (256MB) genuine Mac edition (on which i installed a NOS Zalman cooler to tame the heat), a 4-port SATA PCI card, a 128GB SSD and noctua and bequiet fans, this PM runs circles around all my other G4 and is my weekly-driver for music (Reason, Sibelius), some graphical stuff (AI, ID) and retro gaming. I hope that some day i will find either a MDD 1.42 DP or a 3rd party Dual G4 CPU upgrade card for my QS. And not for thousands of dollars…

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Time to create some content! For me the Power Macs G4 have an absolutely timeless and pristine design. Especially the Quicksilver stands out as *the* perfect workstation design. Even though i have/had several G5 and Mac Pros, which are landmarks in computer design too, i don't hold them in veneration as much as the G4. Could also be because i grew up with them. My father has a printing company and has been working with Mac all along. My first own computer was a G4 DA 466MHz which i "inherited" from him. After a brief interlude with an iMac G3 (much more compact, but slow af and no hardware to play with), i bought a G4 QS 733 second hand for about 200 bucks in 2005, but it died the PSU death soon after. Unfortunately my dad sold his QS 1GHz DP some days before for a G5 2.7 DP. So i ended up with a G4 MDD 867 DP, which served as a print server for several years after my switch to intel Macs. Two years ago i did want to sell it, but the PSU was dead. So i tinkered with it and built in an atx PSU. But instead of selling it, i got infected with the Power Mac fever again. Fast forward, my GF isn't as happy with my considerable collection of G3-5 as i am.

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I’ve always loved the TAM (even though most people seem to hate it) and the Color Classic (even though it is slow af) What’s your favorite one?

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hey folks, I've got a g3 imac that's been in my garage since a relative of mine passed in the 90s. He was some kind of theoretical physicist. Should I give this thing a go? Is there any particular guide to hardware from this era? Stuff like bad caps, leaking batteries etc? I'm guessing this thing probably has some kind of MacOS 9 on it. I'm out of town until next week but if I get any good tips I'll try them out when I get home. Thanks!

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