MacPaint won't boot on enhanced 512k modelI own a Macintosh 512k and a copy of MacPaint. However, I can't run MacPaint because I get an error message each time I try to run it: "MacPaint can't find work space on the default drive." How can I solve th...view more
Early Apple Stereo SpeakersYears ago Apple provided a set of round stereo speakers with an unusual (to me) connector. I'd like to find a 3.5mm adapter for those speakers to use them elsewhere. I do not know what I'm looking for nor where ...view more
Macintosh Portable Speaker QuestionHi, I have my Macintosh Portable Speaker apple part 600-0406 Speaker non working. I was wondering if I could use one of other Mac, like my old Centris, Powermac 8500 Powermacintosh 8500 Speaker is apple part ...view more
Macintosh 800k Floppy Doesn't EjectI recently asked anoter question about my mac512k, and got it to come on for me but then to find out, the internal 800k floppy no longer ejects when in the drop down menu you press eject. When i click the eje...view more
Macintosh SE HI ROM replacementHi, I own a Macintosh SE "Superdrive" (aka SEFD). It's been working well for me for many years, but unfortunately the PRAM battery exploded. I was able to mostly clean it up, but it damaged one of the feet for...view more
Imation Superdisk - Driver 3.3? Anyone?I found a pile of old floppies and my old superdisk SD-USB-M. I'd really like to salvage what data from them that I can. The driver that I need for it to even POSSIBLY work with OS X is no longer supported/s...view more
Thread Powerbook Duo 230 not booting to desktop / screen issues
Powerbook Duo 230 not booting to desktop / screen issuesHi, I have a PowerBook Duo 230 which makes an odd noise and doesn't boot. The screen also just shows a series of lines, although the mouse pointer is visible and can be moved around. https://www...view more
using 20" cineman display with a 9600/300i have a 8600/200 and 2 9600/300's. they have twin turbo 128 graphics cards. these have db-15 female connectors on them. these have 2 rows of pins, 8 rows on top and 7 rows on bottom. i would like to connect e...view more
SE doesn't recognise the internal HDDI have three SEs, all from a school lab, that were connected together with others, Pluses and printers. They are no longer connected together. All three have a floppy drive and a HDD. Only one will boot from the HDD...view more
Macintosh Classic, Floppy wont show up.Hy, I've recently got my hands on a macintosh classic. I also installed OS 7.1 on it. However now when i tried to put in a floppydisk, it will ask me if it should be checked or not. But regardless of what i...view more
Performa 6200CDSeeking suggestions on how to move files from Performa 6200CD to Windows based system. 6200 does not have ethernet port, only phone connection. I do not have a land line (VOIP only) so uploading to web doe...view more
Macintosh portable Sad Mac on Start up.Hi all, I bought a Macintosh Portable on a garage sell last week. It powers up! Of course as we know to do this, it has a new 6V battery 4.5 AH now, and a new fresh 9V batt too. But every time I power it up i ...view more
DS/DD 3.5 floppy retrievalHow can I retrieve data from 3.5 floppies, double-sided and double density? I have tried Sabrent and Dell external drives, but they only handle 144k floppies. Is there a drive that can read the 720k or 800k floppies, ...view more
Macintosh LC not starting, monitor blankIm new to old computers and such. Anyways, Im looking at a Macintosh LC 575 on Ebay, and the monitor does not show anything. The seller says it makes the normal startup sound, and either no noise after ...view more