I just picked up a Plus 1Mb, with mouse and keyboard - all seemingly to work just fine (no os disk, I have one coming in). The plan is to get it set up either at home or in my classroom as a functional device for either my little ones or the students to experience (probably end up at home tbh) It came with a nifty Kingston device on top that acts as a power strip and has a built in fan that seems to duct into the top vents of the case - presumably to assist with the overheating that this model apparently can experience.

As a newcomer to this, I had a handful of questions, as I do not want to make any rookie mistakes.
I want to clean up/restore the Mac, and get it as usable as possible without doing any modifications (kinda restoration purist)

So here are my questions:

• Cleaning/Restoration: After disassembly and removing the shell, warm soapy water to clean any dirt/debris? Also, to remove yellowing would doing a retrobrite work? (I have done it before on old game consoles). This would apply to the Mac shell, the keyboard/caps. and the mouse. All electronics would be removed before any of this.

• Electronics cleaning/restoration: Air dust, static preventions, etc. Any other suggestions on things to look out for that might need repair (telltale signs on capacitors/bad soldier joints)?

• Peripherals: I ordered an 800k external floppy (M0131) since it does not have a built-in hard drive, the idea was to be able to OS on the main floppy, software on the external. Was this a bonehead move/waste?

• Printer: Should I look into getting an ImageWriter II to be able to print off it? Again the idea is to have this be a fully useable work station.

• Floppy Disks/Software: Any recommendations on disk brands to avoid or to hunt for? I know to get the DS DD disks, not DS HD disks - or is that just old tales?

• Software: Any recommended software to look into trying to find?

• Modern SCSI alternatives: I'll probably never find a 20SC to give this a proper hard drive, but I saw in my brief reading about SD alternatives like BlueSCSI, Is this worth looking into?

Set up and turned on in my classroom

Thank you for your patience reading through this. I just want to avoid doing stupid things while getting this all set up and whatnot.

Need help with that. My DuoDock is dead and I need to transferring files from the 145 to Duo. Thanks!

Hey everyone part 3 of my eMac series on this subreddit, I need some help with a data transfer and there is virtually no videos for MacOSX 10.4.11. l've got an external hard drive plugged in and ready to go, but I'm not sure how to transfer all the data from my current hard drive to the external one and make it bootable. I want to make sure I do this correctly without messing anything up. Any help, step-by-step instructions, or tips would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Has anyone taken a Mac SE on an airplane? It's too large for a carry-on, which would mean needing to pack it securely into a checked bag. Having seen bags thrown around at the airport, it seems that there isn't much hope in it surviving the trip.

So, a couple of weeks ago, I won a bid on an iMac G3 Sage. It arrived broken, and I was troubleshooting it, with no success. Until I found the issue. The little glass part, along with a few other things on the CRT were completely broken. And I ended up accidentally cutting my finger on the broken pieces. Thanks a lot, USPS!

Hello, I just recapped a Mac LC but no video or chime, the psu was already recapped, the cmos is new, the chip and ram et vram soit has been cleaned, any idea ?

PS: When I turn it on, the fan is running and my monitor detect a signal

(I didn’t have tantalum caps so used Classic one please do not kill me x)

Hello, I’ve noticed this style of design in some old Apple manuals and marketing, and was wondering where I can find more advertisements or magazine art similar to this one.

Thank you!

Hello! So as the title signifies, I have a PowerMac G4 (it is a old computer I recieved from a colleague) and when I first got it, it worked fine with no issues, and there were two HDD's in the system (one with his stuff on it and another blank that apparently he didn't even know that there was another HDD), so I installed Mac OS 9 on it, and after doing that and after fixing some display settings (first there was a huge black bar on the right and then there was a blue tint, but I fixed it finally) everything was fine, but then after using it for like more than three hours and the leaving it off overnight, I turned it back on the next day later in the day and now after around 1-10 minutes of use, it just freezes. I checked for dust and the system is pretty clean (I didn't use a can of air yet which I will soon, I gotta find it), and I thought maybe the fan wasn't working properly and was overheating but after leaving the system open and using it it still froze and the fan was still spinning fine so now I'm just stumped as to what is causing this. I am not great with Macs (I only own one and barely use it) and also I just really hope it's not a faulty part because I really don't wanna have to take anything in the computer apart or have to go find and buy a new part. If anyone knows why this is happening it would really be appreciated! Thanks in advance!

Edit: So after some more researching and tinkering and cleaning, every part of the computer is fine and cleaned and working properly, the only thing that I can think of that can possibly cause this is the PRAM battery, but it does save my settings and my time and date (unless I unplug it and plug it back in, then it resets), so I bought a new PRAM battery that should work for the PowerMac G4 and it should come either today or tomorrow, so hopefully it works

The computer won’t turn on it is a Mac performa 550

Just upgraded the internal BlueSCSI in my PM7100/66. Insane speed boost(!) 😮

The old 1.1a were about the same speed as the old original HDD.

I have a Power Mac G5 that has been sitting for god knows how long. I plug it in and power it on. Fans start spinning and the startup chime plays, but no video. I replaced the PRAM battery and pressed the PMU Reset button but nothing has changed.

At an estate sale and i'm seeing this relic of the past.

I have a few I have restored but most of the time they just sit there they are a cool piece to have but other than play games what do you do on them

Sadly… the sound isn't as I expected.

Got it from a nice seller for 119€, is on OS X Leopard and has charger, software discs and a case alongside keyboard protector. I’m in my family’s car so sorry for the picture not having the OS.

I often hear people in the vintage computer Apple community that they like using Classic Mac OS for distraction-free writing. In concept, I really like that idea but I haven’t really been able to make it work in practice. 

Most of my writing is academic and related to history. I use a lot of books for reference, but I also use journal articles that are saved as PDFs, websites, etc. My habit is to save everything I find. For example, if I find a webpage, I make a copy of that page, usually in the form of a PDF and save it to a folder. That way I can access it offline and if the webpage goes down, I still have a copy of it. With that leg work done, in theory, I can access those resources working in OS 9.

While I write, I often find myself using the internet to look up things that come to mind as I write, verify things, look up words, etc. It seemed like MS Bookshelf could actually fill that need to an extent. However, Bookshelf is a clunky product. Accessing it while writing is a pain! Perhaps, I need to work on a larger screen or with two monitors to make it more usable. In all fairness, I like using dual monitors on my modern desktop while writing so I can view multiple open windows while working. This seems to eliminate a laptop for the purpose of distracting free writing. That kind of takes some of the fun out of it because I would love to set up at a coffee shop with a Pismo and work in OS 9!

 How many of you actually make use of a computer using classic Mac OS for distraction-free writing? What does your workflow look like? What works for you and what issues do you run into?

(Reposting cause I really need the help)

iBook hasn't shown signs of life for nearly a decade, I opened it up, and found that a capacitor had blown near the power delivery part and nothing worked, including the green charging ring. A broken trace repair later, the light comes on, the hard drive spins on pressing the power button.

The iBook does not have a display at the moment, as the LCD is damaged, and a new display would cost a decent chunk to ship to our side of the planet, so we want to make sure the laptop actually works before taking the plunge. I connected the iBook to our TV using the original cable (with the original display cable removed) and.. the TV says "No Signal". TV is a 39-inch flatscreen, with a resolution of 1920 x 1080. Could that be a reason for no output? I also tried connecting the broken LCD panel and the backlight cable (only the LCD didn't work, backlight did) and still got no video output on the TV.

I actually have not seen this iBook in action when connected to a TV, but my dad says that the laptop did output perfectly well to an older CRT Box TV (that we no longer have). When I had opened it up, I did notice some green corrosion (thanks humidity) on the video out port area, I gently cleaned it up with isopropanol, and there are no missing components, though the jack still has a few green-brown marks on it (attached pictures)

This is the same iBook as this one, so is a possibility of other electronics damage (which I hope is not, cause everything except the AV out is working)

Is there a possibility of making this work without having to buy a new display? Does a normal iBook immediately output video when connected to a TV, or does it need button presses and menus on screen before video output begins? Is having an OS installed on the HDD important

The back of the video out board

The front of the video out board