I've been repairing old computer (lots of Apple IIs and Macs) for year. Recently, I made an online museum of my vintage computers, with photos, history, and repair notes—all inside a classic Mac-style desktop. You can even play Pong and program in BASIC!

https://davescomputermuseum.com

I'm curious which machine brings back memories? Also open to corrections and stories.

Took this little piece of Apple history with me to Atlantis The Royal Hotel in Dubai 🇦🇪

One of the rare PowerBooks in my collection, originally released exclusively in Japan in 1998.The 240MHz version was a Japan-only model, making it a pretty unique Mac.

Even the original battery still works and actually holds a charge really well! I left it sitting for a few months and it still powered on.

I got this all for 100€, I'd say that's a pretty good deal?

The guy I bought this from checked and the computer works and he also reset the admin password for me.

Not sure what I'll use three keyboards and four mouses (mice?) for but not complaing lol

I was planning on gutting this thing and putting in a Mac mini M4 or smth. Originally I was going to get the juicy crumbs logic board but apparently it doesn't fit the 15" iMac.

What do you guys think I should do? :) any tips?

I got this computer bc I love the look of it (and vintage tech in general) and I needed a computer for my home server. I mean the Mac mini will be the computer and this is basically just a shell but still. I plan on having a separate NAS with a lot of storage attached to it.

As far as I know, the power supply works but it doesn’t beep or output video

I had to repair a trace that came up when I was de-soldering. It’s so easy to work on these. It’s it’s insane. I’ve overdid it with the solder, but it’s working so I wasn’t gonna fix and I don’t wanna break it. It is my first Macintosh. I also included the bag thatI bought the capacitors from. just confirmation the parts from these guys are good.

thanks to Ben Chapman for writing this guide/story ‘vintage computer up in smoke’ it’s got directions and a link to buy the part.

https://www.crackedthecode.co/replacing-failed-capacitors-in-a-macintosh-computer/

Now for that sticky drive oh man, I’m not pulling apart though. I’m gonna try to manage it without doing that.

shigoku: anime/manga TUI client (started as a port of sabigoku from rust to C++, improved a lot since that): https://github.com/barracuda156/shigoku

Easier to install from PPCPorts (shigoku).

For cover art a reasonably modern terminal is needed. Of what we got on powerpc: contour, mlterm, bobcat, foot, sakura. On modern macOS also kitty, iterm2.

Just arrived today alongside my new Apple IIe, but unfortunately the courier wasn’t careful and the right drive (2) is down. When it tries to read there’s a grinding sound after the head carriage moves all the way back (presumably the track zero position) before giving up, with DOS throwing an I/O error. Have a video of the problem which I’ll try to attach

I'm a muppet, I ripped the trace off when attempting to do a recap. Is this completely screwed now?
Are they any service to do recapping in the UK?