With moving house (with a computer room / study big enough to start collecting macs again 
) and packing etc. I didn't get a chance to peer at the innards of the Classic 2.
protocol7 thanks for confirming it could boot without a battery.
phreakout I'll investigate maybe setting up a couple of modems. The G4 Mini has a built in modem and OS9. Might be the best bet.
Would a Parallel port zip drive be compatible with a Classic 2? Could be another option. I have a VMac HD full of apps and games that it would be nice to see executing "properly"
beachycove, thank you for a great intricate reply
I have read elsewhere on the net that capacitors on the 68k machines can go.
How would I know if a capacitor is dead? Is there a tell tale leakage?
Would need a steady soldering hand I would imagine.
I am getting sound though. I know what you mean regarding the sound, my last Mac Classic had dull sounding sound, barely audible, definitely had a problem.
The Classic 2 has surprisingly sharp sound. On the diagonal wallpaper / grey screen it plays a nice 8 note death chime, but when it boots properly it chimes like a mac should, the startup sound, the "eeps" etc. that can be selected from the control panel, all good
Wouldn't do any harm to replace the battery. Might track down a couple of SIMMs. Would they replace 2 x 1 MB SIMMS to bring it to the 10MB ceiling?
I'm not overly concerned at bringing the machine online to the internet, but I was more concerned with sharing files etc, bringing files over from my VMac hard drive.
Does it read the full 500GB share? What size does it report it as? Would be amazed if this old mac could read such a large drive, when the contemporary FAT16 had a limit of 2GB :O
Sounds like a great setup you have there, must have took a bit of tweaking to get it all set up, but worth the end result
I'm hoping to use mine for simple games, some productivity (for example, it would be nice to type letters on as it has a brilliant keyboard, then transfer the .cwk / .doc to another machine for printing / emailing).
I was also hoping to use a DB application to store recipes in, and maybe it could live / holiday in the kitchen. Clarisworks though only allows a single line text field to be displayed on their simple DB app. More for address fields etc. than full blown recipe / ingredient lists.
Thank you all for being so helpful. I hope to post pictures (probably after the move) and let you know how I am getting on with it
) and packing etc. I didn't get a chance to peer at the innards of the Classic 2.protocol7 thanks for confirming it could boot without a battery.
phreakout I'll investigate maybe setting up a couple of modems. The G4 Mini has a built in modem and OS9. Might be the best bet.
Would a Parallel port zip drive be compatible with a Classic 2? Could be another option. I have a VMac HD full of apps and games that it would be nice to see executing "properly"
beachycove, thank you for a great intricate reply
I have read elsewhere on the net that capacitors on the 68k machines can go.
How would I know if a capacitor is dead? Is there a tell tale leakage?
Would need a steady soldering hand I would imagine.
I am getting sound though. I know what you mean regarding the sound, my last Mac Classic had dull sounding sound, barely audible, definitely had a problem.
The Classic 2 has surprisingly sharp sound. On the diagonal wallpaper / grey screen it plays a nice 8 note death chime, but when it boots properly it chimes like a mac should, the startup sound, the "eeps" etc. that can be selected from the control panel, all good
Wouldn't do any harm to replace the battery. Might track down a couple of SIMMs. Would they replace 2 x 1 MB SIMMS to bring it to the 10MB ceiling?
I'm not overly concerned at bringing the machine online to the internet, but I was more concerned with sharing files etc, bringing files over from my VMac hard drive.
Does it read the full 500GB share? What size does it report it as? Would be amazed if this old mac could read such a large drive, when the contemporary FAT16 had a limit of 2GB :O
Sounds like a great setup you have there, must have took a bit of tweaking to get it all set up, but worth the end result
I'm hoping to use mine for simple games, some productivity (for example, it would be nice to type letters on as it has a brilliant keyboard, then transfer the .cwk / .doc to another machine for printing / emailing).
I was also hoping to use a DB application to store recipes in, and maybe it could live / holiday in the kitchen. Clarisworks though only allows a single line text field to be displayed on their simple DB app. More for address fields etc. than full blown recipe / ingredient lists.
Thank you all for being so helpful. I hope to post pictures (probably after the move) and let you know how I am getting on with it