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Hi, been trying to get my 'newly' re-capped Mac Se/30 to fire up with a either its existing internal 40MB SC OS 7.1 (which worked pre-recapping) or a new (refur…
· 7 posts · started 13 Nov 2015 - 08:34 · last 23 Nov 2015 - 10:59
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I was wondering. Is there enough power on a SCSI cable that if you used an EL Wire it'd glow? I've seen SCSI terminators that light up an LED. Would be cool if …
· 11 posts · started 4 Nov 2015 - 17:02 · last 22 Nov 2015 - 21:23
Troubleshooting
Has anyone got a manual for the Outbound 125, that either they would be willing to send me, or copy, whether via scanning, or just phone camera photos of each p…
· 1 posts · started 22 Nov 2015 - 20:03 · last 22 Nov 2015 - 20:03
Hardware
Hey there! Have an odd question and am wondering if it is at all possible. I have a dead Macintosh IIci that has been recapped but still does not want to boot. …
· 27 posts · started 13 Sep 2015 - 13:39 · last 22 Nov 2015 - 19:58
Hardware
Hello all... So I have replaced in my Lisa's the Power Supply and Video Board caps.. including the X2 film caps... many of mine were cracked... (not good)... at…
· 3 posts · started 2 Sep 2015 - 20:13 · last 22 Nov 2015 - 04:51
PowerPC
I've just gotten a Power Macintosh 7300 but I can't get it to start up. When I press the start button the LED blinks once then nothing happens. Does anyone know…
· 3 posts · started 20 Nov 2015 - 15:19 · last 21 Nov 2015 - 16:01
Peripherals
Just in case anyone is ever looking for the driver for this touchscreen window I figured I'd just post this.. I was not able to find it anywhere online and then…
· 7 posts · started 20 Nov 2015 - 17:59 · last 21 Nov 2015 - 05:56
Software
Latest addition to my collection! Unfortunately purchased slightly too late from a recycler, the smashed screen, surround and drives had been disposed of but th…
· 3 posts · started 17 Nov 2015 - 08:09 · last 20 Nov 2015 - 01:30
Troubleshooting
I have a G4 A1138 that works except for the backlight (shining a flashlight shows the apple logo on the screen and text from a bad boot crash). I just replaced …
· 5 posts · started 21 Oct 2015 - 01:42 · last 18 Nov 2015 - 22:47
PowerPC
Picked up a couple of XRAIDs. Couldn’t resist, they had 14 500gb ATA drives each. I bought them for the drives but I may try getting one going. I do have some F…
· 6 posts · started 16 Nov 2015 - 18:52 · last 18 Nov 2015 - 22:45
Hardware
I recently purchased an SE w/ Superdrive locally for $30. This computer has dual 1.44 floppy drives and has an internal 30meg HD (after opening up the machine i…
· 19 posts · started 6 Nov 2015 - 17:03 · last 18 Nov 2015 - 22:16
Hardware
Does anyone have a cap list for the SE-30 analog board? I found this one here, and I think the analog boards are the same between SE and SE-30 Macintosh SE Anal…
· 1 posts · started 18 Nov 2015 - 18:20 · last 18 Nov 2015 - 18:20
Software
I observe: in a compact disc published in 1997, its Apple Partition Map is named MRKS. Partition map (with 512 byte blocks) on 'mike_mulligan.cdr' #: type name …
· 3 posts · started 12 Nov 2015 - 23:55 · last 17 Nov 2015 - 17:46
68k
Hi, i am working on the MIST port of the great Plus Too Project (http://www.bigmessowires.com/category/plustoo/). I am currently working on SCSI. It's mainly do…
· 3 posts · started 11 Nov 2015 - 09:04 · last 16 Nov 2015 - 20:26
Development
So back in high school I took a class in Pascal. I enjoyed it. The thought has entered my mind that it could be fun to tinker around with programming in Pascal …
· 3 posts · started 16 Nov 2015 - 01:31 · last 16 Nov 2015 - 17:49
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So I was looking at the System 7 source code, when I saw this Makefile. (Surrounding it is the dbLite, the PB Duo 210; SuperMario, a universal 68k ROM; and a un…
· 5 posts · started 15 Nov 2015 - 23:40 · last 16 Nov 2015 - 04:50
Troubleshooting
I decided to try putting more memory into my Mac II (currently at 8MB). I purchasd 4 4MB PAL SIMMs from MemoryTen and dropped them into Bank B. The first time I…
· 13 posts · started 27 Jun 2015 - 06:39 · last 16 Nov 2015 - 04:26
PowerPC
I acquired this in a lot of boards a few months ago. Any idea what it is? I've tried googling the part number but couldn't find anything.
· 12 posts · started 24 Jun 2015 - 19:41 · last 15 Nov 2015 - 23:09
PowerPC
Hi, I'm writing an operating system for PowerPC Macs in order to be able to reuse them with an OS adapted to the modern world as far as possible. It will be a d…
· 44 posts · started 10 Nov 2015 - 10:50 · last 15 Nov 2015 - 20:11
Hardware
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00C7W5L44?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00 off brand #40 developer by the gallon { "lightbox…
· 71 posts · started 23 Sep 2015 - 20:52 · last 15 Nov 2015 - 04:21
Troubleshooting
I recently recapped and refurbished an SE/30 to the point where the sound is loud and clear, and everything else seems to work great except for the display itse…
· 15 posts · started 29 Oct 2015 - 21:35 · last 14 Nov 2015 - 22:30
Peripherals
I have recently acquired a PowerBook 540c. As so many of us have found, the case plastics are so feeble as to not reliably stand up to disassembly of the machin…
· 4 posts · started 12 Nov 2015 - 22:36 · last 13 Nov 2015 - 19:04
Troubleshooting
Hi; I'm in the process of saving some old macs; I've encountered a difficult issue: only a specific MiniScribe 20mb hard drive works on a se/30. If I try anothe…
· 9 posts · started 11 Nov 2015 - 22:35 · last 13 Nov 2015 - 17:30
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