Yes but the one near the processor Lights up and then turns off. This makes me think its the processor. Well whatever if it is. At the lab we have a few 350MHZ ZIFs How do you res…

(or see if anyone on here has a rom flasher and is willing to make some for you)

er... get a ROM flasher and some ROM chips, and make ROMs?

I have a dead Macintosh Plus (early non-Platinum) just sitting here. I think for the most part a lot of it works, despite the PSU being a little bit flaky due to bad joints and the…

Hmm, I tested it with some RAM and it did the same. No display. Just powers up HDs and Drives.There are many lights on the Mobo. Click to expand... Are the motherboard lights g…

Where do you search on Freecycle (what area)? Click to expand... Youngstown Freecycle is where I look, havn't been lucky there in a while nor have I posted in a while looking. …

Hmm, I tested it with some RAM and it did the same. No display. Just powers up HDs and Drives. There are many lights on the Mobo.

I have a 7300 180mhz with 552MB (4x 128MB, 1x16MB, 3x 8MB) RAM and a 2GB SCSI and 7200 120mhz with 2GB and probably 32MB RAM. Both are basically useless to me so hopefully they're …

Not a Mac per se, but were it not for my wife I would probably still have my Motorola StarMax 4000 MT PCI Mac clone. Fantastic machine IMO. I was very pleased with it for the tim…

To my mind, the PCI Macs are at the point that Nubus Macs were at about a decade ago. They're cheap or free to pick up, and as the standard is now deprecated, you can pick up inte…

i am considering buying a new battery and a 500mhz cpu for the pismo. 3 questions: 1) will i notice a considerable difference in speed between the 400mhz cpu and a 500mhz cpu (both…

I finally got around and put in a new battery: it did the trick. No more double chime/reboot.

I recently scored a ZIP drive for mine for $5! Click to expand... What is the deal with the price of Pismo ZIP drives? I've been looking off and on for one, but they seem to co…

i am considering buying a new battery and a 500mhz cpu for the pismo. 3 questions: 1) will i notice a considerable difference in speed between the 400mhz cpu and a 500mhz cpu (bot…

Can't say I ever seen a complete computer out on trash day / but they do tend to end up on freecycle. Click to expand... I've never seen a computer on the curb here either (Spr…

OK, guys, nice posts, but let's get with the program! THIS THREAD is for Mac Portable piccies/info, especially pic of clear ProtoLuggables! Let's post OTHER Topics covering whichev…

Yup! I got one in mine

Ebay seller macmetex is still stocking the 540c 33MHz CPU modules for like a buck for two. They're a drop-in replacement, and he's a reliable guy. Click to expand... That modul…

About 10 years ago someone was selling an LC prototype case. I remember wishing I had the money for it. It was transparent green and pink. It had two floppy drive slots. It did…

Here are some Mac prototype pics. Click to expand... But they're just imagination, not real.

Here are some Mac prototype pics.

I'd probably suggest starting with one of those development boards that has a VGA plug on it so you can really wrap your brain around how video generation works on those things. It…

The Prop doesn't use interrupts, BUT by monitoring the clear pin on the shift register I could fake it. I need to start prototyping. Something tells me this will be easier than I …

Um, thats a segmented cd image. I have a .dsk diskset of 7.6 and the 7.6.1 update, complete with disk tools disks. PMming

When I worked on ditabeardmemo's board, I made sure to check the battery out. It was reading about 3.67 to 3.68 Vdc. So his battery isn't the issue. I also reset the PRAM while …