My 12" PB is on the fritz again. The optical drive died a while back and I was able to use FWTDM to reinstall, etc, etc. I just got the flashing ? again now, but I can't reinstall…

You must be thinking about the original Wallstreets because the rev 2 models did fit the whole screen in 640x480 and 800x600 modes on the LCD (you were stuck with 1024x768 on the o…

Never hurts to order spares, as they are inexpensive and easily lost. Click to expand... Good point. I'll hold off until I know what's inside but I'll probably order some extra…

Alright, Tom replied. Should I buy one for $35 shipped?

Try writing to Tom Owad, who wrote the article I linked. A few years back he had crates of the things, NIB, which he couldn't get rid of. Rid of which he could not get. Whatever…

It's been a while so my memory may be fuzzy, but I got my first Mac at work in Nov '83, and bought my own Mac in May '84. A bit later Apple came out with the first 3.5" Apple][ dri…

I make no guarantees, and this is the advice of an inveterate packrat. Grabbing half a system "just in case" the other half turns up is the precipice of the slippery slope to craz…

I like my B&W's but thats around the time Apple went trendy with form over function. Click to expand... / such gimmicky computers as the iMac & Cube (?) etc, b…

I just got a Classic II and it seems I might need to replace the caps too. I haven't the tools to open it yet so I don't know what's inside. What capacitors (type and quantity) wou…

THAT'S THE ONE! / VGA port?? Click to expand... IIRC it was only made in Blueberry / it shipped with a standard VGA connector Click to expand... Later models were also colo…

There is something cool about beige macs, I like my B&W's but thats around the time Apple went trendy with form over function. Click to expand... That'd be the effect …

The original Classic was released as part of a line-up which also included the LC and the IIsi. All three of the machines were intended for the low-budget market: Classic as the ch…

I find it odd how Apple went from expandable SE/SE30's to a Classic 2 with no expansion whatsoever. Click to expand... Maybe stupid, but not odd. There's a simple explanation w…

I just got a Classic II and it seems I might need to replace the caps too. I haven't the tools to open it yet so I don't know what's inside. What capacitors (type and quantity) wou…

Basically when state entities such as universities, schools, offices, etc get finished with things like desks, chairs, projectors, computers, and so on they enter the surplus syste…

I just got a Classic II and it seems I might need to replace the caps too. I haven't the tools to open it yet so I don't know what's inside. What capacitors (type and quantity) wou…

It did not expand the lower resolutions to fit the display, it just displayed the resolutions using only one real pixel per one visible pixel and had massive black borders around t…

Ditto } What is this "surplus" of which you speak?

A 128 can read & write to an 800K external drive. A 1.4 drive won't work. When I got my Mac in 1984, one of the first upgrades I made was to stick an 800K mechanism from an…

Yeah, I remember back in 1999 I went to an Apple Roadshow event they had here, where they used to demo the new stuff that had recently come out (in this case, it was the slot load …

The second generation Wallstreets were the ones that could drop video down to 640x480 and 800x600 if needed (a bit blocky at 640x480). Click to expand... It did not expand the …

A 128 can read & write to an 800K external drive. A 1.4 drive won't work. When I got my Mac in 1984, one of the first upgrades I made was to stick an 800K mechanism from an…

The two major issues with compacts is capacitors dying and screen burn/focus problems. I find it odd how Apple went from expandable SE/SE30's to a Classic 2 with no expansion what…

The Classic II is a great little unit. Very sleek looking for a basic box. Very usable for a lot of writing jobs. Adding a newer harddrive will speed things along. When you d…

Well, I'VE got a PB100 trick up MY SLEEVE too! It seems, in their infinite idiocy, that Epson left out support for the 68000 when they wrote the drivers for the original Epson Sty…