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SE/30 Common Fixable problems — #6

So you CAN use a modern IDE drive with a SCSI adapter BUT you must have an Apple hard drive regardless otherwise it will not work, correct? Click to expand... No. If you use …
68kMLA Networking by trag Tue, 2 Feb 2010 - 20:01

SE/30 Common Fixable problems — #5

So you CAN use a modern IDE drive with a SCSI adapter BUT you must have an Apple hard drive regardless otherwise it will not work, correct? Click to expand... you just need har…
68kMLA Networking by jukingeo Tue, 2 Feb 2010 - 17:04

SE/30 Common Fixable problems — #4

So you CAN use a modern IDE drive with a SCSI adapter BUT you must have an Apple hard drive regardless otherwise it will not work, correct? Click to expand... you just need har…
68kMLA Networking by Osgeld Tue, 2 Feb 2010 - 15:08

4x Quadra 9xx — #10

Damn those are nice. It´s quite hard to find those 9xx machines over here in .eu if you don´t want to pay a truckload of €€€. 40€ for those four boxes... that´s what I paid for my…
68kMLA Hardware by Bolle Tue, 2 Feb 2010 - 15:07

SE/30 Common Fixable problems — #3

Hello Trag, The most common failure we're currently reading about in the forums for the SE/30 is leaking electrolytic capacitors on the logic board causing what is termed si…
68kMLA Networking by jukingeo Tue, 2 Feb 2010 - 14:58

4x Quadra 9xx — #9

- @Bunsen: these Quadras were used in some graphic studio ... I paid for each 10 EUR ... - @ppuskari; ah, thanks for that, I worried what takes them so long to boot - @Unknown_…
68kMLA Hardware by Unknown_K Tue, 2 Feb 2010 - 10:25

4x Quadra 9xx — #8

Holy hell...not one, not two, but FOUR 900 series Quadras! Great score...10 euros a pop, not bad, especially with the bits they have. As for the WGS 95, I'd say someone's cherry p…
68kMLA Hardware by LCGuy Tue, 2 Feb 2010 - 08:48

4x Quadra 9xx — #7

- @Bunsen: these Quadras were used in some graphic studio ... I paid for each 10 EUR ... - @ppuskari; ah, thanks for that, I worried what takes them so long to boot - @Unknown…
68kMLA Hardware by slomacuser Tue, 2 Feb 2010 - 07:40

Offering of my services to the 68kmla community — #20

Not sure if I mentioned, but I'm willing to give any logic board a shot, not just SE/30s. If you have IIfx or different with caps needing replacing, I'll give it my best. PM me a…
68kMLA Hardware by phreakout Tue, 2 Feb 2010 - 06:02

Disconnecting CRT from powerboard — #19

that's counter intuitive but makes since |) Click to expand... Me too, you would think if something might break, the last thing you would want to do is put and leave any kin…
68kMLA Hardware by wally Tue, 2 Feb 2010 - 05:03

Disconnecting CRT from powerboard — #18

That attaching band is built in as part of the CRT isn't it? I would think any replacement you get will have one included. Click to expand... Yep. Proper replacements come wit…
68kMLA Hardware by wally Tue, 2 Feb 2010 - 04:49

Conquest: Blue G3 — #15

A B&W is a new world ROM Mac so it doesn't have the 8GB limit, but it does have a 128GB limit to a HD on the internal controller. A rev 1 ATA controller chip will be flaky …
68kMLA Hardware by H3NRY Tue, 2 Feb 2010 - 04:45

Disconnecting CRT from powerboard — #17

The metal band around the CRT is more than a means to secure the four corner mounting lugs. It is an implosion resisting band applied and tensioned by the CRT manufacturer to many …
68kMLA Hardware by Osgeld Tue, 2 Feb 2010 - 04:10

4x Quadra 9xx — #6

Very nice, I love the 950 series (have 5 myself). Odd seeing a real WGS95 without the DAT drive, did it still have the PDS SCSI card installed and the optional 5 drive tray? You a…
68kMLA Hardware by Unknown_K Tue, 2 Feb 2010 - 03:59

Disconnecting CRT from powerboard — #16

Does your replacement CRT lack a band or something? Click to expand... I don't have a replacement CRT but I want to save the frame and attaching band in case I find one that do…
68kMLA Hardware by stevep Tue, 2 Feb 2010 - 03:57

Offering of my services to the 68kmla community — #19

I suppose that might make me fire up the se/30 in the garage.. I really need to bring all my macs inside the basement... I had a climate controlled storage area that I recently qui…
68kMLA Hardware by ppuskari Tue, 2 Feb 2010 - 03:16

4x Quadra 9xx — #5

Very Very nice Conquest there! Those are worthy of MY basement } The Thunder II card with the dsps are very nice in this class of machine as well. With 256megs of ram I bet i…
68kMLA Hardware by ppuskari Tue, 2 Feb 2010 - 02:44

Conquest: Blue G3 — #14

Well, that certainly makes sense. That would sound like a video card fail in OSX. I really need to install my bigger hd in the b&w and set things up much better to my lik…
68kMLA Hardware by ppuskari Tue, 2 Feb 2010 - 02:40

Disconnecting CRT from powerboard — #15

...I want to save the frame and attaching band in case I find one that doesn't have it... Click to expand... The metal band around the CRT is more than a means to secure the fo…
68kMLA Hardware by wally Tue, 2 Feb 2010 - 02:35

4x Quadra 9xx — #3

That's ... awesome! I know you've had trouble finding old Macs near you, which makes it doubly awesome. How did you find these?
68kMLA Hardware by Bunsen Tue, 2 Feb 2010 - 01:57

4x Quadra 9xx — #2

Well what are you waiting for?! Get started on your super-computing cluster!
68kMLA Hardware by Dog Cow Mon, 1 Feb 2010 - 22:32

4x Quadra 9xx — #1

WGS 95 has 48 RAM, Q950 has PPC upgrade 601-100 MHz, full 256 RAM, the other two didn't boot, one had sad bong and other probably PSU problem.
68kMLA Hardware by slomacuser Mon, 1 Feb 2010 - 22:28

SE/30 VRAM Capacity W/ 24 Bit Addressing? — #1

Under 24 bit addressing there is 1M of address space assigned to each Slot. Does that mean that a video card would be limited to 1 MB of VRAM when using 24 bit addressing? Or i…
68kMLA Hardware by trag Mon, 1 Feb 2010 - 21:26

Disconnecting CRT from powerboard — #14

Not sure if you're already past this part... The suction cup and red (usually red) cable to the side of the CRT is an integral part of the flyback transformer. If you wish to re…
68kMLA Hardware by trag Mon, 1 Feb 2010 - 20:35
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