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How easy is it to add a HD to an SE dual-floppy? — #5

The Logic board is in better condition than yours, but has some leaky caps.. This may be fixable with a nice Wash, Click to expand... No, it will not, the capacitors need to be…
68kMLA Hardware by MacJunky Mon, 27 Jul 2009 - 20:59

How easy is it to add a HD to an SE dual-floppy? — #4

Hows the analog board on that Classic 2? I have a Classic 2 with a bad analog board. The Logic board is in better condition than yours, but has some leaky caps.. This may be fixabl…
68kMLA Hardware by Mars478 Mon, 27 Jul 2009 - 20:44

10.2 Install Disk 1 — #10

Wow interesting! I have heard things about 10.2.8 being bad. And also 10.2.7, what happened to it? On my graphite clamshell I used a 9.1 disk and then updated to 9.2.2, I then wi…
68kMLA PowerPC by Mars478 Mon, 27 Jul 2009 - 20:34

10.2 Install Disk 1 — #9

Yeah they still have 9.2.2 on their servers! I updated my Graphite clamshell to 9.2.2. Click to expand... Not all 9.2.2s are equal ... but there is a note here about squeezing …
68kMLA PowerPC by equill Mon, 27 Jul 2009 - 19:22

Mac Plus won't recognize! — #6

Porter's question is a particularly relevant one. The Mac Plus does not supply termination power. Termination resistors perform two functions -- they reduce transmission-line refle…
68kMLA Hardware by tomlee59 Mon, 27 Jul 2009 - 19:18

10.2 Install Disk 1 — #8

I believe that 10.2.8 can run up to iTunes 6. http://mac.oldapps.com/
68kMLA PowerPC by MrMacPlus Mon, 27 Jul 2009 - 18:37

Mac Plus won't recognize! — #5

"SCSI bus is not responding. Check that devices are connected and powered up." Click to expand... Have you gone through the termination options? What does SCSI-probe say?
68kMLA Hardware by porter Mon, 27 Jul 2009 - 16:42

10.2 Install Disk 1 — #7

Yeah they still have 9.2.2 on their servers! I updated my Graphite clamshell to 9.2.2. Oooo I was wondering where iTunes was!
68kMLA PowerPC by Mars478 Mon, 27 Jul 2009 - 14:23

Powermac g5 dual 2ghz — #4

You need those fans. Get them. NOW. Unless you like roasted G5 for dinner. Also you can use an older Rage128 or any other Mac compatible PCI card just for testing purposes. I …
68kMLA PowerPC by Temetka Mon, 27 Jul 2009 - 13:48

Mac Plus won't recognize! — #4

I tried using Silverlining version 5.5, and when I try to "Select Drive..." from the File menu, I get... "SCSI bus is not responding. Check that devices are connected and powered…
68kMLA Hardware by Yoshihide Mon, 27 Jul 2009 - 12:11

10.2 Install Disk 1 — #6

A lot of the stuff for 10.2 will probably be on their website for years to come. You can still update 9.x through the System Update utility, and there are all sorts of 7/8 era down…
68kMLA PowerPC by Cory5412 Mon, 27 Jul 2009 - 06:09

How easy is it to add a HD to an SE dual-floppy? — #3

I'd say the capacitors have gone on the Classic II motherboard...you can either replace the caps yourself and keep using the Classic II, or trade/give the machine to someone else o…
68kMLA Hardware by LCGuy Mon, 27 Jul 2009 - 05:37

How easy is it to add a HD to an SE dual-floppy? — #2

Yes, swapping out one of the floppy drives is really simple. Every Mac SE has an internal SCSI port on the motherboard for an internal HD, you just need a mounting bracket (heck, y…
68kMLA Hardware by Flamingtoasters Mon, 27 Jul 2009 - 04:56

How easy is it to add a HD to an SE dual-floppy? — #1

Now that I've got a long Torx-15 screw driver, I'm having a lot more fun in the repair shop with my old Macs. I finally got to see why my Classic II was presenting only a Simasi-M…
68kMLA Hardware by System6+Vista Mon, 27 Jul 2009 - 04:48

Mac Plus won't recognize! — #3

The SCSI port of the Plus needed an HDD formatted for 1:3 interleave, ie a drive slowed down in data acquisition rate. Silverlining 5.8.x gives more control over such matters as b…
68kMLA Hardware by equill Sun, 26 Jul 2009 - 19:59

10.2 Install Disk 1 — #5

Yeah i'll try to find the other disks. They will probably start obsoleting those programs.
68kMLA PowerPC by Mars478 Sun, 26 Jul 2009 - 18:50

10.2 Install Disk 1 — #4

Get them while you can. I can't abide having a computer that I can't write my own programs on. I managed to find Apple's X11 on X for Jaguar. It took a bit of searching mind you.
68kMLA PowerPC by porter Sun, 26 Jul 2009 - 17:52

Mac Plus won't recognize! — #2

Boot from a floppy and run SCSI probe to have a look at the bus and see if it's advertising itself. You have two problems... 1. As I understand it the Mac Plus requires drives th…
68kMLA Hardware by porter Sun, 26 Jul 2009 - 17:44

10.2 Install Disk 1 — #3

Now get XCode and X11... Click to expand... I see what you did there... Actually, Apple still provides the 10.2 dev tools IIRC. For X there's always XDarwin or whatever it …
68kMLA PowerPC by MrMacPlus Sun, 26 Jul 2009 - 17:36

Mac Plus won't recognize! — #1

I'm trying to connect a SCSI HD to the Mac Plus, but for some reason, it's not recognizing it. Actually, it's not even recognizing that the drive is connected. Not even an old ve…
68kMLA Hardware by Yoshihide Sun, 26 Jul 2009 - 17:26

10.2 Install Disk 1 — #1

So I was working on a client's Mac Mini, and I found a 10.2 Disk 1 in the CD Drive. I shot an email to the owner and he said that he had no use for that and that I could keep it. …
68kMLA PowerPC by Mars478 Sun, 26 Jul 2009 - 16:15

Macintosh SE Restoration — #9

Update: I have bought the SCSI-IDE adapter, and IDE-CF adapter. (actually 2 of each, my IIci will also be CF-driven). Meanwhile, I have also disassembled the SE's PSU, to find gold…
68kMLA Hardware by joshc Sun, 26 Jul 2009 - 11:07

Need opinions, dead 9600/350 — #6

I have a PM 9500 Motherboard that I am pretty sure works, but if you want it, it's Free+shipping to you from Omaha, NE 68132 USA Let me know
68kMLA Hardware by coius Sun, 26 Jul 2009 - 03:10
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