With ROM, it skips the "real" A0 and A1. This is because each address on the address bus is sent to all 4 ROM chips. Because there are 4 8-bit ROM chips, each address requested f…
68kMLAHardwareby Dennis NedrySun, 28 Feb 2010 - 08:19
MicroQuadraFeetsMacs™ are awesome conquests even without all those wonderful memories!
So I wish you the best of luck in restoring your newfound "old friend" and may you have …
68kMLAHardwareby Trash80toHP_MiniSun, 28 Feb 2010 - 04:31
Not ALL that amazing, AFAIK, but I got some pretty neat stuff, I'm a very happy camper! :rambo:
Here's all the new IRS Funded Goodies arranged on the MacCoffeeTable™ I've ment…
68kMLAHardwareby Trash80toHP_MiniSun, 28 Feb 2010 - 04:14
Here we go. According to my notes, I have a PM9100/120 S/N XB51800V4US, a WGS9150/120 and a WGS9150/80 S/N XC44405V36R in the attic. I kind of wonder if the first two listings …
UPDATE:
Today I solved the problem with my Mac IIci. It is fully-functional off of Built-In ROM. Address Line 16 was damaged UNDERNEATH the battery holder. A battery had explode…
I have an 80MHz version. It was crashing at random intervals, but I applied some new thermal paste to its 601 and now runs like a champ. I also put a PDS AV card in it, which reall…
UPDATE:
Today I solved the problem with my Mac IIci. It is fully-functional off of Built-In ROM. Address Line 16 was damaged UNDERNEATH the battery holder. A battery had explod…
68kMLAHardwareby Dennis NedrySun, 28 Feb 2010 - 00:54
I just scored the first Mac I ever used! My best friends Quadra 605, that he received for Christmas 1993. Neither he or I have seen or used the computer in over 12 years. Long stor…
Thanks! Definitely a lot of good memories associated with this computer. It was a year before I was able to get a computer of my own, so I was at my friends just about every day! …
The fabled Power Macintosh Plus DOES EXIST!
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The entry level model was the last of the 68K "Macintosh Más" produced from 1991 to 1996. B…
68kMLATroubleshootingby Mac128Sat, 27 Feb 2010 - 22:05
Congratulations!
It really is a fun feeling to recover a computer that has memories associated with it.
Plus, The Quadra 605 is a nice machine. Good luck restoring it to working …
68kMLAHardwareby funkytoadSat, 27 Feb 2010 - 19:37
I just scored the first Mac I ever used! My best friends Quadra 605, that he received for Christmas 1993. Neither he or I have seen or used the computer in over 12 years. Long stor…
hell even early G3s have trouble decoding DVDs.
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Add a Wired4DVD card and even a PPC601 or PPC604 can play DVDs well. It's a PCI card though
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I think for a while Apple had a plant in India where they churned out LCIIs, near the plant that churned out 1950's Morris Minors long after they were discontinued. Ask any PC sysa…
68kMLATroubleshootingby LCGuySat, 27 Feb 2010 - 07:12
How about US $116.68 with free shipping?
8.4" TFT LCD TV Monitor AV Player with VGA - 800 x 600 4:3
If you look in the SuperDuo thread in Hacks, I link to an ebay store …
I think you meant 1986 and 1987. That would be COOL to have a Mac Plus from 1997!
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Nope. Didn't you know that Apple had a factory in Mexico next to the Volks…
68kMLATroubleshootingby Dennis NedrySat, 27 Feb 2010 - 03:10
I think you meant 1986 and 1987. That would be COOL to have a Mac Plus from 1997!
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Nope. Didn't you know that Apple had a factory in Mexico next to the Volks…
68kMLATroubleshootingby Mac128Sat, 27 Feb 2010 - 02:35
The SCSI port is run through the battery cover.
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Yup. Classic Dove MacSnap (most likely). Requires 800K disk upgrade and 128K ROMs.
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How can they yellow?
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Only the 1996 Pluses. The entire Apple line switched to corporate Platinum by 1997
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I think you meant 1986 and 1987.…
68kMLATroubleshootingby JDWFri, 26 Feb 2010 - 23:37
Something like this would work. 8" VGA LCD panel. I thought about buying one of these, but I haven't drummed up the courage.
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That would indeed work. The pr…
I'll respond because you called out *all* PB 165c owners.
The screen is usable. I've worked on it quite a bit. Unfortunately, it's the only color passive matrix screen I own (o…