I am about to replace my old leaky caps on my IIci but before I go ahead and order them from Trag I wanted to see if anyone knew whether or not mylar capacitors might be an option …

A broad (1"+) wood chisel can be used to pry the processor out of the socket, working slowly one side at a time. You don't hit it, you turn it like you might a screwdriver, and you…

I'm finally getting around to swapping the 68LC040 in my Q605 for a full 68040. I have a 68040 donor machine ready to go, put I have no experience pulling chips. Any advice on wher…

I use tape all the time for the vintage gear (archives).

Radius Rocks! I've been using their products since '87 and the one I love most is my 81/110 with the Radius VideoVision Studio Setup. I liked its design so much that I snagged a N…

I like the 81/110 Radius, and I own one. Still the tape drive in the WGS 8150 is nice, but I have externals so backup is not a problem.

The Radius is the greater rarity. WGServers are no different than ordinary Macs of the day, though both (?) machines likely have an extra large L2 cache. If it's 1MB, the chip alo…

I put the new 128MB module into my LC 575 and it registered fine, so I'll post the link if anyone else is interested. It's a darn good price, but there are only three left: http:/…

I have both of these, but only enough parts to max out one of them. The positives I see: Radius has internal fast SCSI and integrated video. WGS 8150 has a tape drive, is a bit …

Hmm... That is weird. I have my Sawtooth G4 maxed out with three HDs and it's DVD drive, Everything worked fine. I know yours is a quicksilver, but they're not that far apart. I h…

Switching both to cable select worked. Which is strange because I've always been told that optical drive buses on mac's weren't "smart" enough to know which is which and label them…

(I waited to post this until after I got back from vacation and could do some troubleshooting.) Just before leaving for CA, I received the G4, installed it in the B&W, and…

I get an address error. Can anyone help???

Any ideas on the spontaneous bootup and the lack of "influence" via the ADB? Could the power supply also have issues? I do have a spare but it is about the exact age as the other…

I install the CD Sunrise driver today with System 6.0.8 and when I stuck a CD in the drive I get a error of some sort (I can't remember right now). What else could I try? Thanks,…

JDW is quite correct -- poor focus is not caused by a logic board problem (except, perhaps, indirectly by loading the power supply; that possibility is quickly checked by simply me…

Oh, the WGS is the 'hub' of my new testbench. I have an AAUI-to-10BaseT adapter that has a built-in 3 port hub connected (so I don't need a dedicated hub on the testbench,) and ha…

So I just dug my Workgroup Server 7350 out of storage, and wanted to turn it into an actual production server again. Turns out the hard drive toasted itself. So I swapped in a ne…

Haven't noticed anything like that with my two 7300s. They see regular use, however (one is always running and the other is used a lot), so I don't know if that has anything to do …

That's one I've never heard of before

I have never had any caps "knocked off" when I have removed or inserted SE/30 logic boards. But I used to be a service tech for the now defunct MicroAge so I know how to exercise …

Dec. 31 /09 Almost New Years Eve: Thank you all good folks who replied to my problem. Phreakout (Joe), I enjoy your postscripts. Here's one I just made up: (Hey Joe, where you…

Really nice. The 605 is my favorite Quadra. I had one a while back as well as its cousin the LC 475.

Hello, everyone! Just a friendly note to send to all of you whom own a Macintosh with PCI expansion bus. Just this past week, I've found that all the bus slots on my Power Mac 75…

I'd say your assessment is correct, but that the cleaning (which had to happen) not only helped establish that, but also helped establish that the machine may otherwise be just fin…