There is a (blue) wire soldered between the aluminium 'can' (looks like an oscillator - located by the power plug on the board) and the small square chip next to it. The capacitor…

Perhaps its a very early production model, and there was a part shortage at the time this machine was built? Or perhaps it could be a *very* late prototype? Does the board differ t…

Hi all, just bought a(nother) SE/30 on ebay, so I can practise with my imminent capacitor replacement for my 'proper' SE/30 running A/UX. The monitor's a bit ghosty and there's no …

What other resolutions does the LCD support? The Performa x2xx/x3xx internal video does not support 1024x768 - only 640x480, 800x600 and 832x624. If the display only supports 1024x…

butbutbut...the red one is even called "redline", which means it HAS to be fast - if you go past the redline, you blow the engine

Interesting - I thought that ALL PowerBooks use the keyboard as a part of the cooling system. Click to expand... The black covering on the pismo keyboard that melts when it get…

So I have a Classic II with 4 mb of RAM. I got it open (finally) removed the old memory and installed 2 4mb 30 pin SIMMs. I power up the Mac, go to "About This Macintosh" and it …

So I have a Classic II with 4 mb of RAM. I got it open (finally) removed the old memory and installed 2 4mb 30 pin SIMMs. I power up the Mac, go to "About This Macintosh" and it …

Computers back then were designed for office use and not home use correct (TV interference wasn't a major concern). Click to expand... Not true, most MICRO-Computers were desig…

I doubt this applies but my powermac is a real pita about VGA too, if you start that machine up without a monitor plugged in it defaults to the tv out, which means you gotta hook i…

So my Performa 6214 won't output video to my VGA screen. I know this adapter is good and it worked intermittentley on another screen, the screen I am trying to use is a 15" 1024x76…

Computers back then were designed for office use and not home use correct (TV interference wasn't a major concern).

I fixed the problem of the CRT not outputting Edge to Edge image, there is a small know on the back. WackyMacs: I won't solder [incorrectly ] this machine this is so far my mos…

I started at that exact same screen for 15 years yes there should be a knob on it somewhere to make it black again, altho it might be inside, if memory serves me correct there wer…

That keyboard also lacked an escape key, control key, numeric keypad (though you could buy an external one)...it was truly a "keyboard for the rest of us"!!!

Dude, let me take an inventory on my vintage stuff. Since I am downsizing my 68k/early-PPC stuff, I may end up having more adapters than I really have use for. I'm getting to the…

Yep, manuals meant a lot more back then than they do now, that's for certain.

I'm sorry to say the orange goes faster. It also looks better. //wthww

That's a very nice system. Just a friendly word of advice, please don't go soldering any joints together.

Also there were no arrow keys on the 512k Keyboard 8-o [] ]'>

One Sunny morning in Hopewell NJ, Me an my dad went out to breakfast. As we were driving, we took the wrong road... As we drove along that [wrong] road we noticed it was yard sale …

I have the 840avs now. Well... They are sitting in the kitchen. However, at this point they are useless since i have no adapter for the video, neither a monitor to use it with. I…

The Powertoggle works with a normal slot adapter and AV video card, but not with my Sonnet upgrade card and the same video card. It chimes fine with the Sonnet card, but I get no …

The black covering on the pismo keyboard that melts when it gets hot is part of cooling? Click to expand... Totally, same for the Lombard.

Interesting - I thought that ALL PowerBooks use the keyboard as a part of the cooling system. Click to expand... The black covering on the pismo keyboard that melts when it get…