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Reconstructing Apple I BASIC from a Cassette Tape — #1

Folks, I don't think you can get any geekier than this. Retro reverse engineering: Reconstructing Apple I BASIC from a Cassette Tape If my wife ever found out that I found this S…
68kMLA Hardware by QuadSix50 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 - 00:40

MacOS 8.6 on "Sawtooth" G4 — #22

I've got 8.6 running on my 400 MHZ sawtooth. In college, I found a G3 Powerbook restore cd. I mounted the ASR image and copied the System Folder to an empty volume on my sawtooth. …
68kMLA Troubleshooting by theartesians Mon, 14 Jul 2008 - 03:25

Peeling Clamshell — #1

In the last week the rubber skin on my graphite clamshell has started peeling away from the bottom part of the case, where I tend to rest my palms. It's only a 2 inch section along…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by luddite Mon, 14 Jul 2008 - 02:04

Apple IIe - Pop pop, fizz fizz — #4

Replacement power supplies aren't all that hard to come by, but they'll usually cost you more than a complete IIe. I've heard that long periods of disuse cause this... if you have…
68kMLA Hardware by luddite Mon, 14 Jul 2008 - 01:59

Apple IIe - Pop pop, fizz fizz — #3

As everyone knows, electronics run on magic smoke. When the magic smoke escapes, they don't work any more.
68kMLA Hardware by Bunsen Sun, 13 Jul 2008 - 20:00

Apple IIe - Pop pop, fizz fizz — #2

I sell lots of IIe's and this only happened to one customer, I think it was caused by the aging caps in it, I was not there so I can not say for sure, another power supply should f…
68kMLA Hardware by Patnukem Sun, 13 Jul 2008 - 10:14

Apple IIe - Pop pop, fizz fizz — #1

Well that's something no user wants to hear. I picked up my Apple IIe at a recycling event today. I powered it up for the second time ever. Got it all hooked up to the monitor, got…
68kMLA Hardware by funkytoad Sun, 13 Jul 2008 - 08:46

Massive quest for everything PowerBook 2400c — #7

One of mine did the deathbead GLOD thing, where it would work sometimes and then degrade, before finally not cooperating at all. A new power board cured that problem. I figured tha…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by tomlee59 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 - 20:40

Dead G4 (Sawtooth) AGP — #6

all fixed now I had to press the magic reset button next to the pram battery and a phone call to macupgrades where I got the Sonnet 1.8Ghz prosessor and they advised to select the …
68kMLA Hardware by Retroman Fri, 11 Jul 2008 - 19:20

So, Beige G3's. — #33

... The longterm puzzle is to find a Gefen EXT-VGA-2-ADC adapter so that they can share a 17" ADC Studio Display. Click to expand... eBay's @#$%&* software fritzed on m…
68kMLA Hardware by equill Fri, 11 Jul 2008 - 11:51

Dead G4 (Sawtooth) AGP — #5

The PMU of the Sawtooth and later Macs is a little more all-encompassing than the PMUs of older PowerBooks. Newer PMUs are rather more wide-ranging, and Apple describes them as 'c…
68kMLA Hardware by equill Fri, 11 Jul 2008 - 11:18

Dead G4 (Sawtooth) AGP — #4

does that switch do the same or more ? Click to expand... Well, er, it didn't have a sign on it saying "Do not press this button".....
68kMLA Hardware by porter Fri, 11 Jul 2008 - 10:40

Dead G4 (Sawtooth) AGP — #3

I hit the reset button by the pram battery and it started to work ( well at least it's starting up now) I still got to figure out why Leopard is not booting what is that reset but…
68kMLA Hardware by Retroman Fri, 11 Jul 2008 - 10:32

Lisa and Mac Portable Parts in Australia — #4

The video output is an issue with the Processor, I did test with a good I/O Board. The machine won't power on without a good I/O i thought??? Click to expand... That's what I w…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by macdownunder Fri, 11 Jul 2008 - 09:55

Dead G4 (Sawtooth) AGP — #2

Start back tracking. My G3 B+W refused to start, I opened it up and there is a little reset switch on the motherboard, I pushed that and it burst into life. I disassembled the fro…
68kMLA Hardware by porter Fri, 11 Jul 2008 - 09:39

Dead G4 (Sawtooth) AGP — #1

I have G4 AGP (450Mhz) which I have just upgraded with a Sonnet Encore 1.8Ghz processor and I have been running it ok for about a week and a halve with tiger 10.4.11 with all the l…
68kMLA Hardware by Retroman Fri, 11 Jul 2008 - 09:26

Lisa and Mac Portable Parts in Australia — #3

The video output is an issue with the Processor, I did test with a good I/O Board. The machine won't power on without a good I/O i thought??? I repair power supplies for the Lisa,…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by digitalrampage Fri, 11 Jul 2008 - 09:18

Lisa and Mac Portable Parts in Australia — #2

Unfortunately, I don't have any spare I/O boards (I presume you mean the main I/O daughter card - not a parallel card for the expansion slots). The video out problem might just be…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by macdownunder Fri, 11 Jul 2008 - 08:23

So, Beige G3's. — #32

Gefen Click to expand... Griffin? with an 83MHz-rated Grackle and Rev. F ROM. So, it runs 416MHz on an 83MHz bus Click to expand... I wish I could find a beige wit…
68kMLA Hardware by Quadraman Thu, 10 Jul 2008 - 21:53

So, Beige G3's. — #31

I just caught up on this thread. I'm going to have to dig up some of my supposedly "dead" beige motherboards and try TechTool on them. Thanks for the tip Driverguru. Meanwhile: …
68kMLA Hardware by Bunsen Thu, 10 Jul 2008 - 15:12

Massive quest for everything PowerBook 2400c — #6

Thanks for all the responses! I have one 2400c completely disassembled, and have found one bad fuse out of like 11. I'll be looking into replacing that. Its the fuse right by the H…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by MrMacintosh Thu, 10 Jul 2008 - 07:18

Massive quest for everything PowerBook 2400c — #5

Now if only someone would come forward with a schematic for the power board, I would be really happy, as I could fix the dead ones I have without having to totally replace them. …
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Da Penguin Thu, 10 Jul 2008 - 02:02
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