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Screen Adjust on a Mac Classic? — #15

Not sure how it would get that way... maybe it was never perfect from the factory? Maybe the yoke screw clamp has loosened after 20 years? Click to expand... Since some of us a…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by shred Sun, 14 Feb 2010 - 10:07

Installing OS 9 on Clamshell iBook — #1

I wonder if anyone can help me here - I have an Indigo Clamshell and it appears the firmware is not the latest so I'm trying to update it. I have a 20gb hard drive with Tiger inst…
68kMLA Software by Hugh Sun, 14 Feb 2010 - 09:57

Screen Adjust on a Mac Classic? — #14

What parts of the monitor do I NOT want to touch when its running? I know the anode cap is a no-no, but what parts on the yoke? I assume the plastic ring the manual mentions to t…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by tomlee59 Sun, 14 Feb 2010 - 05:28

Screen Adjust on a Mac Classic? — #13

Scroll down a bit on this page and it shows the best way to discharge the CRT: http://www.biwa.ne.jp/~shamada/fullmac/repairEng.html Click to expand... Actually, that site gives…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by tomlee59 Sun, 14 Feb 2010 - 05:17

system 6 disk image issues — #5

Well after much ado I think I have these floppies for you and will be putting them out on share shortly for you to download. I made MacBinary versions, the raw disk image version,…
68kMLA Software by ppuskari Sun, 14 Feb 2010 - 05:13

Screen Adjust on a Mac Classic? — #12

I have adjusted dozens of yokes over the years. You can't adjust the yoke from the controls on the back of the Classic above the power switch (although there are plenty more settin…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Scott Baret Sun, 14 Feb 2010 - 05:00

Screen Adjust on a Mac Classic? — #11

What parts of the monitor do I NOT want to touch when its running? I know the anode cap is a no-no, but what parts on the yoke? I assume the plastic ring the manual mentions to t…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by aftermac Sun, 14 Feb 2010 - 02:27

Screen Adjust on a Mac Classic? — #10

What parts of the monitor do I NOT want to touch when its running? I know the anode cap is a no-no, but what parts on the yoke? I assume the plastic ring the manual mentions to t…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Tempest Sun, 14 Feb 2010 - 02:18

Screen Adjust on a Mac Classic? — #9

To adjust the tilt of the monitor you have to adjust the yoke on the back of the CRT. The adjustments section of the service manual explains how to do this: http://www.apple-collec…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by PowerPup Sun, 14 Feb 2010 - 02:02

Screen Adjust on a Mac Classic? — #8

Eek, I'm not sure I want to touch the yoke. That's seriously dangerous. Maybe I'll learn to live with it, it's not that bad... Tempest
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Tempest Sun, 14 Feb 2010 - 01:59

Screen Adjust on a Mac Classic? — #7

None of the pots adjust the tilt of the monitor. Click to expand... How do you suppose it got that way, then? Also, are we talking about a tilted screen image, or a physical ti…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by aftermac Sun, 14 Feb 2010 - 00:11

Screen Adjust on a Mac Classic? — #6

None of the pots adjust the tilt of the monitor. Click to expand... How do you suppose it got that way, then? Also, are we talking about a tilted screen image, or a physical ti…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Dog Cow Sun, 14 Feb 2010 - 00:00

Screen Adjust on a Mac Classic? — #5

I know on earlier macs there were some adjust pots on the side of one of the boards (next to the monitor). Click to expand... Yes, but you might not need to open the case. Read…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by aftermac Sat, 13 Feb 2010 - 23:53

Screen Adjust on a Mac Classic? — #4

I know on earlier macs there were some adjust pots on the side of one of the boards (next to the monitor). Click to expand... Yes, but you might not need to open the case. Read…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Dog Cow Sat, 13 Feb 2010 - 23:45

Screen Adjust on a Mac Classic? — #3

To adjust the tilt of the monitor you have to adjust the yoke on the back of the CRT. The adjustments section of the service manual explains how to do this: http://www.apple-collec…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Mars478 Sat, 13 Feb 2010 - 23:43

Apple//e — #14

The RAM Disk card is indeed a Slinky. Click to expand... I'll qualify my earlier remark about desirability with the fact that AFAIK, one can't execute instructions from a Slink…
68kMLA Software by Dog Cow Sat, 13 Feb 2010 - 23:41

Screen Adjust on a Mac Classic? — #2

To adjust the tilt of the monitor you have to adjust the yoke on the back of the CRT. The adjustments section of the service manual explains how to do this: http://www.apple-colle…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by aftermac Sat, 13 Feb 2010 - 23:01

Screen Adjust on a Mac Classic? — #1

I have a nice looking Macintosh Classic, the only problem is that the image is slightly tilted to the right. It needs a little adjustment to make everything right again. What's t…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Tempest Sat, 13 Feb 2010 - 22:46

PowerBook 5300c reborn — #1

This PowerBook 5300c is not so much a conquest as the rebirth of a conquest. The machine came to me several months ago with the usual broken power connector, and has been left on a…
68kMLA Software by beachycove Sat, 13 Feb 2010 - 20:15

Advice on setting up a SE/30.... — #2

8MB of RAM or less, OS 6.08, more then that and 7.1 looks good. I have ethernet cards in both of my SE/30's and with 32MB of RAM OS 7.1 with OpenTransport works well.
68kMLA Software by Unknown_K Sat, 13 Feb 2010 - 19:23

Advice on setting up a SE/30.... — #1

Have a newly acquired SE/30 which I'd like to reload an operating system on. I'm admittedly not familiar with the pros and cons of different operating system versions or what othe…
68kMLA Software by candoit Sat, 13 Feb 2010 - 18:21

Apple//e — #13

Bunsen, I'd say the Alpha Syntauri was the the most advanced synth to run on an 8-bit personal computer, but even in it's day it was only a poor man's Prophet (Profit?) Five. The M…
68kMLA Software by H3NRY Sat, 13 Feb 2010 - 01:08
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