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RetroBrighted SE/30 System — #6

Mac128, I went with the 3% Oxydol over-the-counter stuff with "basic stabilizers." I determined that those stabilizers were pretty much the same as what are found in the US grade …
68kMLA Troubleshooting by JDW Mon, 17 Aug 2009 - 05:32

RetroBrighted SE/30 System — #5

Great job - and great photo gallery, very detailed and instructive for others to follow easily. Thanks!
68kMLA Troubleshooting by tmtomh Mon, 17 Aug 2009 - 05:15

RetroBrighted SE/30 System — #4

The folks behind "RetroBright" are all good people, but they use concentrations of H202 that are just beyond reason. ... you only need cheap, drug store 3% peroxide to do the job, …
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Mac128 Mon, 17 Aug 2009 - 03:48

RetroBrighted SE/30 System — #3

JDW, I saw your pics in my 68kmla flickr pool's RSS feed last night, and they're incredible! This is really a great job, with stunning results. Thanks a lot for sharing. Your pictu…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by 4seasonphoto Mon, 17 Aug 2009 - 01:35

Another 1400cs — #4

At least I can upgrade it so it is a bit faster. The HD is being a pain and freezing a lot when using OS 8 while trying to read a CD and other things. I think I will replace the H…
68kMLA Networking by Strimkind Mon, 17 Aug 2009 - 00:35

Another 1400cs — #3

You can only mount the 166MHz module in the 1400 it came with. The 133, the third-party 180MHz and the G3 module are the only upgrades for the 117. Nice bundle of accessories wit…
68kMLA Networking by Bunsen Mon, 17 Aug 2009 - 00:07

Another 1400cs — #2

Picked it up today 1400cs 117mhz/40mb/750mb Floppy Module CD Module Battery (untested) Ethernet PCMCIA Modem PCMCIA SCSI HDI 30 to SCSI 25 Pin Adapter Bunch of software (wi…
68kMLA Networking by Strimkind Sun, 16 Aug 2009 - 21:58

Getting my LC III on the internet! — #13

Try turning off images, java and animations. Should be much faster then. Click to expand... Otherwise, you'd need probably a 600MHz for "real" web browsing.
68kMLA Networking by Gil Sun, 16 Aug 2009 - 14:24

RetroBrighted SE/30 System — #2

JDW, I saw your pics in my 68kmla flickr pool's RSS feed last night, and they're incredible! This is really a great job, with stunning results. Thanks a lot for sharing. Your pictu…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by superpantoufle Sun, 16 Aug 2009 - 14:03

RetroBrighted SE/30 System — #1

Folks, I did all the work this past Spring, but it took me until now to upload the photos to my Flickr account. Simply put, I used both liquid and gel versions of RetroBright on m…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by JDW Sun, 16 Aug 2009 - 10:49

Getting my LC III on the internet! — #12

maybe I should make it 33mhz... Click to expand... Even so, it would still be pretty much the same speed at web browsing. Try turning off images, java and animations. Should be…
68kMLA Networking by joshc Sun, 16 Aug 2009 - 08:19

I just beat up my SE 30 — #4

http://www.macdrivermuseum.net/disk/Old_SCSI_HD_Utilities.sit Use Lido (in that package, along with patched HD SC Setup) to format your hard drive. If you need help with that pac…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by JRL Sun, 16 Aug 2009 - 04:26

A couple keyboards and something even better — #14

Yeah, I ran ubuntu desktop as well as debian etch or lenny (or both?) on my A21m and it was perfect, nothing needed any special setup. Both of those keyboards and the A21m are nice…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by MrMacPlus Sun, 16 Aug 2009 - 03:13

2G iPod — #3

If you're comfortable opening the iPod, check the Firewire connector to see if it has broken solder joints. I seem to recall that was an issue with those older models. I havent re…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by MrMacintosh Sun, 16 Aug 2009 - 02:43

A couple keyboards and something even better — #13

Yeah, the 701c looks great but I'm not too interested in it for a few reasons, the biggest of which is that my entire pre-P3 thinkpad collection went to _K. [] ]'> The nex…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Cory5412 Sun, 16 Aug 2009 - 02:33

A couple keyboards and something even better — #12

The 701c butterfly is the one most colletors want in the 7xx series, and the ones that you see are mostly beat and expensive. If I come across one cheap I will probably snag it but…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Unknown_K Sun, 16 Aug 2009 - 02:05

A couple keyboards and something even better — #11

I have the following: 755C 755CD 760CD 760ED 760XD 760EL 765L 365XD 365 Click to expand... No collection would be complete without a 701c "butterfly" and perhaps the Z50 Workpa…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by 4seasonphoto Sun, 16 Aug 2009 - 00:52

A couple keyboards and something even better — #10

Yeah, I ran ubuntu desktop as well as debian etch or lenny (or both?) on my A21m and it was perfect, nothing needed any special setup. Both of those keyboards and the A21m are nic…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Cory5412 Sat, 15 Aug 2009 - 23:43

A couple keyboards and something even better — #9

. . . I noticed that the adjustable keyboard has keyswitches, I thought it was newer than that. And my broken Extended II is now reverting to oversized-blunt-weapon mode. } Cl…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Trash80toHP_Mini Sat, 15 Aug 2009 - 22:22

A couple keyboards and something even better — #7

Most old laptops were built to fall apart, Click to expand... But modern laptops are designed to have hardware failure after a couple of years. xx( Yes, it is from eBay. Hav…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Unknown_K Sat, 15 Aug 2009 - 21:15

A couple keyboards and something even better — #6

When I said "new in box" I meant "new in box." The adjustable keyboard came with everything, even the numeric keypad, the adb cables were still packaged too. Best thing: no yel…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by MrMacPlus Sat, 15 Aug 2009 - 21:05

I just beat up my SE 30 — #3

Darn, no luck yet reinitializing. I only got the internal drive to appear once in Disk Repair– it said the drive has a problem that Disk Repair can't fix– and HD SC Setup says it's…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Rezmason Sat, 15 Aug 2009 - 21:00

A couple keyboards and something even better — #5

. . . a brand new Apple Extended Keyboard II in box, a Apple Adjustable Keyboard new in box, and a box of used 30-pin SIMMs (4MB I think). I also find out the origin of "$240" a…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Trash80toHP_Mini Sat, 15 Aug 2009 - 20:56

A couple keyboards and something even better — #4

Most old laptops were built to fall apart, Click to expand... But modern laptops are designed to have hardware failure after a couple of years. xx( Yes, it is from eBay. Hav…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by MrMacPlus Sat, 15 Aug 2009 - 20:45
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