Looking for a couple tips re: Mac Plus analog board — #13
Yeah stupid me, I meant tip. Some of the joints are quite small. Tomlee: Yes data suggests otherwise. I may actually be selling the Classic 2! I got an offer from Classic Mac 500
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ethernet 10/100 100/100 Quadra 650 problem — #5
If your PC's having problems with it, maybe it is dodgy - you might want to think about taking it back and getting a replacement...duds can happen, even when you're dealing with th…
Powerbook 1x0: nicest portables to work on, bar none! — #7
I always liked working on my PB 170 (when it was alive) but I absolutely abhored my PowerBook 190. That thing broke so often, it was not even funny. I lost my homework everytime i…
ethernet 10/100 100/100 Quadra 650 problem — #4
yeah,.... 10Mbps is understood & I thought the 650 & the router would just negotiate with each other...
It should be a good one, bought it new from a trusted retai…
Powerbook 1x0: nicest portables to work on, bar none! — #6
The Duo 210 (and I imagine others in the line) is quite easy also.
Powerbook 1x0: nicest portables to work on, bar none! — #5
The only annoyance is finding the tiny torx screwdrivers >
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Not really. I just turn to the tray in which I keep all my special tools for working on com…
Powerbook 1x0: nicest portables to work on, bar none! — #4
The only annoyance is finding the tiny torx screwdrivers >
Powerbook 1x0: nicest portables to work on, bar none! — #3
Without, in any way, contesting the ease of take-apart/repair in the PB140 and higher (I don't own a PB100), I feel obliged to advance the PB500 and PB1400 as coming out of the sam…
ethernet 10/100 100/100 Quadra 650 problem — #3
I'd be concerned that the router is faulty, and might be either ungrounded or squirting mains power into the LAN. That would be a Bad Thing
Powerbook 1x0: nicest portables to work on, bar none! — #2
I have to agree, the PB1xx series are my favourite machine to work on, take the two case pieces apart and everything's right in front of you.
Speaking of replacing the LCD pane…
Powerbook 1x0: nicest portables to work on, bar none! — #1
Hi,
In a recent post I commented on having to strip down my Powerbook 2400c to replace a scratched/dim LCD panel with one I purchased on eBay for .99c many moons ago. I finally g…
Looking for a couple tips re: Mac Plus analog board — #12
Get the smallest soldering iron you can.
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I would offer quite different advice. To get this particular connector to solder properly requires a fairly robust i…
ethernet 10/100 100/100 Quadra 650 problem — #2
Does it stop when you unplug or turn off the router? I'm thinking it could be something to do with interference coming from either the router or its associated cabling (which may o…
ethernet 10/100 100/100 Quadra 650 problem — #1
I bought a modem/router with ethernet ports and wireless.
I connected it to my Quadra 650.
The display on the 650 started flickering/rolling.
Is there any reason for the two to …
Rip Van Winkle SE — #11
The tape trick only tells the drive (and OS) that it is dealing with double-density media, and only works reasonably well if the disk has never, ever been formatted or otherwise wr…
Rip Van Winkle SE — #10
Do you by any chance have a Mac running OSX 10.4 or earlier? By taping over the hole on a 1.44mb disk you should be able to make a fake 800kb disk and put Apple's image on there, t…
Looking for a couple tips re: Mac Plus analog board — #11
Get the smallest soldering iron you can. Put a dab of new solder to get a nice shiny look on the solder. Just DON'T DO WHAT I DID. Make sure you have a desoldering tool, in case yo…
Rip Van Winkle SE — #9
Do you by any chance have a Mac running OSX 10.4 or earlier? By taping over the hole on a 1.44mb disk you should be able to make a fake 800kb disk and put Apple's image on there, t…
Macintosh 512k & Macintosh SE FDHD — #8
The SE's over in the IT department at the moment. The IT systems administrator said it "bought back a lot of memories" so I let them keep it for the night.
Rip Van Winkle SE — #8
I'm willing to bet you have a MiniScribe hard drive. These drives were prone to failure in the first place and seem to be failing at an alarmingly high rate as of late due to age (…
Rip Van Winkle SE — #7
Do you by any chance have a Mac running OSX 10.4 or earlier? By taping over the hole on a 1.44mb disk you should be able to make a fake 800kb disk and put Apple's image on there, t…
Rip Van Winkle SE — #6
I'm willing to bet you have a MiniScribe hard drive. These drives were prone to failure in the first place and seem to be failing at an alarmingly high rate as of late due to age (…
Rip Van Winkle SE — #5
Sorry, my bad, you need a long Torx T15.
Here are some helpful hints from the Classic Mac Repair PDF:
Obviously, it’s very dangerous to work on the innards of any line-powe…
Rip Van Winkle SE — #4
Thanks Guys (or Gals?)
I had an brain-wave and tried the Norton Utility Emergency Disc - it booted beautifully (if painfully slowly), I asked it to search the SCSI network, and it…
Rip Van Winkle SE — #3
The floppy disk is vital, and a X icon means that:
1: your disk has somehow gone bad
2: your floppy drive is dead (but I doubt it)
3: no bootable/corrupt System Folder on the di…