Oh and is there any reason to go with System 7 over 6.0.8? I don't know how the compatibility is with games. I know some games need System 7 and I assume some won't work with any…

Bumping my old topic. I may pull out my SE/30 to replace my Classic now. I've noticed that some games play alright on the Classic, but they're slooow. For example, I was play…

We now simply need someone here on 68kMLA to kindly deyellow our poor icon whose ALT text name is "beige smiley": :beige:

is it possible I have a beige Plus? Mine looks like a typical Plus and the back reads "Macintosh Plus, 1 MB." 14th week of 1987 in Fremont, CA. Click to expand... Yes. The 198…

Never saw one before. Very cool though and much more interesting than the AAUI to RJ45 adapters I've got.

I never knew that these existed, but sure enough, one came plugged into the LaserWriter I acquired today. It is essentially a 4-port standard RJ45 ethernet hub attached to an AAUI …

The coating was always the same metallic color. At no point was the inside matte or any other color. The only noticeable change was the peeling. Sanding it down helped, although i…

The eBay seller had about ten of them available about two weeks ago. There may still be a few left.

Nice score...those WaveLAN cards are like a swiss army knife, they'll work on practically anything, just a shame they're getting a bit harder to find...I spent about 3 years lookin…

That is awesome! Maybe one day I'll get a newer MessagePad and try that out. I've got a Newton 2nd rev I think upstairs.. Can wireless anything be done with that? I have the lit…

A recent eBay purchase of a Lucent Wavelan Turbo Silver PCMCIA has given me wireless Newton 2100 connectivity for the first time since I began to use a Newton in 1997-98. This was …

The fabled Power Macintosh Plus DOES EXIST! Click to expand... Click to expand... The entry level model was the last of the 68K "Macintosh Más" produced from 1991 to 1996. B…

I think for a while Apple had a plant in India where they churned out LCIIs, near the plant that churned out 1950's Morris Minors long after they were discontinued. Ask any PC sysa…

I think you meant 1986 and 1987. That would be COOL to have a Mac Plus from 1997! Click to expand... Nope. Didn't you know that Apple had a factory in Mexico next to the Volks…

I think you meant 1986 and 1987. That would be COOL to have a Mac Plus from 1997! Click to expand... Nope. Didn't you know that Apple had a factory in Mexico next to the Volks…

How can they yellow? Click to expand... Only the 1996 Pluses. The entire Apple line switched to corporate Platinum by 1997 Click to expand... I think you meant 1986 and 1987.…

I always recommend a mid wattage iron, the idea goes: With a low wattage iron on larger parts (ie battery cases) the iron can not keep up with the heat sinking ability of the objec…

Pluses have a beige case, though. How can they yellow? Click to expand... Only the 1996 Pluses. The entire Apple line switched to corporate Platinum by 1997 Click to expand.…

Pluses have a beige case, though. How can they yellow? Click to expand... Only the 1996 Pluses. The entire Apple line switched to corporate Platinum by 1997, including the 512K…

weird noises, and screen flickering out tho those are the same basic symptoms of flyback to control (analog board in some machines) more detail please Click to expand... Hmm..…

Also use a low-wattage soldering iron. By such means, you are less likely to ruin the components that get re-used, and less likely to compromise the brand new cells, Click to ex…

Yes, and it is not especially difficult. There are excellent, idiot-proof instructions on the web. My one piece of additional advice would be to used leaded solder, as its melting…

Failing flybacks can occasionally cause the screen to go out of focus too, or slowly shift focus as it warms up.

weird noises, and screen flickering out tho those are the same basic symptoms of flyback to control (analog board in some machines) more detail please

What are some of the signs of a flyback transformer that is bad or going bad?