Can you double check whether you get a mouse arrow in the top left-hand corner of the screen or if you even get a startup tone when you turn it on? Another culprit could be that t…

I agree with JDW. Worst case, a new wire to replace the trace would be installed if the original pads and trace are deteriorated beyond salvaging. Are you going to perform the re…

Should be fixed now...

I'm quoting JDW from an older post he had on AppleFritter: "I have also read about replacing the bourns chip (RP2), but I don't have one handy and I honestly do not see the logic …

Try ZipIt. Geeze, I can't find DropStuff anymore. Um. Yeah, give ZipIt a try.

After examining your photos, it is clear that your analog board is in good shape. But it is also clear your motherboard is in bad shape, especially in the area of C9. You not onl…

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I'm unsure if simply Zipping a file will work. If you download MacZip for your old Mac, you could try just zipping a file on your MacBook and see if it transfers OK. Click to e…

TheNixer, It sounds like you have a problem with the network filter (RP2) on the SE/30 logic board. So you are correct. Referring this info to the website you linked in your las…

Here are some pictures of the boards and the ram. Let me know what you think. The last two pics look like some of the caps are bad. http://yfrog.com/izpc27011550j http://yfrog.co…

I'm wondering if I'm out of luck on this SE/30. It's a liberation that I knew didn't work but I thought I'd try my luck anyway. The great SE/30 repair reference (http://www.biwa.…

I'm unsure if simply Zipping a file will work. If you download MacZip for your old Mac, you could try just zipping a file on your MacBook and see if it transfers OK.

Drop Stuff will binhex a file.

Don't forget to binhex or Mac binary your files before transferring, or you'll lose the Resource Fork. Click to expand... I got a FTP connection between MacBook and vintage Mac…

I use Fetch 3.0.3 on my LC and turn on FTP on my OS X Mac. Don't forget to binhex or Mac binary your files before transferring, or you'll lose the Resource Fork.

Unfortunately, and somebody may swoop in to correct me on this, I think Mac OS 10.6 removes most of the old appletalk features. If you have a TCP/IP stack on the LC, your best bet…

Tom's hit the nail on the head... just remember to pop in an "official" entry via the web site.

I believe that in previous years, this sort of set up has been acceptable. The main thing about the 'Challenge isn't the arbitrary rules, it's having some fun with old hardware tha…

I'm thinking of entering the Retrochallenge with a little project of my own: to not only get my LCIII (my very first computer) on the Internet for the first time, but also to use i…

First thought: mosey over to cubeowner.com and browse the video card forum. Second, that's the way a GPU that's been running hot seems to die. Unless you had a fan on that 7500, it…

I have experienced SimasiMac on multiple SE/30 logic boards. SimasiMac in its truest form is a set of HORIZONTAL bars that are very clean with no stray pixels here and there. The…

SemperFi94, THAT is a classic symptom of what is called "Simasimac", or "Zebra-like pattern". I refer you to the following link below: http://www.biwa.ne.jp/~shamada/fullmac/rep…

Hello I have an old Mac SE/30 that, like the title says, won't boot properly. The guy I got it from said it was working fine the week before I got it but he was freeing up space on…

Yeah, you can replace it with an ethernet card...the only other type of card ever made for the Comms Slot. Keep in mind, you'll need a CS2 card, rather than a CS1 card due to the s…