Hoorah! Its here and its beautiful. I will post pictures tomorrow. It looks like it was never used, except for the fact it is missing the rear port door. The mouse clickers still f…
I thought that we didn't have rules on what a conquest is & I thought it's best this way....
If we are a 68k liberation army then any 68k machine that we liberate...
I ju…
68kMLAPeripheralsby vassilizaitsevFri, 28 Aug 2009 - 07:41
OK, I'll downgrade
My IIcis fDD rarely formats my FD's correctly. It just says "Initialization failed" or "Initialaziton Failed because the disk is defective."
HopeFully System 6…
68kMLAPeripheralsby Mars478Fri, 28 Aug 2009 - 01:28
iirc, for a 400k floppy (not as reliable as with an 800k.400k one)
take a 1.4 meg floppy and tape over the hole without the slidey thing in it.
stick it into an old mac (iirc, sy…
68kMLAPeripheralsby macgeek417Thu, 27 Aug 2009 - 23:59
OK I got it and unboxed it.
Works great. It has a REALLY nice CRT. Bright and everything.
The light in the FDD is on and is red ooohh.
No boot floppy for it yet.
It is in very …
68kMLAPeripheralsby Mars478Thu, 27 Aug 2009 - 23:54
So it's either that the two read/write heads in the Plus's drive are misaligned, and so only the lower one works when it's alone (hence the 400ks being read but not the 800ks)...or…
68kMLAPeripheralsby ApostropheThu, 27 Aug 2009 - 23:12
An "eleventy" conquest happened to me at least once: when I volunteered at a recycling drive and was able to literally intercept a very nice SE before it got put into the "truck of…
68kMLAPeripheralsby MrMacPlusThu, 27 Aug 2009 - 20:09
It booted from and ran the 400k system disks that shipped with my Macintosh 512k!!! Problem is: it spat out the 800k disks that I prepared for it on one of my SEs.
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68kMLAPeripheralsby Mac128Thu, 27 Aug 2009 - 19:10
I guess it depends on what you get into. Somebody who doesn't much like compacts won't think a conquest of a dozen SE/30's is a big deal while others would drool over it. Some peop…
68kMLAPeripheralsby macgeek417Thu, 27 Aug 2009 - 03:12
It boots!!!
I was worried the FDD wouldn't work after a week and 2,000 miles in transit. I was wrong. It booted from and ran the 400k system disks that shipped with my Macintosh…
68kMLAPeripheralsby ApostropheThu, 27 Aug 2009 - 02:22
384kb less than me!!!
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Ha, it's like golf, whoever has less wins. Actually this one may have more, with the memory upgrade it has installed. Still don't know …
68kMLAPeripheralsby phreakindeeThu, 27 Aug 2009 - 01:28
3. Something you got for free, rescuing it from certain destruction in the process. These are the "liberations" or "rescues". These can range from getting a computer a school was…
68kMLAPeripheralsby Mike RichardsonThu, 27 Aug 2009 - 01:22
What is an EPIC OMG ELEVENTY Conquest,
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IMO,
-A vintage Apple branded item, that is sealed/new-in-box.
-An Apple-branded or 3rd party product that is widely…
2. Something you got for free; but that was not going to be thrown away. I'd call these "a transfer". Most of these would be the trades that occur via these forums, or similar. …
68kMLAPeripheralsby Dog CowThu, 27 Aug 2009 - 00:20
Hi,
It just arrived!
This poor Plus looks like it came from a bad home. It was absolutely filthy, and the power connector where you plug the power cable into is all rusted, gree…
68kMLAPeripheralsby ApostropheThu, 27 Aug 2009 - 00:19
Well, it depends on your definition of 'conquest', first.
To me, there are three categories:
1. Something you purchased. For any price. I'd call these "a conquest", because you…
68kMLAPeripheralsby Anonymous FreakWed, 26 Aug 2009 - 23:26
I was considering that myself, but that would leave a rather unsightly hole I would assume... I'd much rather have it all-original
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Well, you could always nic…
I would almost advise you to remove those upgrades and bring it back to its original state, just out of principle.
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I was considering th…
68kMLAPeripheralsby phreakindeeWed, 26 Aug 2009 - 22:40