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400k floppy drive woes — #6

I'm surprised to hear that alcohol worked -- that's a bit counterintuitive. I've always used WD-40 as a solvent (NOT as a lube here). It works a treat, as the saying goes. Wipe eve…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by tomlee59 Wed, 5 Aug 2009 - 22:09

I am 1/200th of the 68kMLA... :P — #5

Yeah, some of the statistics PHPbb3 has are pretty interesting. As an example, I've been here since the start of this iteration of the board, and indeed, as of today I've been on t…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by macgeek417 Wed, 5 Aug 2009 - 21:40

Dead Macintosh IIfx — #12

Sony MP-F75W-02G is another one. There are probably other model numbers out there too. AFAIK, the spring in a generic floppy drive is slightly different. And fiddling with such pro…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by joshc Wed, 5 Aug 2009 - 21:39

Dead Macintosh IIfx — #11

The head was loose to. So I ironed it, and I fastended the spring. And it looked good and "closed", but it didn't work So I must buy Sony MP-F75W-01G, Sony MP-F75W-11G or Sony …
68kMLA Troubleshooting by dxlr8r Wed, 5 Aug 2009 - 17:31

Dead Macintosh IIfx — #10

You won't be able to get that read/write head to come back down again. I know because I accidently did the same to one of my drives. Any Auto-Inject Sony SuperDrive mechanism will …
68kMLA Troubleshooting by joshc Wed, 5 Aug 2009 - 17:20

I am 1/200th of the 68kMLA... :P — #3

Yeah, some of the statistics PHPbb3 has are pretty interesting. As an example, I've been here since the start of this iteration of the board, and indeed, as of today I've been on …
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Cory5412 Wed, 5 Aug 2009 - 16:43

Dead Macintosh IIfx — #9

IT'S ALIVE! IT'S ALIVE! Hehe Yes it works. Got my batteries today and popped them in and it worked The only problem I have now is that my floppydrive seems to be broken …
68kMLA Troubleshooting by dxlr8r Wed, 5 Aug 2009 - 15:50

RAM! — #3

Nice! Good luck that they're 64MB each - would be a treat!
68kMLA 68k by macman142 Wed, 5 Aug 2009 - 08:13

Hard Drive Interference on Classic II — #6

I get a feeling it's magnetic based on what was mentioned. I tried the analog board in another Classic with a different hard drive (I've got a non-Apple ProDrive LPS in the Classic…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Scott Baret Wed, 5 Aug 2009 - 07:55

I am 1/200th of the 68kMLA... :P — #1

Total posts: 524[0.50% of all posts / 2.50 posts per day] Click to expand... Wow. I didn't know I'd made that many posts. :?:
68kMLA Troubleshooting by macgeek417 Wed, 5 Aug 2009 - 07:36

Posible conquest: LCIII! — #2

Best of luck. Just one little bit of advice - never post a link on here to something that you wish to bid on. I think most people here are pretty good about not bidding on so…
68kMLA 68k by LCGuy Wed, 5 Aug 2009 - 07:19

Posible conquest: LCIII! — #1

http://cgi.ebay.com/Apple-Macintosh-LC-III-Computer_W0QQitemZ130322822277QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item1e57d87485&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14 I might be able to …
68kMLA 68k by macgeek417 Wed, 5 Aug 2009 - 06:53

Hard Drive Interference on Classic II — #4

Checking the supply voltage is certainly a good recommendation. You may discover that the voltages are fine, however. If that's what you find, note that a not-uncommon source of th…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by tomlee59 Wed, 5 Aug 2009 - 02:15

RAM! — #2

Cool!
68kMLA 68k by macgeek417 Wed, 5 Aug 2009 - 01:53

RAM! — #1

After a bit of a fight between me and another bidder, I picked up this on eBay last night. I'm hoping they're 64MB sticks...if so Christmas has come early, and my Performa 5260, LC…
68kMLA 68k by LCGuy Wed, 5 Aug 2009 - 01:48

Hard Drive Interference on Classic II — #3

I've noticed occasional screen interference when the hard drive is accessed on a Classic II. The cables are connected securely and I'm assuming the problem is with the analog board…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Mac128 Tue, 4 Aug 2009 - 23:37

AppleColor RGB Monitor — #1

Just picked this up from Dan Knight yesterday. Paid $15 for it. Included the video cable. Cabinet is pretty yellowed, not nearly the same shade as my Iigs. It's a bass ackward m…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by iamdigitalman Tue, 4 Aug 2009 - 23:36
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