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Cleaning The External Case of a Compact Mac — #6

Gotta be careful with the magic erasers as they will abrade the plastic and smooth it if it has a textured surface. Magic Erasers will also remove the printed name from the case i…
68kMLA 68k by Tempest Fri, 5 Mar 2010 - 15:20

Cleaning The External Case of a Compact Mac — #4

GOO GONE, its a citrus type of adhesive remover quite safe for plastics, however there is a product by a similar name called goop off, and that stuff will eat plastic like mad, so …
68kMLA 68k by Osgeld Fri, 5 Mar 2010 - 14:19

Cleaning The External Case of a Compact Mac — #2

Dude, I would highly recommend the Retr0brite. Its awesome!! All my Classic Macs are white now! Get Clairol Pro 40 cream developer and a brush. Clean the case well with Simple…
68kMLA 68k by TjLaZer Fri, 5 Mar 2010 - 08:23

Cleaning The External Case of a Compact Mac — #1

I'd like to clean the case on my classic II, what is the recommended procedure for doing so? It's mostly just grimy, but it does have 4 distinct areas where apparently old Apple s…
68kMLA 68k by Paralel Fri, 5 Mar 2010 - 06:40

Small score: PB100 — #9

Well, spanking it, dropping it and tapping it gently with a sledgehammer didn't help. Salvation came in the form of a PB160 with a bad screen that generously donated its hard…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by oldmossinger Fri, 5 Mar 2010 - 04:13

SE/30 Programmers Key/Switch — #3

Answer is NOPE. It looked like it should fit, but it wouldn't sit flush with the case. Oh well.
68kMLA 68k by Tempest Fri, 5 Mar 2010 - 02:01

Screen longevity — #15

I have two 150's here that have entire sections of the screens dead. They partially work, but those dead areas make it impossible to really use them. Click to expand... I have …
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Dennis Nedry Fri, 5 Mar 2010 - 02:00

Screen longevity — #14

I have a ton of old Thinkpads with great screens from the mid 1990's, yet a few newer with some pink or dead bulbs. If I had to guess I think the older smaller screens had bulbs th…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Unknown_K Fri, 5 Mar 2010 - 01:36

Screen longevity — #13

I have two 150's here that have entire sections of the screens dead. They partially work, but those dead areas make it impossible to really use them.
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Quadraman Fri, 5 Mar 2010 - 00:57

SE/30 Programmers Key/Switch — #2

The only way to know is if you try and attach it to the side of your SE/30. If you run into even the slightest resistance, it won't fit. 73s de Phreakout. :rambo:
68kMLA 68k by phreakout Thu, 4 Mar 2010 - 19:30

SE/30 Programmers Key/Switch — #1

Can the Programmers Key (switch) from a Macintosh II be used on a SE/30? I have a spare one from a dead Mac II, and I thought having a reset button on the side of the SE/30 would …
68kMLA 68k by Tempest Thu, 4 Mar 2010 - 16:43

Idea! iPhone Section — #12

If at first you don't succeed, remove all evidence that you ever tried. Click to expand... Excuse me, I dish out the unnecessary sass around here.
68kMLA 68k by tyrannis Thu, 4 Mar 2010 - 02:09

Mac SE/30 SCSI problem — #2

TjJazer, Try rebooting the SE/30 off of the floppy drive. Then run Disk First Aid or Apple SC HD Setup or some type of equivalent hard drive utility program. We just need to che…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by phreakout Thu, 4 Mar 2010 - 00:20

Mac SE/30 SCSI problem — #1

OK my spare SE/30 is having a major problem! I think it's the SCSI chip. Which is not socketted! It will hang on boots and reboot, and after messing with it, SCSI is dead on the…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by TjLaZer Wed, 3 Mar 2010 - 06:30

Any Games Incompatible with the SE/30? — #14

System Picker you say? Never heard of that before. Tell me more... Click to expand... These two links tell all: LEM "System 6 or 7?" Macintosh Garden System Picker Download…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by JDW Wed, 3 Mar 2010 - 00:26

Any Games Incompatible with the SE/30? — #13

But there's no need to just worry over it. Just put System 6 and 7 on your machine and switch between them as needed! That's what I do via System Picker. It's easy and convenien…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Tempest Tue, 2 Mar 2010 - 21:42

Any Games Incompatible with the SE/30? — #12

There were "mainstream and popular games" for System 6 as well as System 7. You will be surprised at what still runs under System 6. For example, Deneba Canvas 3.5 runs wonderful…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by JDW Tue, 2 Mar 2010 - 21:29

Any Games Incompatible with the SE/30? — #11

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…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Tempest Tue, 2 Mar 2010 - 21:13
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