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Ohh, I'm bad. Core2Duo color classic. — #10

Very nice modification. Shame that OS X won't support the resolution. Wonder if you can get a CRT tube that will got higher than 640x480 in the same dimensions.
68kMLA Troubleshooting by QuadSix50 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 - 17:35

new guy — #1

hi, I'm a PC. I used to be a Mac though. I grew up with Macs. my dad owned an SE and had internet access since basically I was born (if you can really call late 80s/early 90s real…
68kMLA 68k by Andrevas Mon, 19 Oct 2009 - 10:22

8500 G4 Issue — #2

Are there any DIP switches on the card that need adjusting, or have you tried adjusting the backside cache speed using CPU Director? JB
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Byrd Mon, 19 Oct 2009 - 07:03

8500 G4 Issue — #1

I've been running this 8500 with a Sonnet 500MHz G3 processor for years. I've had no issues with it and I've been quite satisfied. I've rigged this machine with 768MB of memory, …
68kMLA Troubleshooting by stretch Mon, 19 Oct 2009 - 05:50

SE - Crackling noise and blank screen. — #22

Just out of curiosity, regarding all this thread, didn't Apple have more than one manufacturer for the CRTs? I'm thinking something like that wouldn't be any different of a situat…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by tomlee59 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 - 04:21

SE - Crackling noise and blank screen. — #21

If you've got an SE there's about a 50/50 chance of having one or the other from my observations. The Samsungs are rare in Classics and Pluses/pre-Pluses. As I mentioned in my stic…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Scott Baret Sun, 18 Oct 2009 - 17:46

Re-Install System 7 on LC III Hard Drive — #3

Just got hold of Apple Recovery CD, Booted it with the help of an external CD and voila ! It was a dream. Now all I need are the Diagnostics for LC III so I can check if all is o…
68kMLA 68k by patatas Sun, 18 Oct 2009 - 11:40

Re-Install System 7 on LC III Hard Drive — #2

Apple provides System 7.5.3 on their website as a free download for users of older Macs. 7.5.3 should work well on the LCIII unless you only have 4MB RAM, in which case you'd eithe…
68kMLA 68k by Scott Baret Sun, 18 Oct 2009 - 04:39

SE - Crackling noise and blank screen. — #19

Just out of curiosity, regarding all this thread, didn't Apple have more than one manufacturer for the CRTs? I'm thinking something like that wouldn't be any different of a situat…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by phreakout Sun, 18 Oct 2009 - 04:30

Re-Install System 7 on LC III Hard Drive — #1

I just came to own a LC III which powers up. I do not have System 7 disks (yet) but did install a Quantum 105MB HD. I am looking to find an installation manual so I can prep the …
68kMLA 68k by patatas Sat, 17 Oct 2009 - 17:35

SE - Crackling noise and blank screen. — #17

Nah someone else found it a while ago and I remebered the site which was myoldmac.net, I remebered because it made quite an impact on me as a such an awesome mod as well. :approv…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Mars478 Sat, 17 Oct 2009 - 04:00

SE - Crackling noise and blank screen. — #14

...but many of those were green or amber. Click to expand... THAT would be cool to have a green CRT in a compact Mac. Does anyone have pictures to show of this being done?
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Dennis Nedry Fri, 16 Oct 2009 - 23:06

SE - Crackling noise and blank screen. — #13

So do you have to get them from a broken SE or is there some other viable source? Click to expand... The best source is another compact. Luckily CRTs of all compacts are electr…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by tomlee59 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 - 20:03

SE - Crackling noise and blank screen. — #12

Don't forget that you can talk to whoever sold it to you and tell them it was damaged in shipping. Click to expand... I have, he has been very helpful and even brought me to th…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by ditty93 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 - 19:23

PB 180 resurrection — #24

According to (http://pinouts.ru/HD/scsi25_pinout.shtml), you are correct, there are 40 pins. Very useful website Bunsen, thank you! :b&w:
68kMLA Troubleshooting by thinkdifferent Fri, 16 Oct 2009 - 10:58
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