The only one I ever snapped was totally on purpose, with a hammer, while building the Macminitosh. Kind of fun, though! But I'm always afraid whenever I have to use some force…

I came very close on my Classic II while refurbing it. I am rather hesitant now to monkey around inside my Mac now unless I have no other choice...

OK who here has snapped the neck of a CRT during a repair attempt? Raise your hand! lol My first classic Mac, an SE. I did this a few years ago. SNAP! I was bummed. Well I fo…

Unless I go scrapping the Q650, I have so far only found two 68040s, at 25 and 33MHz, but plan to keep them (for my Q605 and LC575). I have a few 68LC040s processors, and seven or …

BeOS blew even NeXT away. Click to expand... I'm not sure I'd agree. BeOS was often said to be the spiritual successor to AmigaDOS, but they left out at least one important thi…

BeOS blew even NeXT away.

Ditto on any full '040s that come up for grabs. Click to expand... Have you been checking IC-China on ebay?

Go on. Do the dance. You know you want to.

Ditto on any full '040s that come up for grabs.

If you're parting with anything, I'm certainly interested in any LC motherboards, a couple 68040 processors, and a SCSI to Ethernet adapter.

You forgot the part about how a disgruntled Steve Jobs formed a rogue startup called NeXT that created the OS that blew both Windows and Mac OS away. What's even more amazing is t…

we used to take 409 and pour it in a new spray bottle with about 25% rubbing alcohol in it back when I worked at a compaq refurb house ... anyway kills the foaming action that happ…

Trading Post? Click to expand... Yes, here too. There are, however, certain things that are worth real money (like SE/30 ethernet cards) on the right day on eBay. On this topi…

When I cold boot my SE, it takes, oh, about 20 seconds to prompt me for my boot floppy. I think that this is the computer checking the RAM, {snip} Click to expand... If the de…

Sounds good to me. Thanks for your input.

Hopefully my SE won't need a cap job anytime soon! Click to expand... It is already overdue for one. :beige: Best to start planning for it now, it's only a matter of time.

It doesn't damage the plastic in any way? Click to expand... If you knew me better, while reflecting on my previous comment about having used 409 to clean Mac plastics since 19…

It doesn't damage the plastic in any way?

If that fails, you might be able to do a visual check against the images in the appropriate Nubus Mafia categories. That's some truly top-notch conquesting eBay definite…

Didn't I read somewhere one could install the Turbo040 control panel even if one didn't have a Turbo040 installed, and check a box in the preferences to skip the memory check at st…

Thanks a lot! I feel relieved now. Hopefully my SE won't need a cap job anytime soon!

Your Mac is checking RAM. The more you have, the longer it will take. It takes almost an eternity on my SE/30 with 128MB RAM. The startup delay is not indicative of SimasiMac. …

Hello all, I recently purchased a dual floppy Macintosh SE off eBay for a mere $20! I'd been really wanting to mess around with some old Macs earlier. Then I found out about …

It doesn't have a manufacturer, or model name on it? Another idea...does it have an FCC ID or Patent number? You might be able to do a search on one of those and find something. An…

Mice have caps in them too, but I've yet to have a mouse go bad on me, so I've never taken the time to swap out the caps. And that holds true for mice manufactured in 1984 and ear…