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…

I''ve found 409 to work on any plastic surface. The dirtier it is, the longer you simply need to leave the 409 on it. I've even used 409 on wooden tables that have pen marks (bal…

It could be a bad ADB connector. I had these on both sides of the IIgs keyboard I used with my SE/30. I resoldered the pads but still had problems. I then replaced the cable but…

Some random finds from the boxes: A Spectrum SE/30 pds video card with cable and connection assembly for SE/30 (maybe the SE too?); A Radius Two-Page Display SE/30 pds video (thi…

I'll have to try 409 sometime. Would it work on the plastic of a slot-loading iMac as well?

Okay... I will try another Keyboard and see if that works. I tried both ports and that didn't cure the problem. thanks for the input. Adam

And the plastics of the machines are mostly excellent - even on the SE. Am I excited? You can tell I'm excited, can't you?

One full Dodge Grand Caravan load and one further half load later, I am well and truly stocked up on old Mac goodies - i.e., my Garage is a great deal more full of crap than it wa…

I will give you my advise from my experience. My first Mac was a 128k purchased in January 1984. I upgraded and continued using that box until I purchased a Mac IIvx in 1993. I …

It could be a bad ADB connector. I had these on both sides of the IIgs keyboard I used with my SE/30. I resoldered the pads but still had problems. I then replaced the cable but…

I'm quite glad I listened to my inner voice that said not to use the magic eraser on the Mac. I never realized they were such a powerful tool. The spongelike appearance is deceptiv…

outside the scope of this topic, but rubbing alcohol and a little elbow grease will get rid of sharpie pretty quick dont use magic eraser, I erased some wallpaper with it

I've used the following: RECOMMENDED: Endust for Electronics: Good at removing both dust and sticker gunk, also surprisingly good on sharpie marks (won't remove them entirely, but…

I've used the following: RECOMMENDED: Endust for Electronics: Good at removing both dust and sticker gunk, also surprisingly good on sharpie marks (won't remove them entirely, bu…

Have you tried a different keyboard? Have you tried plugging the mouse and keyboard into separate ADB ports, instead of plugging the mouse into the keyboard? Have you tried alter…

Help, I tried to book up my SE 30 the other day. When the Key board and mouse are connected, the SE will get to the welcome mac screen and will not complete the boot up process. …

Yup, the extruded melamine acts as a mild abrasive. It will clean hard to clean spots, but you do need to use care.

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…

I've used Magic Erasers with pretty good success.

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 …

Eucalyptus oil is supposed to be good for sticker residue

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…

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…