I finally got my first compact Mac today, a SE Dual Floppy :lol: . It came in a SE box, to my surprise, though unfortunately it is a SE SuperDrive box not a regular SE box. T…

I am told that later in the week I am going to be given a (dead screen) Mac Plus, a matching external HD, a IIfx in a Mac II case, a wide carriage ImageWriter printer, an early 21"…

Very nice! :O Sounds like a good score....I'd quite happily pay $56 for such a beast.

Hi all, picked up a Mac on eBay I've never seen in the flesh before: a Quadra 950, lovely condition and should come up well with a strip down and blast with my air compressor. Co…

lord knows by that time they had gotten enough ROMs wrong the first time around Click to expand... Did they? The architecture was designed to support software patching. Clic…

except for a serial mouse. Click to expand... I've never known a Macintosh with a "serial mouse". Where does this mythical beast fit it to the picture? Click to expand... W…

The IIx has been called a SE/30 stuck in a mac II case. Click to expand... Hm, where did the screen go? Have you noticed how a Mac II case is exactly like the bottom half of t…

The IIx has been called a SE/30 stuck in a mac II case.

except for a serial mouse. Click to expand... I've never known a Macintosh with a "serial mouse". Where does this mythical beast fit it to the picture?

Why on Earth they would have soldered the ROMs in place on any machine is beyond me Click to expand... It's cheaper lord knows by that time they had gotten enough ROMs w…

On any list of dreadful Apple printers, the LW 300 will find a place... For drivers, you'll need to provide feedback about OS versions that you plan using. If you are running Syst…

I think that there is some confusion here....Note the four socketed DIPs next to the SIMM sockets. We can assume that the IIx layout is similar, because the ROMs were sold as an of…

I'd expect any SE/Plus ROM combination to fail. The significant differences between Plus and SE are ADB and PDS, although I imagine there are tweaks around serial and sound too. P…

I think that there is some confusion here. The early Mac models have ROMs that are in a DIP package. Examples: 128K/512K, 512Ke/Plus, SE and SE FD/HD. Later Macs (SE/30 and IIfx) …

Cool experiment though. Now we know for sure what happens. Click to expand... Yes. It makes me wonder if there is a pin incompatibility or a software one. I should have put th…

you also need System 6.0.2 or higher lest the Macintosh II still mistake the high-density drive as an 800kB mechanism. Click to expand... Yes I read that and was surprised cons…

Cool experiment though. Now we know for sure what happens.

Scored a personal laserwriter 300 at a church rummage sale for $5 over the weekend. I don't know if that is a good deal yet, as I have not tried it out but for $5 I figured I'd ro…

As LCGuy relates, in addition to insertion of the replacememt ROM chips: HI (342-0639) at C13 MED HI (342-0640) at C12 MED LO (342-0641) at E13 LO (342-0642) at E12 the IWM ch…

Yeah, as a part of the Mac II FDHD upgrade you do need IIx ROMs. I don't think the SWIM controller will fully function without it, as the Mac II ROMs most likely don't have the rig…

Wow, $40 is a bargain, really. I guess it's different over here (they never sold outside the US) but I paid a lot more than that for my system. Although it was more complete and i…

I believe the SE/30, and IIx ROMs are identical. Since the Mac II can be upgraded to FDHD, does that also upgrade it to the IIx ROM? I know the SE/30 can use a IIfx and IIsi ROM.…

chances are you'll just get a very unhappy frowning mac in the middle of your screen. Click to expand... Not even. No bong, just garbage on the screen.

Those aren't disk images. They are the files from the disks. The folder named MacMovies has the programs and a bunch of movies in it. If you want disk images, download the files an…

Anybody tired SE ROMs in a Plus? Any reason not to try in terms of risking damage? There is some software that will only run on an SE. My SEs are packed away or otherwise disassemb…