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The Mother of All Conquests — #31

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…
68kMLA Peripherals by Bunsen Sun, 7 Mar 2010 - 23:14

SE startup delay? — #4

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…
68kMLA Peripherals by Gary_W Sun, 7 Mar 2010 - 23:09

SE startup delay? — #3

Thanks a lot! I feel relieved now. Hopefully my SE won't need a cap job anytime soon!
68kMLA Peripherals by Concorde105 Sun, 7 Mar 2010 - 21:48

SE startup delay? — #2

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. …
68kMLA Peripherals by JDW Sun, 7 Mar 2010 - 21:29

SE startup delay? — #1

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 …
68kMLA Peripherals by Concorde105 Sun, 7 Mar 2010 - 20:47

The Mother of All Conquests — #30

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…
68kMLA Peripherals by LCGuy Sun, 7 Mar 2010 - 14:25

SE 30 KEY BOARD PROBLEM HELP — #6

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…
68kMLA Peripherals by JDW Sun, 7 Mar 2010 - 08:35

SE 30 KEY BOARD PROBLEM HELP — #5

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…
68kMLA Peripherals by Paralel Sun, 7 Mar 2010 - 04:57

The Mother of All Conquests — #29

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…
68kMLA Peripherals by beachycove Sun, 7 Mar 2010 - 01:56

SE 30 KEY BOARD PROBLEM HELP — #4

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
68kMLA Peripherals by orangecrrrush Sat, 6 Mar 2010 - 22:52

The Mother of All Conquests — #28

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?
68kMLA Peripherals by beachycove Sat, 6 Mar 2010 - 19:53

The Mother of All Conquests — #27

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…
68kMLA Peripherals by beachycove Sat, 6 Mar 2010 - 19:49

SE 30 KEY BOARD PROBLEM HELP — #3

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…
68kMLA Peripherals by JDW Sat, 6 Mar 2010 - 09:06

SE 30 KEY BOARD PROBLEM HELP — #2

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…
68kMLA Peripherals by aftermac Fri, 5 Mar 2010 - 23:04

SE 30 KEY BOARD PROBLEM HELP — #1

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. …
68kMLA Peripherals by orangecrrrush Fri, 5 Mar 2010 - 22:02

Just conquered a 1ghz G4 upgrade — #10

If you really want to get fancy with your 1 GHz G4, get 10.5 on that system. It's been done by others, but it's not trivial. Click to expand... Yeah, too much work and I want t…
68kMLA PowerPC by Quadraman Fri, 5 Mar 2010 - 19:30

Just conquered a 1ghz G4 upgrade — #9

Sonnet Crescendo 1ghz G4 for beige PCI Powermacs. I've been seeing a few of these being sold by Mac dealers on ebay for $225-$250 so grabbed this one because it was only $100. You …
68kMLA PowerPC by johnklos Fri, 5 Mar 2010 - 18:14

Just conquered a 1ghz G4 upgrade — #8

Sweet That bad boy deserves a worthy host - may I suggest your 9500? Click to expand... I was thinking that, too. I was originally going to put it in the 9600 when it gets …
68kMLA PowerPC by Quadraman Fri, 5 Mar 2010 - 15:41

Just conquered a 1ghz G4 upgrade — #6

I also noticed there is a dealer selling new G3 500 upgrades for the 7500 et al Macs for $199.95. That's kinda stupid since Sonnet still has stock of those for $50. 8-o Click t…
68kMLA PowerPC by MacJunky Fri, 5 Mar 2010 - 03:38

Just conquered a 1ghz G4 upgrade — #5

Not bad! I could use one of those in my beige G3, but I'm too cheap. Click to expand... This is the one for the earlier Macs, not the G3 ZIF socket. There was a 1ghz upgrade fo…
68kMLA PowerPC by Quadraman Fri, 5 Mar 2010 - 03:18

Just conquered a 1ghz G4 upgrade — #4

Not bad! I could use one of those in my beige G3, but I'm too cheap. Click to expand... This is the one for the earlier Macs, not the G3 ZIF socket. There was a 1ghz upgrade fo…
68kMLA PowerPC by aftermac Fri, 5 Mar 2010 - 01:06

The Mother of All Conquests — #26

I would be worried about the machines bouncing around in the trunk waiting for you to sneak them in the house. Click to expand... They tend not to bounce when they're packed so…
68kMLA Peripherals by Quadraman Fri, 5 Mar 2010 - 00:52

Just conquered a 1ghz G4 upgrade — #3

Not bad! I could use one of those in my beige G3, but I'm too cheap. Click to expand... This is the one for the earlier Macs, not the G3 ZIF socket. There was a 1ghz upgrade fo…
68kMLA PowerPC by Quadraman Fri, 5 Mar 2010 - 00:39

The Mother of All Conquests — #25

Another thing is the heat as well...not such a problem in Winter, but in the middle of Summer it gets bloody hot in a car boot...my Dad leaves his work laptop in the boot of his ca…
68kMLA Peripherals by LCGuy Fri, 5 Mar 2010 - 00:36
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