Do you by any chance have a Mac running OSX 10.4 or earlier? By taping over the hole on a 1.44mb disk you should be able to make a fake 800kb disk and put Apple's image on there, t…

I'm willing to bet you have a MiniScribe hard drive. These drives were prone to failure in the first place and seem to be failing at an alarmingly high rate as of late due to age (…

Sorry, my bad, you need a long Torx T15. Here are some helpful hints from the Classic Mac Repair PDF: Obviously, it’s very dangerous to work on the innards of any line-powe…

Thanks Guys (or Gals?) I had an brain-wave and tried the Norton Utility Emergency Disc - it booted beautifully (if painfully slowly), I asked it to search the SCSI network, and it…

The floppy disk is vital, and a X icon means that: 1: your disk has somehow gone bad 2: your floppy drive is dead (but I doubt it) 3: no bootable/corrupt System Folder on the di…

It means that the OS is corrupt or your HD has gone kaput. The Floppy disk could have also gone bad. Do you hear the HD spin up has it turns on?

Very good. I am on a campaign for a working compact.

Wow, nice SCSI cable hack! I wouldn't have been able to think of something like that. xD anyways, nice finds, and fair price for what you got! I've always liked the Macintosh SE/i…

Hi, For the first time in several years, I have unpacked my very old friend the Macintosh SE. We have moved house and I no longer have space to store her, so must put her up for s…

Thanks for the feedback crew, appreciate it. Dismantled the 512k today. Found some calcium marks from moisture along the base of the case, but thanks to Apple's design team thinki…

desoldering braid is solder wick Click to expand... Indeed it is, I'm getting my terminology wrong. I meant, a solder sucker/desoldering gun/desoldering station isn't necessary…

I wanted to update a file and get this error in Safari & Firefox: "Files of the MIME type "application/zip" are not allowed to be uploaded." I can upload Stuff-Its howeve…

If you are not replacing components, then you don't really need to remove the analog board if you're just doing a bit of simple soldering. You have access to all the joints like it…

A solder sucker/desoldering braid isn't really necessary. A bit of solder wick . Click to expand... desoldering braid is solder wick oh and for the record, one of those lit…

If you are not replacing components, then you don't really need to remove the analog board if you're just doing a bit of simple soldering. You have access to all the joints like it…

Thanks for the advice. What's the best way to get the analog board out without killing myself?

A solder sucker/desoldering braid isn't really necessary. A bit of solder wick placed over the solder and then heated up does the same thing - and for a lot less money.

Get the smallest soldering iron you can. Put a dab of new solder to get a nice shiny look on the solder. Just DON'T DO WHAT I DID. Make sure you have a desoldering tool, in case yo…

If you've never done any soldering before, I suggest you practice on an old junk board before taking to your Mac Plus board. It's very easy to apply too much heat for too long and…

to do it right you should remove and re apply fresh solder (and flux) if you just reflow you are adding alot of old oxidization and contamination to the joint, and it probably wil…

This thread deserves more photos... My "Redneck Repair" to the hard disk. Simple enough, when there's nothing to secure the drive in... improvise! In the great war that us 68k Mac…

Okay, I've read the famous PDF about classic mac procedures, and I'm pretty sure I need to fix the solder connections on the J1 connector. I'm a little unclear on exactly what to d…

Wow Great conquest! I love the Screen bezels on the 128/512k/plus. It looks like a tuxedo for some reason to me

Macintosh SE is together and running System 7.1, although i'd like to get System 6 running on there eventually. Macintosh 512k unfortunately now doesn't want to start at all. This…

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