Thanks Dog Cow,
Yeah, I did some research some time after my post to find out what I needed to know about a Mac Plus, and to my surprise I saw that, as you said, it uses an 800k d…
68kMLAPeripheralsby ApostropheMon, 17 Aug 2009 - 21:28
Hi,And if anyone can offer me any spare 400k floppy drives they may have, internal or external, let me know.
A spare floppy drive or two would certainly come in handy now that…
68kMLAPeripheralsby Dog CowMon, 17 Aug 2009 - 18:48
I am still worried about whether this method will make the plastics brittle, or has some other long-term consequence which no one knows about yet. When it's been 2-3 years with no …
68kMLATroubleshootingby Dog CowMon, 17 Aug 2009 - 18:39
Mac128, I went with the 3% Oxydol over-the-counter stuff with "basic stabilizers." I determined that those stabilizers were pretty much the same as what are found in the US grade …
68kMLATroubleshootingby JDWMon, 17 Aug 2009 - 05:32
The folks behind "RetroBright" are all good people, but they use concentrations of H202 that are just beyond reason. ... you only need cheap, drug store 3% peroxide to do the job, …
68kMLATroubleshootingby Mac128Mon, 17 Aug 2009 - 03:48
JDW, I saw your pics in my 68kmla flickr pool's RSS feed last night, and they're incredible! This is really a great job, with stunning results. Thanks a lot for sharing. Your pictu…
68kMLATroubleshootingby 4seasonphotoMon, 17 Aug 2009 - 01:35
Hi,
Just bought this as a Buy-It-Now on eBay for a total of $50.00.
The seller includes the keyboard, mouse, and even the owner's guide as well! So overall, I'd say, a great eBa…
68kMLAPeripheralsby ApostropheMon, 17 Aug 2009 - 01:18
JDW, I saw your pics in my 68kmla flickr pool's RSS feed last night, and they're incredible! This is really a great job, with stunning results. Thanks a lot for sharing. Your pictu…
68kMLATroubleshootingby superpantoufleSun, 16 Aug 2009 - 14:03
Folks, I did all the work this past Spring, but it took me until now to upload the photos to my Flickr account. Simply put, I used both liquid and gel versions of RetroBright on m…
68kMLATroubleshootingby JDWSun, 16 Aug 2009 - 10:49
http://www.macdrivermuseum.net/disk/Old_SCSI_HD_Utilities.sit
Use Lido (in that package, along with patched HD SC Setup) to format your hard drive.
If you need help with that pac…
68kMLATroubleshootingby JRLSun, 16 Aug 2009 - 04:26
Yeah, I ran ubuntu desktop as well as debian etch or lenny (or both?) on my A21m and it was perfect, nothing needed any special setup.
Both of those keyboards and the A21m are nice…
68kMLATroubleshootingby MrMacPlusSun, 16 Aug 2009 - 03:13
If you're comfortable opening the iPod, check the Firewire connector to see if it has broken solder joints. I seem to recall that was an issue with those older models.
I havent re…
68kMLATroubleshootingby MrMacintoshSun, 16 Aug 2009 - 02:43
Yeah, the 701c looks great but I'm not too interested in it for a few reasons, the biggest of which is that my entire pre-P3 thinkpad collection went to _K. [] ]'>
The nex…
68kMLATroubleshootingby Cory5412Sun, 16 Aug 2009 - 02:33
The 701c butterfly is the one most colletors want in the 7xx series, and the ones that you see are mostly beat and expensive. If I come across one cheap I will probably snag it but…
68kMLATroubleshootingby Unknown_KSun, 16 Aug 2009 - 02:05
I have the following: 755C 755CD 760CD 760ED 760XD 760EL 765L 365XD 365
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No collection would be complete without a 701c "butterfly" and perhaps the Z50 Workpa…
68kMLATroubleshootingby 4seasonphotoSun, 16 Aug 2009 - 00:52
Yeah, I ran ubuntu desktop as well as debian etch or lenny (or both?) on my A21m and it was perfect, nothing needed any special setup.
Both of those keyboards and the A21m are nic…
68kMLATroubleshootingby Cory5412Sat, 15 Aug 2009 - 23:43
. . . I noticed that the adjustable keyboard has keyswitches, I thought it was newer than that. And my broken Extended II is now reverting to oversized-blunt-weapon mode. }
Cl…
68kMLATroubleshootingby Trash80toHP_MiniSat, 15 Aug 2009 - 22:22
Most old laptops were built to fall apart,
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But modern laptops are designed to have hardware failure after a couple of years. xx(
Yes, it is from eBay. Hav…
68kMLATroubleshootingby Unknown_KSat, 15 Aug 2009 - 21:15
When I said "new in box" I meant "new in box."
The adjustable keyboard came with everything, even the numeric keypad, the adb cables were still packaged too. Best thing: no yel…
68kMLATroubleshootingby MrMacPlusSat, 15 Aug 2009 - 21:05
Darn, no luck yet reinitializing. I only got the internal drive to appear once in Disk Repair– it said the drive has a problem that Disk Repair can't fix– and HD SC Setup says it's…
68kMLATroubleshootingby RezmasonSat, 15 Aug 2009 - 21:00