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Macintosh Classic Floppy Probs — #3

If you choose to take apart the Mac and clean the disk drive by hand, do yourself a favor and DO NOT lift up the upper head arm. That's the black plastic thing. You will PERMANENTL…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Dog Cow Wed, 31 Mar 2010 - 22:59

Internet on a Powerbook Duo — #15

I imagine he means something that I have long wondered about hacking: Use the floppy adapter *SOLELY* for the PDS dock connector and shell, and rig up an Ethernet chip (a la the o…
68kMLA Networking by Anonymous Freak Wed, 31 Mar 2010 - 20:02

Macintosh Classic Floppy Probs — #2

This is a very common ailment. Step 1 is to take the Classic apart, and either to clean and lubricate the drive (Google is your friend here), or else to replace it with a drive fr…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by beachycove Wed, 31 Mar 2010 - 19:56

Macintosh Classic Floppy Probs — #1

Hallo, I'm trying to get Cubase loaded up on a Macintosh Classic which is in my possession - it's going to be used for writing MIDI sequences to trigger events in Max/MSP which I'…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by zebpedersen Wed, 31 Mar 2010 - 19:27

Strange board on Mac 512k — #36

Touch Screen or button Interface? Multiple sound inputs/outputs? :?:
68kMLA Hardware by Trash80toHP_Mini Wed, 31 Mar 2010 - 19:08

Got my HD20 up and running! — #3

Yeah, I have had a dead HD20 for a while. It spins up, but fails the drive check. It was nice to get a working one.
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Anonymous Freak Wed, 31 Mar 2010 - 18:47

A 'few' Ebay Purchases — #14

If you end up with a spare, working Wallstreet, or one that needs relatively little to become functional again, I would be highly interested in purchasing one! A 12" would be DELIG…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by kvanderlaag Wed, 31 Mar 2010 - 18:40

Questions about Duo 230 and 2300c — #8

You CAN connect to an IP share over localtalk?? Do tell! I have not been able to work that particular form of magic.
68kMLA Hardware by beachycove Wed, 31 Mar 2010 - 18:37

A 'few' Ebay Purchases — #13

found a large tote full of Wallstreets...for free! Click to expand... 8-o As in literally found ... like on the street?
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Bunsen Wed, 31 Mar 2010 - 18:28

Got my HD20 up and running! — #2

Congratulations. From what I've read, those can be tricky to get spinning again. (Actually, I've found that HD failure is the most frequent and most annoying problem that plagues …
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Dog Cow Wed, 31 Mar 2010 - 18:27

Got my HD20 up and running! — #1

Well, after receiving my HD20, I immediately plugged it into my 512K-upgraded 128. It would boot to the HD20 disk, try to handoff to the HD20, and crash. I plugged the HD20 into …
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Anonymous Freak Wed, 31 Mar 2010 - 18:18

Bundleconquest (My first working haul) — #10

Maybe if I run into an LC 550 I'll install it into the Colour Classic for fun Click to expand... Good luck...I've actually never seen a Performa 550 (there was no LC variant, o…
68kMLA Peripherals by LCGuy Wed, 31 Mar 2010 - 15:02

A 'few' Ebay Purchases — #12

When all is said and done there will be lots left over. Anyone looking for keys, trackpad assembly's, HD mounts, or other case parts let me know. We can work something out with shi…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by jruschme Wed, 31 Mar 2010 - 14:34

Questions about Duo 230 and 2300c — #7

I suspect that 20MB of RAM in the 2300 is barely enough to run 8.1, let alone 8.6 (8.5 is buggy, and 8.6 is a free upgrade). As Duo RAM is near impossible to find, I would second …
68kMLA Hardware by Bunsen Wed, 31 Mar 2010 - 13:01

A 'few' Ebay Purchases — #11

I'm looking forward to my 2300c. Can't wait and it may arrive tomorrow! On another conquest (to save a new thread) I found a large tote full of Wallstreets...for free! There are…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Strimkind Wed, 31 Mar 2010 - 08:17

Bundleconquest (My first working haul) — #9

I have, however, recently acquired (by sibling proxy and at a distance of a 2 hr drive) a lot of parts which has in it an LC520 logic board Click to expand... Oh yeah, I heard …
68kMLA Peripherals by MidnightCommando Wed, 31 Mar 2010 - 06:20

Apple 400k drive always ejects ! — #1

Hi there. I'm testing some of my external 400k drives. Some of them have a perculiar problem which is completely the opposite of most of these drives: When you insert a floppy, it…
68kMLA Peripherals by Moofo Wed, 31 Mar 2010 - 03:46

Help Me, I Want a Newton and Don't Know Why — #6

Good luck in your quest to find a 2100! I'd sell you mine, but its not working properly. I still use my MP 2000 all the time. They make great little tools and can definitely tur…
68kMLA Networking by Hrududu Wed, 31 Mar 2010 - 02:04

Power Mac 9500 startup woes — #35

Because the extension improves performance greatly, enabling all the optimizations available. When I boot with my Sonnet G3 400 MHz in an 8500 without any extensions, everything ru…
68kMLA Hardware by noidentity Wed, 31 Mar 2010 - 00:09

Bundleconquest (My first working haul) — #8

A Color Classic with a 550 logic board is indeed a thing of beauty (I have one). I have, however, recently acquired (by sibling proxy and at a distance of a 2 hr drive) a lot of p…
68kMLA Peripherals by beachycove Tue, 30 Mar 2010 - 20:23
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