My newest conquested LC 475 displays some strange problems. It refuses to power up, but with different working power supplies (one from my LC III, which works fine, and one from my…

being that large its not going to be anything mission critical (big farads = low frequency filter, or a really half hearted fudge of a timer) I have just been cleaning and sorting …

I have some 1,000uf 25 volt caps here, they were removed from a board, but that board was brand new and never used Click to expand... I'm not exactly sure if it's worth it. Th…

You mean Mac OS 8? Sure. A 9600 can even still do 7.x, the last Power Mac that could. Click to expand... The 9600 requires 7.6.1. You can't even use a 7.6 install disc, it has …

I have some 1,000uf 25 volt caps here, they were removed from a board, but that board was brand new and never used

Wow... If I were to count, I have less than twenty, most doing something useful. I'm still trying to find a useful place to host two m68k Macs - one is a Quadra 610 for which I nee…

Macs and PC's added together I probably have about 50 but most of the PC's are for future parts salvage. There's only a few that I intend to keep intact like my Dell GX 1's. I'm re…

I received the board and other goodies. Here is what happened since then: A. Checked for a short from +12 to GND or any other rail. I found some suspiciously low resistances. …

76 I believe is accurate. It's easy to lose track. The link to my machine list in the 68kmla wiki is in my sig. The machines I have setup, 6 for me and 2 for my wife, are all se…

76 I believe is accurate. It's easy to lose track. The link to my machine list in the 68kmla wiki is in my sig. The machines I have setup, 6 for me and 2 for my wife, are all s…

Oh, that's useful.

I think what Bunsen is getting at is that long signatures aren't the problem. Massive, block quoting. It's unnecessary, often inappropriate, and it can get to this extreme level th…

Unless I go scrapping the Q650, I have so far only found two 68040s, at 25 and 33MHz, but plan to keep them (for my Q605 and LC575). I have a few 68LC040s processors, and seven or …

Damn! Seventy six computers? You and I are at opposite ends of the spectrum, I believe. I have what I thought was a decent amount of machines, but I try to get them to justify the…

Because MIDI latency and jitter on modern computers is a problem. I've been contemplating in either get a dedicated hardware MIDI sequencer or an old Mac for MIDI sequencing, so I …

For me it really doesn't matter because my machines are mainly display pieces that only get checked to see if they are working every couple years. 76 computers takes a while to go …

Write software with memory leaks and run it on the machine?

BeOS blew even NeXT away. Click to expand... I'm not sure I'd agree. BeOS was often said to be the spiritual successor to AmigaDOS, but they left out at least one important thi…

BeOS blew even NeXT away.

Pay more for lithium AA or AAA, and you'll never have to worry about leaking.

Ah! Ok... I've never used AAA batteries in my Macs. As you can tell, I'm really paranoid about batteries. I hate opening up the cases to find the mobo destroyed... :'(

Ditto on any full '040s that come up for grabs. Click to expand... Have you been checking IC-China on ebay?

Go on. Do the dance. You know you want to.

Oh! I thought you were talking about AA or AAA batteries leaking when used on motherboards. I've had one AAA battery leak most likely due to the fact that the machine was stored in…

Ha ha ha... If you're running Mac OS 8.1, you can have one partition at the beginning from which to boot, then use the rest as HFS+. On the other hand, I'm running NetBSD, so I jus…