Surface mount caps can leak from underneath and sometimes you wont see the goo until you remove them. Capacitors inside the PSU itself are probably due for replacement anyway.

No luck even after the MC68030 which was 'borrowed' from a working Mac.

Just got hold of Apple Recovery CD, Booted it with the help of an external CD and voila ! It was a dream. Now all I need are the Diagnostics for LC III so I can check if all is o…

So, I've recently discovered that Carnegie Mellon's computer club owns a Lisa 2/10 (unfortunately with Mac XL mods). I'm trying to get this machine operable again, but we want to …

From my notes: The IIfx introduced a new implementation of Mac SCSI that was faster than previous versions. Unfortunately, IIfx SCSI introduced a set of quirks that are unique to …

Check Scott's stickied thread on CRTs - the compacts used CRTs made by both Clinton Electronics and Samsung.

The 550 board is, if I recall, identical to the Color Classic II and is easily swappable. Keep in mind the 520 and 550 use the 68030; the machines mentioned in the original post al…

Apple provides System 7.5.3 on their website as a free download for users of older Macs. 7.5.3 should work well on the LCIII unless you only have 4MB RAM, in which case you'd eithe…

Just out of curiosity, regarding all this thread, didn't Apple have more than one manufacturer for the CRTs? I'm thinking something like that wouldn't be any different of a situat…

Battery reset was probably needed to fix a software bug in the smart controller inside the battery, something nobody noticed untill so many hours of use in specific circumstances c…

That the battery charges in the VST charger is absolutely key. It can't be a bad battery. Now I am no expert, but I would probably try the following: unplug backup battery and ma…

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You type PR#1 at the BAISC (]) prompt to output anything typed. As per paper they can use tractor feed or normal loose leaf depending on what mode you have it in.

Wait what paper does it use as well?

I don't have applesoft or anything else! Just the command line after doing Control-Reset and playing with it.

Also almost every dotmatrix printer ever can self test. With my model, you can either hold down TOF/QUIET while you turn it on or hold down line feed while you turn it on. The Imag…

You can test the printer by typing PR#1 at the Applesoft prompt (assuming the printer card is in slot 1)... after that all output should be redirected to the printer. Type somethin…

I Have an OkiData printer as well! It came in a bundle with my ][e! I am not sure if it works as I have no way of testing it, because my ][e has no software. Mine is Okidata Microl…

I love mine, I Don't have any floppies to run it though! I have a beige ][e with the same Monitor ][ with the green phosphor! It's so retro! ]['s FTW

Found this at a salvation army today, had no sticker on it so the guy said I could have it for $3.50. Came with two manuals and a somewhat dry but still decent ribbon. Self tests j…

I think that terminator was to fix noise problems, terminate the SCSI chain like you normally would for any other mac.

Having never owned one (until now) I am not sure exactly how the SCSI on the IIFX is different other than the black SCSI terminator. The unit I got (free) has the IIFX, 3 video ca…

It originally had a 68030/16 so any 68030 should work when installed.

Memory slot tabs are broken and RAM is held in place with little bit of dough (i think) I will try to remove ALL ram one pair to see if the helps and will add CPU directly to boar…

What is that crud by the RAM (dust or did somebody break off the retaining tabs and glue the RAM in)? Also looks like you might have RAM that isn't matched in one bank. Try remov…