Building a Dual Floppy Macintosh Portable — #10
The Macintosh Portable web server is interesting. I won't be doing that, though.
I am currently attempting to remove capacitors from my Portable's logic board. I used some flux to…
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Building a Dual Floppy Macintosh Portable — #9
OOPSIE!!!!!!!! :I
I was under the impression that it was a Half height 5.25" Drive Frame with a shock mounted 3.5" full/half height HDD in there. I must admit, I haven't pulled…
Building a Dual Floppy Macintosh Portable — #8
Why don't you replace the HDD with a Tray Loader CD?
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Won't fit. The drive bay in a portable is 3.5" deep, and a CD is 5.25" diameter.
It seems dual floppy P…
Deep IIci rejuvenation, possible ROM select problem — #27
Yes, I would like to do some disassembly but I don't have the proper tools right now. I would appreciate if you could point me toward this software you mentioned if you can rememb…
LC Motherboard — #12
Use crazy glue and stick the ripped off pad back to the board, let dry. Put a small drop of flux in the crack between the traces and solder a bridge, then solder the capacitor to t…
Power Book G3 'Lombard' 333 — #2
That's really cool!
Most of the people I know who still have functional older Macs love them and won't part with them for anything until they're dead... but then I get project equ…
iBook G3 500MHz Questions — #27
Well im not sure what the problem is, I think you should throw it in the garbage tonight.
Downclocking PM8100/100 or 110 — #4
There is no point to downclocking the CPU - the G3 upgrade is independant of the existing CPU itself (that is, it is not used), nor are you going to "cook" the existing 601 CPU (it…
iBook G3 500MHz Questions — #26
Thanks for helping me with this, I'd like to get to the bottom.
I've reinstalled the OS (9.2) several times, with no avail. Last time I completely reformatted it and preformed a c…
Important: Forum URI Change — #2
Why on april first?
And don't forget- BACKUP-BACKUP-BACKUP
Deep IIci rejuvenation, possible ROM select problem — #26
Dennis, I think it looks great! That's a nice mod. Useful too, if you start modifying the ROM code.
Are you thinking about doing any disassembly? I ran across mention of a dis…
iBook G3 500MHz Questions — #25
After a complete reformat and reinstall of OS 9.2.2, it still won't launch Stuffit Expander (type 3 error.. save work & restart) and it won't let me open some system files …
SE/30 VRAM Capacity W/ 24 Bit Addressing? — #3
Luckily, Apple derived a solution to this when it created 32-bit QuickDraw, and it is quite simple. Every time 32-bit QuickDraw access VRAM in the slot space, it uses a trap (SwapM…
iBook G3 500MHz Questions — #24
Anyone still have any ideas why this Mac won't open applications? After a complete reformat and reinstall of OS 9.2.2, it still won't launch Stuffit Expander (type 3 error.. save w…
Duo 280c keyboard problem — #6
My keyboard works fine the only problem is that it is stiffer than hickory wood!
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LC Motherboard — #11
just scrape some soldermask off of the trace with a knife and be careful
LC Motherboard — #10
Well, I tried recapping and, of course, one of the pads came off. I now have three useless LC motherboards.
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Quadra 840AV Video Software? — #9
Deck II was definitely dsp aware. SoundEdit 16 also works, as I recall, but it has been a long while since I fired up the 840av for these purposes.
Do you know about this FAQ docu…
Mac II ROM Interchangeability? — #13
Perhaps this is the reason the II FDHD requires 6.0.2, due to the different pin configuration from the SIMM to the chip?
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Nope, did you know that the original…
Apple 400k drive always ejects ! — #4
The original Sony drives should work fine with the Rev. B ROM upgrade and up. Check your drive against this tech note. Confirm which yours is. Based on Apple's description, I would…
Bundleconquest (My first working haul) — #14
Mmm, get a load of that CRT.... [)] ]'>
Building a Dual Floppy Macintosh Portable — #7
That website, running off of the Mac Portable, is impressively responsive.
Macintosh Classic Floppy Probs — #5
When I was making disks on my PC to install programs on my Classic II I ran into the same problem. My classic II spit every disk back out at me, even if I tried to initialize the d…
A 'few' Ebay Purchases — #17
Interesting tidbit. One of the floppy drives was once the property of Apple computer. There is a green sticker on the side.