This is well off topic, but is your IIfx really loud? That fan really wants to move a lot of air, doesn't it? Presumably the fan has to be reasonably powerful in order to cool up …

[:O] ]'> AWESOME work, comrades! :lol: Click to expand... You should have used the Mac sliley equilivent: :O

Hey you finally joined BTW, I am the one who answered you on MacRumors |) :rambo:

What an honor! I can't believe it! Thanks TL! :simasimac: :rambo: |) :scrambled: )

My 2nd IIfx is a mac II with a IIfx upgrade (and IIfx sticker on the bottom of the case). The IIfx upgrade came with a superdrive (since the II was an 800K equipped machine). Very …

thanks for the help

I will, I think, give it a whirl, then, sometime in a month or so. Maybe putting it through a rinse cycle in the dishwasher would do the trick - I can then let the dishwasher take …

I am trying to find the owner of the computer as i found it in a recyling bin in my town Click to expand... If they left it in a recycling bin, they most likely don't want it …

I'll take some piccies for the Photography/Documentation Thread Click to expand... In the meantime,here's a pretty good example of how a Plus upgrade was installed and the part…

Thanks, Franklinstein. I cleaned out the innards and tightened the screws. Everything seems fine now. It was very strange when it was happening, though. I always have Activity Moni…

You could return it to the bin, after appropriate rendition of "The Last Post". Does it have an external SCSI connector, and do you have an external SCSI CD-ROM and appropriate co…

Connect both boxes to a single hub using the drop cables, make sure the hub is powered up. AppleTalk network should work out of the box. So to TCP/IP, DHCP won't work without a …

Welcome aboard, comrade, sounds like you've already got the 68kMLA spirit! Click to expand... Thanks alot! Yeah, kinda... It needs english system software! I found a source bu…

Hey jt, how much effort does it take to make all of those smilies and bolds and underlines and italics that are so customary to your posts? : -Apostrophe

I have hosed off old AT power supplies with hot water (and a little liquid soap) before. As long as you let them dry out (few days to a week depending on local humidity) for a whil…

[:O] ]'> AWESOME work, comrades! :lol:

Welcome aboard, comrade, sounds like you've already got the 68kMLA spirit!

Welcome!

an 030 in a mac plus 8-o wow how fast is the 030? Click to expand... Could be 25 or 30 MHz, IIRC. The Plus/FatMac/128k Macs, if you were lucky, required only the "Killy C…

an 030 in a mac plus 8-o wow how fast is the 030?

I gave up trying to figure out why, but it appears to be related to the lack of hardware handshaking in the SCSI implementation uniquely used by the Plus. Click to expand... In…

I have retrieved monitors (high voltage components) and power supplies after a thorough soaking in Mother Nature's distilled water from the sky. As long as they are well dried, I …

Fairly common upgrade for the Plus and SE. See LowEnd Mac's section on Plus Accelerators. Here's a speed comparison on the popular Brainstorm card.

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I wouldnt jerk it around too much I dont know if those jacks are attached to a board, but if they are you could cause some damage