So I finally got a motherboard replacement for my broken LC, but it has a weird problem. When I connect a floppy drive, it'll constantly try to access the drive. It'll then pop u…

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I spoke too soon, I went to restart and the question mark face was back.

Ok, this was great! I did all these steps and got in. So, how would I search to see if there is private, personal info on it? When I shut down and restart do I need to use the Disk…

MIDI can be transfered either via USB or via a MIDI-to-USB interface. I've used my synths both ways with GarageBand.

Try setting the jumpers on the back of both drives to CS (cable select). Also, take the RAM down from 1.25GB to say 512MB, if possible. Sometimes OSX will do funky things when yo…

JDW is correct on what he has said. Most display issues are centralized around analog technology, hence the analog board. If it were a problem centralized with the logic board, y…

If its saying that there's not enough hard drive space, clearly that means the hard drive is working, which makes life easier already. By the sound of it, I'm assuming you have a s…

Alright, if I can dig the machines out of storage in the next two days; I'm going to use only machines that were current the day my step-son was born (September 25, 1994.) This me…

I've never seen that external HDD, that looks cool. Click to expand... It's a floppy drive. The front piece kinda folds down and props the front end of the drive up a bit. Hard…

I've never seen that external HDD, that looks cool.

unless that filter chip is flooding the system with noise, course if it were enough to cause focus issues on a totally different system its going to cause all sorts of havoc

You appear to be confirming what I had guessed before. Namely, that you did NOT have this screen focus problem when you first had your SE/30 operational, prior to any motherboard …

So I put in the install me first disk, then it asks for the install disk and back and forth till finally it says there is not enough memory and to delete things, but I cannot get i…

Well thank you! I went and found the start up disk and so far there was a so, this must be on the rigth path?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300363277979&ssPageName=ADME:L:COSI:US:1123 I set it up and everything except for the battery works great!!!

Wow! I just heard back from a seller that he's got a 200 mhz board for a PB 3400 for only $20. Can anyone confirm that it's possible to transplant a 200mhz. board into a unit that …

A flashing question mark means that the system cannot find a System Folder. Have you been able to start the machine up before? Also, does it sound any different (quieter) than it d…

The flashing ? at least means it is trying to do something. The floppy disk needs to have System 7 on it.

You can modify the Sawtooth motherboard to take a CPU from a Quicksilver, but this requires removal of one of the IDE connectors and the need to wire a +12V line to the CPU. Also …

The processor from a Digital Audio will work. One thing you would have to do is change the cpu multiplier resistors. They tell the processor to run at so many times bus speed. your…

The battery most certainly has bulged. I had bulged (and obviously dead) batteries in all my 1xx conquests. To force the door to slide, +1 for the ruler tip above. Then I'd pull! …

Is there a way to change language settings on the Newton like there is on the iPods? (My mom's new iPod Touch came from the factory with Danish as its language default for some rea…

Gary, Can you post a photo of the screen so we can make determine whether this is spot on to what Trag said? In the mean time, I'll verify this with my own SE/30, even if it's no…

Ok, now that's a clear answer, although not the one I hoped! :-/ And fortunately, it's a genuine german Newton, not a schwyzerdütsch version, which would be way worse!