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Mac SE with CD? — #12

Another good option, although not free, is FWB CD-ROM Toolkit. Versions earlier than 2.0 will work on both System 6 and 68000 processors. I currently have an Apple CD 300e attached…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Scott Baret Thu, 17 Dec 2009 - 05:18

PS/2 to macintosh mouse translator — #3

ps/2 mouse to 128 mac is dead easy with a mcu (I recently did it for my //C but the pinouts are abit different ) basically there's 2 signals per axis, it works like a normal rotary…
68kMLA Peripherals by Osgeld Thu, 17 Dec 2009 - 04:56

PS/2 to macintosh mouse translator — #2

I saw some posts here recently about such hacks, dunno where, but I think KBD translation was included. You might want to contact Silicon Valley Bus Company, they had a product ca…
68kMLA Peripherals by Trash80toHP_Mini Thu, 17 Dec 2009 - 04:05

Mac SE with CD? — #11

A few of notes: - CD Sunrise will only support HFS CDs. So ensure that you are creating HFS CDs if you are using a CD drive to transfer files onto the SE. - Apple's CD driver wi…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by II2II Thu, 17 Dec 2009 - 03:33

PS/2 to macintosh mouse translator — #1

Anyone seen one of these yet? being able to use a ball or optical PS/2 mouse on an original macintosh 128/512/plus without using the original mouse. I am making such an adapter an…
68kMLA Peripherals by techknight Thu, 17 Dec 2009 - 03:27

External CD-ROM drive on Color Classic? — #4

I'm located in Rhode Island. If you can take pics and are willing to ship out, I might be interested. I never used a CD-ROM drive like this, I had to order a 50pin SCSI cord for i…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by MacClassic10 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 - 02:54

Mac Plus and External SCSI — #17

1) External drive must supply termination power (the power supply in the Plus is too feeble to do the job, so the design team decided that the external box should supply term power…
68kMLA Peripherals by tomlee59 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 - 02:11

IIci - Bringing back my 1st Mac — #8

OK, here is the promised story: I purchased my first Mac, a IIci in November 1990. I had been using IBM PCs (XTs and ATs) for the 5 years prior that I spent as a student at The O…
68kMLA Hardware by IIciNov90 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 - 02:05

Mac SE with CD? — #10

You will have difficulty reading many discs if you are using system 6 (I recommend upgrading to 6.0.8 in any case). You will need to find the desktop manager init and place it in y…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by tomlee59 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 - 01:57

External CD-ROM drive on Color Classic? — #3

Would this get the job done? http://cgi.ebay.com/CD-ROM-Caddy-for-older-Caddy-CD-ROM-Drives-~LAST-6_W0QQitemZ230412204911QQcmdZViewItemQQimsxZ20091214?IMSfp=TL091214232007r6542#ht_…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Anonymous Freak Thu, 17 Dec 2009 - 01:45

Tray loading Imac ram in I-book? — #2

The iBook (Firewire) takes PC-66 SO-DIMM RAM. iMacs (the old ones) take PC-100 SO-DIMM RAM, and since PC-100 is backwards compatible with PC-66. Yes the iMac ram will work in the i…
68kMLA PowerPC by PowerPup Thu, 17 Dec 2009 - 00:43

External CD-ROM drive on Color Classic? — #2

Would this get the job done? http://cgi.ebay.com/CD-ROM-Caddy-for-older-Caddy-CD-ROM-Drives-~LAST-6_W0QQitemZ230412204911QQcmdZViewItemQQimsxZ20091214?IMSfp=TL091214232007r6542#ht…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by MacClassic10 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 - 23:51

External CD-ROM drive on Color Classic? — #1

Where can I get a tray loading External CD-ROM Drive SCSI 25pin for my Color Classic? I got the Applecd 300 SCSI 50 pin CD-ROM Drive, but it has no caddy! Is there caddys online f…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by MacClassic10 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 - 23:45

PowerBook 145B Modem Help — #1

I have a PowerBook 145B and I want to go online with the Modem. Is there a way to do this? Maybe a Dial-up server?
68kMLA Networking by ExcelMitsuo Wed, 16 Dec 2009 - 23:20

Tray loading Imac ram in I-book? — #1

Well would Ram from a tray loading I-mac Work in an Clam shell I book? I just mine and it only has stock ram, (the built in) Also This is a 366Mh Ibook with Fire wire so yea, Als…
68kMLA PowerPC by Mycatisbigfoot Wed, 16 Dec 2009 - 23:17

Just checking... — #16

I'm the type of person who thinks that a 2 line signature is more than too much. But it doesn't really matter on this forum anymore: if you don't like long signatures you can simp…
68kMLA 68k by II2II Wed, 16 Dec 2009 - 22:43

MacII PSU -> ATX Conversion . . . — #16

Bunsen...Have you taken your pills? Click to expand... No, I ran out. Can I have some of yours? Click to expand... Sure you need some vicodin?
68kMLA Hardware by Mars478 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 - 20:56

quicksilver ps fan bad — #3

It should say on the fan I would expect it to be 12V dc thanx for the comments michael
68kMLA Hardware by madmann Wed, 16 Dec 2009 - 20:43

quicksilver ps fan bad — #2

It can be replaced, but you will have to open the power supply to do it, obiously you should have it unplugged, but there's some hefty filter capacitors on the AC side that can pac…
68kMLA Hardware by Osgeld Wed, 16 Dec 2009 - 20:23

quicksilver ps fan bad — #1

The fan on my quicksilver 2002 power supply is making a lot of noise ie all most dead. can it be replaced or is another ps in order? thanx
68kMLA Hardware by madmann Wed, 16 Dec 2009 - 20:12

Winter Warm Up 2010 — #10

cant say for 68k but would doubt it - the version being used for the WWU is a universal binary so you are in if you have a PPC Mac thats good enough.check out the doom-retrochallen…
68kMLA PowerPC by Nathan Wed, 16 Dec 2009 - 19:48

IIci - Bringing back my 1st Mac — #7

Running it through an empty dishwasher with no soap and clean water makes a fabulous job of it, as it happens, but most likely the same magic could be worked by sticking the thing …
68kMLA Hardware by beachycove Wed, 16 Dec 2009 - 19:45

6500 Motherboard in a Performa 575? — #14

Gotcha,thanks. Interesting discussion thanks for all the info. My main goal though is to find a motherboard other than the 575 board that I can put into the 575 chasi…
68kMLA Hardware by MacClassic10 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 - 18:52
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