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My first conquest! (no, not just pictures) — #12

Oh man, dunno. I have a Color Classic that I did my 640x480 mod on, I could stick my other upgrade card in there. I'm at work so my mind is racing over possibilities when I get h…
68kMLA Hardware by olePigeon Mon, 30 Nov 2009 - 16:44

1920x1080 on PM8500 built-in, Twin Turbo 128 — #9

I don't really use my 8500 that much anymore. However, I downloaded your utility just in case I need it in the future and I wanted to make sure the documentation is as complete as …
68kMLA Hardware by ccmac Mon, 30 Nov 2009 - 16:29

My first conquest! (no, not just pictures) — #11

So what he didn't mention in the description was: The LC is in its own box, complete with all software, manuals, original cords, keyboard, mouse, and styrofoam inserts. The high r…
68kMLA Hardware by Bunsen Mon, 30 Nov 2009 - 13:04

SE fan replacements — #4

That's called a squirrel cage fan. It's more common in industrial and automotive applications, and, as you have surmised, is not a common or readily available computer part. It m…
68kMLA 68k by Bunsen Mon, 30 Nov 2009 - 13:00

Question about mac classic — #6

only a female IDE port on them, same as the IDE to SD/CF adapter. Click to expand... So you make up a short IDE cable. 68-pin SCSI port on it. Click to expand... Perf…
68kMLA Hardware by Bunsen Mon, 30 Nov 2009 - 12:57

2010 Problem — #11

A very solid patch has been released for all relevant devices and it works fine.
68kMLA Software by beachycove Mon, 30 Nov 2009 - 12:28

First Usenet post about Macintosh and Lisa — #4

The second post mentioned "The device I saw looked much like a VT-100 (same form factor)" which at first I took to mean the Macintosh, but now that I am looking at some pictures of…
68kMLA Development by Dog Cow Mon, 30 Nov 2009 - 06:28

Bad Capcitors in Mac Classic — #8

Eggs-actly. Avoid the wet-slug style tantalums when buying replacement caps. Nearly all caps you will find today are solid, but there are some of the old wet types in surplus catal…
68kMLA Hardware by H3NRY Mon, 30 Nov 2009 - 06:14

Tangerine iBook! — #12

You have two Key Lime iBooks! :O Very nice...definitely a machine I'd love to get my hands on one day Click to expand... Those are very pretty. But I like my blueberryBook.
68kMLA Software by ClassicHasClass Mon, 30 Nov 2009 - 06:08

Tangerine iBook! — #11

You have two Key Lime iBooks! :O Very nice...definitely a machine I'd love to get my hands on one day
68kMLA Software by LCGuy Mon, 30 Nov 2009 - 06:06

Bad Capcitors in Mac Classic — #7

Thanks for the correction, Henry. While I have read about the old "wet slug" tants that do have fluid inside, for more than 15 years I have never (neither professionally nor in my…
68kMLA Hardware by JDW Mon, 30 Nov 2009 - 06:00

2010 Problem — #10

So has anyone heard of any recent developments in solving the 2010 bug? Aside from the very crude alpha software thats been floating about for the last year or so, does anybody kn…
68kMLA Software by Hrududu Mon, 30 Nov 2009 - 05:49

Bad Capcitors in Mac Classic — #6

Some tantalum caps have liquid electrolyte and some are solid. The liquid-filled ones may leak or dry out like aluminum Caps. The solid ones are very long lived.
68kMLA Hardware by H3NRY Mon, 30 Nov 2009 - 05:23

My first conquest! (no, not just pictures) — #7

I just got back and it's even cooler than I thought. I had trouble keeping my composure when I saw it, and I felt a little guilty walking out of the house with it. $10!!!! I…
68kMLA Hardware by olePigeon Mon, 30 Nov 2009 - 04:32

SE fan replacements — #3

get a metric ruler, go from there, its one of 3-5 sizes Click to expand... It is approx. 70mm tall with a power lead running nearly the length of the analog board. From your p…
68kMLA 68k by bbraun Mon, 30 Nov 2009 - 04:21

Power Mac 9500 startup woes — #28

... if there's anyone still interested. Last evening I got the 9500 out again after having given up working on it for a month. In the month since then, a mouse had crawled into th…
68kMLA Hardware by Dog Cow Mon, 30 Nov 2009 - 03:58

Interface information for 400KB Floppy drive — #25

presumably the later drives change speed depending on which track they're on, so one should be able to do the same thing with an emulated version and not bother counting pulses. …
68kMLA 68k by Osgeld Mon, 30 Nov 2009 - 03:54

SE fan replacements — #2

get a metric ruler, go from there, its one of 3-5 sizes
68kMLA 68k by Osgeld Mon, 30 Nov 2009 - 03:52

Question about mac classic — #5

I'm currently using CF in most of my older macs: http://synack.net/~bbraun/idecf.html The SCSI based systems are using the R-IDSC-E adapter linked to earlier, with my experiences…
68kMLA Hardware by bbraun Mon, 30 Nov 2009 - 03:47

Offering of my services to the 68kmla community — #6

Thank you, JDW. Basically, $10 plus $20 plus the shipping cost to send it to me, which usually runs around $10 to $20 USD for those sending in the U.S. For international, it will…
68kMLA Hardware by phreakout Mon, 30 Nov 2009 - 02:36
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