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Busy week for Conquests — #6

Adding another to my list...free I might add. Powerbook G3 'Pismo' G3 400 mhz 6GB DVD 384MB RAM 2 batteries; 1 knockoff and 1 apple...unknown condition for both Nice Backpac…
68kMLA Hardware by Strimkind Sun, 8 Nov 2009 - 02:58

Busy week for Conquests — #5

Adding another to my list...free I might add. Powerbook G3 'Pismo' G3 400 mhz 6GB DVD 384MB RAM 2 batteries; 1 knockoff and 1 apple...unknown condition for both Nice Backpac…
68kMLA Hardware by Strimkind Sun, 8 Nov 2009 - 02:58

Crazy day for yard-sale conquests — #5

imac g5, 2.0ghz, 1gb ram, original box, brand new keyboard and mouse- $20 Click to expand... 8-o Click to expand... :O :O :O :O
68kMLA Hardware by Hrududu Sun, 8 Nov 2009 - 00:16

Crazy day for yard-sale conquests — #3

That's an utterly amazing haul for so little - you'll look back on this day fondly for many years to come! I reckon there is a law now that says you'll sadly find nothing else for…
68kMLA Hardware by Byrd Sat, 7 Nov 2009 - 22:15

Cube! with all the trimmings :D — #16

How do you open the little tacker non-destructively? Click to expand... I just pried at the seam with a knife and it cracked open, luckily along the seams. YMMV as they say. T…
68kMLA Hardware by H3NRY Sat, 7 Nov 2009 - 19:46

Mac Classic corpse — #5

get a volt meter and start tracing voltages until it stops Click to expand... Careful there, special high voltage probes may be called for in some areas.
68kMLA Hardware by 4seasonphoto Sat, 7 Nov 2009 - 19:33

What revision of the logic board in a macintosh 128k? — #7

Beck-Tech's modified ROM was exactly the same as the original, except that in about a dozen places, Andy had hard-coded the screen address for 512KB of RAM, and those needed to be …
68kMLA Troubleshooting by H3NRY Sat, 7 Nov 2009 - 19:05

Cube! with all the trimmings :D — #15

H3NRY, I noticed elsewhere that you've been inside the Cube speaker's amp module and (IIRC) made some mods. How do you open the little tacker non-destructively? And did you ever …
68kMLA Hardware by Bunsen Sat, 7 Nov 2009 - 17:14

Installing Mac OS 8 without CD drive — #6

If the internal hard drive is larger than 4GB (unlikely unless it's been upgraded), don't attempt to install or format the drive over SCSI Disk Mode. There's a firmware bug that l…
68kMLA Networking by Bunsen Sat, 7 Nov 2009 - 17:11

Great forum! and hello... — #1

Thanks for creating and hosting this forum. I bought my first mac, a Mac Plus, in 1986. So I guess -- probably like so many here -- I was a "Mac" guy way back when Mac was cool, an…
68kMLA 68k by Randy Sat, 7 Nov 2009 - 16:47

Crazy day for yard-sale conquests — #1

i went out to yard-sales this morning with out any expectations of great finds, but MAN did i SCORE!! 8-o imac g5, 2.0ghz, 1gb ram, original box, brand new keyboard and mouse- $…
68kMLA Hardware by geeko Sat, 7 Nov 2009 - 15:02

Installing Mac OS 8 without CD drive — #5

As far as installing over LocalTalk, I don't recall that being possible. Click to expand... For example I have a "System 7.5 network install CD", you need a lower version and b…
68kMLA Networking by porter Sat, 7 Nov 2009 - 05:44

Installing Mac OS 8 without CD drive — #4

I do have external SCSI CD drives, but not the HDI-30 adapter to attach it. As far as installing over LocalTalk, I don't recall that being possible.
68kMLA Networking by Hrududu Sat, 7 Nov 2009 - 03:50

Installing Mac OS 8 without CD drive — #3

If you have another old mac with a CD drive and have the necessary networking hardware (and I assume you do), stick the CD in another machine, turn on filesharing, and mount the CD…
68kMLA Networking by beachycove Sat, 7 Nov 2009 - 03:46

What revision of the logic board in a macintosh 128k? — #5

JDW, the pictures referred to show the decoder. Before there were little decoder boards made, people piggybacked an additional 7AS153 atop the one at F3 as in this photo: http://h…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by H3NRY Sat, 7 Nov 2009 - 02:17

What revision of the logic board in a macintosh 128k? — #4

(Are you speaking of the 7 holes shown in my photos between RP1 and C34? Click to expand... That is exactly right. There are many pictures on the forum of these mini-mux boards …
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Mac128 Sat, 7 Nov 2009 - 01:46

Cube! with all the trimmings :D — #13

The chip inside the Cube's amplifier module is a TriPath TA1101B 20W digital amplifier, so indeed a TriPath amp is a terrific match for these speakers. They are 8 Ohm impedance. T…
68kMLA Hardware by H3NRY Sat, 7 Nov 2009 - 01:36

Why the 10MiB ceiling in a Classic II? — #3

Some Macs have hardware memory controller limits - only so many address lines. Many are limited by the boot ROM to a certain ceiling. I think the Classic II is one of these. There …
68kMLA Hardware by H3NRY Sat, 7 Nov 2009 - 00:21

What revision of the logic board in a macintosh 128k? — #2

I have a couple of early 128K boards; both are marked 820-0086-C in the top copper layer, and printed with a © 1983 date. Later 128K/512K boards do not need the little decoder boar…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by H3NRY Sat, 7 Nov 2009 - 00:03
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