Gee, that LCD is nicer than I expected.

If I'm doing display alignment on a compact Mac, I find it easiest to cut a sheet of white paper to the correct image size. Just hold the paper up to the display and adjust the im…

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It is essentially a stunted SE/30, which has neither the same power or capacity. Both it and it's sister Classic were giant steps backward. Click to expand... Actually not dire…

This brings up an interesting question. By today's standards, there is really no point in owning a Classic II for any real work. It is essentially a stunted SE/30, which has neithe…

This site shows pics of a ST-NIC-VF, but a Rev C2 that has a more usual complement of ports: http://www.recycledgoods.com/products/Asante-MC3NB-Mac-Ethernet-Card-%28ST-NIC-VF%29.h…

My guess would be that this card is definetely an oddball model, for I too have never seen a card like this. Perhaps it was a card made for "OEM" purposes, where you'd get a machin…

I've got the RAM card and modem card also. Tomorrow when I'm out of town I'll try to get that new PS and see if I can resurrect it.

Seconded on the carry case, and I wouldn't mind having a set of manuals either. Click to expand... Actually, the black carry-case I've got! I was talking about the Case Plastic…

And that also brings up another thing. i could make a small little lightweight app you could run that would set the hardware to boot from the 64k rom or 128k rom. because if i use…

There used to be a utility called Test Pattern Generator that had some great patterns built in. However, a ruler in MacDraw works well too if you're looking for accuracy of inches.…

not to mention very expensive on some of those caps. but WARNING. you cant just go out and replace your caps with just any caps, need to do some research on the known "good" capac…

Most of the analog board caps are of the larger size variety, and as a result, most of the time you can get away with good system operating without swapping them out. My SE/30 has…

Well, that's got me thinking of what I might get up to one cold winter night next year.... Click to expand... What's "THAT," bc? What's so special about the SE/30 Graphic Card…

Are there are caps on the analog board that one should consider replacing as well even if they aren't leaking at this point in time? I love my Classic II for purely sentimental re…

I had a Classic II but got rid of it. I prefer the SE , SE FDHD, and SE/30 models I still have. For one thing you have expansion options in the SE line, 3 of 4 compacts I own have …

Whether the dissipated electrolyte can be seen or not (it is usually not seen), it is a fact that heat slowly degrades and dissipates the fluid over time. This occurs more rapidly…

Disconnecting the PRAM battery let it boot. 400MHz G3 with 384MBs of RAM. It even has an AirPort card and DVD-ROM. b:

Recapping Classic II boards is a pain because of the way they are spaced close to other parts ...it is mostly the surface mount ones that do. Click to expand... This brings up …

I have never seen an axial lead capacitor leak.

Your system can only use 32 meg SIMMs as two banks of 16 meg. Since 64 meg SIMMs are a single bank, you're just seeing memory in one of the two banks, hence 16 megs.

Is there anyway to replace the axial lead caps with something that can't leak?

Hey folks, first post here. For about a year now I've been working in the office of a warehouse/trucking company. The warehouse here is chock full of old junk that I have a good …

If there are any tips on targeting specific CPUs, e.g. how to make use of '040 features with or without leaving out '030 machines, that could be interesting as well. I'm more inte…

I agree with JDW. Replacing all of the SMD caps with tantalum-type along with all axial-lead electrolytic caps will help extend the life of that logic board. Crickett, send me a …