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Hey guys, I ordered tantalum caps for my LC III and didn't think to look at the size codes of the caps before I bought them. The 100uf and 10uf caps are size B,…
If you cannot afford, or cannot find, a Lisa, now at least (about 33 years later) you can read the brochure. Interesting (to me) to note that it used a 68000 pr…
First, let me apologize by saying I am brand new to this forum and I don't know if this has been covered in years past. Please bear with me as I familiarize mys…
This was originally published in MacUser 1988 March. MacUser also provided people who asked with a standalone printed version of the report (printed on thicker …
This may be a stupid question, but can you not connect a microphone to a Mac SE? (My Mac Classic II has a microphone jack, my SE does not). thanks,
I was wondering. Is there enough power on a SCSI cable that if you used an EL Wire it'd glow? I've seen SCSI terminators that light up an LED. Would be cool if …
Hi, i am working on the MIST port of the great Plus Too Project (http://www.bigmessowires.com/category/plustoo/). I am currently working on SCSI. It's mainly do…
So I was looking at the System 7 source code, when I saw this Makefile. (Surrounding it is the dbLite, the PB Duo 210; SuperMario, a universal 68k ROM; and a un…
I thought this was an interesting discovery, so I figured some of you folks might like to know. For ages I've used SCSI-IDE and SCSI-IDE-SATA adapters on variou…
Hi, m68k users! I've been using bbraun's djMEMC fix in the NetBSD kernel to support 260 megs in a Quadra 610. However, sometime between last summer and now I've…
I recently acquired (for a good price) a Mac Plus, that looks like it hasn't been touched for a while. When I went to power it up, I noticed that the CRT was di…
As a result of the feedback I got from the topic at https://68kmla.org/forums/index.php?/topic/26059-lc-iii-external-hard-drive/I was able to obtain an external…
Hi, got this card off ebay, but without the connecting cable: Anyone know where I can get a second hand cable? Would the cable be the same as the Radius Pivot I…
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OK so I said no more Macs but then there was this PowerBook 150 on sale for 15$ so how can I resist. I actually have some memories of this PowerBook as it was k…
So I got another 128mb SIMM off eBay... Thought maybe Sonnet would've enabled usage of a large capacity SIMM on the Presto '040 PDS accelerator card.... Mac OS …
I have an LC III that came with a 40MB hard drive, only other SCSI drive I have laying around is a 6GB Seagate drive... I put it in the LC, created a 500MB part…
Hi all, new here but I am a long time vintage computer tinkerer. Have owned many classic Macs and Amiga's over the years. I have been lucking enough to just pic…
Hi everybody.I've been visiting 68k LMA but this is my first topic. I got a SE/30 and recapped it.And when I turned it on,I got both Death Chime and Simasimac.I…
Just curious whether or not 64MB SIMMS are recognised on the 550 logic board or if 36MB (4 + 32) truly is the limit. Thanks!
Has anyone had any luck using the SCSI2SD in a Quadra 700? I have one for my LC III, and it works really well. I'm intrigued by the new, smaller SCSI2SD, but th…
My SE/30 is almost perfect. It has a 32bit clean ROM, a 1GB hard disk, 68MB RAM, an Asante Maccon ethernet card - and A/UX 3.01 installed. The only fly in the o…
My latest Mac and Apple II find: - Apple IIc - Apple /// - Mac SE - Mac SE/30 - Power Mac G4 All are operational.
Two general questions about LCs and systems with LC040 that I've wondered for a long time: 1. Is it possible to replace the LC040 with 68040 in a system with a …
I want to adjust the height on my B&W Macintosh Classic but can't find the information on which screw/pot to turn... as there are a few... and don't wan…
I acquired an LC III without a hard drive a couple of months ago and have gone through the laborious process of finding a working compatible hard disk drive. I …
After doing a fresh install of System 7.5.5 on my Quadra 700, I've noticed that despite its support of 256 colours on multiple resolutions, certain GUI elements…
Hello people. Been using the lc475 for few days with printer and im thinking... is there any old Mac (not osx) that could be enhanced, or even use an overclocke…
Mac Startup key combinations: Key Combination Effect On Boot mouse down Eject removable media ( I think Boot ROMs prior to 2.4f1 excluded the CD drive ) opt Bri…
Hi Everyone I've been meaning to post photos of this excellent 68020 accelerator card for the Macintosh SE line. A researcher of physical sciences used this mac…
Hi All, New to this site and not sure if this is the right subforum to post this in, but here goes: has anyone gotten OpenStep running on a 68k Mac?
Hello guys, I need a little bit of help with finding a red HDD LED for some of my Quadras 700. It looks like it should be the same as the green power LED, but I…
I have a fully functional LC III but am thinking about getting some sort of external data storage in case the current HDD fails. From what I can tell, the case …
I want to upload a jpg to my Newton. Not necessarily as the background image, but sort of like the camera roll on an iPhone. Is there a package that allows you …
Dear forum members, There is a blue capacitor made by Richey (10uF 160V, 85 degrees) on my Mac SE Analog Board. Does anyone know if it can be replaced by a regu…
Anybody have Mac Plus V3 ROMS (LOUD HARMONICA) they can part with or burn? I have version 2 and want to "upgrade" Thanks!
So I have a healthy Mac Plus that I restored over the last several months. One of my experiments has been to buy an AztecMonster Compact Flash (CF) SCSI drive. …
so If i remember correctly there was a card that allowed color / greyscale on an se /30. Greyscale internally and color with an external monitor. Here in North …
Hello 68kmla! I just wanted to share my latest conquest, which contained a bunch of powermacs. The quicksilver sadly doesn't work (light fades when pressing sta…
So after finding that old 128k Macintosh, I have found a new passion for these old Apple computers. I dug out my old Apple IIgs, and even got a ribbon for the I…
I want to cram a 10K RPM enterprise SCSI drive into a LaCie Joule HD external case to replace the dead drive inside. Reference/backstory thread: https://68kmla.…
Hello, I am in the process of restoring a recently acquired Macintosh Classic II (I have installed a SCSI2SD and upgraded the RAM), and I am wondering if it is …
Clear! How cool is that? { "lightbox_close": "Close", "lightbox_next": "Next", "lightbox_previous": "Previous", "lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot …
Last Week-End i found was i though was a Powermac 5300 lying down the street. The PM was not complete and too bulky to bring it home, but i managed to remove th…
I have successfully constructed a null modem cable from Mac 128K/512K to a PC. This works very nicely for a terminal session to my Linux box. I was wondering if…
Finally got the Cat-5 Ethernet card for my SE/30, and it works beautifully. Now I want to run MacSSH and AUX on it. I upgraded my Quadra 700 to 68 MB and put it…
I have a LaCie Joule 730 HD. It's an external SCSI hard drive with a Quantum Lightning 730s 2400 inside it. It spins up and the electronics seem to work ok, but…
I found this interesting link when I bought ordoid-xu4 for my another project: http://forum.odroid.com/viewtopic.php?f=116&t=12191&p=85974 The a…
Can I use the ROM SIMM from a Centris 610 in an SE/30? The Centris' ROM SIMM is marked "341S0928". I searched this site for that # but there were no results fou…