I'll be your best friend if you sell me your non-working IIfx's and Color Classics

2011-10-31 Thread Chris M
I swear :) -- - You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to

Re: Replacing CRT on 9 Mac with flat panel LCD and composite?

2011-07-11 Thread Chris M
--- On Sat, 7/9/11, Clark Martin cm...@sonic.net wrote: The sync and video are separate in the Plus, they are never combined. Apparently this is correct. I dug out a copy of Larry Pina's Macintosh Upgrade and Repair Secrets and although he utilizes the term composite in regards to video,

Re: Replacing CRT on 9 Mac with flat panel LCD and composite?

2011-07-09 Thread Chris M
I recall seeing the mac video being designated a composite signal. Composite or NTSC is what's fed into a video monitor (not TV, unless it accepts composite input). Composite imposed on a carrier signal is what's displayed on channel 3 or 4. Composite just means everything is combined into 1

Re: Replacing CRT on 9 Mac with flat panel LCD and composite?

2011-07-09 Thread Chris M
--- On Sat, 7/9/11, Clark Martin cm...@sonic.net wrote: I recall seeing the mac video being designated a composite signal. Not even the Mac Plus is composite video.   I've seen the connection to the analog board and there was, IIRC, video and both sync signals as separate lines.  As a

Re: Replacing CRT on 9 Mac with flat panel LCD and composite?

2011-07-09 Thread Chris M
--- On Sat, 7/9/11, Doug McNutt dougl...@macnauchtan.com wrote: Audio goes to a speaker and a phone jack and was never mixed with the video in a composite output.  Some third party may have made an NTSC, National Television Standards Committee, conversion to allow for a second monitor but I

Re: Replacing CRT on 9 Mac with flat panel LCD and composite?

2011-07-09 Thread Chris M
--- On Sat, 7/9/11, Doug McNutt dougl...@macnauchtan.com wrote: I think the point is in the title of the thread. CRT on a 9 inch Mac. We're talking about a Mac Plus or perhaps a Mac SE or SE/30 here. I understand. All I was pointing out was that a composite signal didn't have to be messy,

Re: Using pc 720KB disks as 800KB disks

2011-07-01 Thread Chris M
800kb disks are 720k disks. 800 kb is just the unformatted capacity. --- On Wed, 6/29/11, Juhani Haverinen juhani.haveri...@gmail.com wrote: From: Juhani Haverinen juhani.haveri...@gmail.com Subject: Using pc 720KB disks as 800KB disks To: vintage-macs@googlegroups.com Date: Wednesday, June

Re: Using pc 720KB disks as 800KB disks

2011-07-01 Thread Chris M
actually I have to amend my prior post. Those disks have an unformatted capacity of 1 meg or thereabouts. Different os' format them to different capacities. You'll see high density Mac/Sony drives/disk specified as 2 meg occasionally. -- - You received this message because you are a

anyone have 68000 Dev system images?

2011-02-22 Thread Chris M
I actually have the 2 disks that make up this package. I doubt they work though. Anyone have or can point to images of these disks? -- - You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and

Re: Macintosh Plus works, but doesn't do much

2010-07-12 Thread Chris M
--- On Sun, 7/11/10, Doug McNutt dougl...@macnauchtan.com wrote: Somewhere on the web is a Mac Plus HTTP server. I remember trying it out when it was last advertised, I think here. and likely equivalent more or less to Trumpet for peecees. A novelty at best. I did a bunch of satellite

Re: Macintosh Plus works, but doesn't do much

2010-07-11 Thread Chris M
an original Mac can't do much. And this surprises you? -- - You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml

I had a dream last night (found 3 IIfx's in a pile of other stuff)

2009-12-26 Thread Chris M
but woke up and I own none! Anyone have one, in any working order, they want to part with? -- - You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at

Re: where to buy vintage stuff in NYC?

2009-02-20 Thread Chris M
Hi Mooch,  Being that the economy is doing so well, and electronic stores in general are far and away the most popular, check the yellow pages under vintage puters and stuph and you're bound to see many listings.   --- On Tue, 2/17/09, mary littell moochacha...@mac.com wrote: From: mary