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I know this is a bit of a strange item to be asking for, but I am looking
for a Performa 5xx/6xx series internal motherboard connector harness. I
have reason to suspect that something may have happened to mine, and I want
to try and test that theory with another one. If anyone has
Good call, yes indeed I forgot that little detail.
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Dylan is correct, depending on generation they did ship in those two colors.
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> where to find one of these?
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That's really cool. I was unaware that anyone still did some old Mac
development.
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Fudgecicles...I think I have shorted out my sound circuitry. Part of the
monitor output board touched one of the capacitors briefly in the sound
area. Now, the sound comes on on startup, and then disappears. I can
briefly short out across capacitor C7, and that makes the sound work for 3
or so
Well, a few good things. Got my acrylic, also got an LCD. $5 at goodwill...hard
to go wrong! Well...almost. I got it stripped down and working, but found dark
spots on the screen (see the pic). How can I get rid of these? Not a dirty
streak on the screen.
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> designation is due to my intent to bump the RAM and VRAM beyond what it was
> capable of at the time by hot-air de/resoldering, plus bumping it to a 40
Thank you both, thats a huge help.
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Anyone have a good source of replacement electrolytic surface mount caps? I
don't want to always replace with radial or axial mount ones...but the
surface mount seem hard to find.
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Our 3rd family computer was a Quadra 660AV. Great machine, we used it for
years. It actually was replaced by a TAM on my dad's desk. A few times, we
attached our home camcorder via S-Video to record short flicks. Really cool
for the time!
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Anyone here registered at thinkclassic.org? I just discovered it the other
day, and it appears to be lightly used.
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Utilized an SD card reader on my iMac G4 under OS 9 to format it and make
sure it had an Apple Partition Map. Lido will only recognize SCSI drives
(at least the version I have). Is there a later one? I can't get Drive
Setup to run on the 637 because I have System 7.1 on it. There doesn't even
I've run into a bit of an issue. I obtained an IDE to SD card reader, but
the thing doesn't seem to work at all. Has anyone had any luck with a
specific brand of such device before in the past? I have a feeling there
may be hardware incompatibilities with this thing.
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Now for finding the monitor: been looking for something reasonable to
attach this thing to. The Apple 15" Studio Display w/ VGA connector seems
to go for some serious cash for some reason, so that is out. Most PC
monitors look like crap, and I'd have to revamp them to make them look
decent.
To everyone on the list: I had a recent death in the family, as well as a
demanding work schedule. I wills tart packing and getting quotes to you all
as soon as I can. Thank you.
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Another question: If I am not mistaken, the Apple IIGS keyboard was the
smallest ADB keyboard made...followed by the one that came with the LCIIs
and such. Does anyone have one of those they would trade? I have more Apple
Extended Keyboards to trade if need be. I am looking for this to take up
Are attached photos allowed? I'll share some this evening. Thanks everyone
for the great suggestions thus far.
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Another question: once I have this case built out of acrylic, provide
ventilation, port holes, all that...I'm trying to figure through how to at
least give this thing a little shielding...maybe some steel mesh screen
taped on the insides?
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Thank you for this,
As far as the SD card, I believe from an old cell phone I actually happen
to have a 2GB card. If not, I have an old iMac with 10.4 on it;
partitioning a larger one into 2GB sectors with HFS will not be an issue. I
saw that some of the adaptors are bus-poweredI will look
Keith,
Where do you get one? Do you have a link? I was just going to omit the CD drive
and do it that way, but the IDE option sounds neat.
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ply and I believe it only took a couple components and extra
> wires to convert the signal needed. Should be able to dig that out if it's
> helpful for reference.
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>> Ok, so I've got the Performa 637 r
Ok, so I've got the Performa 637 re-capped and it works great. Next, I am
going to get a SCSI2SD to interface with it. Anyone have a good suggestion
for a small, 14 or 15 inch LCD that would be easy to interface with it?
Looking for a small form factor...and cheap I would hope!
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Great suggestions all around, thank you guys. I do have a "spare" Performa
637 that I don't necessarily care about that I was hoping to use. A few
issues: as stated, the soft power on thing. Second, does anyone have a
pinout for the absolutely massive connector at the front of the board that
r a little over
>> $100 at bmow.com.
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>> Can't wait to see how your project turns out!
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>>> Hi everyone,
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>>> I am looking to build a custom, small
Hi everyone,
I am looking to build a custom, small enclosed Mac with LCD screen. Acrylic
case, etc, for my girls to use as a cool play machine. I'd like it to be
based on a machine of early 90's vintage (90-94 or so) running System 7. I
am looking for suitable machine motherboards that might
those two items I mentioned last week. I am in
> Alabama and will be happy to pay shipping. Please contact me
> bo.h...@gmail.com <mailto:bo.h...@gmail.com>
> On Tue, Jul 31, 2018, 12:00 PM John-Robert La Porta <mailto:johnrlapo...@gmail.com>> wrote:
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Still interested in the 800k floppies if there are any available.
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Hi everyone,
I have a boatload of stuff that I want to unload. It's not a bunch of junk,
to my knowledge everything on the list works. I am located in Connecticut,
so if anyone is local and would rather just pick up some of it that is fine
as well. The only cost to you will be shipping; I just
1/2AA? 3.6v? How much? I’d take them.
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How about the floppysany 800k?
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I'd certainly be interested in the DuoDock. Any games floating around in that
software?
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Are Mac Plus keyboards that rare?
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> Can a Mac Plus boot without a keyboard?
> I have a Mac Plus 1MB but no keyboard (would cost more than the Mac
> itself) and I've never seen it boot, I got a new internal floppy drive for
>
Everyone had the right suspicions: TWO of my HDs had failed, that's where I was
thrown off. Thankfully, one of my PowerMac 6100s was nice enough to give up its
HD, and that works fine. Many thanks for all of the help. Also, that SCSI to
Flash thing is intriguing...I may have to look into that
Let's say it IS the HDanyone have a source of internal SCSI Has that we
can tap into??
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>> Anything that might cause the machine to work fine, but not power the HD
>> correctly to be able to spin up?
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>> On Thursday, December 29, 2016 at 4:10:47 PM UTC-5, Notgoing
That battery is brand new, should be just fine and I will make sure to
check it this evening. I will remark that this machine has been in storage
for a good 7+ years or so, and needed the re-capping as it would not turn
on at all. There was no damage to traces that could be found and I cleaned
Hi everyone,
I am in need of, at least, a floppy image of a system that will start up an
LC 520. I had to swap out hard drives, as it's original died. I just
re-capped it after years in storage, and I have no System 7 software disk
that has Enabler 403 in it to start it up. For some reason, I
All 660AVs had caddy-type drives. A tray-load, like a Power Mac 6100 would
work, but would be incorrect.
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Do you have an address that I can calculate it to?
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Ok All:
Attached is the Excel sheet of all I have to sell at this time. There's
descriptions, condition, quantity, and price marked. The price is per every
one item. Please email me as to what you are interested in. Prices do not
include shipping, but 99% of this stuff is light as a feather. I
Ok All:
Attached is the Excel sheet of all I have to sell at this time. There's
descriptions, condition, quantity, and price marked. Please email me as to
what you are interested in. Prices do not include shipping, but 99% of this
stuff is light as a feather. I have a shipping scale, so I can
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> I am looking for a 15" Studio display, the LCD kind on a stand, with the
> DB-15 (or even VGA) connector. Can't use the DVI one because this is for a
> Power Computi
So I sorted out things last night preliminarily. Mostly cables, etc, and one
machine. I'll be making a Word doc of what I've got and how many of each soon.
The next round in a month or so will include more machines.
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Pretty amazing...I don't have one anyway!
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Hi everyone,
I am looking for a 15" Studio display, the LCD kind on a stand, with the
DB-15 (or even VGA) connector. Can't use the DVI one because this is for a
Power Computing Power Tower with old-style connectors. Anyone willing to
part with it?
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"LaCie made a radio that for some reason required an ADB connection."
I own one. It's purely for supplying power to the device.
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f you happen to have
> one in the pile let me know what you'd ask for it. I'm in area code 04021.
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> Nate
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>> I am cleanin
Another possible solution is a SCSI to FireWire adaptor, I do that sometimes
with a hard drive.
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Hi everyone,
I am cleaning out all of my stuff from my parents house. While I will keep a
lot, there is pleanty that I will not be. Many cables and peripherals, some
software, a few machines will be put up. Some of it will be Apple II stuff. A
few things are PC programs. I will list prices as
Dave,
How much for the shipping of the DuoDock to CT?
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Pretty much one thing: play the games I grew up with! I need to maintain a
fairly large spread from System 6 to early PPC versions of OS X.
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I'd be willing to go for a re-cap. What's the going rate on an LC 520 board?
There aren't too many caps that I can tell.
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Hi everyone,
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I found a different solution...unburied my old Rev. A iMac, runs 8.6 fine!
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I agree, but I use my MouseStick II for the flight sims, which i don't think
will work. I already use SheepShaver for emulation, too.
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I will explain more carefully what I am attempting to do. The iMac works
just fine, it always has. I'm the original owner with all the original
boxes and CDs. I am trying to use 8.6 for compatibility reasons.
Specifically, F/A-18 Hornet 2.0 will NOT work under OS 9, and I would have
to take
Hi everyone,
I am in need of running 8.6 in a mix of Macs to maintain a level of
transferability between several of them. I need to try and figure out how
to run 8.6 on my iMac DV SE, but others have stated that it can only run
the lowest system that it shipped with. However, DV SEs originally
Rob,
A Mac II sounds intriguing, since I have one who's motherboard is on the
way out. I live in CT, how much do you think it would be for one?
-John
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Why not just attach an external SCSI CD drive? Burn the disc on a modern Mac,
then use it with the Centris.
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Was anyone able to check out the photos and what was described above?
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I'd check the battery inside, usually that is the culprit in these
situations.
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The battery holder is basically a temporary solution, I'll get something
more permanent in there soon..
I've got some pictures now so that you guys can see just what it is that
I'm dealing with. Here is a board overview, and, while dusty, you can see
that there aren't any huge, gross
The battery holder is basically a temporary solution, I'll get something
more permanent in there soon..
I've got some pictures now so that you guys can see just what it is that
I'm dealing with. Here is a board overview, and, while dusty, you can see
that there aren't any huge, gross
, 2013, at 9:12 PM, John-Robert La Porta
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I am having a few issues with my non-backlit Portable. First, the hard
drive has stopped responding. It still starts up and spins up, but there is
no response as far as the machine is concerned. I
Been running it with a PB 100 power adaptor. I'd like to run it with a new
battery, but I'm not sure where to get cells...even if they can just fit in the
battery compartment I'd be fine with that. I've got the original AC adaptor so
it wouldn't be a problem.
As for the HD, no leakage or
Thanks for the info. I must have turned it on less than 10 times over 6+ years
with the PB 100 adaptor, so hopefully there isn't too much damage. Now to find
a decent battery and capacitor replacement guide...
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Very impressive! I think I will make a go of it myself, and contact you if
things don't work all that well. By the way, I was checking the site for
diagrams for a Mac II, and I can't seem to find it. I wanted to know if you
had one (I need to work on that, too). Thanks again.
-John
I saw that you also had a pretty serious warning for replacing the 840AVs
as well. I have a Power Mac 8100AV that has never worked correctly. It
boots to anythingHD, CD, etc, and no matter what, within 3 or so
minutes, everything freezes up...no matter what you do, no matter what
media
Hey everyone,
I am having a few issues with my non-backlit Portable. First, the hard
drive has stopped responding. It still starts up and spins up, but there is
no response as far as the machine is concerned. I can start the machine up
by either floppy or external SCSI hard drive. Not sure if
Update:
I jump-started the computer with (of all things) my 3.7 V lithium-ion
camera battery (it was the only close-to-3.6 V thing I had readily
available). So, it starts up just fine now, HD works well, and the screen
works just great. Now I have two more issues: 1. There is no sound output
On Saturday, December 14, 2013 1:02:43 AM UTC-5, John-Robert La Porta wrote:
I also just found a pretty cool YouTube video about how to test this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Mvn5z6AJK4
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Hey everyone,
Went to get an image of the ROM of my Mac II, and it's been in my parent's
closet of 10+ years. When I hook it up, not a thing will happen: nothing
turns on. I know that it has a soft power switch and all, but i tried the
keyboard with another mac and everything worked properly.
Hey everyone,
Went to get an image of the ROM of my Mac II, and it's been in my parent's
closet of 10+ years. When I hook it up, not a thing will happen: nothing
turns on. I know that it has a soft power switch and all, but i tried the
keyboard with another mac and everything worked properly.
I'll check the voltage, the unfortunate thing is that mine has two
soldered-in batteries. I've never taken out anything like that...would I
unsolder from the battery terminals themselves, or from the board? Come to
think of it, can I really check the voltage with the thing soldered in
there?
Looking at the Service Source manual that one of you guys supplied, I
noticed that they recommend replacing the soldered batteries with a
battery holder board, implying that there is a board that was a service
part that was soldered in place of the original batteries. Does anyone know
from
I also just found a pretty cool YouTube video about how to test this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Mvn5z6AJK4
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