Why doesn't this mouse work with my Mac Plus?
I got a nearly new mouse when I bought an Apple IIe off ebay. It appears almost the same as the Mac Plus mouse, and even says the same Model M0100 on the bottom. But it doesn't move the mouse cursor side to side on the Mac Plus (haven't tried it on the apple IIe yet). I'm guessing it's either broken or there is really a difference between it and the regular Mac Plus mouse... --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to 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 vintage-macs@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vintage-macs-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Supid question about battery on Plus/SE
On Jun 7, 11:24 pm, Sterling sterl...@ilc.net wrote: Ok, this may be a really dumb question, but if my mouse prefernces (speed) doesn't stick then is that a function of the OS or should that be a thing that sticks around the memory of the Plus/SE? Would that be an indicator that I need a new battery? And where can I find replacement batteries for my 2 Pluses and 2 SE machines? You might hunt back a ways. I started a thread a month or more ago when I found very affordable 1/2AA batteries--which is not the type you need, but I also mentioned a battery in that thread which works in the Plus. It's not an exact replacement, but is the right size and provides enough voltage to work. Even if that vendor isn't still selling them, that's give you part numbers and a starting point. Jeff Walther --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to 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 vintage-macs@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vintage-macs-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Supid question about battery on Plus/SE
If you cannot find batteries, I did come across a wonderful extention that _seems_ to replace the need for a battery by saving the Pram settings to disk before shutdown. This extention is called the grouch I found it on a floppy that was for some odd reason in the drive of my PowerMac 6100 and when installed on both my Classic and LCII (Both with dead batteries) it retains all setting after boot (including the color settings on the LCII). I don't know where to find it, or how to dump it, but if I get instructions, I will post a copy of it for you, or you might be able to find a copy yourself. -hope that helps On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 10:24 AM, tragt...@io.com wrote: On Jun 7, 11:24 pm, Sterling sterl...@ilc.net wrote: Ok, this may be a really dumb question, but if my mouse prefernces (speed) doesn't stick then is that a function of the OS or should that be a thing that sticks around the memory of the Plus/SE? Would that be an indicator that I need a new battery? And where can I find replacement batteries for my 2 Pluses and 2 SE machines? You might hunt back a ways. I started a thread a month or more ago when I found very affordable 1/2AA batteries--which is not the type you need, but I also mentioned a battery in that thread which works in the Plus. It's not an exact replacement, but is the right size and provides enough voltage to work. Even if that vendor isn't still selling them, that's give you part numbers and a starting point. Jeff Walther --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to 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 vintage-macs@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vintage-macs-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Compatible Hard Drives for Macintosh SE FDHD
do you mind posting pictures of this beast of a hard disk? it sounds quite interesting to look at. Myself being a PC person, the only 5.25 drives I knew of were the Maxtor Bigfoot drives which were beasts to me. On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 10:21 AM, tragt...@io.com wrote: On Jun 7, 11:28 pm, PeterH peterh5...@rattlebrain.com wrote: On Jun 7, 2009, at 8:19 PM, Gregg Eshelman wrote: 0.7 is half height for 3.5 drives. I've seen several 3.5 SCSI drives over 1.4 tall. Full height 3.5 drives are 1-5/8 tall, which just happens to be 1/2 of the height of a full-height 5.25 drive. Full height 5.25 drives are 3.3 tall. This number may be a little easier to remember. Once you remember 3.3 you can calculate that half-height 5.25 = full height 3.5 = 1.65. They used to call 1 tall 3.5 drives low profile IIRC. Incidentally, 3.3 is the height of two standard CD-ROM or DVD drives. There was a full height 9 GB Seagate SCSI drive, ST410800, which was sold at extremely low prices (~$35 - $50) back in (I think) the late 90s. Some of the sellers weren't too careful about disclosing that the thing was a full height 5.25 drive. When the 410800 was released it was quite a bargain. It sold for around $5000 at a time when other drives cost about $1000/GB and it was soon available for $3000. It sounds a bit like an agitating washing machine when seeking, but it runs fairly cool and seems to be very reliable. Mine is still working... Jeff Walther --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to 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 vintage-macs@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vintage-macs-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Supid question about battery on Plus/SE
On 8 Jun 2009, at 08:40:20 PDT, Christian Wacker wrote: I have come across a wonderful extention that can do what On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 6:02 AM, Manuel Marquesmanuelmar...@gmail.com wrote: It should memorize its last setting. If it doesn't (during a poweroff/ cold boot), this may mean you need a new PRAM battery, as the PRAM is not stored when your Plus/SE is turned off. Are there any other issues, such as the date resetting itself to Aug 28, 1956? My Performa does that, I have it configured to pull the time from a network time server but in every boot it defaults the date to Aug 28, 1956... :) Manuel Marques On Jun 8, 5:24 am, Sterling sterl...@ilc.net wrote: Ok, this may be a really dumb question, but if my mouse prefernces (speed) doesn't stick then is that a function of the OS or should that be a thing that sticks around the memory of the Plus/SE? Would that be an indicator that I need a new battery? And where can I find replacement batteries for my 2 Pluses and 2 SE machines? --- A wonderful extension that does what? Pardon me for being confused. Ken http://mysite.verizon.net/res7gt1w/stackomacs --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to 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 vintage-macs@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vintage-macs-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Supid question about battery on Plus/SE
On 8 Jun 2009, at 08:55:17 PDT, Christian Wacker wrote: sorry, my Email client sent 2 copies of the message in different states of completion. My full message is a few above this one --- Well, given that I read messages off line rather than fuss with the web interface, it would be helpful if enough of the original message were included to understand the subject of the discussion. Launching a browser and navigating to a website, sorting messages by thread and reading the stack just to get the meaning is usually just too much. Ken http://mysite.verizon.net/res7gt1w/stackomacs --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to 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 vintage-macs@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vintage-macs-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Supid question about battery on Plus/SE
If you cannot find batteries, I did come across a wonderful extention that _seems_ to replace the need for a battery by saving the Pram settings to disk before shutdown. This extention is called the grouch I found it on a floppy that was for some odd reason in the drive of my PowerMac 6100 and when installed on both my Classic and LCII (Both with dead batteries) it retains all setting after boot (including the color settings on the LCII). I don't know where to find it, or how to dump it, but if I get instructions, I will post a copy of it for you, or you might be able to find a copy yourself. -hope that helps -- From: Ken Daggett kadagg...@verizon.net Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 11:13 AM To: vintage-macs@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Supid question about battery on Plus/SE On 8 Jun 2009, at 08:55:17 PDT, Christian Wacker wrote: sorry, my Email client sent 2 copies of the message in different states of completion. My full message is a few above this one --- Well, given that I read messages off line rather than fuss with the web interface, it would be helpful if enough of the original message were included to understand the subject of the discussion. Launching a browser and navigating to a website, sorting messages by thread and reading the stack just to get the meaning is usually just too much. Ken http://mysite.verizon.net/res7gt1w/stackomacs --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to 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 vintage-macs@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vintage-macs-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Supid question about battery on Plus/SE
well I feel like a complete Arse... The grouch is just a trashcan animation... I must have some other extention enabled that saves pram settings, because the battery has been physically removed, and it would loose the settings unless this extention was in the folder... any idea why this happens? -- From: Christian Wacker pizzaboy...@hotmail.com Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 11:25 AM To: vintage-macs@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Supid question about battery on Plus/SE If you cannot find batteries, I did come across a wonderful extention that _seems_ to replace the need for a battery by saving the Pram settings to disk before shutdown. This extention is called the grouch I found it on a floppy that was for some odd reason in the drive of my PowerMac 6100 and when installed on both my Classic and LCII (Both with dead batteries) it retains all setting after boot (including the color settings on the LCII). I don't know where to find it, or how to dump it, but if I get instructions, I will post a copy of it for you, or you might be able to find a copy yourself. -hope that helps -- From: Ken Daggett kadagg...@verizon.net Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 11:13 AM To: vintage-macs@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Supid question about battery on Plus/SE On 8 Jun 2009, at 08:55:17 PDT, Christian Wacker wrote: sorry, my Email client sent 2 copies of the message in different states of completion. My full message is a few above this one --- Well, given that I read messages off line rather than fuss with the web interface, it would be helpful if enough of the original message were included to understand the subject of the discussion. Launching a browser and navigating to a website, sorting messages by thread and reading the stack just to get the meaning is usually just too much. Ken http://mysite.verizon.net/res7gt1w/stackomacs --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to 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 vintage-macs@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vintage-macs-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: exploded 128
On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 9:54 PM, dbriggsdionbri...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks to the folks who walked me through Discharging a CRT and other nuances of taking apart the 128 a few months ago. it took a lot of time to get everything figured out, as far as making it into a coherent t-shirt design, but the results are now out in the wild (the t-shirt is made) after taking it apart and photographing it I handed it over to a graphic artist. with moderator's approval, i will post the link or you can google it. I'm wearing it right now. Link? -- Best Regards, John Musbach --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to 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 vintage-macs@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vintage-macs-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Compatible Hard Drives for Macintosh SE FDHD
do you mind posting pictures of this beast of a hard disk? it sounds quite interesting to look at. Myself being a PC person, the only 5.25 drives I knew of were the Maxtor Bigfoot drives which were beasts to me. From Jeff's posts he seem like a busy guy :) Not that I'm not busy. I hope the link below will suffice. Click on the image to enlarge the photos of the ST410800, --glen http://www.flickr.com/photos/glenstrek/sets/72157619373073771/detail/ --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to 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 vintage-macs@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vintage-macs-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Compatible Hard Drives for Macintosh SE FDHD
On Jun 8, 2009, at 3:12 PM, glen wrote: Incidentally, 3.3 is the height of two standard CD-ROM or DVD drives. Officially, it is 3-1/8 (3.1250/79.375mm). --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to 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 vintage-macs@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vintage-macs-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: IIFX 16MB SIMMs; Was: Re: Fast NuBus card for fx?
Jeff... With all this talk about a group build (pros and cons), I thought I would toss in my 2 cents. I do not mind paying in advance before the product gets going and off the ground. You do need some start up money to get going. You sound like a stand up guy to me, so I am not worried about the money. Only you know how many you need to make in order to make it worth your while. If you can come up with that magic number, maybe others can pre pay or at least part pre pay so you do not get stuck in the end. Anyway, just something to chew on. jack in Portland Oregon 97217 --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to 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 vintage-macs@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vintage-macs-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: IIFX 16MB SIMMs; Was: Re: Fast NuBus card for fx?
--- On Mon, 6/8/09, Scott Holder sc...@iamscott.net wrote: I don't think I've ever thrown away a working and/or interesting Mac, so I doubt this one would be any different. Especially knowing now that it may be a somewhat odd or special setup. The only thing that makes me wonder is I'm 99% sure it was still a 68030, but the Tokamac upgrades look to be 68040 upgrades. A stock IIfx was a 40Mhz 030, comparable to the rather rare 40Mhz 80386DX with matching 40Mhz 80387 math co-processor. The reason the TokaMac upgrade needs all those wires etc is because not only was that Mac odd in using the special 64pin RAM, Apple made the bizarre decision to not fully connect the PDS to the NuBus, making the PDS nearly useless. A TokaMac upgraded IIfx is a huge hardware bodge and hack. It just proves that anything a computer company tries to stop hackers from doing, a hacker can find a way to do! :) --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to 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 vintage-macs@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vintage-macs-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
