Re: Just a little more about this Mac Classic...

2002-04-12 Thread rlf9
Compact Macs wrote... >From: Scott Holder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Just a little more about this Mac Classic... >In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >At 11:52 AM 4/12/2002 +1000, you wrote: >> >Stripping PPC code out wouldn't decrease memory requirements, would it? I >> >thought only 68

Re: color classic

2002-04-12 Thread rlf9
>From: the pickle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: color classic > > >$800 isn't enough. > >Which is why virtually nobody has *bothered* selling them. Except the one >guy who has to ruin it for everyone. Umm...ruined it? How so? Bob F -- Compact Macs is sponsored by

Re: color classic

2002-04-12 Thread rlf9
Compact Macs wrote... >Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 19:28:11 -0400 >From: the pickle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: color classic > >At 09:22 + on 12/04/02, Al wrote: > >>wow >>i mean WOW!!! >>this just knocked my socks off >>A B S O L U T E L YB R I L L I A N T ! ! ! > >Yeah, except that

Re: Mac Plus and AOL

2002-04-12 Thread the pickle
At 23:44 -0400 on 12/04/02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >I have an old Mac Plus with 2 MB RAM (it will not recognize 4 MB for some >reason) Did you clip the resistor? >and it also has system 6.0.8 and an 80 MB External Hard Drive, and I want to >get it online with my AOL S/N, But it always says ju

Mac Plus and AOL

2002-04-12 Thread MC68030
Hello all: I have an old Mac Plus with 2 MB RAM (it will not recognize 4 MB for some reason) and it also has system 6.0.8 and an 80 MB External Hard Drive, and I want to get it online with my AOL S/N, But it always says just to call some 800 number to register for a Screen Name. Can anyone help

Re: color classic

2002-04-12 Thread the pickle
At 10:39 + on 13/04/02, Al wrote: >the quailty of the sony tube "should" be able to display 800 x 600 >and maybe even 832 x 624 albiet everything would be a tad small It can't. The dot pitch makes it too blurry. Tried it myself a few times and didn't think much of it, unfortunately. the p

Re: monitor swap

2002-04-12 Thread andrew
Hello can you please give me more details howto ... :) andrew In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 23:57:26 -0400 From: Subject: Re: monitor swap At 15:54 +1300 on 12/04/02, andrew wrote: >I want to replace the screen on my se3o with another beacsue of burnin. >Can I use

Re: favorite compact

2002-04-12 Thread Robert Patterson
For the past year, I'd have to say that my SE/30 is my favorite compact. It just feels so "snappy" for a little Mac! Prior to that, though, and for several years, my beige Mac Plus was my utter favorite. Totally silent (I kept the external GCC FX/80 hard drive under the table to keep its noi

Re: Mac Classic

2002-04-12 Thread Amber Rhea
on 4/12/02 7:36 PM, (Compact Macs) at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I will personally pay whatever performance cost is necessary to get my > machine to look like a NeXT. :) :) As soon as I saw that post, I went > and downloaded Kaleidoscope and the NeXT look. I'll put 'em on > tonight. :) Well, o

Re: favorite compact (was Re: Finding System 7.1 in Binhex (WAS: Sorry for doubting macs...)

2002-04-12 Thread Eagle
There's a lot to be said for that silence. That's also why my other Mac is a G4 Cube: it's a very quiet machine too. Of my compact collection (SE/30, SE, Plus x3) I only ever play with the SE/30 and Plus. :) Ever since my Plusses started acting up, I haven't spent much time with 'em. Matter

Re: Finding System 7.1 in Binhex (WAS: Sorry for doubting macs...)

2002-04-12 Thread Mark Benson
On Saturday, April 13, 2002, at 12:41 AM, Marten van de Kraats wrote: > I would stop laughing pretty quickly. The LC doesn't perform very > impressively with system 7.1. AAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAHAAHHAHAHAHAHHA It's fine on mine :). I know it will run 6.0.8 but mine came with 7.0.0 so I decided to try

Re: Finding System 7.1 in Binhex (WAS: Sorry for doubting macs...)

2002-04-12 Thread Mark Benson
On Friday, April 12, 2002, at 04:16 PM, Nicholas Dalzell wrote: > I have given up on emulation...If you guys can't refer me to a suitable > site that has free emu's for the mac **CLASSIC**, (I tried > emulation.net), > then there's no hope...(Even though one of you (mark?) said that he knew > wh

Re: color classic

2002-04-12 Thread Al
np thinking seriously about doing the G3 upgrade on my cc looks like fun ... and i get a fairly unique G3 is a higher res possible? the quailty of the sony tube "should" be able to display 800 x 600 and maybe even 832 x 624 albiet everything would be a tad small (maybe the LCD option makes sence

Re: DB9 and networking

2002-04-12 Thread KADaggett
My Reply follows quote. On 12/04/2002 16:23 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (the pickle) >Sender:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >At 01:15 +0200 on 13/04/02, Marten van de Kraats wrote: > >>Are those db9 connectors, needed to get

HELP - Mac Plus ext. SCSI HD won't boot...

2002-04-12 Thread Blake Patterson
I recently acquired a Mac Plus and a Rodime 20MB ext SCSI HD... http://www.blakespot.com/macplus/images/macplus.jpg ...in great shape.  Quite anxious to put it to use and relive old memories.  But there's problems...  I got the Mac LocalTalked to my G4 (with Stealth Serial Port, under OS 9) an

favorite compact (was Re: Finding System 7.1 in Binhex (WAS: Sorry for doubting macs...)

2002-04-12 Thread Marten van de Kraats
I haven't seen this thread for a while, so lets start it again: -) My favorite compact is the Mac Plus. Silent, simple and stylish. I use one a daily basis, without a hard disk. On zaterdag, april 13, 2002, at 01:39 , Mark Benson wrote: >> The SE/30 is still my favorite compact. Nice, nice ma

Re: Finding System 7.1 in Binhex (WAS: Sorry for doubting macs...)

2002-04-12 Thread Marten van de Kraats
On zaterdag, april 13, 2002, at 01:32 , Mark Benson wrote: > Run 7.1 on an LC and you are > laughing :) I would stop laughing pretty quickly. The LC doesn't perform very impressively with system 7.1. Marten -- Check out the System 6 Hea

Re: Finding System 7.1 in Binhex (WAS: Sorry for doubting macs...)

2002-04-12 Thread Mark Benson
On Friday, April 12, 2002, at 10:57 PM, Eagle wrote: > Or, compare my SE/30 running System 7 (any version) to my NeXTcube 68030 > running NextStep 2.1. :) Actually, between those two, the SE/30 wins -- > the NeXT can do web browsing, but ain't nobody gonna do no serious web > browsing on that t

Re: Finding System 7.1 in Binhex (WAS: Sorry for doubting macs...)

2002-04-12 Thread Mark Benson
On Friday, April 12, 2002, at 10:46 PM, Marten van de Kraats wrote: > Anybody notice how 11 year old pc's running windows 3.1 behaved? Now > compare that to a 11 year old Mac running 7.01 or 7.1. Despite my reservations about it 7.1 is flat out better than Win3.1 as it is. Forget how it perform

Re: DB9 and networking

2002-04-12 Thread the pickle
At 01:15 +0200 on 13/04/02, Marten van de Kraats wrote: >Are those db9 connectors, needed to get a 512k on a phonenet/appletalk >network, easy to come by? I've never seen them. I've seen *one.* That should tell you something. the pickle FAQ Software Archive

DB9 and networking

2002-04-12 Thread Marten van de Kraats
Are those db9 connectors, needed to get a 512k on a phonenet/appletalk network, easy to come by? I've never seen them. Marten -- Check out the System 6 Heaven: http://www.euronet.nl/users/mvdk/system_6_heaven.html Subscribe to the LEM syst

Re: Finding System 7.1 in Binhex (WAS: Sorry for doubting macs...)

2002-04-12 Thread SkiSkywalker
In a message dated 12/04/02 04:17:30 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > then there's no hope...(Even though one of you (mark?) said that he knew > where I can find a rom, and didn't help when I asked!) > Is there another Mark here? I don't know where to get ROM images from... I'm

Re: color classic

2002-04-12 Thread SkiSkywalker
In a message dated 12/04/02 01:06:22 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > and your point is? ;) > > > > In a message dated 11/04/02 03:55:42 GMT Daylight Time, > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > << is there any way to bring tv to a color classic? > > (that doesn't break

Re: I look for: a drive for SE Monochrome Graphics Interfacing by NUTMEG SYSTEMS

2002-04-12 Thread the pickle
At 23:35 +0200 on 12/04/02, Daniel Daplincourt wrote: >Here this who is printed on the videoCard: >NUTMEG SYSTEMS, INC >SE Monochrome Graphics Interfacing >Model NXXKS Rev. 'B' >1989 made in Canada > >Did you already hear of this VideoCard? It is on a Macintosh SE. Heard of 'em but I've never se

Re: SE30 - Okay, the video is calm... now to clean up the inside

2002-04-12 Thread the pickle
At 07:07 +1000 on 13/04/02, Michel Dignand wrote: >clear instructions about how to dismantle (and re-assemble) the thing >without blowing my ears off? (It was quite interesting to find the All you need to know is in the FAQ :) the pickle FAQ Software Archive

Re: Finding System 7.1 in Binhex (WAS: Sorry for doubting macs...)

2002-04-12 Thread Eagle
On Friday, April 12, 2002, at 05:46 , Marten van de Kraats wrote: > On vrijdag, april 12, 2002, at 05:16 , Nicholas Dalzell wrote: > >> But it sure is annoying when a program crashes in the MacOS and >> requiring a long reboot, instead of WinXP just exiting the program and >> NOT >> requiring a re

Re: Details on my Mac Classic

2002-04-12 Thread Marten van de Kraats
On vrijdag, april 12, 2002, at 05:34 , Nicholas Dalzell wrote: > * Added 4MB or RAM (I was lucky it had a daughterboard for the extra > RAM) > * System 7.0.0 > * My needed fun and useful control panels: Sleeper, Basic Black, Bongo > Bob, > LockOUT, Auto menus, ConfigPPP and macTCP, Super Apple

Re: Finding System 7.1 in Binhex (WAS: Sorry for doubting macs...)

2002-04-12 Thread Marten van de Kraats
On vrijdag, april 12, 2002, at 05:16 , Nicholas Dalzell wrote: > But it sure is annoying when a program crashes in the MacOS and > requiring a long reboot, instead of WinXP just exiting the program and > NOT > requiring a reboot..Anybody notice that? Anybody notice how 11 year old pc's running

I look for: a drive for SE Monochrome Graphics Interfacing byNUTMEG SYSTEMS

2002-04-12 Thread Daniel Daplincourt
Hello everybody, who could help me to localize to what place and how could I acquire one drive for an old additional videocard ? Here this who is written on the card: Here this who is printed on the videoCard: NUTMEG SYSTEMS, INC SE Monochrome Graphics Interfacing Model NXXKS Rev. 'B' 1989 made i

Re: Mac Classic

2002-04-12 Thread Eagle
On Friday, April 12, 2002, at 04:08 , Amber Rhea wrote: >> * My needed fun and useful control panels: Sleeper, Basic Black, Bongo >> Bob, >> LockOUT, Auto menus, ConfigPPP and macTCP, Super Apple, MountImage, >> WDef >> III (for that NeXTSTEP look), Guard Dog, AltCDEF, Clock Adjust, FAX, >> and

SE30 - Okay, the video is calm... now to clean up the inside

2002-04-12 Thread Michel Dignand
Many thanks to all those who volunteered approach routes to resuscitate my SE30. The story so far: 1. the video seems to have calmed down, and appears fairly stable. I'll ask about improvements to that later, when I've got it to start up. 2. What I mostly need now is instructions for getting ou

Re: Mac Classic

2002-04-12 Thread Amber Rhea
> * System 7.0.0 As pickle already mentioned, you need 7.0.1 or 7.1 if you don't want to use System 6! > * My needed fun and useful control panels: Sleeper, Basic Black, Bongo Bob, > LockOUT, Auto menus, ConfigPPP and macTCP, Super Apple, MountImage, WDef > III (for that NeXTSTEP look), Guard D

Re: Finding System 7.1 in Binhex (WAS: Sorry for doubting macs...)

2002-04-12 Thread Amber Rhea
on 4/12/02 2:38 PM, (Compact Macs) at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > XP has all the latest preemptive multitasking and kernel protection stuff > built in (more or less), while 7.1 (and up to the last of the 9's, really) is > still using the old cooporative multitasking with minimal memory/kernel > pr

Re: color classic

2002-04-12 Thread Amber Rhea
on 4/12/02 2:38 PM, (Compact Macs) at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> A related question: Do you have to do the 640x480 mod in order to use a PPC >> board (a la above) in the CC? > > Considering that you have to do lots of dremel and other hacking, as well as > other mods to get the PPC board to wor

Re: Power SE/30

2002-04-12 Thread the pickle
At 13:32 -0500 on 12/04/02, Tyler "Punky" Smith wrote: >Has anyone ever tried putting a Turbo601 in an SE/30, perhaps with a >IIsi/IIfx ROM? I should think it would be an interesting mac. Someone reputedly did this a while back in Japan. No idea how it worked, but I wouldn't imagine that it's m

Re: color classic

2002-04-12 Thread the pickle
At 14:31 -0400 on 12/04/02, Scott Holder wrote: >At 11:38 AM 4/12/2002 -0500, you wrote: >>This is a cool idea, but I think I read on LowEndMac an article on >>benchmarking that said something about the PPC card upgrade not really >>giving the performance boost you are looking for, in fact they s

Power SE/30

2002-04-12 Thread Tyler
Has anyone ever tried putting a Turbo601 in an SE/30, perhaps with a IIsi/IIfx ROM? I should think it would be an interesting mac. -Tyler -- Compact Macs is sponsored by and... SPECIAL LIST PRICES - Replacement Apple CDROMs from $19.99, MacOS 8.5 CD $79.99 PPC 5400/200

Re: color classic

2002-04-12 Thread Scott Holder
At 11:38 AM 4/12/2002 -0500, you wrote: >This is a cool idea, but I think I read on LowEndMac an article on >benchmarking that said something about the PPC card upgrade not really >giving the performance boost you are looking for, in fact they said it felt >slower than the Mystic lc575 upgrade alo

Re: Modem IIci worries....

2002-04-12 Thread Mark Benson
On Friday, April 12, 2002, at 06:26 PM, the pickle wrote: > Mine never had any problem with 28.8, but I haven't tried it with 56K > due > to my lack of a working 56K modem at the moment... Well, y'all find out when I get the IIci in a few weeks :). If it doesn't work it looks like DHCP and In

Re: Details on my Mac Classic

2002-04-12 Thread the pickle
At 17:17 +0100 on 12/04/02, Mark Benson wrote: >On Friday, April 12, 2002, at 04:41 PM, the pickle wrote: > >> Yeah, the 68000-based Macs (and some of the 020s and 030s as well) had >> serial ports that couldn't handle anything faster. > > - does that include the IIci by any chance? I hope not...

Re: Findings ( was Re: another .... SE30?)

2002-04-12 Thread KADaggett
My Reply follows quote. On 12/04/2002 09:22 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Benson) > >On Friday, April 12, 2002, at 05:03 PM, mart wrote: > >> Which brings me to this: >> Today, I saw a box called the LogiTech ScanMan. It had the size and >> looks >> of an external FD

Re: color classic

2002-04-12 Thread Mike T.
This is a cool idea, but I think I read on LowEndMac an article on benchmarking that said something about the PPC card upgrade not really giving the performance boost you are looking for, in fact they said it felt slower than the Mystic lc575 upgrade alone due to the 33mhz bus speed not letting th

Re: Findings ( was Re: another .... SE30?)

2002-04-12 Thread Mark Benson
On Friday, April 12, 2002, at 05:03 PM, mart wrote: > Which brings me to this: > Today, I saw a box called the LogiTech ScanMan. It had the size and > looks > of an external FD drive, had a SCSI cable attached to it, a SCSI outlet > and > a SCSI ID selector on the back and a MiniDIN 8 connecto

Re: Details on my Mac Classic

2002-04-12 Thread Mark Benson
On Friday, April 12, 2002, at 04:41 PM, the pickle wrote: > Yeah, the 68000-based Macs (and some of the 020s and 030s as well) had > serial ports that couldn't handle anything faster. - does that include the IIci by any chance? I hope not -- Mark Benson Vintage Macs List Nanny aka

Re: SE/30 Daystar adaptor on eBay - $89 and rising!

2002-04-12 Thread Gamba
>I'll look into connectors later today. >Gamba Found the connectors, They blow pickle's budget. These are 120 pin Eurocard (aka VME) connectors $12 apiece for 1-24, $9 apiece for 50-99. I'm sitting here fantasizing about what it would be like to hand drill 240 holes on tenth inch centers. Gamb

Re: Finding System 7.1 in Binhex (WAS: Sorry for doubting macs...)

2002-04-12 Thread Darren
> >I have given up on emulation...If you guys can't refer me to a suitable >site that has free emu's for the mac **CLASSIC**, (I tried emulation.net), >then there's no hope...(Even though one of you (mark?) said that he knew >where I can find a rom, and didn't help when I asked!) > Can't google?

Re: color classic

2002-04-12 Thread ncc1701
On Fri, 12 Apr 2002 11:08:23 -0400 Amber Rhea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >A related question: Do you have to do the 640x480 mod in order to use a PPC >board (a la above) in the CC? Considering that you have to do lots of dremel and other hacking, as well as other mods to get the PPC board to

Re: Finding System 7.1 in Binhex (WAS: Sorry for doubting macs...)

2002-04-12 Thread ncc1701
>But it sure is annoying when a program crashes in the MacOS and >requiring a long reboot, instead of WinXP just exiting the program and NOT >requiring a reboot..Anybody notice that? Well, you're talking about technology that's ~10 years apart. XP has all the latest preemptive multitasking and k

Re: Finding System 7.1 in Binhex (WAS: Sorry for doubting macs...)

2002-04-12 Thread the pickle
At 08:44 -0700 on 12/04/02, Gamba wrote: >>I have given up on emulation...If you guys can't refer me to a suitable >>site that has free emu's for the mac **CLASSIC**, > >Would the app that copies ROM be of any use? I don't think there are any emulators that can use a Classic ROM :( the pickle

Re: SE/30 Daystar adaptor on eBay - $89 and rising!

2002-04-12 Thread the pickle
At 08:36 -0700 on 12/04/02, Snook, John R wrote: >My original (first) post was trying to troubleshoot my SE/30 with a IIsi >adapter >board and a Daystar 040 card that quit working. Where can I find a very >detailed troubleshooting guide for my SE/30? Other than Pina's Mac Classic and SE Repair a

Re: Details on my Mac Classic

2002-04-12 Thread the pickle
At 08:34 -0700 on 12/04/02, Nicholas Dalzell wrote: >* System 7.0.0 Aha! That's part of the problem right there. Short of switching to 6, you should update to 7.0.1*, with the Tune-Up available on Apple's site. >* 56K Modem (Only works reliably at 9600bps) Yeah, the 68000-based Macs (and som

Re: Finding System 7.1 in Binhex (WAS: Sorry for doubting macs...)

2002-04-12 Thread Gamba
>One of you once gave me a link to an FTP site holding disk images of System >7.1 in BinHex format. >I have given up on emulation...If you guys can't refer me to a suitable >site that has free emu's for the mac **CLASSIC**, Would the a

Re: SE/30 Daystar adaptor on eBay - $89 and rising!

2002-04-12 Thread Snook, John R
My original (first) post was trying to troubleshoot my SE/30 with a IIsi adapter board and a Daystar 040 card that quit working. Where can I find a very detailed troubleshooting guide for my SE/30? johnsn -Original Message- From: the pickle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, April 1

Details on my Mac Classic

2002-04-12 Thread Nicholas Dalzell
I think I know the reason why mac classic is so slow (Requiring about 2-3 minutes to load System 7.0, etc.): Details on my Mac Classic: * GREAT condition, after restoring it from a sticky food and coke mess (I restore computers to like new condition; a hobby o

Re: Finding System 7.1 in Binhex (WAS: Sorry for doubting macs...)

2002-04-12 Thread the pickle
At 08:16 -0700 on 12/04/02, Nicholas Dalzell wrote: >I have given up on emulation...If you guys can't refer me to a suitable >site that has free emu's for the mac **CLASSIC**, (I tried emulation.net), There aren't any. the pickle FAQ Software Archive

Re: SE/30 Daystar adaptor on eBay - $89 and rising!

2002-04-12 Thread J.S. Garrison
-- >From: Gamba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Compact Macs) >Subject: Re: SE/30 Daystar adaptor on eBay - $89 and rising! >Date: Fri, Apr 12, 2002, 7:44 AM > >>At 11:16 +0100 on 12/04/02, Stuart Bell wrote: >> >>>How about those clever people who reverse engineered the X

Re: SE/30 Daystar adaptor on eBay - $89 and rising!

2002-04-12 Thread Harbourmaster
> >True, but this ought to just be a straight-through version of the IIsi >>adapter, no? > >You're the expert, you tell us! > >>I have one of those if you need to borrow it. > >Yes send it! Address is coming offline. > >Gamba > > The IIsi adapter board that I h

Finding System 7.1 in Binhex (WAS: Sorry for doubting macs...)

2002-04-12 Thread Nicholas Dalzell
Gamba, Mark, etc: One of you once gave me a link to an FTP site holding disk images of System 7.1 in BinHex format...In "one huge download." I accidentally deleted the email holding the link...I need the link again, since you all have recommended "running System 7.1 on an 030 or earlier." I would

Re: color classic

2002-04-12 Thread the pickle
At 11:08 -0400 on 12/04/02, Amber Rhea wrote: >A related question: Do you have to do the 640x480 mod in order to use a PPC >board (a la above) in the CC? No, but there's so much other modification you have to do that you might as well do it while you're in there. the pickle FAQ

Re: SE/30 Daystar adaptor on eBay - $89 and rising!

2002-04-12 Thread the pickle
At 08:09 -0700 on 12/04/02, Snook, John R wrote: >Good to hear the SE/30 is a straight-through version of the IIsi adapter >board. I have a bunch of those. I didn't say for sure that it was, just that I can't think of any reason why it *isn't*... the pickle FAQ

Re: SE/30 Daystar adaptor on eBay - $89 and rising!

2002-04-12 Thread Snook, John R
Good to hear the SE/30 is a straight-through version of the IIsi adapter board. I have a bunch of those. johnsn PS. I'm more of a hardware guy. I'm a mechanical engineer. -Original Message- From: the pickle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 7:53 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: color classic

2002-04-12 Thread Amber Rhea
on 4/11/02 11:36 PM, (Compact Macs) at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I also think that $800 is a little steep since all it is is a 5400 > motherboard with a G3 card. I'm probably going to be Takky-fying my CC > sooner or later, so maybe I'll change my tune then, but right now I think > it's a bit mu

Re: Just a little more about this stupid MAC Classic...

2002-04-12 Thread Amber Rhea
on 4/11/02 11:36 PM, (Compact Macs) at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Actually, it may be apocryphal, but I heard that when Apple was original > Macintosh and ran into naming copyright issues, they briefly considered MAC > for Mouse Activated Computer. That's an urban legend. -- *** Amber Rhea ***

Findings ( was Re: another .... SE30?)

2002-04-12 Thread mart
I (mart) wrote: >> But the 512 ED I bought >>this week at the Waterloo Square flea market had no mouthpiece sticking out >>of it (like the iBong), which rather surprised me. The salesman was stoned, >>though :) Stuart replied: >Oi! There's few enough really early Macs in the UK without people co

Re: SE/30 Daystar adaptor on eBay - $89 and rising!

2002-04-12 Thread Gamba
>True, but this ought to just be a straight-through version of the IIsi >adapter, no? You're the expert, you tell us! >I have one of those if you need to borrow it. Yes send it! Address is coming offline. Gamba -- Compact Macs is sponsored by

Re: SE/30 Daystar adaptor on eBay - $89 and rising!

2002-04-12 Thread Snook, John R
ejohnsn is my ebay name. Is it reasonable to suggest pooling funds? johnsn PS. I live in Oregon -Original Message- From: Gamba [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 7:45 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: SE/30 Daystar adaptor on eBay - $89 and rising! >At 11:16 +010

Re: SE/30 Daystar adaptor on eBay - $89 and rising!

2002-04-12 Thread the pickle
At 07:44 -0700 on 12/04/02, Snook, John R wrote: >If you can get me a schematic, I can make a prototype, and then we can >source parts. We have connectors where I work, but there not long enough Ooh. Another one. Good to have a third hacker in this little group. If either of you needs a scan

Re: old software

2002-04-12 Thread Gamba
>At 02:34 PM 4/12/2002 +1300, you wrote: >>Hello fellow LEM users >>you know how your mac ( rarely) crashes and you are connected to the >>internet, you have to force restart but maintain your connection? >>I beleive there is something to fool 7.1/7.5.5 etc OS ( once you've >>restarated) to reope

Re: monitor swap

2002-04-12 Thread Gamba
>Apparently some of the SE/30s have an "upside-down" CRT, which precludes >their use with the Micron Xceed greyscale adapter and would probably cause >problems with swapping in another CRT as well. They're rare enough that it >*shouldn't* be a problem, but it might. > >the pickle Agreed. There's

Re: SE/30 Daystar adaptor on eBay - $89 and rising!

2002-04-12 Thread the pickle
At 07:44 -0700 on 12/04/02, Gamba wrote: >Without a schematic I need card in hand to clone it. Working on that. >If it's a single sided card that helps a lot. Might be. As I said, working on it :) >If either of those 2 chips is ASIC or ROM we're screwed. True, but this ought to just be a st

Re: HD spin down on SE/30?

2002-04-12 Thread Gamba
>Will the *hard-dive* support spinning down? >Unfortunately, I don't think that such "enegry-saving" features are available >for this OS/hardware combination. A. Daniel King, Yes the hard drive will support spinning down, but it remains to be seen how much enery is saved by just stopping rotation

Re: SE/30 Daystar adaptor on eBay - $89 and rising!

2002-04-12 Thread Snook, John R
If you can get me a schematic, I can make a prototype, and then we can source parts. We have connectors where I work, but there not long enough (I've made adaptors by cutting two connectors to make one). We also have extender boards with that hole pattern. My Problem is I don't know what the chips

Re: SE/30 Daystar adaptor on eBay - $89 and rising!

2002-04-12 Thread Gamba
>At 11:16 +0100 on 12/04/02, Stuart Bell wrote: > >>How about those clever people who reverse engineered the Xceed grey-scale >>adapter finding another project? ;-) the pickle wrote: >Done. Now if someone could just point out a good source of those two >connectors and a circuit board pre-drille

Re: SE/30 Daystar adaptor on eBay - $89 and rising!

2002-04-12 Thread the pickle
At 11:16 +0100 on 12/04/02, Stuart Bell wrote: >How about those clever people who reverse engineered the Xceed grey-scale >adapter finding another project? ;-) Done. Now if someone could just point out a good source of those two connectors and a circuit board pre-drilled for that hole pattern.

Re: color classic

2002-04-12 Thread the pickle
At 02:37 -0500 on 12/04/02, Mike T. wrote: >with no modification and built in CD player/reader !! BTW why are people >cannibalizing these all-in-one low end Mac's for a Mac with a smaller screen >and no CD player? I'd like to know cause I'm doing it myself :-) must Because the Macs being c

SE/30 Daystar adaptor on eBay - $89 and rising!

2002-04-12 Thread Stuart Bell
This is not an advert, for I have no connection with the seller. But I mention it to illustrate the rarity of the adapter cards that allow DayStar accelerators to work in SE/30s. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2015566271 How about those clever people who reverse engineered th

Re: HD spin down on SE/30?

2002-04-12 Thread Mark Benson
On Friday, April 12, 2002, at 04:56 AM, A. Daniel King wrote: > Will the *hard-dive* support spinning down? All SCSI hard disks support software controlled spin-up and spin-down AFAIK. Some drives require a 'Spin Up' command on start-up (always issued on power-up on a Mac) to start going. Sl

Re: color classic

2002-04-12 Thread Mike T.
Well, it's supply and demand. It's kinda like buying outright a completely restored '65 Ford Mustang. I mean, isn't the fun restoring it on your own and seeing it come back to life better than ever? To me, the fun part is unbolting everything and making parts that weren't necessarily made for it w

Re: another networking question for my SE30?

2002-04-12 Thread Stuart Bell
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mart) >Subject: Re: another networking question for my SE30? >Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >The place has been a trading place for centuries. But the 512 ED I bought >this week at the Waterloo Square flea market had no mouthpiece sticking out >of it (like the iBong)

Re: color classic

2002-04-12 Thread Stuart Bell
>Subject: Re: color classic > >wow >i mean WOW!!! >this just knocked my socks off >A B S O L U T E L YB R I L L I A N T ! ! ! Brilliant, but very old 'news'. Just check out the URL in my sig, and you'll see that people have been doing this for years, initially following the 'Takky' site in J