Re: Problems with [EMAIL PROTECTED] in Performa 475

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 21:54:06 +0100 Hello! I wan't to change the [EMAIL PROTECTED] to a [EMAIL PROTECTED] in my Performa 475. The two Chip's are pin compatible and the P475 starts booting, but short after Welcome-Message it stop's with "BUS-Error". I cannot boot from a

Re: *Not* moving to Google Groups?

I offer a third option, for those that prefer UseNet, news.gmane.org provides a UseNet to listserv gateway that works REALLY well. Usenet people can use it, web junkies the gmail web interface, and listserv fans can use email. We all win, and we're all on the same list. Why splinter the grou

Re: Quick IIsi Question & Compact Question

assumptions: a. dead drive. b. no changes to chain. c. all scsi ids different 1. last drive is probably terminated, if removed all other drives won't be seen. 2. last drive died? loose cables etc if external termination, move terminator to next drive on chain. test. if not external terminator

Re: Moving to Google Groups

cally subscribed during the change over? If so why the excitement about re-subscribing from Dan Knight? -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/list

Re: Moving to Google Groups

On Sunday, January 29, 2006, at 12:22 PM, Doug McNutt wrote: At 19:40 + 1/29/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We're writing to let you know that the group that you tried to contact (compact.macs) doesn't exist. At 20:05 + 1/29/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (compact-macs) doesn't exist. I

Re: Moving to Google Groups

p, please visit >the Help Center at http://groups.google.com/support. > >The Google Groups Team Now I truly am confused. Was I automatically subscribed during the change over? If so why the excitement about re-subscribing from Dan Knight? At 19:40 + 1/29/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: &

Re: Moving to Google Groups

Peter da Silva wrote: Any one have detailed instructions ready to read? I'm not sure I want my coordinates on a Google account while I may still need a security clearance. What's the difference between a google account and all the other places you've registered, like this list? You can s

Re: Moving to Google Groups

Any one have detailed instructions ready to read? I'm not sure I want my coordinates on a Google account while I may still need a security clearance. What's the difference between a google account and all the other places you've registered, like this list? -- Compact Macs is sponsored by

Re: Moving to Google Groups

At 18:59 -0800 1/28/06, Nat Hall wrote: >Perhaps you aren't doing something correctly. *any* valid e-mail address >should work. It wants me to create a basic Google account with email, real name, and password. After that it might allow a different email address for the list. Is it possible to

Re: Moving to Google Groups

On Saturday, January 28, 2006, at 04:34 PM, Mark wrote: Do i have to use a google account to stay subscribed? No. It will not just let me sub my yahoo.com address. Why not? It let me subscribe using this verizon.net address. Perhaps you aren't doing something correctly. *any* valid

Re: Moving to Google Groups

Do i have to use a google account to stay subscribed? It will not just let me sub my yahoo.com address. __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- Compact Macs is sponsored by

Re: Moving to Google Groups

On Jan 28, 2006, at 3:26 AM, Stuart Bell wrote: It's no doubt possible, but keeping a 68K Mac up and running 24/7 is quite a responsibility! I had an SE/30 up for years as an ftpd, though. The other real issue is listserv software- mail is not the kindler gentler internet world it used

Re: Moving to Google Groups

On 28 Jan 2006, at 00:06, Thomas wrote: If there is so little traffic, couldn't someone setup a 68k machine to handle this list? It'd be cool to have a mailing list handled by a 68k that would also handle the archive in 68k friendly HTML. Is this possible? It's no doubt possible, but keepin

Re: Moving to Google Groups

If there is so little traffic, couldn't someone setup a 68k machine to handle this list? It'd be cool to have a mailing list handled by a 68k that would also handle the archive in 68k friendly HTML. Is this possible? -- Compact Macs is sponsored by . Support Low End

Re: New Low End Mac email lists

Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 21:34:46 -0800 From: Clark Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: New Low End Mac email lists At 10:00 PM -0600 1/26/06, Jeff Walther wrote: I was quite active reading those newsgroups and now rarely visit. I remember seeing Clark Martin's (a regular pos

Re: Moving to Google Groups

On 27 Jan 2006, at 21:34, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey, Dan, the link above appears to be leftover from the message you sent to the vintage-macs list. Dan's idea is that there should be one unite list for 68xxx users Stuart -- Compact Macs is sponsored by .

Re: Moving to Google Groups

extra information. Pass. Sorry. If we get too much, we could suggest re-division. But I suspect that traffic is a fraction of what it was a couple of years ago. Stuart -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/list

Re: Moving to Google Groups

ssage - From: "Stuart Bell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Compact Macs" Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 5:39 PM Subject: Re: Moving to Google Groups On 27 Jan 2006, at 21:34, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey, Dan, the link above appears to be leftover from the message you

Re: Moving to Google Groups

Hi, y'all! Quoting Dan Knight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Fans of 680x0 Macs, we've successfully launched our first two email > lists using Google Groups - one for Macintel models and one for the Mac > mini. > As of this afternoon, we've turned off our three "Maclone" lists, which > have also transitio

Re: New Low End Mac email lists

At 10:00 PM -0600 1/26/06, Jeff Walther wrote: I was quite active reading those newsgroups and now rarely visit. I remember seeing Clark Martin's (a regular poster to this list) postings on Usenet regularly as well but can't say if he's still participating or not. He is and I didn't know I

Re: New Low End Mac email lists

Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 23:33:30 -0800 From: NODEraser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Whatever happened to ye-olde UseNet newsgroups? About the only use I've heard for them lately, is pictures and video. And the subscription fees for that are pretty nasty. I remember that many ISPs offered free newsgroup

Re: New Low End Mac email lists

Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 14:19:20 -0700 From: Doug McNutt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> At 20:48 + 1/25/06, Sean Billings wrote: I am surprised no one else commented on this, or am I the only one who uses his compact mac to read and write to the list? A browser based system would IMO be a bad thing for

Re: New Low End Mac email lists

One decent use for gmail is using it to set up google groups, and then you can get those messages emailed to you in digest form. In Firefox I often have javascript disabled and the gmail interface works fine. I imagine if you were using a mac email client, you could just have those gmails forwarded

Re: New Low End Mac email lists

I hope to eventually move other lists to Google Groups as well. A browser based system would IMO be a bad thing for me and I would likely have to stop participating if this list did move :-( Google groups don't have to be read in-browser. There is still a handy feature that allows regular old

Re: New Low End Mac email lists

On 26 Jan 2006, at 07:33, NODEraser wrote: Whatever happened to ye-olde UseNet newsgroups? About the only use I've heard for them lately, is pictures and video. And the subscription fees for that are pretty nasty. I remember that many ISPs offered free newsgroup access, but that was back in the

Re: New Low End Mac email lists

Whatever happened to ye-olde UseNet newsgroups? About the only use I've heard for them lately, is pictures and video. And the subscription fees for that are pretty nasty. I remember that many ISPs offered free newsgroup access, but that was back in the days when text was the primary use for said me

Re: Strange Problem with Color Classic

Shaun, The first thing that I'd do is to put a new battery in to remove that as a possibility. Otherwise the flaky results may just a symptom of a missing battery and may not be some deep dark unknown problem. The battery's internal resistance may be a part of the circuit that allows the

Re: Strange Problem with Color Classic

Hi Mitch, Thanks for the reply. I tried double-clicking, as you suggested, and that didn't work right off. However, I clicked about 20 times in succession, and that seemed to do the trick. Ironically, I could have sworn that I tried that before but it didn't work. Now, I just tried to see if I co

Re: My Compacts

At 4:42 PM -0600 1/25/06, Stephen Conrad wrote: OK, I tried to crack open one of my compacts {bottom stcker says its a Plus, sticker on the front says its a SiClone (or something like this) SE} and I can get the top to seperate but not the bottom. I took out the two screws on the back (all that I

Re: My Compacts

My Reply follows quote. On 25/01/2006 14:56 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >Yet I can get the top open >its just the bottom that won't come away from the back. > >Steve The usual way would be to leave the bottom screws part way installed, leaving about 1/2 inch play, and then press in on the

Re: My Compacts

Yet I can get the top open its just the bottom that won't come away from the back. Steve On 1/25/06, joe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Jan 25, 2006, at 4:42 PM, Stephen Conrad wrote: > > > OK, I tried to crack open one of my compacts {bottom stcker says its a > > Plus, sticker on the front sa

Re: My Compacts

On Jan 25, 2006, at 4:42 PM, Stephen Conrad wrote: OK, I tried to crack open one of my compacts {bottom stcker says its a Plus, sticker on the front says its a SiClone (or something like this) SE} and I can get the top to seperate but not the bottom. I took out the two screws on the back (all t

Re: Strange Problem with Color Classic

that is an odd problem, i usually double click on the little desktop. On Jan 25, 2006, at 5:21 PM, Shaun Reynolds wrote: Since there have been no responses as of yet, I thought I'd elaborate on the problem. I used Apple's Network Access Disk to boot the CC, then ran the formatting software (HD

Re: New Low End Mac email lists

At 20:48 + 1/25/06, Sean Billings wrote: >I am surprised no one else commented on this, or am I the only one who uses >his compact mac to read and write to the list? > >A browser based system would IMO be a bad thing for me and I would likely >have to stop participating if this list did move :-

Re: New Low End Mac email lists

On 1/25/06, Sean Billings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >I hope to eventually move other lists to Google Groups as well. > I am surprised no one else commented on this, or am I the only one who uses > his compact mac to read and write to the list? > > A browser based system would IMO be a bad thing

Re: New Low End Mac email lists

>We've created some new email lists, but they're different from the old >ones. We're using Google Groups, which means you can sign up, change >your status, and read postings using your browser. > >I hope to eventually move other lists to Google Groups as well. > I am surprised no one else commen

Re: Really easy terminal emulator for a Compact?

> 4k? You were lucky. > > I had to fit an entire OS into 16 bytes, four of which were shared > with the team next door. And I was only given fifteen ones. And two of > them were bent. Bah, I used a slide rule to develop our current product! No bits at all! [The funny thing is, this ain't a tall t

Re: Really easy terminal emulator for a Compact?

On 25 Jan 2006, at 01:50, Shane O'Neill wrote: 4k? You were lucky. I had to fit an entire OS into 16 bytes, four of which were shared with the team next door. And I was only given fifteen ones. And two of them were bent. Very good! You forgot to mention that two of the ferrite cores in the

Re: Really easy terminal emulator for a Compact?

On 1/24/06, Peter da Silva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jan 24, 2006, at 5:44 PM, Bob C. wrote: > > Imagine! 200K = bloatware! Wow, how times have changed! :-) > > Hey, I had to fit a display editor into the 4k available for buffers in > an oilfield control system. It had to fit in the buff

Re: Really easy terminal emulator for a Compact?

On Jan 24, 2006, at 5:44 PM, Bob C. wrote: Imagine! 200K = bloatware! Wow, how times have changed! :-) Hey, I had to fit a display editor into the 4k available for buffers in an oilfield control system. It had to fit in the buffer space because that was the biggest bit of actual RAM, ins

Re: Really easy terminal emulator for a Compact?

Imagine! 200K = bloatware! Wow, how times have changed! :-) Bob - Original Message - From: "Stuart Bell" Well, people at the time weren't too sure about that! I quote from the Macintosh Bible, first edition, 1987: ". . . if program 'leanness' is important to you, Red Ryd

Re: IIci

Sounds a bit like your boot directory got crazed. If you can get ahold of Diskwarrior, it will fix the drive. I once had this occur on my old Centris 650. Used an older version of AOL Instant Messenger that crashed and took out the boot directory on the hard drive. Wound up nuking and repaving

Re: Really easy terminal emulator for a Compact?

On 24 Jan 2006, at 14:48, Bob C. wrote: Stuart, For a similar situation, I've used my Mac 512 with "Red Ryder 9.4". It has VT-52 and VT-100 emulation, I believe. The nice thing is, it fits on a single 400K disk with System 3.2, Finder 5.3, the menu-bar clock, MockWrite, DiskInfo and Fi

Re: Really easy terminal emulator for a Compact?

Versaterm and Versaterm_Link were what I used on a Mac+ when it was arpanet. Synergy Software, and that might be misspelled. I donno if they're still in business of if the software is now public but I probably still have it around here. -- --> From the U S of A, the only socialist country that

Re: Really easy terminal emulator for a Compact?

Just incase someone else wants a link to Red Ryder 9.4 and lots of other shareware, here is a link that I found. It seems to have plenty of software from the old Boston Computer Society files for older Macs and I may download some of them fo my own 512k. http://www.simski.org/mac/bcs/ al

Re: Really easy terminal emulator for a Compact?

> For a similar situation, I've used my Mac 512 with "Red Ryder 9.4". It > has VT-52 and VT-100 emulation, I believe. The nice thing is, it fits on a > single 400K disk with System 3.2, Finder 5.3, the menu-bar clock, MockWrite, > DiskInfo and File Tools! Amazing how much they could pack in so

Re: Really easy terminal emulator for a Compact?

On 24 Jan 2006, at 15:20, Stuart Bell wrote: Now, anyone got Red Ryder lying around? OK -found it myself! http://www.simski.org/mac/bcs/ STuart -- Compact Macs is sponsored by . Support Low End Mac Compact Macs lis

Re: Really easy terminal emulator for a Compact?

On 24 Jan 2006, at 14:48, Bob C. wrote: Stuart, For a similar situation, I've used my Mac 512 with "Red Ryder 9.4". It has VT-52 and VT-100 emulation, I believe. The nice thing is, it fits on a single 400K disk with System 3.2, Finder 5.3, the menu-bar clock, MockWrite, DiskInfo and Fi

Re: Really easy terminal emulator for a Compact?

Stuart, For a similar situation, I've used my Mac 512 with "Red Ryder 9.4". It has VT-52 and VT-100 emulation, I believe. The nice thing is, it fits on a single 400K disk with System 3.2, Finder 5.3, the menu-bar clock, MockWrite, DiskInfo and File Tools! Amazing how much they could pack in s

Re: Really easy terminal emulator for a Compact?

Stuart, zTerm is compact and doesn't seem to care much about the Mac hardware or OS. I used it for years at first with a Mac Plus and then an SE to communicate with the Unix network at hospital that I worked at. It was used under OS 6.0.4 through 8.1 (on a Quadra) equally well. You can select va

Re: Really easy terminal emulator for a Compact?

What about ZTerm? I used it to make a dumb terminal out of my SE/30. ClarisWorks 5 worked too, I think it has Kermit built into it. Daan. -- Compact Macs is sponsored by . Support Low End Mac Compact Macs list info:

Re: Really easy terminal emulator for a Compact?

On 24 Jan 2006, at 11:07, Peter da Silva wrote: I was using Finder 1.something when I was using my 128K Mac as a terminal, back in the early '90s. I'll look through my disks and see what terminal program I was using, I think it had a name like "Red Rider" or something unobvious like that. T

Re: Really easy terminal emulator for a Compact?

On Jan 24, 2006, at 1:50 AM, Stuart Bell wrote: I can assign any Compact Mac to this task, from 512Kb to SE/30 to Mystic (CC with 575) though colour would be largely wasted for this application! So, any system s/w requirements from around System 4 through to 7.5 or even 8.1 can be accommodated

Re: Really easy terminal emulator for a Compact?

On 24 Jan 2006, at 10:41, Paul Voller wrote: Hello Stuart. I believe the venerable Kermit application might fit the bill. I managed to find this link: http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/mac.html but by digging around the columbia.edu site you might be able to find something that will work on much

Re: Really easy terminal emulator for a Compact?

On 24/01/06, Stuart Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hence, I'd be grateful for any recommendations for terminal emulators > for Compacts, preferably one which doesn't require me to remember too > much of the RS-232 jargon which I've forgotten in the last 20 years! I > won't be using a modem, onl

Re: Plus and Pre-Plus Keyswitches and Caps?

> > (* Of course, there was also the related "Mitsumi Locking Keyswitch", > service part number 705-0044, for the caps lock) You know, as long as you guys are mentioning that keyswitch, has anyone ever pulled a prank by installing capslock keyswitches on every key on the keyboard? I think that w

Re: ImageWriter II quality question

It could be a misaligned or bent pin in the print head. It'd explain the one-off issue. A quick way to see is to test the pins individually by printing straight horizontal lines a pixel wide (somehow figuring out how to get each pin to fire off) or a page of a checkerboard pattern (like the deskto

Re: ImageWriter II quality question

My Reply follows quote. On 16/01/2006 18:48 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >Anyone else had this problem? What's the solution? I'd really like to >restore this printer to perfect (wishful thinking?) working order >again, since cosmetically, it's beautiful. --- I suspect that one of the pins in

Re: ImageWriter II quality question

Hello, I'm thinking you may have an issue with data transfer, or possibly there are dip switches that may have gotten knocked around (don't know for sure if you have the switches or not, but I remember that a lot of older printers have them) It could possibly be getting a faster data rate than it c

Re: Plus and Pre-Plus Keyswitches and Caps?

Hi Scott, I dug out my Macintosh Service Guide, and it seems that there was only one* type of keyswitch for the first Mac through the Mac Plus, and it's identified as "Mitsumi Keyswitch", service part number 705-0104. I still have one in my spare parts box, and the main body of it is black and da

Re: Plus and Pre-Plus Keyswitches and Caps?

That would make sense. There is a distinct echo in Mac keyboards that you don't hear in an Apple II, II+, or IIe. Not as familiar with the IIe Platinum so I can't comment on it. The feel of Mac and Apple II is similar, but not congruent. If I had more time I'd see what the differences in these are

Re: Plus and Pre-Plus Keyswitches and Caps?

Jeff, >From my days in an Apple dealer's Service department, I recall that there were several different part numbers for Apple II keyswitches (identified by the color of the stem), and a totally different and unique part number for the Mac and Mac Plus keyboards. Sorry. Bob - Origin

Re: Plus and Pre-Plus Keyswitches and Caps?

The early //e keyboards have the same keyswitches. They're usually recognized by having white writing on the keycaps and the keycaps are a darker beige than the later keys and the ones used on the early Mac keyboards. All three of my //e's sound the same as my Plus when I type on the keyboards. -

Re: Antwort: Radius video card and drive problem.

My Radius Card is labeled on the Card: Radius Inc., Copyright 1989, FPDSE30 The Monitor is labeled: Radius Full Page Display, Model FPD, manufactured Dezember 1989, Part-No. 15RAM3 Maybe this helps to find an original monitor. Sincerly U. Fritz (from Germany) Thanks Maybe I can keep an

Re: help with a mac plus

The cable I have has a yellow stripe, but thanks. -Chase Bob C. wrote: According to Apple's "Macintosh Computers Service Guide", "When replacing or upgrading to an 800K drive (661-0345) in the Macintosh 512K, 512Ke, or Macintosh Plus, be sure to use disk drive cable 590-0437 (yellow). The

Re: help with a mac plus

According to Apple's "Macintosh Computers Service Guide", "When replacing or upgrading to an 800K drive (661-0345) in the Macintosh 512K, 512Ke, or Macintosh Plus, be sure to use disk drive cable 590-0437 (yellow). The red drive cable (590-0167) used with 400K and _obsoleted_ 800K drives (661-

Re: help with a mac plus

On Saturday, January 7, 2006, at 03:24 AM, Eddie Smith wrote: At 11:50 AM 1/7/06, you wrote: Does the drive make any sound? I had this happen on a Plus once. When I opened the computer up I saw the drive's connector had come loose. If the drive is connected and it's making noise, the problem

Re: help with a mac plus

At 11:50 AM 1/7/06, you wrote: Does the drive make any sound? I had this happen on a Plus once. When I opened the computer up I saw the drive's connector had come loose. If the drive is connected and it's making noise, the problem would require a bit of thought... Scott --- Chase Bohling <[EMA

Re: help with a mac plus

Does the drive make any sound? I had this happen on a Plus once. When I opened the computer up I saw the drive's connector had come loose. If the drive is connected and it's making noise, the problem would require a bit of thought... Scott --- Chase Bohling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a

Re: Radius video card and drive problem.

try resetting the Pram that might re-direct the attention of the system to the new drive On 1/5/06, Eddie Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Finally, I've got a video card for a Radius Color Pivot monitor. > >It's SE/30-sized; it wouldn't fit in a IIsi ca

Re: SE/30s won't fully boot

> > From: Daan Goedkoop > Well, I got one of 'em working last night; managed to boot it off > install floppies. It ended up dropping it from System 7.5 down to > 7.0, but it boots now. This is what happened when I installed a Lapis ProColor card in my SE/30. I couldn't boot with 7.5.5 with the

Re: SE/30s won't fully boot

> From: Daan Goedkoop > Some time ago, my SE/30 did the same - it just hung at bootup. In my > case an ADB connection was dirty. After pulling the mouse, > keyboard and Wacom Tablet and plugging them in again, everything > worked fine. Well, I got one of 'em working last night; managed to boo

Re: SE/30s won't fully boot

Ingles, Raymond schrieb: My beloved SE/30 died, and even the dishwasher trick didn't revive it. I aquired two other SE/30s, and I've been trying to put together an assembly of SIMMs, ROMs, and such that'll successfully boot. So far, no luck. Anyone run into a situation where the machine will pa

Re: Daystar Turbo 040

Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2006 12:09:17 -0800 From: Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: WTB: Daystar Turbo 040 I would like to upgrade an SE/30 with this accelerator. I am also looking for an adapter, either for the SE/30 or the IIsi. Please send me your offer for any of

Re: opening compact macs

> From: Compact Macs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Plusses need Torx-15 drivers to open them, and ones with pretty long > handles. > > See http://macfaq.org/hardware/misc.shtml#Q2.8.3 for the gory details. I forget where I saw the suggestion originally, but you can also use a Torx-15 bit wedge

Re: WTB: original macintosh floppies

On 3 Jan 2006, at 00:11, Chase Bohling wrote: Hi, I'm looking for the some original macintosh floppies, specifically: 1. The guided tour of macintosh disk. 2. The original macintosh system disk. 3. The macwrite/macpaint disk. 4. The macwrite/macpaint guided tour disk. (all in collectible c

Re: WTB: Internal 800k floppy drive for mac plus.

I am but up and around somewhat. I actually meant to take the 2000 to the UPS place today to check rate but we've had rainstorms in southern california. I am hoping to pack it in the car tomorrow and check rates on the way home from work. On 1/2/06, Chase Bohling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi a

Re: Think Reference

I have a copy of Think Reference v1, on 3 800 floppies. In total about 1.5 MB stuffed. If someone is interested, I'm willing to mail it or send it otherwise. Best Regards and Season's Greetings stef On 31 Dec 2005, at 15:50, Sean Billings wrote: I have Think C 5, it comes with a piece of

Re: Think Reference

>>I have Think C 5, it comes with a piece of software called Think Reference >>Demo, it allows you to look up Calls and Traps etc, the demo only has a >>couple of sections available, there was a full version which you would have >>to pay for at the time, it is this full version I am after. > >I rem

Re: Key Not Working

>Thanks for the responses. I apologize for taking so long to reply, >don't want to seem ungrateful. > >If possible, I'd like to save soldering as an absolute last resort. >Haven't used an iron since the eighth grade. What would be the best >way to remove the key cap? I'm hoping that maybe a shot of

Re: Key Not Working

Thanks for the responses. I apologize for taking so long to reply, don't want to seem ungrateful. If possible, I'd like to save soldering as an absolute last resort. Haven't used an iron since the eighth grade. What would be the best way to remove the key cap? I'm hoping that maybe a shot of compr

Re: Mac Plus Repair - analog and logic board

On Thursday, December 29, 2005, at 03:27 PM, Thomas wrote: This is absolutely correct. The spare board I got came configured for more than 1MB of RAM, but I been using 256KB SIMMs. After putting in 4MB, the board operates normally, though I noticed the time for the floppy icon to appear take

Re: educational software

I have a lot of old Mac stuff around I will have a look next week.I have like 3 or 4 SE30s with bags and I even have a Neuton13 iMacs etc.etc. --- Rod Dickerson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have been scouring the 'net looking for 68k educational software, > > like Reader Rabbit or somethi

Re: Mac Plus Repair - analog and logic board

peared to be suspect, so I re-soldered all the pins with fresh solder. The problem still occurred until I started pushing on the wires near the connector and saw it would make the screen come in and out, so I swapped the wire harness for the J4 connector and now I cannot make the video go out. The

Re: Mac Plus Repair - analog and logic board

I have a Mac Plus that I bought new that I am trying to get operational again. When it finally became unusable, the screen would go to a thin vertical line and sometimes it would work again if I tapped the case. This issue would happen right away upon turning the Plus on. I resoldered some of t

Re: Colour Classic goes POP

That sounds a lot like an analogue board problem, either in the monitor or the power supply. The motherboard is possibly fine, but it equally could have been fried as a result of the power supply fault. You will probably need to either source a replacement analogue board or attempt to fix it you

Re: Mac Plus Repair - analog and logic board

At 16:32 -0800 12/28/05, Thomas wrote: I have a Mac Plus that I bought new that I am trying to get operational again. When it finally became unusable, the screen would go to a thin vertical line and sometimes it would work again if I tapped the case. The analog board - vertical one - has large

Re: Mac Plus Repair - analog and logic board

> the floppy disk icon means you need to find or make a boot disk Booting up a system disk is not the issue...I've owned and used this machine for many years. I'm talking about physical problems with the machine's hardware. -- Compact Macs is sponsored by . Support

Re: Think Reference

Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2005 19:54:39 + From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sean Billings) Subject: Re: Think Reference On Dec 27, 2005, at 12:52 PM, Sean Billings wrote: I have the Think Reference Demo that comes free with Think C, Is it still possible to get hold of the full copy anywhere? I

Re: Mac Plus Repair - analog and logic board

the floppy disk icon means you need to find or make a boot disk On 12/28/05, Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a Mac Plus that I bought new that I am trying to get > operational again. When it finally became unusable, the screen would > go to a thin vertical line and sometimes it would w

Re: Key Not Working

>Hi All, > >I have a 128k keyboard that was functioning perfectly up until about a >half-hour ago. The 'U' key has mysteriously stopped working. My guess >is that contact is not being made upon pressing the key. Is there an >easy fix for this? The keys are fairly easily desoldered, but then you wo

Re: Think Reference

>On Dec 27, 2005, at 12:52 PM, Sean Billings wrote: > >> I have the Think Reference Demo that comes free with Think C, Is it >> still >> possible to get hold of the full copy anywhere? > > >Not clear to me what you're asking for. I have "Think's LightspeedC" >by Symantec on 2 floppies. Not sure

Re: WTB: original macwrite manual and original macintosh floppies

On 28 Dec 2005, at 05:20, Chase Bohling wrote: Hi, I'm looking for an original macwrite manual (collectible quality). Also, I'm looking for the some original macintosh floppies, specifically: 1. The original macintosh system disk. 2. The guided tour of macintosh disk. 3. The macwrite/macp

Re: Key Not Working

You can take it all apart and clean everything. It's not too difficult. Not what I'd call an "easy fix" though. On Dec 27, 2005, at 6:04 PM, Shaun Reynolds wrote: Hi All, I have a 128k keyboard that was functioning perfectly up until about a half-hour ago. The 'U' key has mysteriously stoppe

Re: Think Reference

On Dec 27, 2005, at 12:52 PM, Sean Billings wrote: I have the Think Reference Demo that comes free with Think C, Is it still possible to get hold of the full copy anywhere? Not clear to me what you're asking for. I have "Think's LightspeedC" by Symantec on 2 floppies. Not sure of the ver

Re: Printer Ink

<> I've never had much luck with the refill kits for my Stylewriter carts. I think my problem is that I wait too long before refilling the cartridge so that the sponge inside is already dried out and will not accept the ink being injected(merely overflows). I think the secret is to refill j

Re: 128K and 512k For Sale

I'm interested. Mail me I'm not sure if I can post machines and peripherals for sale. I have an original 128k and 512k, plus drives, keyboards and mice. How does it work? Alfred -- Compact Macs is sponsored by . Support Low End Mac

Re: 128K and 512k For Sale

For Sale posts are only allowed on Mondays. Since it's Monday, give us the details on the systems and what kind of money you want for them. -Nat On Monday, December 26, 2005, at 02:22 PM, Alfred Renteria wrote: I'm not sure if I can post machines and peripherals for sale. I have an origina

Re: Printer Ink

Old LaserWriters (like the LW II) are built on Canon printing engines, but have Apple-specific cases and control boards. The LaserWriter II, HP LaserJet II and LJ III (plus many others) are all built on the Canon SX engine, meaning most of the parts (plus cartridges and paper trays) are interchange

Re: Printer Ink

I think one of the models was an HP clone...one of the newer (1996-1997) era printers...but the rest were all Canons to my knowledge. If I'm not mistaken, most of the LaserWriters were also Canons, or at least around Canon engines. I do know the ImageWriter was made by C. Itoh. Never thought of re

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