Re: Question on building custom old Mac

2018-08-24 Thread John-Robert La Porta
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. -- -- - You received this

Re: Source of surface mount electrolytic caps

2018-08-24 Thread Wesley Furr
The couple that I have done, I have used the smaller MLCC capacitors. They are a bit more expensive, but should last much longer than electrolytic. As a bonus, I find them much easier to solder since most of the pad is still sticking out to touch with your soldering iron. They also don't have a

Re: Your "generation hopping" setup

2018-08-24 Thread Geoffrey Oltmans
On Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 9:39 AM John-Robert La Porta wrote: > Curious as to what everyone uses to get software from the internet down to > their classic Macs. I have worked a bit over the years to have a setup that > works. Below is what I do: > > 2010 iMac w/ 6TB mirrored RAID drive: I store

Re: Your "generation hopping" setup

2018-08-24 Thread Christian Wacker
Sheepshaver on my wintel box and an old Dell D520 running Leopard. D520 has a Mac compatible floppy drive from the factory so it's super useful to do floppy discs. I'm still saving up for a SCSI>SD kit On Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 9:42 AM William Stillwell wrote: > Sneaker Net / CD-ROM / FTP ...

Re: Let's talk about one of Apple's shortest lived product lines...

2018-08-24 Thread E. Honda
I'll be giving you first dibbs on it! On Friday, August 24, 2018 at 9:22:05 AM UTC-6, John-Robert La Porta wrote: > > > > On Friday, August 24, 2018 at 10:39:58 AM UTC-4, E. Honda wrote: >> >> I'll have a modified "666av" up and running here this winter. The 666 >> designation is due to my

Re: thinkclassic.org

2018-08-24 Thread Jeff Walther
On Thursday, August 23, 2018 at 9:23:54 AM UTC-5, John-Robert La Porta wrote: > > Anyone here registered at thinkclassic.org? I just discovered it the > other day, and it appears to be lightly used. > I use it from time to time. 68kmla.org is probably the primary gathering point for the

Re: Let's talk about one of Apple's shortest lived product lines...

2018-08-24 Thread John-Robert La Porta
On Friday, August 24, 2018 at 10:39:58 AM UTC-4, E. Honda wrote: > > I'll have a modified "666av" up and running here this winter. The 666 > 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

Re: Source of surface mount electrolytic caps

2018-08-24 Thread John-Robert La Porta
Thank you both, thats a huge help. -- -- - You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group,

Re: Source of surface mount electrolytic caps

2018-08-24 Thread E. Honda
I'll be using these on my 666av re-cap: https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/panasonic-electronic-components/EEE-FK1C470P/PCE3790CT-ND/766166 (the bigger 47uf ones) https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/panasonic-electronic-components/EEE-FK1C100R/PCE3782CT-ND/766158 (the smaller

Re: Let's talk about one of Apple's shortest lived product lines...

2018-08-24 Thread E. Honda
I'll have a modified "666av" up and running here this winter. The 666 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 mhz 68040 overclocked to 45 if possible. -- -- - You received this

Source of surface mount electrolytic caps

2018-08-24 Thread John-Robert La Porta
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. -- -- - You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at

Re: Let's talk about one of Apple's shortest lived product lines...

2018-08-24 Thread John-Robert La Porta
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! -- -- - You received this message because you are