Re: Abridged summary of vintage-macs@googlegroups.com - 1 update in 1 topic

Nice to see some life back in this old list... My first was in 1980, an Apple ][ upgraded to a Plus (integer BASIC on ROM!!! LOL!). It was $2500 new. Had 2 Disk ]['s! and a 9 inch monochrome "gas station hidden cameras" monitor... HA! I've had pretty much everything along the way, and loved them

Re: Digest for vintage-macs@googlegroups.com - 2 updates in 2 topics

James, I’m in the UK (although currently enjoying Greece) and actively buy at the right prices. Thanks Charlie On Mon, 15 Aug 2022 at 17:53, Andrew Cowell wrote: > We’ll be talking regional chapter soon …  > > Get Outlook for iOS > -- >

Re: FS: Emachines Eone

Do you still have this? On Saturday, December 15, 2018 at 2:41:08 PM UTC-5, sandy stein wrote: > > I have a nicely preserved and very rare Emachines Eone computer. Here is a > link to some info on it: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EOne > > This has the original keyboard and mouse, runs win

Re: 68Pin SCSI drives in a 68K Mac?

As noted, most drives are not Apple "blessed" and will require a third-party formatter, such as Silverlining. I think you can get that from Macintosh Garden. I Think I used FWB'S HARD DISK TOOL KIT. Charles L -- -- - You received this message because you ar

Re: Macintosh SE keyboard power button?

On 3/12/18 9:27 AM, 'Jpoliti' via Vintage Macs wrote: There is an old add-on power strip called “PowerKey” that allows you to use the power button on the old compact Macs using ADB keyboards (SE, SE/30, Classic, Classic II) and the early LC, LCII & LC III Macs. It also lets you turn off the

Re: Macintosh SE keyboard power button?

On 3/12/18 1:13 AM, Chris Hanson wrote: The keyboard you’re referring to is technically the “Apple Keyboard” and not specific to the Macintosh SE. In fact, for most if not all of the Macintosh SE’s life, the keyboard was sold separately and you could buy either the Apple Keyboard or the Apple

Re: 20 year old vintage mac software

On 3/13/17 9:13 PM, Brent Nilson wrote: Hi - vintage-macs@googlegroups.com I have just unpacked my storage to find several boxes of software for vintage macs; I am guessing 1990 - 1995. Including an unopened box of Microsoft Office version 3.0 for macs (Word, Excel,

Re: 20 year old vintage mac software

On 3/13/17 9:13 PM, Brent Nilson wrote: Hi - vintage-macs@googlegroups.com I have just unpacked my storage to find several boxes of software for vintage macs; I am guessing 1990 - 1995. Including an unopened box of Microsoft Office version 3.0 for macs (Word, Excel,

Re: SCSI Drive for SE/30?

On 2/2/17 9:21 AM, Nancy Spoolman wrote: Awesome! I have a couple of them, too. Haven’t touched them for years in my museum. I wonder if Other World Computing would have a drive? You know there is a program out there you can use to turn on and off your lights, too. I used to use it when I had

Re: Finding old Apple Laserwriter //I have some Apple Laserwriters

On 1/5/17 2:45 PM, Joel Feltman wrote: I have a couple too! Do you know of a method to connect them to a modern Mac? (USB) Regards, Joel Feltman THINK TANK TECHNOLOGIES, INC. Around X.4 (I think) the re was a change to networking, I seem to recall it requires an older 10x hub connected to

Re: LC 520 - Yet more issues....

. A couple of years ago we had to move another building since the land it was on got sold. so everything was moved out and then shoved back in, in no order. I'll look for a LC 520 also for testing. Charles -- -- - You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group

Re: LC 520 - Yet more issues....

On 12/29/16 2:42 AM, Jason Johnson wrote: is the motherboard recapped? (new capacitors?)? if not thats first. Needs cap goo washed off and dried during the process. After that you can start really troubleshooting. *From:* vintage-macs@googlegroups.com on

Re: searching for accerlerator card mac se

On 10/20/16 5:48 PM, adrianisen wrote: does any one sell a accelerator board for themac se fdhd? best would be close to the netherlands or a ram card -- It running around in my brain that there was one back in the IIsi era. Have you tried other world computing? -- -- - You received

Re: 1/2aa battery alternative

On 10/15/16 9:45 PM, Doug Fabel wrote: I've got a couple older machines that need their cmos batteries replaced. Has anyone come up with an alternative to the 1/2aa cmos battery? Is there any merit to converting to a more common battery (perhaps a CR series watch battery, or something

Re: floppies

ow them away? If anyone can use them, I would give them away, with just the cost of mailing. -- -- i'm interested Charles lenington po box 364 (usps only) 109029 Morningside dr Choctaw, OK 73020 -- -- - You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group.

Re: Mac Plus Plethora of Problems

On 6/2/16 3:18 AM, 'Gregg Eshelman' via Vintage Macs wrote: The interleave format on the Mac Plus and SE was required because the computers were slow, so was their SCSI controller. The drives were also slow and had no built in cache memory. After the SE, the SCSI controllers Apple used were

Re: Mac Classic boot problem

at a very minimum all the ones removed in the picture. Charles On Mar 9, 2016, at 10:00 PM, Stephen Collins <stephen.e.coll...@gmail.com> wrote: > Which ones should I focus on to replace, or just do them all? Not sure what > you mean by a/b I assume that's the power supply. Th

Re: Mac Classic boot problem

yeah i had a Mac II that was really getting to me once. I checked all the traces, changed all the caps. installed good working ram simms. i didn’t think to pop the rom’s out and back in again, the rom i/c legs were defiantly tarnished. and then tried it and it worked fine. On Mar 3, 2016,

Re: Lc 475 and over monitor

LC’s are known for needing caps in the power supplies and caps on the main boards. Charles MacCaps.com On Feb 20, 2016, at 8:55 AM, Scott Brant <sbr...@scottbrant.com> wrote: > I've bought 2-3 of them, but can't get it to work. > > > > On Feb 20, 2016, at 1:07 AM, Jona

Re: MAC Classic II restore project

they are working on a FPU/rom upgrade card, i haven’t been following it, but they could be done at this point. Charles MacCaps.com On Feb 18, 2016, at 8:51 AM, Smoochy215 ! <smoochy...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks! I got really lucky with this machine. It is not preforming oddly at > all

Re: Unknown SE/30 PDS Video card

the se30 mb needs a re-cap bad… and then the internal video will come back as well. Charles MacCaps.com On Feb 16, 2016, at 4:46 PM, Jochen Schäfer <joc...@joschs-robotics.de> wrote: > Hi. > > Got a Mac SE/30 from Ebay. The seller states that he installed some video &

Re: Unknown SE/30 PDS Video card

maybe it won’t need drivers. Charles MacCaps.com On Feb 16, 2016, at 4:46 PM, Jochen Schäfer <joc...@joschs-robotics.de> wrote: > Hi. > > Got a Mac SE/30 from Ebay. The seller states that he installed some video > card years ago, but that he doesn't know anymore what make it

Re: Mac Plus hangs for 30 seconds at boot before disk icon?

Totellyou wrote: > 4.5 volt ? > > > On Feb 8, 2016, at 9:43 PM, BZ <bzo...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Charles, thanks for this idea, although I can confirm that having a good >> battery in the machine doesn't prevent the RAM check, unfortunately. (With >> or wit

Re: Mac Plus hangs for 30 seconds at boot before disk icon?

4.5 volt ? On Feb 8, 2016, at 9:43 PM, BZ <bzo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Charles, thanks for this idea, although I can confirm that having a good > battery in the machine doesn't prevent the RAM check, unfortunately. (With or > without the battery, it does appear that a very quick

Re: Mac Plus hangs for 30 seconds at boot before disk icon?

if you keep a good pram battery in there i think the next time the memory check goes super quick. also check out BMOW rominator, that is one cool product he has. Charles maccaps.com On Feb 6, 2016, at 2:25 AM, Dylan McDermond <dy...@mcdermond.net> wrote: > >> On Feb 5, 20

Re: 128k M0001P error with sad face

the ram is bad… all of the 16 ram chips need to be replaced. i do offer this service. Charles MacCaps.com On Jan 31, 2016, at 11:18 PM, Barry Richardson <brlund...@gmail.com> wrote: > Tested my 128K Mac recently (bought it in 1984) and got the "bong" but sad > face w

Re: Moved & now Mac won't work

gosh i hate to say caps…. but caps… now the 6100 and on caps are starting to leak… the can leak at the base an you wouldn’t even know it in some cases, until you remove them. Charles On Jan 31, 2016, at 4:44 PM, BigClaim via Vintage Macs <vintage-macs@googlegroups.com> wrote: >

Re: Moved & now Mac won't work

if its dead caps… sometimes you can take a hair dryer and get it to come on. not a heat gun… a hair drier. get the mb nice and toasty and then try to power it on. its worth a shot. charles On Jan 31, 2016, at 4:48 PM, Charles <hardwarem...@gmail.com> wrote: > gosh i hate to say caps….

Re: LC 520 - Failure to start

yeah the MacTV, CC, 520,550 they have issues with EGRET and trace/pad/via rot. That cap goo oozes out and causes issues. Charles On Nov 23, 2015, at 10:46 PM, John-Robert La Porta <johnrlapo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sorry, My message got cut short! > > So, I got my LC 5

Re: Trying to run 8.6 on iMac DV SE that shipped with 9.0.4

On 11/8/15 3:22 AM, 'Gregg Eshelman' via Vintage Macs wrote: On 11/7/2015 10:35 PM, Jason Johnson wrote: If the imac DVSE came with 8.6, then 86. imac install media will work, but, and its a big but, it checks for the identifier that says its a mac It may be a pain but temp install of hd to

Re: Mac Classic Monitor Display Issue

the caps on the main board and the analog board are toast. the volts are way down, not enough for proper virt deflection. On Sep 13, 2015, at 10:20 PM, Dylan McDermond wrote: > >> On Sep 13, 2015, at 6:42 PM, Erica Titkemeyer wrote: >> >> the display

Re: Color Classic

It's a color classic, not a classic. Resetting pram for 68k Mac does nothing. - maccaps.com Sent from my iPhone On Aug 11, 2015, at 8:30 AM, Alan Dow a...@exemail.com.au wrote: This can happen due to PRAM batteries losing charge. Following may be worth a try. Restart using PRAM reset

Re: Color Classic

Maybe try a SCSI2SD or SCSI2CF, those are really the best solutions for vintage mac. On Aug 9, 2015, at 10:13 PM, Missy Mac sweetmi...@gmail.com wrote: I just got my oldie but goodie CC out of hibernation, powered it up, and got the ? on screen. Last time I used it no problem everything

Re: IIcx No Chime or Video - Caps?

i would change them all buddy! for sure. On Aug 5, 2015, at 7:48 PM, Wesley Furr wes...@megley.com wrote: Charles - the IIcx has a couple of axial electrolytics...are those typically ok? Thanks, Wesley From: vintage-macs@googlegroups.com [mailto:vintage-macs@googlegroups.com

Re: IIcx No Chime or Video - Caps?

yup it sounds like bad caps on the main board buddy. On Aug 5, 2015, at 6:48 PM, Wesley Furr wes...@megley.com wrote: Looking for some opinions... I have a IIcx here that the battery ruined the motherboard. I acquired a replacement of unknown condition from someone for the cost of

Re: Mac 128k / 512k

, at 8:33 AM, Charles hardwa...@gmail.com wrote: you will want to replace all three items, Flyback, Rectifier and Transistor from the SE, yup will work. On Apr 5, 2015, at 6:03 AM, Vasco Morais vascodan...@gmail.com wrote: Hello everyone, i have a Mac 512k with a bad flyback , it's

Re: Caps parts list and Radio Shack close out

On 6/24/15 3:08 PM, Brian wrote: Hi our local RS closing has 90% off caps … wondering if somewhere / someone has a caps parts list appropriate for my quadra 605 / performa 475. The caps are ok now but presume is not long before they go Btw I have a working 630 CD with heavy upgrades working

Re: Mac 128k / 512k

...@gmail.com wrote: Sorry i haven't seen these pictures before. it's the rectifier diode and that transistor, thanks! On Sunday, April 5, 2015 at 1:40:15 PM UTC+1, Notgoing Totellyou wrote: On Apr 5, 2015, at 8:33 AM, Charles hardwa...@gmail.com wrote: you will want to replace all three

Re: Screen Saving?

and back to something that can write a CD. I may have to wait on those for a while. Still, it's progress, and I thank you all for your help and guidance. -CH- On Monday, June 1, 2015 at 10:30:17 AM UTC-4, Matt wrote: Hi Charles, I believe you can find it at Macintosh Garden. They have lots

Re: Screen Saving?

On Sunday, May 31, 2015 at 8:12:21 AM UTC-4, Charles Hudson wrote: Mac Quadra 650 with Apple 13 color monitor, OS8. Can't find a setting for a screen-blanker / screen-saver. Thanks for your suggestions. I am thankful to know about these sites. I take it the SIT file extension

Re: Floppy stuck in drive

On Friday, May 8, 2015 at 6:38:38 PM UTC-4, Charles Hudson wrote: Mac Quadra 650 being refurbished:When I tried to eject the disk (from the Special menu, with the disk icon selected) OS 8 ground the gears in the drive, removed the icon from the desktop, then ground some more

Screen Saving?

Mac Quadra 650 with Apple 13 color monitor, OS8. Can't find a setting for a screen-blanker / screen-saver. Apple Help does not include a topic. Apple Help does include a topic for sleep but does not include instructions for setting or activating it. Any suggestions? Thanks. Charles Hudson

Re: Power Mac 6100/60 only showing a gray screen

Have you checked the P ram battery should be 3.6 V Sent from my iPhone On May 18, 2015, at 12:37 PM, jrreid...@gmail.com wrote: After washing it it still only shows the gray screen. I got two SCSI 50 pin hard drives coming in the mail and I am in the process of getting capacitors, the

Re: Power Mac 6100/60 only showing a gray screen

could you check it with a meter just to be sure its got voltage.. with leaky caps odd things can happen. On May 18, 2015, at 4:19 PM, jrreid...@gmail.com wrote: The little 1/2 aa 3.6v? Yea I replaced it with a new one the day I got the computer. On May 18, 2015, at 3:56 PM, Charles

Re: WTB 512 motherboard

this for you, or you can do it yourself. If you want me to do it, feel free to shoot me in email. Thanks. Sent from my iPhone MACCAPS.COM 2 ROETHEL DRIVE SUITE F NOVI, MICHIGAN 48375 UNITED STATES Thanks, Charles Phillips 248 325 8812 On May 16, 2015, at 2:28 PM, Alistair Templeton

Re: Floppy stuck in drive

there isn't enough time. I Iearn by asking questions and I thank you all for your contributions. Charles Hudson -- -- - 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

Floppy stuck in drive

that, with the machine off, but could not dislodge the disk. I'm not familiar with this style of drive; all the ones I've seen have an eject button, so I'm wondering what to do. Dismantle, of course, but then what? Thanks for your assistance, Charles Hudson -- -- - You received this message because you

Re: Ask a noob question...

Thank you all for your replies and your suggestions. The wireless interface is a Linksys and is external; it was recommended by the Headgap Store. I picked one used (Amazon) for $23. Didn't know OS 9 was compatible. Wikipedia says anything past 8.1 needs a PPC proc. So the CD is SCSI? I

Ask a noob question...

in there?And do I want to upgrade OS 8.0 to 8.1? I understand you have to reformat the HD to install it. Thanks for your suggestions, Charles Hudson -- -- - You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists

Re: Mac 128k / 512k

! On Sunday, April 5, 2015 at 1:40:15 PM UTC+1, Notgoing Totellyou wrote: On Apr 5, 2015, at 8:33 AM, Charles hardwa...@gmail.com wrote: you will want to replace all three items, Flyback, Rectifier and Transistor from the SE, yup will work. On Apr 5, 2015, at 6:03 AM, Vasco Morais

Re: Quadra boot issues

yeah sure, shoot me an email. Charles On Feb 9, 2015, at 6:42 PM, Robert Hesson rhesso...@gmail.com wrote: Opened the power supply and it looks I have caps that are trash. Charles, is this something you do as well? Sent from my iPhone On Feb 8, 2015, at 7:49 PM, Robert Hesson rhesso

Re: WTB: Quadra 800 or Quadra 840av

purchasing related questions. Charles Sent from my iPhone On Feb 3, 2015, at 10:00 AM, Tim Martin timjomar...@gmail.com wrote: Where are you? I have a Quadra 800 bought from new Jan 1993, well used maxed out RAM and VRAM, it can dual boot Motorola 68040 33 or Sonnet PPC 100, it has

Re: Getting an old IIsi running

with out a doubt needs new caps. PSU will need new caps as well. Charles www.MacCaps.com On Dec 27, 2014, at 2:28 AM, Clark Martin cm...@sonic.net wrote: Try a PRAM reset, Command-Option-p-r immediately after power up. Remove any added RAM then try to boot. If it does boot then put

Re: Support LEM

dan, I can recap your se/30 for free. just send it to me. MACCAPS.COM 2 ROETHEL DRIVE SUITE F NOVI, MICHIGAN 48375 UNITED STATES Charles On Dec 23, 2014, at 9:39 AM, Alex Santos santos.pol...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Dan I wish I could help out. I am unemployed right now or I absolutely

Re: Digest for vintage-macs@googlegroups.com - 6 updates in 3 topics

Yes indeedy. Staffordshire in fact :-) Sent from my iPhone On 27 Jun 2014, at 16:27, James Zeun james.z...@gmail.com wrote: Hey barry I am :-) On Jun 27, 2014 2:03 PM, Barry Cross ygwe...@gmail.com wrote: nice to see folks are active here. question is there anyone here from this side of

Re: Any value in Mac IIs, low-end Quadras or early PPCs?//50mhz accelerator

no prob. its only because i care! On Jun 27, 2014, at 7:36 PM, 'J.S. Garrison' via Vintage Macs vintage-macs@googlegroups.com wrote: Thank you for that compliment! Jeff Heretic In Thoughts And Ideas On Fri, 6/27/14, Dylan McDermond

Re: Any value in Mac IIs, low-end Quadras or early PPCs?//50mhz accelerator

this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Charles -- -- - You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group

Re: Help with old Mac, dial-up modem and AOL hassles?

try ThinkClassic.org Some 68kmla mods and members started it. for some reasons that include what your talking about. On Jun 25, 2014, at 5:31 AM, James Zeun james.z...@gmail.com wrote: If I may, I'd like to chip in to this conversation and say I too have been using my trusty PM8500

Re: Help with old Mac, dial-up modem and AOL hassles?//thanks everyone

On 6/13/14, 4:08 PM, BigClaim via Vintage Macs wrote: I wish to thank the several people that responded with really great advice on how to deal with my AOL dial up modem problem. Several very helpful suggestions were made and while I am going to follow up on a lot of what was offered, the one

Re: Mac Classic II Floppy Disk Drive

lol no. There is a sensor that tells the drive were the head is. Charles On Jun 14, 2014, at 10:29 AM, Thomas Mendiola tawesomed...@gmail.com wrote: Wouldn't that cause the heads to be out of alignment afterward? Would I need to align it? On Friday, June 13, 2014 8:21:51 PM UTC-4

Re: Help with old Mac, dial-up modem and AOL hassles?

i agree with -JS but also your machine has PCI slots... http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/powermac/specs/powermac_7300_200.html you could very easily pop a USB card in there... along with an ethernet card... and just hook into your broadband. and connect to aol that way. another

Re: Help with old Mac, dial-up modem and AOL hassles?

On 6/13/14, 2:32 PM, Charles wrote: i agree with -JS but also your machine has PCI slots... http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/powermac/specs/powermac_7300_200.html you could very easily pop a USB card in there... or use scsi zip/jaz drive on 7300 and usb zip (not sure if jaz ever sold

Re: Mac Classic II Floppy Disk Drive

you can pull the heads out, and re-adjust the spring tension. On Jun 13, 2014, at 8:21 PM, Thomas Mendiola tawesomed...@gmail.com wrote: I recently purchased a Mac Classic II, and the floppy drive wasn't working. Cleaned the heads, etc, but it still didn't work. I removed the floppy

Re: Rare Mac SE BLACK

On 6/5/14 2:07 PM, SteveCraft wrote: Hey man, I didn't mean you. JI get your point about the Bell Howell ][+ (I saw a couple way back when, I had a Franklin Ace 1000 at the time). I meant the more previous poster mixing the two computer lines. I have a MacTV which was released in 1993 (years

Re: MAC LC and Internal SCSI Termination

Can I see the picture in question ? Sent from my iPhone On May 7, 2014, at 7:40 AM, Wesley Furr wes...@megley.com wrote: Quick question...I recently saw a photo of a Mac LC motherboard (the original one) that had a small board attached to the internal SCSI port...from what I could see

Re: SE30 SCSI Repair Questions

On 11/9/13 7:10 AM, J.S. Garrison wrote: That's why I mentioned going with either another, newer Mac that takes a SCSI drive, or the Pentium II or III PC with the advantage of being able to use the bootable CD of MHDD and the Adaptec SCSI (50 pin) Card. I have also used an external SCSI CD ROM

Re: Install 7.5.3 without CD drive

On 3/14/14 9:52 PM, Louis Ciotti wrote: I do have a few scsi zip drives, but would I need to load a driver on 7.1 to get it to work. So far it works fine. Actually picked it up when it was going to be tossed at work. Was sitting on a shelf for probably 10 years with the external HD on top of

Re: Install 7.5.3 without CD drive

On 3/11/14 11:52 AM, Louis Ciotti wrote: I have a Centris 660av that if I cannot sell I would like to install 7.5.3 on it, but the image on apple's site is for a CD or HD install, problem is how do this on a computer with no network or CD drive. -- Doesn't your 660av have a cdrom drive?

Re: need serious help with imac g5

On 1/1/14 8:51 PM, theonetruestick...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jan 1, 2014 at 9:15 PM, Gregg Eshelman g_ala...@yahoo.com mailto:g_ala...@yahoo.com wrote: How many years since the last PPC CPU Mac was sold? Is it two or three (or four) updates to OS X with no PPC support? Even some

Re: internet connection

On 11/28/13 12:45 PM, G.David Green wrote: how do i connect to the internet using a mac lc550 running os 7.5 with there was an network driver update in 7.5.3 or 7.5.5 an Apple Ethernet RJ45, 10Base-T, NuBus Card if anything an lc pds card - no nubus slot -- -- - You received this

Re: SE/30 With Stripe Patterns

: Hi Charles, You should worry about these kind of emails. You do a great job. My PowerBook is back from the grave and working fine. Thanks to you! Unfortunately Internet communication doesn’t help humanity in being nice and friendly to each other. I’m sure you have more people who

Re: 80 pin SCSI in an 8600 w/ 8.1

On 9/17/13 11:17 AM, Miguel Nevermind wrote: Do the adapter and the drive need different SCSI id's or the same? I tried inserting the drive into the middle of a known working SCSI chain and it still won't show up. Can adding a device cause termination issues that weren't there before? I am

Re: Problem finding SCSI Device on my LC III

depending on what os you choose, the 7 partitions will be 2 or 4 gb each, with the last partition will be the residual of the space, usually only visible with mac os 8.1 They come from me with the proper adaptor included, that adapts it to the Proper 50pin SCSI connector. Charles

Re: Vintage Mac users based in Ulster, British Isles and Republic of Ireland.

I'm in Britain (Staffordshire) and in to vintage Macs. Actually I'm desperate to find some one who can recap mine (I don't what the skills for that). I had plenty of kit spanning from the Plus through to G4's and the like., and I try to still use most of it in a local school I work in to teach

Re: Used screens

On 5/2/13 20:19 PM, Robert Hesson wrote: Anyone have or know of the following for sale: Macintosh color display Macintosh 16 color display (or multiple scan 17 display) I keep checking ebay but my schedule has made it hard to land one recently. Sent from my iPhone Location? I have to check

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Re: hi!

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Re: iMac question

On 1/20/13 14:12 PM, Derek Morton wrote: Hello all, I am looking replacing my sons Quadra 700 with an iMac... I would go with a G3 AIO, but they seem to be a bit scarce. It is important that it be OS9 bootable and all the machines I have seen include OSX and not OS9... So, do these

Re: IIci battery issues

On 1/20/13 9:06 PM, Jonathan Morton wrote: I wonder, is it common for lithium cells to leak like that? I've had it happen with alkalines quite often, but I also have my IIcx's original battery from 1990 and that is still intact (just very very dead). The circa 2000 vintage batteries from my

Re: Quadra 700

Classilla is a winner, I have mine set to emulate iOS browsing rather than the default Nokia. Works well. Sent from my iPad On 5 Jan 2013, at 22:31, Sarah Crabbleapple crabbleap...@gmail.com wrote: What OS are you running? I've taken a 3400 running 7.1 online with a very old IE and a

Re: Macs looking for a loving home (South Florida)

On 11/30/12 7:13 PM, Erin Brown wrote: Hello, everyone! Thank you to all who contacted me about the Macs. Someone local has offered to take the entire setup, so as much as I do appreciate people reaching out to give the Woz IIGS a home, I'm glad the family could stay together. ;) On a sad

Re: Macintosh Classic startup

On 10/14/12 4:21 PM, Jason Johnson wrote: All computers have the pram or CMOS batteries. After 20 years just one of those things no one cares thinking about until its too late. Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2012 10:42:34 -0700 From:

Re: Mac Classic - Checkerboard on powerup

if that basically cooked the caps? Bummer. I know people know how to re-cap these things, but is there anyone who does it as a service that you've come across? Thanks, Charles -- - You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http

Mac Classic - Checkerboard on powerup

I just powered up a Mac Classic. Last time I used it, worked perfectly. Today, checkerboard on the screen, no beeps, fan runs... Pattern isn't always a checkerboard, sometimes the pattern varies. Seems to scroll slowly upward. Any ideas? Thanks! Charles -- - You received this message

Re: Boot failure

On 7/9/12 7:10 AM, Barry Cross wrote: I have an Apple Mac Quadra 700 that I picked up second hand, its problem is that it will not boot up simply displaying the flashing floppy disc icon with central question mark. Snip=== Have you tried to change the jumpers on the IBM? Does the switch on

Re: Sadly selling a Cube

I'm interested and in England, what are you thinking? Charles On 29 May 2012, at 16:56, Michael Everson wrote: It is time to sell my trusty Cube. I thought before I put it on eBay (available to Ireland and the UK) I would see if there was anyone in either country who might have an interest

Re: Macintosh Quadra 700 / IDE CD-ROM??

?v=I-KFbm8t_84feature=youtu.be Do you want Apple or after market (requires FWB's DrveCD or compatible.)? I'll see what I still have around. Charles 73020 -- - You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists

Re: IIgs and Compact Mac?

On 2/21/12 2:43 PM, Nico Vanden Eynde wrote: Do system 6 or 7 behave with the IIgs in respect to ProDOS disks reading/writing or AppleTalk? Is there a better way of managing disk image conversion/transfer than what I have planned? Format 3.5 floppies on your IIGS as ProDos. Then use a Compact

Re: IIci Problems

On 1/24/12 9:33 PM, iainnitro wrote: I just acquired a Mac IIci and we suspected that the problems the Mac had were with the PSU. I ordered a used one which was tested and supposedly works good and the IIci tried to boot and now is totally dormant (no chime -- which it never has since I've had

Re: Need Help getting Mac Classic (BW) On the Internet.

On 1/16/12 3:15 PM, Charles Lenington wrote: On 1/16/12 2:26 PM, Dylan Malama wrote: Hello, I have posted this a couple years ago, but never got around to do it. Do I need an AppleTalk modem? And what kind of Internet connection? I really need a walk through on this. I checked a lot of sites

Re: Need Help getting Mac Classic (BW) On the Internet.

On 1/16/12 2:26 PM, Dylan Malama wrote: Hello, I have posted this a couple years ago, but never got around to do it. Do I need an AppleTalk modem? And what kind of Internet connection? I really need a walk through on this. I checked a lot of sites, and I don't have any resources yet, so I

Re: Util for setting custom resolutions?

On 1/15/12 12:38 PM, Scott Holder wrote: Back in the day I had a util that let me override what the monitor says it can do and use custom resolutions. I thought it was something like PowerBar or PowerRes or something but I can't find it now. Does anyone remember it? Alternatively, does anyone

Re: eMac G4 Boot to CD issue

On 12/31/11 1:14 AM, Dylan McDermond wrote: On Dec 31, 2011 1:50 AM, Todd Brayer toddbra...@gmail.com mailto:toddbra...@gmail.com wrote: I never used 10.1, but doesn't it have a Startup Disk thing in the control panels that you can use to have it default to starting from the system

Re: Flyback Transformer

://lowendmac.com/services/ Charles E. Fox 793 Argyle Rd. Windsor Ont. 519-254-4991 N8Y3j8 www.chasfoxvideo.com -- - 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

Re: iMac G5 only boots to grey apple icon

On 10/30/11 11:33 AM, Wolfman wrote: All I know about this iMac is that is a G5, 17 screen. I have not been able to get any other information. I have the retail version of Tiger. I finally got the iMac to boot up the Tiger disk and so I am running disk utility and it is repairing the hard

Re: LC connectivity

to deal with floppies: Priceless. I have some scsi zips contact me when you get back. Charles -- - 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

Re: Zip 100 disks

Hi Guy; Serendipity, I just got a ZIP drive re attached to my system. Let me know the shipping for 20 or so [whatever's left] to: Charles Davis 1973 Reeves Mill Road Sutherlin, VA 24594 c...@gamewood.net (434) 799-5803 On Oct 6, 2011, at 2:45 PM, Guy Plunkett III wrote: In the course

Re: Steve Jobs died

Comforting really to find this sad news on this group as I awoke (in the UK), rather than the mass media. Will turn all my classics, pluses, and I devices on today in memory of their father. A truly great man. At peace. Charles Lowndes Sent from my iPhone On 6 Oct 2011, at 03:59, Joel

Re: SE/30 working (not always)

Hi James, I have an SE/30 which I don't believe has been recapped. I'm a bit apprehensive about trying this myself. Have you heard of any service that will do this? Thanks, Charles On Sep 12, 11:26 pm, JDW ja...@kiramek.com wrote: LilleTomte, did you not see my logic board photo (which shows

Re: Where can I get Apple CD ROM Drivers for System 6.0.8

On 8/29/11 9:55 AM, urquidez wrote: If you scroll even further down that list of old Apple software to System Software Downloads you will see the floppy disk image files for installing System 6.08. I bet your CD driver is living on one of those disk image files. On Aug 28, 6:22 pm,

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