Re: looking for Mac os 9.1

2010-04-26 Thread Charles Lenington
alternateinfo wrote: i came to the same conclusion as what you say in your message. those macs can't be upgraded from 9.0 http://support.apple.com/kb/TA20330?viewlocale=en_US That is why i still look for an EXACT copy of the 9.1 CD as my original one have a scratch and do not work. if you sti

Re: Manual for DaynaPort SCSI

2010-04-28 Thread Charles Lenington
my guesses netBEUI wrote: Does anyone have a manual for the DaynaPort SCSI/Link-T model DP0801 or know where I can find a PDF? I'm wondering what the "0/1" switch termination? is for as well as the little dial beside it labeled 0 through 9. SCSI id? I'm having trouble getting my Cla

Re: Getting an SE on ethernet?

2010-05-06 Thread Charles Lenington
I have the scsi to ethernet I'll send info off list. charles Boyer Jason wrote: Well, picked up the Classic II, and as suspected, no ethernet. The guy was confused when I pointed that out, and after a short conversation, we decided he must have been thinking of an SE he sold earlier.

Re: Old 128K Floppy Drive Felt (Yea the fuzzy stuff)

2010-05-12 Thread Charles Lenington
hartonj wrote: You can use ADTPro (http://adtpro.sourceforge.net/) to bootload ProDos to the Apple IIe over the cassette or serial port (need super serial card for that) off topic note Info on Apple II series is available in several google groups. Now back to vintage macs. -- - You rec

Re: Printer for 128 and 512

2010-05-19 Thread Charles Lenington
Kenneth Smith wrote: I think you would need to build a printer cable for it. The ImageWriter II uses a mini-DIN connector at both ends of the printer cable, and thus is most suitable for the Macintosh Plus, SE, SE/30 et al which use the mini-DIN connectors on the interface board on the back.

Re: Printer for 128 and 512

2010-05-19 Thread Charles Lenington
Kenneth Smith wrote: Does a mini-DIN to DE-9 cable exist as a production printer cable? see http://www.nullmodem.com/DB-9.htm#serial -- - 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

Early mac case opening

2010-06-01 Thread Charles Lenington
I was in Steves Wholesale In MidWest city, Ok today. = 1. I found 2 possible solutions for reaching the recessed screws on the early model Macs. Grip (Grand Rapids Industrial Products) 32 PC 3" security bit set item # 62165 A set of 32 assorted 3" bits which includes 1 • T15 (torx) S

Re: need apple iigs systemdisk

2010-08-11 Thread Charles Lenington
lane wrote: hi I recently bought a apple iigs with a ton of other acessories all with boxes aND ALOT of programs (mostly educational) it came with a system disk but it wont work it uses dos 3.3 if anyone can give me a copy or tell me where i could get one it would be great more help see http

Re: need apple iigs systemdisk

2010-08-11 Thread Charles Lenington
Willi Kusche wrote: Hi! On 8/10/10, Lane wrote: hi I recently bought a apple iigs with a ton of other acessories all with boxes and a LOT of programs (mostly educational) it came with a system disk but it wont work it uses dos 3.3 if anyone can give me a copy or tell me where i could get one

Re: Mac IIcx Power Supply

2010-08-12 Thread Charles Lenington
glen wrote: - Original Message From: Jeff Walther . . . . . but it might help to know that it's the same pinout as the IIcx, IIsi, IIvi, IIvx, Quadra 700, Centris 650, Quadra 650 and PowerMac 7100. For that matter, the power supply from all of the above, except the IIsi would

LC series SCSI boot network adapter.

2010-11-09 Thread Charles Lenington
Has anyone used the following item and know what software is needed? I have several listed on lemswap, but don't know software needs. I'll try to find the hard drives but I think they were caught in a fire. Can't remember correct name, but you use in place of SCSI HD to boot an LC/LCII/LCIII f

Re: LC networking problem

2010-11-10 Thread Charles Lenington
On 11/10/10 7:19 AM, Brian Deuel wrote: I recently snagged a LC-PDS ethernet card for my LC. I figured I would get it on my network and use it as an IRC channel bot. For some odd reason, I can ping the other machines on my network, and ping the AT&T name servers FROM the LC, but I can't ping th

Re: Moving files for System 6 from downloads to Macintosh Plus

2010-11-10 Thread Charles Lenington
On 11/10/10 10:58 PM, dale-gmail wrote: Glenn; Mac SE and plus only read/write 800k disks, unless you have a 'superdrive' installed and other changes to the Mac's so you need to 'find' 2DD disks (2 sided double density) the LC III will read/write 800k disks, do not know about the PM 7100.. onl

Re: Moving files for System 6 from downloads to Macintosh Plus

2010-11-12 Thread Charles Lenington
On 11/11/10 11:04 PM, Glen Waterman wrote: Let me start by asking your forgiveness for my rambling, but here's how this is going: A note on equipment: The 7100/66 is running OS 8.0. I didn't think to mention on my original post, but I do have a SCSI hard drive I could use to (theoretically) go f

Re: Color Classic and SE/30 won't recognize external hard drive

2010-11-24 Thread Charles Lenington
On 11/24/10 9:51 PM, Wolfman wrote: I have a Color Classic and SE/30 that won't recognize an external Apple hard drive. Both of these computers used to show this Apple hard drive on the desk top. I had all of this hardware stored for a while and recently hooked them up. As you know I have to t

Re: USB on old macs

2010-12-12 Thread Charles Lenington
On 12/11/10 10:17 AM, Elliott Price wrote: It's one of those old ones that was made for the original G3 iMacs; It's Bondi(ish) colored, and it's a VST brand. I picked it up for a few bucks at the local thrift store. It's powered through USB, and it works just fine on my Intel iMac, and when I

Re: Internet on my LC III

2011-01-12 Thread Charles Lenington
On 1/12/11 4:13 AM, Brian Deuel wrote: On Jan 11, 2011, at 10:11 PM, Robert Woulfe wrote: Should be able to pick up an ethernet card for the LCIII and just put it on the wired network. Finding a browser shouldn't be a big issue, lots exist, be it netscape or whatever. You'll just need to setup

Re: Is there a way to change the monitor res on an LC I?

2011-01-19 Thread Charles Lenington
On 1/16/11 11:37 PM, D. Finnigan wrote: On Sun, 16 Jan 2011 22:09:17 -0700, Alex Barnes wrote: I'm using a 22 inch lcd monitor. It is the original 256k card. The LC's built-in video was a new feature for the time (all previous Macs needed a separate video card) and so it does not support all

Re: Is there a way to change the monitor res on an LC I?

2011-01-20 Thread Charles Lenington
On 1/20/11 12:14 AM, Clark Martin wrote: On Jan 19, 2011, at 7:50 PM, Charles Lenington wrote: On 1/16/11 11:37 PM, D. Finnigan wrote: On Sun, 16 Jan 2011 22:09:17 -0700, Alex Barnes wrote: I'm using a 22 inch lcd monitor. It is the original 256k card. The LC's built-in video

Re: Looking for any pre-intel Mac in NY

2011-01-31 Thread Charles Lenington
On 1/31/11 2:42 PM, Jason Galarneau wrote: It doesn't. I used a generic USB floppy with my MacBook Pro to make OS 7 floppies for my PowerBook 100. Sent from my iPhone On Jan 31, 2011, at 3:25 PM, Joel Feltman wrote: Roger I still use a Powerbook G4 as my primary computer and several years

Re: Imagewritter Ribbons wanted

2011-02-05 Thread Charles Lenington
Danke to all.. Got em Whenever I need to grab an old drawing, I use the old dependable SE but the LQ wide carriage printer is on the blink so must use the old dependable Imagewritter, weak link...Dryed up ribbons. There used to be a suggestion to carefully open the ribbon cartridge up

Re: iMac G3 Problem

2011-02-24 Thread Charles Lenington
On 2/24/11 1:20 AM, raue...@pride.hofstra.edu wrote: For the compatibility with older programs, try finding a copy of OS 8 according to MacTracker... the 266/333 shipped w/ 8.5.1 (rom 1.2.1) or 8.6 (if it can run on the g3,I'm not sure if it can, but the info can easily be found on the web)

Re: iMac G3 Problem

2011-02-24 Thread Charles Lenington
On 2/24/11 1:00 AM, Noah wrote: First of all, do G3 iMacs even fit in this group yet? no, but they do fit the iMac list snip=== -- - You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://

Re: lost password Macintosh 2si

2011-03-05 Thread Charles Lenington
On 3/1/11 3:32 PM, Scott Holder wrote: If it didn't work after a minute or two, it's not going to make a difference doing it longer. snip--- 1. If you haven't had it plugged in for several years the battery should be dead. 2. Zapping pram - did you hold apple-option-P-R for at least 2 bongs, 3

Re: Stolen 1400 powerbook, and titanium laptop

2011-08-07 Thread Charles Lenington
On 8/7/11 8:14 AM, Al wrote: I have replacement coverage for these two laptops that were stolen in a break-in at my home, what value can I list for the two computers, anyone have any idea?? I would go to ebay and do a completed sale search on each. Also look in LEMswap archives. -- - Y

Re: Sorting by list - was Mac IIci Power Supply repair?

2011-08-15 Thread Charles Lenington
On 8/15/11 1:12 PM, Doug McNutt wrote: Deliberately top posted. No. Don't do that. It makes long subjects get truncated. Many clients can't get the Re and the [xxx] sorted properly leading to even more difficult sorting. List-ID: is already present and is a unique identifier for this list.

Re: Script to select audio input?

2011-08-18 Thread Charles Lenington
On 8/18/11 9:34 AM, Doug wrote: PRAM batteries are easily available at The Source stores or any drug store, they just have to order them specially. They may be a bit pricey at about $7.00 each but they work fine. They are 1/2 AA and put out 3.6 volts. Doug Try on line... maybe cheaper. macsale

Re: Script to select audio input?

2011-08-18 Thread Charles Lenington
On 8/18/11 7:03 PM, Gregg Eshelman wrote: --- On Thu, 8/18/11, QuoVadis wrote: From: QuoVadis Subject: Re: Script to select audio input? To: "Vintage Macs" Date: Thursday, August 18, 2011, 1:49 PM Nearest Radio Shack is one ocean away, sadly. I'm from the Netherlands. ;) search for 1/2 AA 3

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

2011-08-31 Thread Charles Lenington
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, jmorand

Re: LC connectivity

2011-10-25 Thread Charles Lenington
On 10/25/11 10:59 AM, Todd Brayer wrote: I had a SCSI zip drive and it worked perfectly when I was still using my LCII and various Performas. Better than the stock hard drives in the machines, in fact. Maybe put a post on craigslist or check out those computer recycling type stores. Not having t

Re: iMac G5 only boots to grey apple icon

2011-10-30 Thread Charles Lenington
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 dri

Re: eMac G4 Boot to CD issue

2011-12-30 Thread Charles Lenington
On 12/31/11 1:14 AM, Dylan McDermond wrote: On Dec 31, 2011 1:50 AM, "Todd Brayer" 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 disk? I don't see

Re: Util for setting custom resolutions?

2012-01-15 Thread Charles Lenington
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 kno

Re: Need Help getting Mac Classic (B&W) On the Internet.

2012-01-16 Thread Charles Lenington
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 need

Re: Need Help getting Mac Classic (B&W) On the Internet.

2012-01-17 Thread Charles Lenington
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: IIci Problems

2012-01-30 Thread Charles Lenington
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 i

Re: IIgs and Compact Mac?

2012-03-01 Thread Charles Lenington
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: Macintosh Quadra 700 / IDE CD-ROM??

2012-03-09 Thread Charles Lenington
On 3/9/12 4:20 AM, Eleni Varveri wrote: I love my Quadra 700, one of my biggest regrets is that I sold the CD- ROM that I was using with this machine. I can not find any reasonable external CD-ROM (SCSI) drives, is there a way to use an IDE CD-ROM drive? Any ideas? http://www.youtube.com/watch?

Re: Boot failure

2012-07-09 Thread Charles Lenington
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: Macintosh Classic startup

2012-10-14 Thread Charles Lenington
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: Macs looking for a loving home (South Florida)

2012-12-04 Thread Charles Lenington
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 sa

Re: IIci battery issues

2013-01-21 Thread Charles Lenington
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 Q

Re: iMac question

2013-01-23 Thread Charles Lenington
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 machine

Re: hi!

2013-02-02 Thread Charles Lenington
On 2/1/13 4:52 PM, Kathy Ryan wrote: http://horlogerie.com.mx/read.html I hate spammers -- The Website your boss doesn't want you to know about! -- -- - You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at h

Re: Used screens

2013-05-02 Thread Charles Lenington
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 chec

Re: 80 pin SCSI in an 8600 w/ 8.1

2013-09-17 Thread Charles Lenington
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 confi

Re: internet connection

2013-11-28 Thread Charles Lenington
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 m

Re: need serious help with imac g5

2014-01-02 Thread Charles Lenington
On 1/1/14 8:51 PM, theonetruestick...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jan 1, 2014 at 9:15 PM, Gregg Eshelman 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 of the earliest I

Re: Powermac's won't boot of cd's, general stuff doesn't work

2014-02-13 Thread Charles Lenington
On 2/13/14 9:07 PM, Jordan Reidsma wrote: The 6500 still will not boot from the CD. It did once, but hung at start up then gave me a weird error and restarted. It now give the floppy symbol with a ? on it flashing whenever hold DOCS down. On Thursday, February 13, 2014 8:40:51 PM UTC-5, Jordan

Re: Install 7.5.3 without CD drive

2014-03-12 Thread Charles Lenington
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? McTrac

Re: Install 7.5.3 without CD drive

2014-03-14 Thread Charles Lenington
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 i

Re: SE30 SCSI Repair Questions

2014-03-14 Thread Charles Lenington
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 ca

Re: Rare Mac SE BLACK

2014-06-05 Thread Charles Lenington
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 t

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

2014-06-13 Thread Charles Lenington
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: Help with old Mac, dial-up modem and AOL hassles?//thanks everyone

2014-06-14 Thread Charles Lenington
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: need help installing system 7.5

2008-11-11 Thread Charles Lenington
lrbarrios wrote: > My story. I had a Quadra 650 given to me. 230MB hard drive was bad. > Purchased a 730GB on eBay for $2. Installed drive. Used PC to > download System 7 OS disk images and burn them to an HPFS formatted > CD. Used RAWRITE or WinImage to put the 7.5 Network Access Disk boot >

Re: New Mac SE/30 Project

2009-03-30 Thread Charles Lenington
mvinyard26 wrote: > Thanks for your replies. I opened the little guy up and all 8 ram > slots a snip > (still working on getting a floppy drive to use on > my new imac). snip If you don't have one yet I have several I have been trying to sell. Drop a note off list. --~--~-~--~~--

torx for compact Macs

2009-04-24 Thread Charles Lenington
Christian Wacker wrote: > I have a Mac Classic, who's hard disk has died recently. I have a > > snip > Before I spend the small amount of money and time on my Classic, to > get a long enough torx driver to open the case, and the time even > opening it, I just happened to find a Tx-15 today. at

Re: Battery for Mac Classic

2009-04-26 Thread Charles Lenington
Christian Wacker wrote: > Well... I would like to clear up a bunch of things. > 1: the screen appears to get power, but it does not display an image. > 2: the HDD does spin up, but won't read > 3: The HDD was pulled from a perfectly fine install on a PowerMac 6100 > with system 7.5.5 on it > 4: Th

Re: Image Writer LQ Ribbons WTB

2009-05-06 Thread Charles Lenington
rhoarcl...@aol.com wrote: > > In a message dated 5/2/09 8:28:54 PM, aland...@gmail.com writes: > > >> if it didn't "stutter"/jam at the >> left end so much. Any help? Thanks! > > > Perhaps moving the paper a fraction of an inch further leftplus > add a small drop of 3-1 oil to the horiz shaf

Re: Mac floppy drive wanted

2009-05-06 Thread Charles Lenington
Duggie wrote: > Hi all, I would like a Mac floppy drive in good working order with a > USB cable. They made them for the IMACs back about 1997 or > thereabouts. At present I have a working IMAC and a Mac Plus in > working order and a Quadra 610 not in working order. This Quadra has a > defunct har

Re: Mac floppy drive wanted

2009-05-06 Thread Charles Lenington
Duggie wrote: > Hi all, I would like a Mac floppy drive in good working order with a > USB cable. They made them for the IMACs back about 1997 or > thereabouts. At present I have a working IMAC and a Mac Plus in > working order and a Quadra 610 not in working order. This Quadra has a > defunct har

Re:

2009-05-21 Thread Charles Lenington
Scott Baret wrote: > I too miss the old days. I started with an Apple IIe in 1989 and then > discovered the Mac Classic in 1991. Later that year I began to use an > LC and loved it so much we got one for our own family. (My parents had > wanted to replace the IIe by then anyways). > > What I miss

Re:

2009-05-22 Thread Charles Lenington
I'll try this again. >> Sterling--whatever happened to Sun Remarketing? Did they go out of >> business as I have heard? If so, what happened to the inventory? As I >> recall they used to have a lot of old Apple parts and computers and >> were the business who upgraded Lisas to have 800K drives and

Re: Color Classic Problems

2009-06-24 Thread Charles Lenington
Cyrus Griffin wrote: > Near the Phoenix area. I always go to Goodwill. What thrift stores > does everyone else go to? > I don't go to the oklahoma city area Goodwill stores since they rarely let the electronics out of the main collection center to stores. Most of it goes thru daily auctions as

Re: Asante Ethernet card & Performa 630

2009-06-29 Thread Charles Lenington
Gorka L. Martinez Mezo wrote: >> A known "feature" of Asante cards is that they don't work well (or at >> all) >> with "autosensing" routers/switches. That is to say, if the router says >> 10/100 on it, the Asante card probably won't work. The way I work around >> the problem is to stick a "dumb"

Re: Found a Macintosh Classic II in a dumpster today!!

2009-07-12 Thread Charles Lenington
shipping per set. (Keyboard II (attached cable) (if you want the older style detached cable add $1.00), choice of square or teardrop mouse) Charles Lenington Paden, Ok 74860 --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to

Re: IIsi

2009-07-22 Thread Charles Lenington
Jeff wrote: > Just signed up. > > I have a IIsi which was given to me and I have yet to crack open the > case, or boot it up. I have install disk 1 that I am sure of and am > looking for any other disks. > > I have had a PowerBook G4 in the past and love Apple products. > > I wish to upgrade the

Re: My IMAC is causing problems

2009-07-24 Thread Charles Lenington
Robert Esposito wrote: > Doug, > Your iMac may no longer be able to find a start-up drive. The PC > keyboard and mouse are probably not causing a problem. for more/proper help suggest going to http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ Yo

Lc Apple IIe card cable

2009-07-24 Thread Charles Lenington
Guess what ? I went to a school auction and won 3 IIe card boxes mixed in w/ other Mac stuff. Sad part, only 1 card - looks new, still in antistatic bag (but i have some used ones somewhere. Anyway there was at least one set of docs, software and 3 cables. I'll set down and check each box agai

Re: SE30 FDHD with floppy problems

2009-07-26 Thread Charles Lenington
DebB wrote: > Hi all, thanks for having me in your group! I have a few old SE's at > home and one of them has an issue with floppy disks. When I insert a > HD floppy (even a system disk from apple) I get the "this disk is > unreadable" dialogue. I have attached an external floppy drive but get > t

Re: Mac 128k hissed then died

2009-07-26 Thread Charles Lenington
Joshua Coventry wrote: > On Jul 26, 1:26 am, Jeff Walther wrote: > >> I can't find them in the USA either. I think Maplin is a UK >> electronics supplier. >> > > I am pretty certain that Maplin won't have the parts required - they > might be a large retailer, but they focus on simple th

Re: SE30 FDHD with floppy problems

2009-07-26 Thread Charles Lenington
DebB wrote: > Hi all, thanks for having me in your group! I have a few old SE's at > home and one of them has an issue with floppy disks. When I insert a > HD floppy (even a system disk from apple) I get the "this disk is > unreadable" dialogue. I have attached an external floppy drive but get > t

Re: wanted: Simcity 1.1

2009-08-02 Thread Charles Lenington
DebB wrote: > Yes, i know. And grenier du mac have Simcity Classic, and they say the > 1.1 version is there - even have screenshots, but the file you > actually get is the 1.4c colour version. > It's impossible to find on any of the usual places... > > On Aug 2, 9:39 am, Gregg Eshelman wrote: >

Re: Needed: Copy of OS 6.0.x on floppies

2009-08-13 Thread Charles Lenington
Mac Book wrote: > Give me a couple of days, to get all upload to a file sharing website, > I could always take a list of people who want it and email it directly > to them, im sure someone will tattle and get the site shut down. > > On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 4:27 PM, Andrew Jung

Re: Macintosh TV for sale.

2009-08-13 Thread Charles Lenington
d.colvin d.colvin wrote: > I've been looking for a Apple IIc monitor and I found one on ebay. . . > . . for $249. Again, thats just $249 just for the monitor. It's > enough to make your blood boil but two wrongs don't make a right. It's > not spam. Anyway, you can't flag on ebay. > > Theres

desperate for a cc?

2009-08-17 Thread Charles Lenington
Are u desperate for a cc? $150 burning a hole in your pocket? check this out. http://oklahomacity.craigslist.org/sys/1327832660.html --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://l

Re: Powerbook 150 does not start-up from new Main battery

2009-08-23 Thread Charles Lenington
Nico Vanden Eynde wrote: > Hi, > > This is the procedure from Apple to reset the PMU. I did try this a > few times as you described to no avail. > You should get better answers on the proper list. Try http://groups.google.com/group/powerbooks?hl=en --~--~-~--~~~---

Re: mac gs

2009-08-24 Thread Charles Lenington
D. Finnigan wrote: > Indeed, especially considering that they didn't cost that much new, only > half. And they _certainly_ haven't appreciated since then. > > On Mon, 24 Aug 2009 08:30:40 -0700 (PDT), Papa Bear > wrote: > >> Mac Book must have dropped a decimal and meant 45.00 instead HO HO >>

Re: Restoring Files

2009-08-25 Thread Charles Lenington
Mack wrote: > Hi Everyone, > I think I accidentally deleted the system 7 folder on the disk tools > floppy disk, and I dont have a backup. > But there is this wierd thing, The Floppy says that 776k is in the > disk, but I added the size of everything up(3+100+45), and it doesnt > add up. So I thin

Re: Restoring Files

2009-08-26 Thread Charles Lenington
Mack wrote: > But there is one problem, The trash has nothing in it, but the floppy > still says it has something on it. I have a feeling I may have hidden > it, Does anyone know if there is a way to see hidden files or were > there no hidden files back then??? > > On Aug 25

Re: Mac Quadra 610

2009-08-26 Thread Charles Lenington
> Does anyone know if DriveSavers is still around? as of page95, july 2009 mac|life has ad. DriveSavers.com 800-440-1904 --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac

Re: Online Subscription Management for Google Groups

2009-08-27 Thread Charles Lenington
Dan Knight, LowEndMac.com wrote: > Go to and select "Sign in". Enter your > subscribed email address and password. You may also want to check > "Stay signed in". > why stay signed in? > Google Groups will display a list of al groups that this email address > is subsc

Re: I'm looking for Claris Works 5.

2009-09-03 Thread Charles Lenington
Gregg Eshelman wrote: > Specifically 5.0v1 or 5.0v2 for Mac. I have 5.0v1 for Windows and will soon > have AppleWorks 6.1 for Windows (free update to 6.2.2) and 6.2.9 for Mac. > > Claris Works W 5.0v1 to 5.0v2 fixes a few bugs. The AppleWorks 5.0.3 update > (for Mac and Windows) does everything

Re: ethernet for Performa 630CD

2009-09-12 Thread Charles Lenington
robject wrote: > I have no network facility on the Performa 630CD, and an Asante Nubus > Combo 10base-T E410 1000192 Ethernet Card (p/n 1000192) does not fit > into the chassis. What should I be looking for to get the machine on > the net? > ref: Mactracker LC pds comm slot -- look for

Re: ethernet for Performa 630CD

2009-09-12 Thread Charles Lenington
robject wrote: > I have no network facility on the Performa 630CD, and an Asante Nubus > Combo 10base-T E410 1000192 Ethernet Card (p/n 1000192) does not fit > into the chassis. What should I be looking for to get the machine on > the net? > ps let me check collection, I pulled parts from some

Re: Anyone in las vegas who could read a few old floppies?

2009-09-15 Thread Charles Lenington
snip > "mac" and "vga"; I don't know whether it came with this monitor). > > To let anyone have the hard drive from the MacPortable, which > presumably works, I would have to be able to wipe it first (it has old > confidential client data on it, as well as stacks I need). > > I'd rather se

Re: Boot Disks

2009-09-17 Thread Charles Lenington
d.colvin d.colvin wrote: > I'm sure he knows any USB mouse will work. I think he's like me. . . > he wants it to "match" the computer. > > On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 7:52 PM, Gregg Eshelman > wrote: > > > --- On Wed, 9/16/09, Christian Wacker

Re: Boot Disks

2009-09-19 Thread Charles Lenington
Christian Wacker wrote: > Just slightly off topic, but I found my Origional ][GS disks and a set > of copies, just need a way to make more of 'em... > > > On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 11:13 AM, platnicat wrote: > snip what is the oldest Mac you have w/ floppy drive? I used to copy IIgs di

Re: File transfer bootstrapping - Getting Stuffit without having Stuffit...

2009-09-21 Thread Charles Lenington
martynl wrote: > Chicken, meet egg. > > My mac has AAUI. I have an AAUI<>Ethernet converter. But it is not > working, and I am trying to transfer network software to the Macintosh > in order to diagnose and get the networking working. Hence the need > for floppy transfer right now. > > Martyn > >

Re: Unsubscribe

2009-09-30 Thread Charles Lenington
WhyOSX wrote: > I do not want such an amount of spam like messages I have nothing to do with > any more ! > > >> Please? :) >> >> > > > > > I don't get it! As many times this subject has been addressed it still comes up. How did they get on lists to start with. Oh I see something is

Re: ES: stuff people never paid for boxed and ready to go

2009-10-02 Thread Charles Lenington
Wolf wrote: > oops, it seems to be i replied to the list > > my bad Yes we get spoiled when Lemswap routes to seller instead of the list. I forget to check address sometimes also. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are a member of the Vin

Re: Color Classic and supported OS version

2009-10-04 Thread Charles Lenington
ye...@hotmail.com wrote: > Hello, > > What is the latest version of Mac OS that can be installed on a Color > Classic - is it System 7.5.5? or System 7.6.1? > > Thanks, > > Xin > > > > For future reference: 1. www.apple. com/specs You have to keep hitting next until you ind the cpu you r in

Re: Ethernet for LC520

2009-10-05 Thread Charles Lenington
lrbarrios wrote: > I have acquired an LC520 that I would like to get online. What kind > of card/adapter do I need to be looking for? Any help would be > appreciated. Thanks. > > Lonnie. > did you search the archives? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this m

Re: Overclocking 660AV

2009-10-17 Thread Charles Lenington
Dave the Modest wrote: > *Weirds stuff (www.weirdstuff.com ) has > G4's for $99 right now. I have a newsletter I can forward to anyone > that wants it.* > > That's high! I tried to sell G4's for $40 on ebay, they are still here. --~--~-~--~~--

Re: Fw: Performa 630 CD with Hypercard

2009-10-26 Thread Charles Lenington
John Lake wrote: > I am resending my previous note. Is there anyone out there familiar > with Hypercard file sytem errors? > > google #1 result! http://support.apple.com/kb/TA37954?viewlocale=en_US --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are a

Re: boot disk

2009-11-24 Thread Charles Lenington
David Colvin wrote: snip= > I had a little surprise when I brought this 512k home this weekend. I > was curious about the history of it, so I turned it over to get the > serial number and model number. The first thing I noticed is that the > model number is the same as a 128k. Then I r

Re: any interest in an imac

2009-12-31 Thread Charles Lenington
terry d wrote: > Blue / teal comes with keyboard and mouse. boots up fine but i have no > use for it. here is a pic. free if picked up in Warrington PA > http://www.willyhoops.com/images/imac.jpg > Email me at pcma...@gmail.com if interested > wrong list try the swap list -- - You receive

Re: any interest in an imac

2009-12-31 Thread Charles Lenington
Robert Nelson wrote: > or send me the weight of it and ill find out > > On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 4:34 PM, Robert Nelson > mailto:queensrychereb...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > find out how much for shipping from there to wilmington nc i would > love to get it i have been looking for one ill pay

Re: Is this the home of LC520"s ?

2010-01-01 Thread Charles Lenington
W S wrote: > Can you give me the directions to get there? > > On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 10:02 PM, James Gray > wrote: > > No, they're in number 62 next door... > > On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 3:28 PM, macguywts > wrote: > > Just

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