Re: keyboard question

2002-07-01 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- Snook, John R [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mr. pickle, Do you know if a Plus keyboard can be modified to have a ADB plug on it? Or does that Datadesk Mac101 keyboard has a custom chip in it. If so I want one! http://www.applefritter.com/prototypes/cassie/index.html There you'll find a

Re: keyboard question

2002-07-01 Thread Scott Holder
At 12:05 AM 7/1/2002 -0700, you wrote: http://www.applefritter.com/prototypes/cassie/index.html There you'll find a schematic of an adaptor for connecting an ADB keyboard to a 512K or other Mac that uses the phone cord type keyboard connection. Nope. The Cassie wasn't ADB. And, besides, the

Re: keyboard question

2002-07-01 Thread Hardy Menagh
On Mon, Jul 1, 2002, 12:42am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (the pickle) wrote: My guess is that it won't like that much. Wonder if there was a warning in the original owner's manual about this? Anyone else out there besides me ever seen one of these? the pickle == I have one of these with the original

Re: keyboard question

2002-07-01 Thread the pickle
At 08:36 -0400 on 01/07/02, Hardy Menagh wrote: I have one of these with the original box manual. It seems that the dip switches are located under the clear plastic cover on the upper right side of the keyboard. You must pry this up, lift the label out, then set the switches for either ADB or

LC again

2002-07-01 Thread Snook, John R
I feel stupid, so please don't add to it. I can't get any of my LCs to show on the monitor. It's a 12 RGB. I've tried 7! I can here all of them try to boot of a plus boot floppy, but no video. My Performa 475 works fine on the same monitor. I must be doing something wrong, or is there a common

Re: LC again

2002-07-01 Thread the pickle
At 11:44 -0700 on 01/07/02, Snook, John R wrote: I feel stupid, so please don't add to it. I can't get any of my LCs to show on the monitor. It's a 12 RGB. I've tried 7! I can here all of them try to boot of a plus boot floppy, but no video. My Performa 475 works fine on the same monitor. I

Re: LC again

2002-07-01 Thread Gamba
I can't get any of my LCs to show on the monitor. It's a 12 RGB. I've tried 7! I can here all of them try to boot of a plus boot floppy, but no video. My Performa 475 works fine on the same monitor. johnsn What do you mean when you say plus boot floppy? If it means what it sounds like then the

Re: keyboard question

2002-07-01 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- Scott Holder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 12:05 AM 7/1/2002 -0700, you wrote: http://www.applefritter.com/prototypes/cassie/index.html There you'll find a schematic of an adaptor for connecting an ADB keyboard to a 512K or other Mac that uses the phone cord type keyboard connection.

Re: LC again

2002-07-01 Thread hesped
I just bought an LC475 and had similar problems. The rather strange solution seems to be: 1. Switch on the computer. 2. Wait for about a minute until all of the funny dong and peep noises have stopped. 3. Turn on the monitor. If I turn the monitor on first nothing ever seems to show up-- not

Re: Prepping Macs for Charity

2002-07-01 Thread Ruuska, Jay
Thanks Scott. I would love some real-world examples too from the list ... what works for _YOU_ and why? This summer I will finally get to refurbish a dozen or so old Macs (mostly '030s) that I've been collecting for a charitable cause. These will be loaned to junior-high school students

Re: keyboard question

2002-07-01 Thread the pickle
At 13:48 -0700 on 01/07/02, Gregg Eshelman wrote: Electrically it was ADB. Apple switched to the DIN Not according to that page, if you actually read it. I quote: The Cassie protocol was completely different than both the 128K Mac and ADB. It was very complex and ADB actually simplified it.

Re: Prepping Macs for Charity

2002-07-01 Thread the pickle
At 16:22 -0500 on 01/07/02, Ruuska, Jay wrote: What applications are most useful to this crowd? Thinking of a word processor, math, and drawing programs. Your thoughts? WP: get WordPerfect 3.5e. It's hands down the best balance of speed and features out there, although some people swear by

68K Educational Games for SE/30

2002-07-01 Thread Vern Andrews
There are many good educational games that work just fine on the SE/30, and many of them actually work on my 7300, and on my G3 before it died. Maybe somebody has some good links to 68K software to use on the SE/30s for the junior high students. -- va Ruuska, Jay wrote: What applications

Re: 68K Educational Games for SE/30

2002-07-01 Thread Ruuska, Jay
Thanks Vern. The computers are actually 68030-family Mac II's. No compact Macs at this time. The main difference between these and the SE/30s, I think, is color display capability. Yes, please send links to quality age-appropriate freeware (ages 12-14)! I downloaded Nisus Writer, I'll give that

Calling IIsi owners

2002-07-01 Thread Gamba
Hi Listers, My IIsi is AWOL right now so I thought I would save time and use resources of list to ask: If TattleTech 2.58 or 2.59 is run, for NuBus/PDS Slots, with All Slots box checked, what shows for slot address $OE? Is $OE something dedicated to logicboard, or not shown? This has to do with

Re: Calling IIsi owners

2002-07-01 Thread Jim Scott
On my IIsi it says Nubus/PDS Slot# = $00 -- Jim Scott - Original Message - From: Gamba [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Vintage Macs [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 5:50 PM Subject: Calling IIsi owners Hi Listers, My IIsi is AWOL right now so I thought I would save time and use