Re: Unidentified NuBus video card

On 15/01/06, Richard Halkyard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have a IIfx that I recently acquired that has a video card which escapes > > my > > identification - it runs at 832x624 with separate sync and is capable of 24 > > bit colour. I have no extensions or control panels for it, and the Moni

Orange Micro web site

Earlier this year, the Orange Micro web site disappeared. OM sold a variety of products that worked on the Apple II through to modern G4 Macs and Windows PCs. My area of interest is the OrangePC DOS/Windows PC card family but I've tried to dig out most OM material from the Wayback archive. Alas mos

Re: Using sonnet 7200 g3 pci card in a 9600

On 8 Jul 2005, at 20:31, "soviet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Someone now if a sonnet 7200 g3 400 mhz pci card can be used on a powermac 9600 ?. The card goes in one pci slot and have 3 dimm pc100 slots. In sonnet website only de 7200 is supported. I seriously doubt this. I experimented on insta

Re: Still looking for St. Mac magazine.

On Tue, 8 Feb 2005 20:28:24 -0800 (PST), Don P. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As I recall, it was a comic book size magazine which > tried to unite > /blend Lisa and Mac users. I normally throw nothing > Mac related away but I did toss these mags, also, > since: > 1. It was so short lived that there

Re: Mac programming pages

On 5 Feb 2005, at 20:30, "Dowe G. Keller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does anybody here know of a good website for learning how to program > the 68k mac. Especially accessing the gui and os from asm code. The Mac toolbox wasn't really designed for easy access from assembly code. To get started

Re: Strange Finds

"That bloke in the UK" still owns the ex-Douglas Adams IIfx. I haven't had reason to use it recently (I bought it to use as a Linux and A/UX hacking box) but its provenance has been confirmed by Adams's widow. The sketch that I discovered on the disk ("Brief Re-encounter") has been forwarded to the

British Aerospace Virtual Cockpit

Does that computer on the right look familiar? http://www.ipo.tue.nl/homepages/mrauterb/presentations/HCI-history/ sld068.htm Phil --- "Most engineering products can be readily adapted to suit their originally intended purpose" -- C H Thornycroft -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by

Re: Mystery Radius PCI Card

On 16 Jul 2004, at 20:30, "J.S. Garrison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: It's a shame that the information on older Macs and their peripherals is getting harder and harder to find on the internet. It'd be great if there was a group preserving everything about these items so that finding photos and c

Re: using Mac IIci on multisinc monitors

On 26 May 2004, at 20:30, Hasan Kacmaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I've just purchased a mac IIci (I always wanted to but couldn't afford it several years ago!) The problem is finding the right monitor for it. I've got a HP-71 PC monitor and two macintosh-PC monitor adapters. One of them is a viewso

Re: I am a test, ignore me.

On 20 May 2004, at 20:31, Daniel Kendell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am a test, please ignore me. --- The Macintosh Council - http://www.macintoshcouncil.tk MacDan - http://macdan.o-f.com It would be rude to ignore you totally, Daniel, especially when you sound so despondent on your Mac Council

Mac II Video cards and power

Jeff W's and Mark B's comments on NuBus video cards reminded me of a discussion on another forum. I have a SuperMac Spectrum 24 V in my IIci that works pretty well for my limited graphics demands. However the card is labelled as requiring 12V @ 2A and 5V @ 2.5A while the psu is labelled as deli

Re: OT: Olde PC internet

On 8 May 2004, at 20:31, Darren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: http://users.pandora.be/mydotcom/library/network/wfwdos.htm I guess the real one included a tpc stack? Yes. Try a web search for "microsoft network client version 3.0" which throws up lots of possibilities. Phil -- Vintage Macs is spons

Re: OT: Olde PC internet

On 6 May 2004, at 20:31, Gregg Eshelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: There are some relatively unknown Win 3.xx versions. Windows 3.11 still ran on a 286 but included 32bit disk access (or was it file access?) for a 386 and later. There was also the extremely short lived Windows for Workgroups 3.1,

Re: Ethernet for a Classic II

On 22 Apr 2004, at 20:30, Michael Hackett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Clark Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: At 8:55 AM -0700 4/21/04, Timothy Virkkala wrote: LocalTalk Bridge doesn't allow TCP/IP? Hmmm. LTB will pass MacIP packets (IP inside AppleTalk packets) but it won't convert them to IP ove

You never know what may turn up...

You buy a Mac on eBay and it turns out to be the former property of an Applemaster. http://www.mandrake.demon.co.uk/Apple/iifx.html Phil --- "Most engineering products can be readily adapted to suit their originally intended purpose" -- C H Thornycroft -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by

Re: se30, os6 & zip drive & drivers

On Tuesday, February 17, 2004, at 08:30 PM, Gregg Eshelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: You must use driver version 4.2 with System 6. You can boot a System 6 Mac from a Zip formatted with the 4.2 Zip tools, but you must then NEVER EVER pop that disk into a Zip drive on any Mac running a newer vers

Re: Boot Mac II from 9 GB Drive?

On Thursday, February 12, 2004, at 08:30 PM, Dave Quebbeman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I got a 9 GB SCSI SE drive in an external case from work, used Hard Disk Toolkit to take it down to 2 GB partitions, and hooked it up to a Mac II with System 7.5.5. The drive mounts fine, reads and writes OK,

Re: Spontaneous IIci Syndrome

On Tuesday, February 3, 2004, at 08:31 PM, Mark Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: My IIci has caught the 'turn on when it feels like it and won't turn off' bug. Is it the board or the PSU that causes that? Think positive... Check that the reset switches aren't stuck and remove any dust balls (am

Re: dishwasher question

On Monday, January 19, 2004, at 08:30 PM, dana sibera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: If you can get to compressed air, blowing it out from under all the places that it can hide (simm slots too, and connectors) it'll help things along marvellously :) Compressed air is quick but you get electrostatic c

Re: Turbo 601 and the IIvi/vx Re: IIsi vs No Cofee

Thanks for the recent information, Jeff W and Gregg. I've just purchased a maxed out IIvx -- 68MB RAM, Turbo 601 card at 100MHz, uprated hard disk, uprated VRAM (don't know how much yet). The only disappointment is the mediocre Radius 8XJ video card but you can't have everything... So far I've

Yet another web page update

More information at http://www.mandrake.demon.co.uk/Apple/ that I trust will be of use to compact and vintage Mac owners. Apologies to the nannies for spamming the two lists. I think I found all of the significant Radius Q&A documents -- please let me know if you find one that I've missed. If I

Re: LaserWriter IIf paper pickup

On Wednesday, September 17, 2003, at 08:30 PM, Bryan Kattwinkel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: --- Bryan Kattwinkel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I've got 3 LaserWriter IIf units that have trouble picking up paper out of the tray. I know I can get a new part from fixyourownprinter.com, but it is $30. An

Re: ImageWriter I profile (concept) (was re: printers)

On Friday, September 12, 2003, at 08:31 PM, Marten van de Kraats <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: As promised: the profile of the ImageWriter I. It is of course just a concept. Feel free to comment. We are now in the process of developing a guideline for the profiles of all other (vintage) mac compat

Re: SCSI HD settings.

On Monday, August 25, 2003, at 08:31 PM, John Niven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm trying t o work out how to set up a 2GB HD to go into a IIci. The drive in question has a option to force SCSI 1 operation. Should I do this? Try without the SCSI 1 option. SCSI 2 and later should work fine with t

Re: Unix O/S's for 680x0 chips.

On Saturday, August 23, 2003, at 11:09 AM, Darren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: A better way to try maybe a minimal install of OS7.1 with exodus or trying exodus under OS6. From what little I've seen the speed is far better than a unix like install, you also don't use the macs hard drive space. A q

Re: DHCP server and MacTCP

On Saturday, August 23, 2003, at 11:09 AM, John Niven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Yes the setup of MacTCP isn't a big deal - but having to get my companies MIS people to assign a fixed IP address is the real problem. In my past company they were good about it. I haven't asked in my new company - t

Re: CDROM drive on an LCIII?

On Thursday, August 14, 2003, at 08:31 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Do I need a CDROM dirve that'll switch between different sector sizes? Typically 2048 bytes I believe, but some non-PC workstations need 512 bytes. I *think* I have such a switchable drive spare anyway. Macs aren't fussy in

Re: unusual scanner

Derek Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am looking for information on a scanner which was released around 1987 (I think). It was unusual in that there was a fixed "camera" attached to an arm and held above the scanning surface. It also had two light sources which gave (relatively) even illumi

Re: SCSI hard drive woes-need help again!

On Thursday, July 10, 2003, at 08:30 PM, Vintage Macs wrote: Just a few general points. Lots of newer big SCSI drives on the market at the moment were previously installed in servers rather than as boot disks in desktop computers. You therefore need to pay attention to the jumpers (which will o

Re: Problem Starting Mac IIfx

On Wednesday, July 2, 2003, at 08:31 PM, John Hixson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Can anyone suggest what might be going on with my newly acquired IIfx? When I try to start it by pressing the rear power button, it clicks on and immediately trips off (per PS green light). If I hold the button in, i

Re: video switch

Is the original poster switching the ADB *after* the Mac has booted? If you intend switching ADB, you must have all of the devices online when the system first boots. And even then, it may not be a good thing to switch them when the system is live, especially on compact Macs and early Mac IIs.

Atari USB project

The old chestnut "can I get a USB card for my NuBus Mac" hasn't been raised for a while so I thought I'd muddy the waters... The Atari community has been working on a USB cartridge for their machines and have made a lot of progress: http://www.strotmann.de/twiki/bin/view/APG/ProjUSBCart Note t

Customs charges (Was: Anybody know the schematic...)

On Monday, March 10, 2003, at 08:30 PM, RedNight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Unfortunately they think anything computer related is expensive and > thus tax > the crap out of it. They don't seem to pull this crap when you order > stuff > from Europe, but then it's expensive as hell to ship the

Re: Mac IIci & Internet?

On Sunday, March 2, 2003, at 08:31 PM, dan_A <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I have a Macintosh IIci that I would like to get onto the Internet. Snip > As others have said, you need OpenTransport. Just to be slightly contrary, you can get your IIci connected without Open Transport by using MacT

Re: IIci won't shut off?

On Tuesday, February 18, 2003, at 08:30 PM, Jamie Hutt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2/18/03 4:05 AM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I have a IIci that refuses to shut down. I go through the shutdown >> procedure, the screen blanks and it shuts off for a split second then

Re: The Apple //e card only works

On Wednesday, February 12, 2003, at 08:30 PM, the pickle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 15:31 -0600 on 11/02/03, Jeff Walther wrote: >> while it is installed? Also, do you think I should get an external >> 5.25" drive and joystick for it? > > Do you need them? :) Yes if you want to play L

Re: The Apple //e card only works

> From: Jason White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>> Lastly, my LC III has a standard "VGA" jack instead of a Mac Monitor >>> jack. Does the 475 too? I really hate those adapters. >> >> Your LC III has a VGA jack? Interesting - I didn't know they had >> those. >> But I DO know that my 475 (actually a Q60

Re: vintage ethernet card and OS X

On Saturday, February 8, 2003, at 02:01 AM, Marten van de Kraats <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am not sure this topic come up on the compact or the vintage mac > list, but some time ago there was a discussion about problems with > copying from older Macs to newer Macs running OS X. During apple

Re: not a newbie btw.

On Saturday, February 8, 2003, at 01:31 PM, Steve Conrad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I tried to use the System Suitcase from the Disk Tools (Disk 6 of 6, > none > of the others I have (2-5) have a System Suitcase/Folder) from System > 7.0.1 > to make a start-up disk for some of my older Macs.

Re: Dumpster diving! Re: not a newbie btw.

On Saturday, February 8, 2003, at 01:31 PM, Gregg Eshelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- iriXx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> i met someone last night who told me they had 20 LCs >> thrown away in >> their dumpster last week... sadly he couldnt carry >> them :(... although >> he did retrieve

Re: C650 or 7100/80?

On Tuesday, February 4, 2003, at 08:30 PM, Ted Parks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > After connecting both my Centris 650 and 7100/80 to DSL by ethernet, > the > Centris seems to load web pages faster. The 7100/80 has only 16 megs > of RAM, > while the Centris has about a 100. Also, the 7100 is c

Re: IIsi to iMac networking

On Monday, January 27, 2003, at 08:32 PM, Bob Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In regards to connecting via IP a IIsi, back when I was trying to > figure out how to get my IIsi to be able to connect to my eMac running > OS X, I installed and tested many configurations and versions of > netwo

Re: Colour Classic Boot up - BIG problem!

On Sunday, January 5, 2003, at 05:48 PM, the pickle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 23:32 + on 04/01/03, Daniel Kendell wrote: > >> Why, if SCSI ID 7 damages h/w do you have the option to? Because it's part of the original SCSI standard and as a standard, all sensible devices comply and a

Re: Beagle Bros

On Tuesday, December 31, 2002, at 08:30 PM, Warren Ernst wrote: > This is EXACTLY true. I worked through college as Tech Support for > Beagle > Bros in the early 90's, just as Apple was killing the II and the Mac > LC was > the color computer Apple thought people would buy. Beagle got almost no

Printing from older Macs to an OS X shared printer

A couple of months ago, there was some animated discussion about how it might be possible to share a modern USB or similar printer from an OS X Mac to older systems. If you're feeling determined and don't mind getting your hands dirty, here is how you can print in colour or black and white to a

Re: DAVE Re: Apple Talk/ Local Talk Transcievers

On Tuesday, December 17, 2002, at 11:53 PM, Gamba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Or: > > Being responsible for the above distribution of Dave, I briefly suffered a mild heart attack. No worries, however, because Dave will only work in Dem

Re: Computer holocaust aka motherlode in Waukegan

On Thursday, December 12, 2002, at 08:30 PM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is what I got (I took inventory as I unloaded, and > my back is very sore.) > > Apple //e > Apple //c > Apple IIgs > Apple IIgs Woz edition > Apple 3.5" drive in original box > box of Apple // softw

Re: unknown disk images

On Tuesday, November 12, 2002, at 10:36 PM, the pickle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 15:53 -0500 on 12/11/02, Shannon wrote: > >> I have some disk images with a creator of IMGg and a type of GKON. > > That's the creator code for GraphicConverter, and it's quite possible > that they > aren't r

Web pages update

Apologies for the cross-posting. I've added the following content to my Apple pages today: -- Review of "Fix Your Own Mac" book -- A guide to Apple external floppy drives for the II, III and early Mac -- The Bumper List of Apple Part Numbers - for Mac systems, monitors, printers, PSUs, video car

Re: DiskTop [was Mac Explorer' was Mac IIci]

On Tuesday, October 29, 2002, at 07:32 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > By all means, please mention any applicable software you can think of, > anytime! > > That said, I wonder what version of DiskTop you're referencing? > There's a > huge (876K) current shareware ($49.95!)

Re: Mac Explorer [was Mac IIci]

On Sunday, October 27, 2002, at 10:39 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm getting kinda sick of it though on smaller screens. > Too bad Mac Explorer doesn't work on anything older than > 8.5. The only other app I can think of that does anything > remotely innovative is Greg's

Re: Sharing new printers with older Macs.

On Sunday, October 27, 2002, at 07:28 am, Charles Shannon Hendrix <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The point is to share the printer. It's hooked up to a UNIX system. > All > the machines share it via the print spooler. The server uses > GhostScript so > every machine prints PostScript to it.

Re: Vintage RAM & Accelerators

On Monday, October 21, 2002, at 07:17 pm, Kevin Quosig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > I recently had given to me the following vintage Macs: > > --LCII > --LCIII > --Color Classic > --IIfx > --8100/110 > --SE/30 > > I also have the following add-on cards: > > --Daystar 50MHz PowerCache (030) > >

Re: IIfx...keeper?

On Monday, October 21, 2002, at 07:17 pm, Kevin Quosig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just came into possession of a IIfx with the follow > config: > > --1 GB Apple Hard Drive > > --80 MB RAM > > --"Macintosh Display Adapter" (630-0400, 1989/90, both > on-board slots filled) > > --Fusion Video

Re: System 7.something for x86?

On Saturday, October 19, 2002, at 06:43 am, "Gary Adams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If its the one I am thinking a company either in Scotland or England > had > developed one that Apple was looking at but never followed through on > it. > Gary That sounds like the Mac on a card that Cirtec

Re: Not really a Mac, but pretty cool

On Friday, October 18, 2002, at 09:47 pm, Philip Stortz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > now there's a project worth reverse engineering! definitely something > i'll have to consider next spring (i won't have time and space for any > real projects till then, unfortunately!). if anyone has any

Re: case modding etc

On Wednesday, October 16, 2002, at 06:21 pm, the pickle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> feasible (though probably at a terrible resolution) to >> put an LCD screen into a compact case along with a G4 >> Mac that supports video out... > > 640x480 would work but the electronics are impractically e

Re: Need help with an an Applied Engineering... (OT)

On Sunday, September 1, 2002, at 07:37 pm, Gregg Eshelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The Apple of iMac and beyond is way more standardized > than it appears, compared to the Beige Era. Could be > why some of us consider it a bit boring now. Oh look. > _Another_ Mac with transparent plastic.

Re: SE/30 Problems

On Saturday, July 13, 2002, at 08:36 pm, "Visionary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OK, turning off "extensions" really didn't do much because when I go > into > MacTCP, all the values are still "protected". However, I'm not now even > given the opportunity to enter the elusive "master password

Re: relatively foolish question

On Sunday, July 7, 2002, at 09:45 am, Teri Pittman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Okay, I gotta ask this, as I haven't found any information about this: > exactly how do DOS cards in Macs work? I have two of them now, one > with a > 286 chip and one with a 386 chip. I can vaguely remember one

System 7/Spring loaded folders

Is there a system extension that will provide spring loaded folders (as with Mac OS 8 and 9) with the System 7 Finder? Phil --- "Most engineering products can be readily adapted to suit their originally intended purpose" -- C H Thornycroft -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by

Re: Connecting Macs via serial ports

On Saturday, June 15, 2002, at 03:55 am, (Vintage Macs) wrote: > Thanks for your response, but I'm not trying to get them networked via > AppleTalk -- I don't want to do File Sharing. I want to get an old Mac > onto Internet, and to do that I want it to talk (via PPP) to another > computer. Bu

Re: sonnet accelerator card mystery

On Friday, May 24, 2002, at 08:31 pm, (Vintage Macs) wrote: > Motorola made a variety of 030 CPU without an MMU > built in. Without the MMU the Mac can't support > virtual memory. The card won't activate without > the Allegro extention. (Just like the DayStar 030 > cards don't work without thei

Re: simple questions when replacing power cables

On Saturday, April 27, 2002, at 04:59 pm, Gregg Eshelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The ATX mobo connector is one piece, fits only one > way and has an annoyingly useless tiny little > catch that's usually oriented so it's nearly > imposssible to get at to release. If you think that the tab

Re: internet connectivity round three

On Sunday, April 21, 2002, at 12:21 pm, Teri Pittman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have MacTCP installed. I installed PPP 2.5, but it kicked and > complained > that I didn't have OS 7.1. Trashed it, downloaded & installed PPP > 2.01. I > still can't open a connection. When I try to open

8*24 video card and LCD display

Has anyone else tried the combination of the 8*24 card (in a IIci in my case) with a new LCD display (NEC 1550V)? The NEC supports separate sync, optimum resolution 1024*768 so it should work with the adapters I currently use. Until now, I've used a Formac 17" multisync display quite happily w

Re: Tape drive rollers

On Friday, April 19, 2002, at 08:30 pm, Ken wrote: > Have acquired a nice little Apple 40SC tape drive > backup unit. It's in perfect shape except the main > driver roller is soft and gooey - looks like someone > used the wrong cleaner fluid on the rubber roller. > As Mart commented, they all

Mouse Systems drivers

I have uploaded the control panel for the Mouse Systems three button device (c 1993) to my web space at: http://www.mandrake.demon.co.uk/Apple/Mouse_Systems.sit.hqx I have also added a similar vintage driver for the Logitech three button ADB mouse: http://www.mandrake.demon.co.uk/Apple/Mousek

Re: video card vs monitor question

On Monday, April 15, 2002, at 08:30 pm, Gregg Eshelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have an absolutely beautiful IBM 6091-19 19" > monitor that I wish could be made to work on a Mac > easily. Alas, 'tis a fixed frequency type, though > not as "fixed" as some. ;) (See end of post about > why

Re: Mouse Systems Corp.'s "A+ Mouse ADB"

On Monday, April 8, 2002, at 06:26 am, Luc Verhelst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > All I got was the mouse, so no documentation, drivers, special mouse > pad, ... > > Anyone has got this thing ? Should it work just like that, or do I > need anything special ? > > The mouse has two LEDs on the b

Re: VNC on a 475

On Saturday, March 30, 2002, at 08:30 pm, Mark Benson wrote: > Is there a free DHCP server for the Mac. I want to set my LC475, which > runs 24/7 as a webserver and now a DNS, as a DHCP server to save me > having to set all my machines up by hand. Also is there any chance of > serving VNC or Ti

Neotech IG24

Can anyone tell me what quality of video image I should be able to grab with this card? I can grab a 24 bit grey scale image (which looks great after using the de-interlace option) but I thought this card might be capable of colour too. The setups I have tried are Mac II, 8Mb RAM, System 6.0.8

Re: Filesharing with OS X 10.1 and earlier Mac systems

Terry Mathews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OS X 10.1 is far more lenient; it supports AFP over AppleTalk, instead > of > just TCP/IP over AppleTalk. So, I started with the basics on my Q950: > Mac OS > 7.5.5. No dice, when trying to mount the OS X 10.1's share, I get "The > connection with the

Rodime Formatter

Version 2.0.3 (1988) of the formatter can be found at the link below. I have an even earlier copy somewhere that I could dig out but I'd have to search through 50 disks... Phil http://www.mirror.ac.uk/collections/hensa- micros/local/mac/drivers/rodime_form.hqx Description (from HENSA): Rodim