Re: Problems with [EMAIL PROTECTED] in Performa 475

now on? Quadlist, Vintage Macs and Compact Macs are now all one single list. The traffic on at least two of those was getting pretty thin. Jeff Walther -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Compact Macs list

Re: New Low End Mac email lists

Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 21:34:46 -0800 From: Clark Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: New Low End Mac email lists At 10:00 PM -0600 1/26/06, Jeff Walther wrote: I was quite active reading those newsgroups and now rarely visit. I remember seeing Clark Martin's (a regular poster to this list

Re: New Low End Mac email lists

, pretty quickly. Jeff Walther -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Compact Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:compact.macs

Plus and Pre-Plus Keyswitches and Caps?

a lot of components for a computer that was discontinued before I could afford a computer? Jeff Walther -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Compact Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml -- AOL

Re: Boot Partition Selection

functions. It might be an interesting experiment to try the Start-Up Disk CP from 7.6.1 with the earlier OSs. Jeff Walther -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Compact Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com

Re: NUBUS on a SE/30

to many of the projects I envision and have realized I must not buy parts until I'm really ready to begin a project. Jeff Walther -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Compact Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com

Re: SE/30 PDS question

From: Brandon Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: SE/30 PDS question Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 09:38:27 -0800 (I needed a socketed-CPU logicboard to use a Daystar logicboard accelerator that was specifically designed to replace the CPU on the SE/30, and John had the soldering skills to do that

Re: Killy Clip; Was: SE/30 PDS question

. :-)Picking nits--the 68000 DIP has 64 pins. Anyone know who manufactured the Killy Clip? The two Lapis video upgrades for the Mac Plus I have here also include Killy Clips. Jeff Walther -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists

Re: SE/30 PDS question

change which slot the PDS card is pretending to be in. All it really changes is which set of address the PDS card uses. But since you don't want two PDS cards trying to use the same set of addresses, it's good to be able to change one card's address. Jeff Walther -- Compact Macs

Re: SE/30 PDS question

, not the Umax Mac clone company) and it has a heavy metal back on the card. The Daystar adapters typically have one PDS pass-through slot and one cache slot that has a bit of circuitry in a PLD to make the cache slot look like a IIci slot which is what Daystar's upgrades require. Jeff Walther

Re: Very Serious Mac Classic Problem...

to desolder the pins and clean the pads afterwards. Digi-Key lists the PLCC 68000 for $12.28 each or $9.37 each if you purchase 25 or more. :-) Jeff Walther -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Compact Macs

Re: Very Serious Mac Classic Problem...

their power supply output to confirm that their logic boards are getting good 5V? With age these old power supplies sometimes slip down to lower voltages, and at some point, too low voltage creates weird symptoms in semiconductors. Jeff Walther -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http

Re: SE/30 Woes!

desoldering a DIP chip, where all the leads need to release simultaneously. YMMV Jeff Walther -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Compact Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml -- AOL users

Early Mac Memory; Was: Re: music

OSs. It would be cool to hack 8 MB of RAM into these old machines, but the memory map coded into the hardware and ROM make it not very feasible. Jeff Walther -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Compact Macs

Re: SE/30 Woes!/What is 'Simasimac'?

the solder hardens. Now solder the other side. You'll probably want to use tweezers or some such to maneuver the small SM caps. Jeff Walther -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Compact Macs list info: http

Antwort: Re: Startup-Stripes on Classic II

resistors. Jeff Walther -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Compact Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:compact.macs

Re: Macquarium

From: Chris Riedl [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Macquarium Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 12:43:20 -0400 On the topic of Macquariums, I actually have a number of empty Mac cases (still with CRT's for some reason) of the SE, Plus, Classic, and (one) SE/30 variety. I certainly don't need them, and

Re: Printer for my compact macs

says 4 on the label but actually has the Postscript module installed. Printing out the printer info page will detail which options and how much memory are installed. Jeff Walther -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists

Re: What is the proper CRT discharge procedure for Compact Macs?

discharge procedure for Compact Macs? snippage I would like to note that the only time I've been shocked by an undischarged Compact CRT was when I tried to discharge the CRT. This was enough to convince me that you're safer just doing your work without discharging it. Jeff Walther

Re: eBay comes through again

. There's another connector on the logic board end, but it doesn't usually go bad. I've seen this lots of times. The hitting the side of the case is a key clue. Resolder that joint and it should be fixed. Jeff Walther -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support Low End Mac

Re: IIfx vs. IIsi ROMs for SE/30

. Jeff Walther -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Compact Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:compact.macs@mail.maclaunch.com

Re: Identify these Mac Plus ROMs?

, there will be no upgrade. Jeff Walther -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Compact Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:compact.macs

Re: If it is an 800k drive...

a floppy drive in his iMac, but because a new Mac style floppy drive still went for about $100 at that time and here was a kit that included one for $50. Jeff Walther -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html

Re: .047 Thick Copper Clad Board for PCBs

to find a way to do photoresist on copper clad board which is not precoated. Jeff Walther -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Compact Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml -- AOL users, remove

Re: .047 Thick Copper Clad Board for PCBs

., the proto services would be fine, because those boards are .062 thick. But for SIMMs in our old Compacts and in the vintage machines, you need .047 and the affordable proto services won't do .047. You must pay for the full-service PCB builds to get non-.062 board. Jeff Walther

.047 Thick Copper Clad Board for PCBs

for etching? Is there some kind of stick-on material? The only clue I came up with seemed to indicate that one needed an expensive laminating machine. Jeff Walther P.S. Gamba, I hope you're still out there. Your mailbox is full, but at least it's still active (as opposed to Unknown User

Re: Mac Portable

From: Jack Gallemore [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Mac Portable Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 08:27:51 -0500 Nah, the URL uses IP rather than hostnames. I'll type it out as http://twelve.twentyfive.two-forty-six.fifteen/dissport/port.html A very cool site. Thanks. Jeff -- Compact Macs is

Re: Mac Portable

that word for bizarre reasons. Try posting the URL with the offending word broken up if that is the case. Jeff Walther -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Compact Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists

Re: Mac Portable

drive = 2.5 to 3.5 adapter= 722U ATA to SCSI adapter= SCSI to Mac Portable adapter. I suspect that this would actually save power and weight. Jeff Walther -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Compact Macs list

Re: I bought a Apple Newton

on one ver. 2.1 ROM, they won't need any more, so rather than run copies, they'll just install it in their Newton. :-) Spare ROMs are made of unobtainium but you can transplant one from a dead MP120/2.0 if you get one on ebay or whereever. Jeff Walther -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http

Re: 512 Plus RAM change?

enough to slip that edge of the logic board loose. The logic board is on two rails/slots which are part of the frame. You can't slide the board in and out once there's a daughter card installed. I hope that helps. Jeff Walther -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support

Macintosh Printer Secrets Disk?

. Thank you, Jeff Walther -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Compact Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:compact.macs

Re: Classic Analogue Boards Update

or what. I wonder what the engineering design connection was. Jeff Walther -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Compact Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send

Re: SE Cleanup

on the ends instead of contacts. Assuming that's the type of battery installed in the older version SE, etc., then there's no reason why one can't leave the machine in original condition and still have a working battery. Jeff Walther -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com

Re: Classic II Sound Problem

. Of course the reality is probably 99% PC junk with a hard to pick out 1% Mac treasure mixed in. Then again, folks occasionally mention their finds at the landfill. How does that work? I imagine it would be very hard to pick out anything from all the rotting furniture and vegetables. Jeff

Re: Classic II Sound Problem

applications. Jeff Walther -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Compact Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:compact.macs

Re: Opening up a 400k drive?

grease or light machine oil to the areas where I removed the residue. That fixed it right up. The second one was sold and shipped without ever examining it (it was still sealed, after all) and the buyer had the same problem and simple solution. Jeff Walther -- Compact Macs is sponsored

Re: International Analogue Board

and TDMS but only wanted the former, and then checked Amazon and found it for $1.99 + $3.49 shipping. MRUS is probably more, but it's worth checking Amazon before bidding on Ebay. Jeff Walther -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists

Re: International Analogue Board

be the IWII. Jeff Walther -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Compact Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto: Send list messages to: mailto:compact.macs@mail.maclaunch.com

Re: Classic II Sound Problem

power--but a $15 kit took care of it. My clock radio recently died after 25 years and given its behaviour, again, I suspect the capacitors in the power supply circuitry. Jeff Walther -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists

BrainStorm SE accelerator

wrapping, etc. Jeff Walther -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Compact Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:compact.macs

Re: The Lisa holy grail!

the seller bought it... Jeff Walther -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Compact Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:compact.macs

Re: 1GB Compaq SCSI Hard drive

in the middle of a format and left the drive unusable and unrecognizable to any Mac software. Jeff Walther -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Compact Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml -- AOL

Re: SE/30 booting troubles

soldering pencil method (as popularized by Marc Schrier's Clock Chipping Homepage), it's really easy to non-destructively remove those old surface mount caps. A 15 Watt grounded soldering pencil is less than $10 at Radio Shack and perfect for the surface mount capacitor and resistor work. Jeff Walther

Re: se/30 with Daystar IIsi adapter

chip installed in teh PDS adapter, do you? The SE/30 already has an FPU, so having the FPU in the adapter would cause wacky bus problems similar to what you are experiencing. Jeff Walther -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists

Re: 68 pin SCSI Drive

on anything). Whether the drive is in the middle of the chain--disable termination on the drive, but enable termination of the top data byte on the adapter, if it provides this feature. Termination is a mess when you use adapted drives. Jeff Walther -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http

Re: micron xceed color 30 grayscale

URL I don't have handy at the moment but Google would probably turn it up). You might try any contact info you cna find there, but the prospects seem poor. Jeff Walther -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Compact

Re: Why do you like them?

is that one can not salvage three replacements out of three-button windows mice. :-) One must actually spend cash on a replacement switch. Jeff Walther -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Compact Macs list info: http

Re: Gamba?

with the above. The one time I collaborated with him on a project (the IIci based SE/30 ROM SIMM) he was great. On a more ruthless note, should we give any thought to backing up the content on Gamba's site? We have no information. So we should assume that it could go down at any time. Jeff

Re: What the heck is this?

like most of the memory sockets are unpopulated. I imagine you have a bit more capacity there. How much memory does the thing have wiwth the card installed? 1 MB, 2 MB? Jeff Walther -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists

Re: formatting 1.44 Mb disks as 400/800k

thing in the world. Some might even say dry. Jeff Walther -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Compact Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages

Re: classic mac chimney?

product. I built this one out of balsa wood and poster board. Jeff Walther -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Compact Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send

Pre-ADB Mice

they come to about $46 with shipping for the lot, unless there's a bidding war. Jeff Walther -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Compact Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml -- AOL users, remove

Re: SimasiMac

Gamba had a supply he was selling to list members but AFAIK no-one has heard from him in some time. Jeff Walther -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Compact Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml

Re: 800k vs. 400k floppy drives

conductor sends an extraneous signal to the drive and the forever eject happens. Jeff Walther -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Compact Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml -- AOL users, remove

Re: Macintosh Development System

is there, but the link for the development system can't be found. Also the link for MacPascal doesn't appear to be working either. Jeff Walther -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Compact Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists

Re: Macintosh Development System

Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 20:21:53 +0100 From: Antonio =?iso-8859-1?Q?Rodr=EDguez?= [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jeff Walther ha escrito: http://www.euronet.nl/users/mvdk/development.html At about 12:30 PM US Central Time on 1/10/2005 that link isn't working. The page is there, but the link

Re: Reading Macintosh ROM's

and Reset high by running a little wire from the power pin to those pins on the chip. Jeff Walther -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Compact Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml -- AOL users

Re: Keyboard options for Mac Plus?

seems to be a bear. I'm occasionally tempted to bid on some of the sets of Apple Developer CDROMs that show up on Ebay in hopes that they'll contain that kind of information. Jeff Walther -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists

Re: Ethernet card for a SE/30

and they listed some large number (over 100) in stock. Jeff Walther -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Compact Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages

Re: Asante EN/SC software on Plus: two steps back...

as the installatino disk did). Now the RAM Disk on the Plus looks just like the software installation disk and you should be able to run the installer. Jeff Walther -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Compact Macs list info

Re: What is the best Nubus Video Card?

Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2004 18:51:05 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter da Silva) The best NuBus video cards are the Radius Thunder IV GX series (T IV GX 1152, T IV GX 1360, T IV GX 1600, and Radius Thunder 24/GT) and the Villagetronic Macpicasso 340. Those two

Re: What is the best Nubus Video Card?

often don't know what they have and may omit the Pro or the II from the name when it should be there--or occasionally add it to the name when it shouldn't but the latter is more rare. There are other good cards but those are the good ones with which I am familiar. Jeff Walther -- Compact Macs

Re: Plus or SE CRT in SE/30

. Or perhaps that was just the recommended supporting circuitry in Samsung's documentation for that CRT. Jeff Walther -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Compact Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists

Re: Classic Confusion

that have three MB of RAM just soldered to the board and no SIMM sockets. Jeff Walther -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Compact Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto

Re: Soft rom question

the trick, and as I wrote above, I can supply the code files. I have no idea how many folks would be interested. Many of the folks who have an interest are already using a IIci or IIfx ROM. Jeff Walther P.S. Do you know an affordable (~$1/chip) source of WD92C32 chips? This is a Digital Data

Re: Soft rom question

need access to a chip programmer, to get the code onto blank chips, and you need the ability to build a circuit board that will plug into the ROM SIMM socket, hold the programmed memory chips, and connect everything up properly. Jeff Walther -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com

Re: Soft rom question

the programmed memory chips, and connect everything up properly. Jeff Walther - Jeff, I was wondering if I could modify a SE/30 ROM to put the chips you programmed on them? What do you think? johnsn Gamba and I considered this route, as it would tremendously simplify

Asante Desktop EN/SC

. Jeff Walther -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Compact Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email

Asante DT EN/SC on Mac Plus?

Power, so it makes sense that it wouldn't work, but I am not certain. Do any of you know for certain? Jeff Walther -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Compact Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml

Re: Asante DT EN/SC on Mac Plus?

Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 08:47:08 -0700 From: Sherman Chen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Asante DT EN/SC on Mac Plus? In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, 16 Jul 2004 11:32:58 -0400, Tim Maloney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 7/16/04 11:16 AM, Jeff Walther [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does

Re: network boot

Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 21:37:42 -0700 From: Clark Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: network boot At 4:40 AM +0200 7/13/04, Antonio Rodr=EDguez wrote: Jeff Walther ha escrito: There was a key combo one could use in System 6 to switch the boot volume after the machine had booted. Could

Re: network boot

would get all the system stuff it needed from the copy on the RAM disk. I remember reading how to do the key combo somewhere...but where is lost in the mists of antiquity. Now that I've thought about it I wish I could remember. I might want to do that again. Jeff Walther -- Compact Macs

Re: Localtalk boxes

sections of computers and networking on Ebay. I saw an auction for something like 150 phonenet boxes starting at $10 or $20 a year or so ago.I doubt that happens every day, but every now and then... Jeff Walther -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support Low End Mac

Re: Where can I sell these?

of the dunderheads on Ebay.On the other hand, I've probably conducted two or three times as many transactions on Ebay as I did on the news groups. Sigh. The reality is that the buyers are shopping on Ebay now days. Jeff Walther -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com

Re: Where can I sell these?

. The shipping on Compact Macs tends to be more than the value of the machine. This is the real problem with finding homes for these adorable machines. You might find someone who wants to pay $15 for the machine, but when they discover that shipping will be another $20 it kills the deal. Jeff Walther

Re: Are SE and SE/30 screws the same?

a broken, dead compact for its donor organs and fasteners. Here in Austin, TX we have a store called Austin Bolt and Nut which seems to stock every type and style of fastener known to man. Other locales may have similar specialty shops. Jeff Walther -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http

Re: Mac SE

work on the Plus because of illegal calls to locations non-existent. Ah, well, I keep a working 512 around just for that reason. Megaroids! That's why I keep a 512 around. Jeff Walther -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists

Re: 68000 Development tools

could find a copy of that any more. What kind of development are you considering? Jeff Walther -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Compact Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml -- AOL users

Re: JACKPOT!!!!!!!!

a proprietary slot for memory expansion in which no SIMM will fit. A number of companies made expansion boards for the Classic which have all 3 MB of expansion soldered to the card, and in those cases the Classic doesn't take any SIMMs at all--just a special expansion card with 3 MB on board. Jeff

Re: Cleaning components

exercise. Jeff Walther -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Compact Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Goodwill find...

that aren't on the shelf, since they only shelve SE/30s in recent memory) if they have a type of item in back, they always say no, without looking. Ah, well, it was a fun place to shop. But something is macabre about how they decide what goes on the shelves. Jeff Walther -- Compact Macs is sponsored

Re: SE30 and 256 levels of gray

At 15:00 -0400 06/14/2004, Compact Macs wrote: Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2004 16:39:32 -0400 (EDT) From: Nathan Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sun, 13 Jun 2004, Jeff Walther wrote: I'm sure these methods have been worked out in detail better than I can reinvent them, and there is probably a comprehensive

Re: SE30 and 256 levels of gray

From: J Mood [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2004 14:05:24 -0400 At 14:51 -0500 06/13/2004, Jeff Walther wrote: From: Compact Macs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Daniel Daplincourt Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2004 11:35 AM On the site of Gamba is described the manner of giving 256 levels

Re: Outbound Laptop

Subject: Re: Need Mac Plus Keyboard From: J.S. Garrison [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 5/26/04 6:46 AM, John at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just recently rescued a old Macintosh Plus from the garbage can, it has only the mouse, but it does work. It booted fine to MacOS 6. But it doesnt have the

Re: Outbound Laptop

Please ignore the previous message with this title. I meant to send that direct to Jeff G. Not to the list. Jeff Walther -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Compact Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists

Re: Mac Plus Questions!

wiggle room. And if you get a second floppy drive, woo hoo! Jeff Walther -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Compact Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send

Re: PDS slot info?

to reinvent an Enet nor USB controller. Video and IDE would be a bit more challenging. But way back around 1990 the Outbound Laptop based on a Plus or SE had an internal IDE interface. So it's been done almost 15 years ago, when electronic resources were fewer and more expensive. Jeff

Re: Mac longevity

understand why, ten years or more after the EOL for a product, companies aren't willing to release these kinds of details to the hobbyist community? It's not like they're ever going to use that particular PAL design again. Jeff Walther -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com

Re: Forcing 32-bit addressing ...

both the 1/2AA with contacts at the ends and the 1/2AA with wire leads at each end, so it pays to take a careful look at which battery one is taking to the register. Jeff Walther -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists

Re: 2048k in Mac 512k

At 15:01 -0500 03/19/2004, Compact Macs wrote: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 11:14:37 + Jeff Walther [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There are many ways to do the upgrade from piggybacking memory chips on the existing ones and adding address muxing (I'd be amazed to find

Re: 2048k in Mac 512k

was hard coded rather than set by what the machine detected at start up and that limit was something like 1 MB. If I'm remembering correctly and if he was remembering correctly, then you need the 512KE or Plus ROMs in order to do the larger memory upgrades. Jeff Walther -- Compact Macs

Re: SV: An Outbound on eBay

, though less convenient (heavier) machines. My comments about SE vs Plus heritage applies to the Laptop, not the Notebook. Jeff Walther -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Compact Macs list info: http

Re: An Outbound on eBay

From: Derek R. Morton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: An Outbound on eBay Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 21:28:03 -0600 I think this would qualify as Vintage / Compact since it is based upon the SE. In doing my normal evening browse of eBay, I found this little gem : http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?

Re: SCSI termination

works as advertised. Jeff Walther -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Compact Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL

Re: Wow...

, someone would have posted a message pointing all the buyers at Small Dog by now. Jeff Walther -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Compact Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml -- AOL users

Re: Imagewriter II good source?

are heavy. You can search by region on Ebay, or post a WTB message to appropriate news groups specifying that you wish to purchase locally, and there may be local resources as well. For example, there's an austin.forsale news group. Your locale may have one as well. Jeff Walther -- Compact

Re: SCSI CD-ROM on Classic II

CDROM drives under that name? If it's a tape drive, you need Retrospect. Jeff Walther -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Compact Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml -- AOL users, remove

Re: Ancient Electronics History

a link to 3M datasheets, I'd appreciate it. Jeff Walther -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Compact Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages

Re: Killy clip vs. dip test clip

. With the 8 sockets one could install two 1 MB SIMMs and six 256KB SIMMs and get 3.5 or 4 MB of RAM saving about $150 over what four 1 MB SIMMs would have cost. Jeff Walther -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html

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