Re: WTB: original macwrite manual and original macintosh floppies

2005-12-28 Thread Stuart Bell
On 28 Dec 2005, at 05:20, Chase Bohling wrote: Hi, I'm looking for an original macwrite manual (collectible quality). Also, I'm looking for the some original macintosh floppies, specifically: 1. The original macintosh system disk. 2. The guided tour of macintosh disk. 3. The

Re: Think Reference

2005-12-28 Thread Sean Billings
On Dec 27, 2005, at 12:52 PM, Sean Billings wrote: I have the Think Reference Demo that comes free with Think C, Is it still possible to get hold of the full copy anywhere? Not clear to me what you're asking for. I have Think's LightspeedC by Symantec on 2 floppies. Not sure of the

Re: Key Not Working

2005-12-28 Thread Sean Billings
Hi All, I have a 128k keyboard that was functioning perfectly up until about a half-hour ago. The 'U' key has mysteriously stopped working. My guess is that contact is not being made upon pressing the key. Is there an easy fix for this? The keys are fairly easily desoldered, but then you would

educational software

2005-12-28 Thread Rod Dickerson
I have been scouring the 'net looking for 68k educational software, like Reader Rabbit or something like that. Has anyone seen these around? I figure there has to be some abandonware out there. I would like to put my SE/30 or 512 to work with my 3 year old... Thanks Rod -- Compact

Mac Plus Repair - analog and logic board

2005-12-28 Thread Thomas
I have a Mac Plus that I bought new that I am trying to get operational again. When it finally became unusable, the screen would go to a thin vertical line and sometimes it would work again if I tapped the case. This issue would happen right away upon turning the Plus on. I resoldered some of

Re: Mac Plus Repair - analog and logic board

2005-12-28 Thread Mitch
the floppy disk icon means you need to find or make a boot disk On 12/28/05, Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a Mac Plus that I bought new that I am trying to get operational again. When it finally became unusable, the screen would go to a thin vertical line and sometimes it would work

Re: Mac Plus Repair - analog and logic board

2005-12-28 Thread Thomas
the floppy disk icon means you need to find or make a boot disk Booting up a system disk is not the issue...I've owned and used this machine for many years. I'm talking about physical problems with the machine's hardware. -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support

Re: Mac Plus Repair - analog and logic board

2005-12-28 Thread Doug McNutt
At 16:32 -0800 12/28/05, Thomas wrote: I have a Mac Plus that I bought new that I am trying to get operational again. When it finally became unusable, the screen would go to a thin vertical line and sometimes it would work again if I tapped the case. The analog board - vertical one - has

Re: Colour Classic goes POP

2005-12-28 Thread Richard Halkyard
That sounds a lot like an analogue board problem, either in the monitor or the power supply. The motherboard is possibly fine, but it equally could have been fried as a result of the power supply fault. You will probably need to either source a replacement analogue board or attempt to fix it