Re: Printer Ink

2005-12-24 Thread Jan Warreyn
NODEraser wrote: Going to an Apple store was your first mistake. First check your favorite office supply retailer, either online or the real store. If not, check eBay. You're sure to find one there. I just found out that the Apple cartridge M8041G/C is being remanufactured under the Canon brand

Printer Ink

2005-12-24 Thread Jan Warreyn
Yesterday I went to an Apple store to get a new ink cartridge for my 8 year old pre-USB Apple Color Stylewriter 1500. There I was told that such cartridges (Apple Reorder No. M8041G/C) are no longer manufactured ? ! ? (talking about built-in obsolescence, this looks like a perfect example. L

Dishwasher Method

2005-11-12 Thread Jan Warreyn
Just for the record, one more favourable report on the dishwasher method... After having produced crackling noises and weakening system sounds for some weeks, my Classic II went completely mute. The motherboard had the tell tale gooey stains, which disappeared after one cycle in the dishwasher u

Re: No sound on my working Mac SE/30

2005-09-16 Thread Jan Warreyn
It is very likely to be a capacitor gone, just like in your previous post in regards to dead SE board with the stripes, these faults are all down to the surface mount electrolytic caps, after spending the whole of last saturday working on a Classic Logic board replacing the caps, C3 I think it w

Re: Classic macs and capacitors

2005-07-07 Thread Jan Warreyn
From: "Tom Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 3) One example of where a failed (open) cap *does* matter is when it happens to be directly in the path of a signal (e.g., the audio). You'll get weak, scratchy, or no sound if that cap goes. Cleaning will not help that problem, of course -- you must replace

Re: Classic macs and capacitors

2005-07-03 Thread Jan Warreyn
The link on the second line of my message of 14:09 ("here") should have read http://www.biwa.ne.jp/~shamada/fullmac/repairEng.html Sorry about that. Jan -- Compact Macs is sponsored by . Support Low End Mac Compact Macs

Re: Classic macs and capacitors

2005-07-03 Thread Jan Warreyn
"NODEraser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Is there an idiot's guide to replacing capacitors somewhere? About the only tools I have for this are a workbench and one of those cheap Weller soldering irons. I second that! Some interesting hints are to be found here , but were written for the SE30. For

Re: Classic macs and capacitors

2005-06-27 Thread Jan Warreyn
Original Message From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Replacing caps is one of the easier and more enjoyable soldering jobs on the analogue boards... Thanks for your excellent advice! I think I'll give it a try (as you say: not so much to lose anyway). Jan -- Compact Macs is sponsored by

Re: Classic macs and capacitors

2005-06-25 Thread Jan Warreyn
Tom Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: For the infamous weak sound/no sound problem, though, the corresponding cap has to be replaced, unfortunately. If you don't want the leaking cap problem to recur, use a tantalum capacitor. I used the dishwasher method to clean off the goo from the logic bo

Re: Classic II Sound Problem

2005-06-23 Thread Jan Warreyn
Scott Baret <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Try searching eBay for a Classic II logic board. Hopefully you'll find one and get your old Mac up and running again. If you are ever offered a bunch of Classics (or any old Mac), just take them all. Last summer I had to fix up some 5200s for donation. When

Re: Classic II Sound Problem

2005-06-22 Thread Jan Warreyn
On Jun 18, 2005, at 10:07 PM, John Niven wrote: Let's put this in perspective :-) We are talking about products that have lasted longer than their expected usage. Apart from a few nutters (and I admit to being one also) nobody wants to use a computer this old. Their life-work is done. Most ha

Classic II Sound Problem

2005-06-13 Thread Jan Warreyn
My Classic II has recently behaved pretty erratically, where sounds are concerned. On start-up it will often produce a crackling noise, much like a radio with bad speaker connections. The noise will typically disappear after some 10 to 20 minutes. At other times, it is completely mute; i.e. no

Noisy speaker

2005-04-16 Thread Jan Warreyn
I have a Classic II which I still regularly use, say three or four times a week. Recently, on start up its speaker will emit a crackling noise, like the one which is typically heard if a speaker is not well connected to its amplifier. The noise always disappears after some time, varying from 5

Re: Finder / Multifinder ?

2004-03-20 Thread Jan Warreyn
Stephen Taylor wrote > Hi Everyone, > Sorry to ask what i'm sure is an elementary question, but could someone > tell me what the difference is between finder and multi-finder? On my > Mac Plus or SE, should I be running one instead of the other? Under sys 6 or lower, MultiFinder will let you tog

Re: Mac Classic

2004-01-28 Thread Jan Warreyn
On Wed, 28 Jan 2004, Mycroft wrote: > ...When you say battery > renewal, I am uncertain if you main battery replacement. A fresh, new > PRAM battery may solve these problems. Attempting to recharge an old > battery may not. > Sorry about having confused you (English not being my mothertongue.

Mac Classic

2004-01-28 Thread Jan Warreyn
I have three problems, no idea whether they are linked or not: (1) the internal clock has stopped; battery renewal didn't help. (2) some control panels are out of order (e.g. 12 or 24 hour time indication selector, warning sounds selector...) (3) start-up sound is dead; as a result of a gradual pro

Re: Macintosh Classic II computer

2003-11-03 Thread Jan Warreyn
I had the same problem on my Classic I, turned out to be the vertical (memory) unit which was not well inserted... At least after pulling it out and re-inserting it, the problem had gone. Jan - Original Message - From: "Owen Cliffe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Compact Macs" <[EMAIL PROTECT

Cracking Classic II

2003-08-16 Thread Jan Warreyn
My Classic II works fine, but has one annoying characteristic, viz. its speaker will emit cracking noises every once in a while (something like every 4 or 5 minutes, for a couple of seconds). I already tried disconnecting all leads (except power :-), but to no avail. Any ideas? Thanks Jan -- Co

Re: HD shrunk by half after reformatting

2003-07-02 Thread Jan Warreyn
From: "Phil Beesley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Has the original poster checked the hard disk model information (this > >is easily reported with SCSI Probe for example) and confirmed that it > >is an 80Mb hard disk? It could always have been a 40Mb disk with driver > >level disk compression installed (

Re: HD shrunk by half after reformatting

2003-07-02 Thread Jan Warreyn
From: "Gamba" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I don't know why that happened, but try HDSC version 7.3.5 instead of the > version that came with the Classic. > .sea.bin> Neither 7.0.1. nor the above 7.3.5 did the trick... I

Re: HD shrunk by half after reformatting

2003-07-01 Thread Jan Warreyn
From: "Gamba" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Nobody has mentioned 6.0.8L. That works on a Classic II doesn't it? > >Gamba > Answering my own question, yes it does. Some discordance here. Some sites say yes: http://www.lowendmac.com/compact/classicii.shtml http://www.macintoshos.com/macintosh.museum/compac

Re: HD shrunk by half after reformatting

2003-07-01 Thread Jan Warreyn
From: "Laurence TeknoLiber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > The Classic was released with 6.0.7 and this version of HDSC cannot (?) > handle the 80 mB hard disk size. > Would reformatting with the HDSC version belonging to sys 7 help? I'll try that for sure. > Go for the best version ever released, System

HD shrunk by half after reformatting

2003-06-30 Thread Jan Warreyn
hope... Can anybody fill me in? And as a subsidiary question: I tried to install 6.0.7 on the Classic II, but that did not work. As I hate to give up 6.0.7 (which I love for its speed and its minimal RAM requirements), I wonder if there is a way to circumvent this. Thanks! Jan Warreyn -- Compa