Re: Trying to get OS 10.5 onto an iBook G4

Yes, that procedure will work. Instead of pressing “C”, hold down the option key on the iBook. This brings up a graphic display of available drives to boot from. Select the PowerBook and click the right arrow key. Clark Martin A designated driver on the information Super Highway > On

Re: Trying to get OS 10.5 onto an iBook G4

Clark Martin A designated driver on the information Super Highway > On Nov 11, 2017, at 6:16 PM, peteru...@gmail.com wrote: > > It did work, although I had to boot in 10.4, select the FireWire-disk (once > it had mounted…) as StartUp Disk. I couldn’t believe my own eyes when a

Re: Trying to get OS 10.5 onto an iBook G4

arbitrary decision on Apple’s part. In this case you can put 10.5 on the iBook by copying the PowerBook’s disk over to the iBook. Clark Martin A designated driver on the information Super Highway > On Nov 12, 2017, at 1:52 PM, peteru...@gmail.com wrote: > > So, I should (could) try to r

Re: Very old and odd Nubus video card

Best guess, it’s for a large screen monitor (19”, 1024 x 768, large for then). They usually had a custom board since there wasn’t much in the way of standards for that large a size. Clark Martin A designated driver on the information Super Highway > On Nov 30, 2017, at 9:00 PM, G

Re: Weird hard drive issue with SE HDFD

Clark Martin A designated driver on the information Super Highway > On Dec 16, 2017, at 10:40 AM, Mike Mckinnon wrote: > > I’m setting up an old Mac I pulled out of storage recently. The hard drive > will spin up and mount, and I can even launch software installed on it, but I

Re: Weird hard drive issue with SE HDFD

You could try reinitializing the drive. It’s possible the problems you are seeing are soft errors. Clark Martin A designated driver on the information Super Highway > On Dec 16, 2017, at 7:51 PM, Clark Martin wrote: > > > Clark Martin > A designated driver on the informatio

Re: Mac Plus boot on System 6 floppy and hang at happy mac face.

In descending order of likelihood: File problem on the boot floppy Bad floppy Problem with the floppy drive Dirty Dried out lubrication Corrupt PRAM Low / Dead / Missing PRAM battery Memory problem Clark Martin A designated driver on the information Super Highway > On Ma

Re: Macintosh SE keyboard power button?

I think it will bring up a dialog to confirm shutdown when pressed while running, at least for some versions of the OS. It does nothing when the computer is off. in macs with soft start power supplies it starts the computer up. Clark Martin A designated driver on the information Super Highway

Re: Mac Plus boot on System 6 floppy and hang at happy mac face.

floppy and controller, the logic board (and rear case), and finally the bigger keyboard. I still have it although it’s been a while since I booted it up. Clark Martin A designated driver on the information Super Highway > On Mar 16, 2018, at 1:03 PM, Hody Hong wrote: > > Quick upda

Re: Help: Macintosh Plus died, no longer boots

adjustment potentiometer slowly till the 5V line reads 5.00V on a voltmeter. Clark Martin A designated driver on the information Super Highway > On May 23, 2018, at 9:26 PM, Hardware Mack wrote: > > Try adjusting the 5v cutoff on the ab > > -- -- - You received this message be

Re: Help: Macintosh Plus died, no longer boots

Hold the reset button in as you check the voltage. This will keep it from cycling up and down. Clark Martin A designated driver on the information Super Highway > On May 28, 2018, at 5:03 AM, TransportLayer > wrote: > > I've adjusted the pot as far clockwise and counterclo

Re: Power Macintosh 5500/250 not powering on

Check the PRAM battery or try simply removing it. Clark Martin A designated driver on the information Super Highway > On Jun 20, 2018, at 2:14 PM, Kyle Klabunde wrote: > > I just received a Power Macintosh 5500/250 and the device does not power on. > I get the bong indicating tha

Re: Adapter for Mac IIci

I’m fairly certain the IIci uses “sync-on-green” as opposed to composite sync. Some PC monitors supported this, others didn’t. I have seen LCD monitors that supported it. Clark Martin A designated driver on the information Super Highway > On Jul 8, 2018, at 10:44 AM, Jonathan Morton wr

Re: Adapter for Mac IIci

More likely it doesn’t support sync on green. Do you have a LCD monitor with VGA input? If you do, try that. Clark Martin A designated driver on the information Super Highway > On Jul 16, 2018, at 6:07 PM, Chris Hanson wrote: > > Oh, in that case then the monitor probably *doesn’t

Re: Mac IIci with blank monitor

. Clark Martin A designated driver on the information Super Highway > On Nov 5, 2018, at 12:30 PM, Jonathan Morton wrote: > >> On 5 Nov, 2018, at 10:27 pm, dlewis1...@gmail.com >> <mailto:dlewis1...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Can’t find the Griffin adapter altho

Re: Mac IIci with blank monitor

The problem is that the early Macs put out the sync ONLY on the green video line. There were some adapters that extracted the sync and put it out on the discrete sync lines but those would be quite rare now I expect. Clark Martin A designated driver on the information Super Highway > On

Re: SCSI conflict on Mac IIci

My thoughts exactly. IIRC Get Info on the drive will tell you the SCSI ID (it’s been a number of years since I last had to do anything with SCSI ID). Clark Martin A designated driver on the information Super Highway > On Nov 26, 2018, at 2:29 PM, Jonathan Morton wrote: > >> On

Re: SCSI conflict on Mac IIci

. Clark Martin A designated driver on the information Super Highway > On Nov 26, 2018, at 5:02 PM, dlewis1...@gmail.com wrote: > > This drive had worked before, I pulled the case apart to check the wires and > nothing looks out of place. I will to ID the jumper blocks but the markin

Re: Quadra 700 restarts when trying to boot floppy disks

will tell you if it’s problem with the floppy or something about the boot process on the floppy. Clark Martin A designated driver on the information Super Highway > On Dec 7, 2018, at 11:48 AM, Ethan Short wrote: > > Short version: When I try to boot from a floppy I get the happy m

Re: Restart issue with Mac IIci

Only a guess really but I’d check the PRAM battery voltage and zap the PRAM. Clark Martin A designated driver on the information Super Highway > On Dec 10, 2018, at 12:04 PM, dlewis1...@gmail.com wrote: > > > I have rebuilt my Mac IIci with system 7.0, and now the m

Re: power book 520

Clark Martin A designated driver on the information Super Highway > On Feb 2, 2019, at 12:25 PM, Jeff Hubatka wrote: > > On Feb 2, 2019, at 5:07 AM, vintage-macs@googlegroups.com > <mailto:vintage-macs@googlegroups.com> wrote: >> >> The batteries are dead

Re: Massive dual CMOS battery leak on a 40 MHz Macintosh IIfx

I’d start with cotton swabs and Isopropyl Alcohol (90%). Clark Martin A designated driver on the information Super Highway > On Mar 9, 2019, at 2:24 PM, Noofle wrote: > > Two days ago I picked up some vintage apple Macintosh computers along with > some vintage apple accesso

Re: Mac G3 hard drive corrupted

part of the boot data got corrupted… or it may be that it’s fubared. Clark Martin A designated driver on the information Super Highway > On Jun 18, 2019, at 5:14 PM, Art wrote: > > DiskWarrior > > Sent from my iPhone SE. > > On Jun 18, 2019, at 4:59 PM, Barry Cross <

Re: power up a 240v mac classic with 120v?

Did you check the computer’s input voltage range, it might work on 120 too. Clark Martin A designated driver on the information Super Highway > On Jan 4, 2020, at 2:34 PM, engrav wrote: > > Hi > > Have a 240v Mac Classic > Is there any way to power it up with 120v in t

Re: StyleWriter II diagnosis

Have you tried a test print from the printer itself, not using a computer? Clark Martin A designated driver on the information Super Highway > On Feb 21, 2020, at 12:50 PM, derek L wrote: > > I cleaned the contacts on the printer with alcohol and the nozzles on the > print, howe

Re: Mac Plus 1 MB

he. 4200 RPM drives aren't that much faster than a 3600 RPM drive in terms of waiting for the disk to spin around again but they their faster speed means they will need an even higher interleave ratio. More than likely the reason they don't need anything but 1:1 interleave is due to

Re: MacSE

;t dismount the volume. This is used for such tasks as copying from one floppy to another in a single floppy system. You can see both disk volumes at once and drag files from one to another. It then reads data off one disk into RAM, ejects the disk and asks for the other, writes to the disk

Re: Macintosh IIcx - Kidz Desk Help

ow to get around that software any advice would be greatly > appreciated. Is a IIcx in good condition worth anything? Or just my > journal entries... If you hold down the shift key at start up it doesn't load all the extensions at start up (including Kidz Desk). You can then remove

Re: Macintosh IIcx - Kidz Desk Help

On Nov 3, 2011, at 2:44 PM, Chris Boyce wrote: > Thanks for note. I kept trying F1 but knew that was a windows invention. You can alternatively hold down the Space Bar at start up and it will take you directly to the Extension Manager. > > From: Clark Martin > To:

Re: Anything elseŠ?

x27;m guessing… Best way to find out is to download 'MacTracker'. It will tell you the version that shipped with the machine and the latest version you can use on it. Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Informat

Re: 540c lost powerbrick

er supply of any Mac (barring the Mag-Safe connector). It has two independent 16V power supplies, one for the computer, one for charging the battery. And the connector is equally unusual. E-Bay and patience is your best bet. Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consultin

Re: Mac Plus 1 MB

sbrouck nathanael.hasbro...@gmail.com > Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2011 20:39:50 -0500 > To: vintage-macs@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Mac Plus 1 MB > > Also make sure you remove the reset/interrupt switch before opening - > I've broken more than one of them by yanking the case apa

Re: Mac Plus 1 MB

ly classics had the signatures, Mac 128K through at least the Plus. Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" -- - You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage M

Re: Mac SE SCSI

My way around it > is to use curl but that's a UNIX tool that's included in the distribution of > Lion but requires a Terminal.app session to use it. > > Netpresenz does support Apple resource forks using MacBinary format. I doubt > that Lion still knows anything about tha

Re: Mac SE SCSI

> telephone modem capability for the likes of sending FAXes. It should be > possible to communicate with old macs using that modem to talk to an old > Hayes or Global Village modem plugged into the RS-422 serial port of a low > end Mac. One would need basic modem software for th

Re: Mac SE SCSI

use the shell command "screen" (in "Terminal") as in: screen /dev/tty.usbXYZABC 9600 which sets up a terminal session to device tty.usbXYZABC (made up name) at 9600 BPS. There are more parameters but I've never had need of them. Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, U

Re: Mac SE SCSI

m the color > code on the resistor, and which pins it bridges. >> 120 ohms, 1/4 Watt > > Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" -- - You received this message because you ar

Re: Mac SE SCSI

ds can be used on both. On the SE/30 if the PDS card includes a FPU it will need to be removed / disabled. > > There are also SCSI to ethernet adapters out there somewhere. --glen Slow and getting very hard to find. Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I&#

Re: disklock password crack

On Nov 22, 2011, at 6:50 AM, sandy stein wrote: > I bought a mac classic that had been password protected by Disk Lock > version 1.0.1. The owner did not know the password as this computer > was given to her by someone who did not tell her the password. Is > there anyway to get past/crack this pa

Re: Mac SE SCSI

any Ethernet (wired or wireless) equipped machine. Note that any router (hardware or software) that you get will need to be able to route traffic to another router on your network. > Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on

Re: Mac SE SCSI

On Nov 24, 2011, at 10:03 PM, Gregg Eshelman wrote: > It boots to 7.6.1 from a 'hidden' System Folder that has a blank name and no > icon at all. (File that under 'Stupid Mac Tricks' if you can figure out how > to duplicate it with a normal System Folder on a real Mac or emulator image.) > Ther

Re: Anyone ever heard of a MacVIking Video Card- it came in an SE I have

On Dec 17, 2011, at 7:21 PM, "Apple][Fan" wrote: > So i brought home an SE from the warehouse of goodies, it had some > sort of DB9 connector on the back, so i got curious and popped her > apart, CRT was broken in half but on the mainboard there is a board > in the PDS slot that says MacViking

Re: Video problem on LCii, maybe dead?

On Jan 30, 2012, at 1:02 PM, "je...@jefro.net" wrote: > Hi - I have an LCii, condition unknown except that I know the power > supply is dead. I put together a power supply and now the LCii turns > on, but does not make any chimes and does not appear to be producing > any video, although the monit

Re: Mac Plus Boot Issue

On Feb 9, 2012, at 1:50 PM, Sarah Crabbleapple wrote: > I finally got a chance to work on it this afternoon. It opened fine and I got > several of the required cables disconnected, but I can't get the logic board > cable off. It seems to be stuck somehow. Is this something that anyone has > ru

Re: Mac Plus Boot Issue

On Feb 10, 2012, at 9:41 AM, Jake wrote: > Sometimes the ribbon cables (50-pin) can become stuck. Try loosening > them left-and-right...worked for me. Pluses don't have internal HDs so no 50 pin cable. Sent from an iPhone, but is it mine? -- - You received this message because you are a

Re: MacIRMA SE PDS Card?

On Mar 5, 2012, at 9:01 PM, James Kruth wrote: > I was recently doing a bit of maintenance on my Mac SE and discovered that > what I thought was a 10Base-2 Ethernet card is actually (I think) a DCA > MacIRMA card. I was very surprised to see this card - I'm wondering if they > were at all com

Re: Trouble with Macintosh SE FDHD

On Mar 17, 2012, at 3:44 PM, Dylan Malama wrote: > Okay. I remember back in 87 that you could buy a downgraded floppy drived > system to reduce the cost a bit. You got yourself a really really good deal > there. Well, I have a b&w classic, so that really doesn't help. Wasn't downgraded, 800K

Re: Trouble with Macintosh SE FDHD

On Mar 17, 2012, at 8:31 PM, Dylan McDermond wrote: > > On Mar 17, 2012, at 7:51 PM, Amanda Ward wrote: > >> But, the SE FDHD, the OP's computer, came with a 1.44MB floppy drive… FDHD! > > Unless the logic board or ROMs were swapped from an older SE. It wouldn't > recognize the superdrive as

Re: Swap 800K drive for 1.44MB drive.

Sent from an iPhone, but is it mine? On May 1, 2012, at 9:15 PM, Matthew Gill wrote: > I've got a Macintosh Plus. I'm considering swapping out the 800K drive for a > 1.44MB drive that lives inside a broken Classic II... would this work? > It won't work as a 1.44 Mb drive, the Plus doesn't h

Re: Performa 640CD freezing as soon as I attempt to access a website.

Sent from an iPhone, but is it mine? On May 1, 2012, at 11:22 PM, Matthew Gill wrote: > The machine is running OS 8.0. I installed the correct drivers for the > ethernet card (Sonic) and disabled the Apple Ethernet extension from starting > up. I have it set to DHCP and it indicates it will

Re: Flyback Transformer

On May 3, 2012, at 10:04 AM, TT wrote: > I think my flyback transformer has finally failed. The CRT is now > blacking-out and refreshing the solder joints at P1 and the transformer has > not helped. A classic Mac repair guide by Tom Lee indicates the flyback > transformer was a poor design c

Re: iMate battery life?

On May 9, 2012, at 4:10 PM, Gregg Eshelman wrote: > Why does the iMate use a battery? > > I have an ADB to USB adapter with two ADB ports and a switch to toggle > between them. Far as I know it draws power from the USB port. > > Should be possible to build a small power circuit to "vampire" po

Re: iMate battery life?

Sent from an iPhone, but is it mine? On May 10, 2012, at 8:47 AM, Koralatov wrote: > The iMate only has a single ADB port on it (unlike a similar Belkin device > that has two), so the most someone could hook up is a keyboard and > one other device via the keyboard — be it a mouse, trackball, t

Re: iMate battery life?

Sent from an iPhone, but is it mine? On May 10, 2012, at 9:22 AM, Koralatov wrote: > It’s definitely not the soft-power idea. USB doesn’t support that: > > The USB specifications don't support soft start but Apple did it. The

Re: What do i need to put a hard drive in this? (Mac IIci)

Sent from an iPhone, but is it mine? On May 14, 2012, at 8:17 PM, Matthew Gill wrote: > http://i.imgur.com/D9F72.jpg > > This is the caddy that I removed from the Macintosh IIci. Underneath, you'll > see the floppy drive, and the HDD should sit above it... but i'm not sure if > I need an ad

Re: Partition project

Sent from an iPhone, don't ask whose. On Jun 3, 2012, at 11:34 AM, Britt Dodd wrote: > It can be done there is a program that allows you to choose a system folder > to bless. I think its called system selector. I'll look tonight > You only need to do this if you are installing multiple Syste

Re: Mac Classic - "Checkerboard" on powerup

Try removing and reinserting any RAM SIMMs and memory expander. The contacts can get a little corroded and this process cleans them. Sent from an iPhone, don't ask whose. On Jul 29, 2012, at 6:07 PM, Charles wrote: > I just powered up a Mac Classic. Last time I used it, worked perfectly. >

Re: Having Trouble With Mac Plus after RAM Upgrade

On Sep 17, 2012, at 5:09 PM, Steve wrote: > Hello... im new this forum, and Macs so bear with me here. I have a Mac Plus > (this counts as a vintage mac, right?) that i got at a yard sale. fired > right up and ran great as soon as i plugged it in, mouse, keyboard, and > computer are all in g

Re: Mac Plus Logic Board Diagram/Schematic

Sent from an iPhone, don't ask whose. On Sep 17, 2012, at 6:22 PM, Steve wrote: > I need a diagram/schematic/pinout or what have you so I can determine the > resistance value for resistor R8. I clipped it when upgrading ram to 4MB > and...misplaced... it. I would like to revert to the stoc

Re: Having Trouble With Mac Plus after RAM Upgrade

Sent from an iPhone, don't ask whose. On Sep 17, 2012, at 6:31 PM, Steve wrote: > Thanks for the reply. ill answer your questions: > > it had 1 MB of RAM. i did not verify this by checking the system specs, but > it says 1 MB on the back, and 4 sticks of the stock ram, presumably 256 kb a

Re: Having Trouble With Mac Plus after RAM Upgrade

Sent from an iPhone, don't ask whose. On Sep 17, 2012, at 7:56 PM, Jason Johnson wrote: > You don't need to replace the resistor to put the original ram back in. > > My guess like previously stated is floppy drive is the issue or the new ram. > I've had my plus for 17 years and did the up

Re: Having Trouble With Mac Plus after RAM Upgrade

Sent from an iPhone, don't ask whose. On Sep 18, 2012, at 5:48 AM, Steve wrote: > well i think this is the problem. shoulda read the ebay ad closer. the > speed of my ram is (drumroll) 80 ns! so i expect that is a problem. > strange that it does read the ram well enough to boot up,

Re: Mac Plus Logic Board Diagram/Schematic

Sent from an iPhone, don't ask whose. On Sep 18, 2012, at 6:03 AM, Steve wrote: > interesting. haha however i dont have R9 either. and by 0 ohm... a piece of > wire would do the trick wouldnt it? Yes, wire will work. Years ago manufacturers realized it was simpler to insert a resistor on

Re: Macintosh Classic startup

On Oct 8, 2012, at 3:29 PM, Jason Johnson wrote: > Dead battery will not cause checkerboard. Checkerboard is sign of bad > capacitors on motherboard or analog board. It can also be a sign of badly seated RAM, at least on SEs and Pluses. -- - You received this message because you are a m

Re: iMac question

On Jan 20, 2013, at 12:39 PM, Chris Morrison wrote: > I recently picked up an old iMac 17" G4 with os9 already installed within > osx. These dual boots are pretty prevalent on eBay. The downside is you are > prevented from upgrading the osx past 10.3.9. I haven't found anyone who's > figured i

Re: iMac question

On Jan 20, 2013, at 2:10 PM, Jonathan Politi wrote: > You also might consider one of the old G3 Powerbooks. The footprint is > smaller and you get portability, even if the batteries are dead. The > Wallstreet or the Lombard would still have SCSI and you can set them up to > dual boot in OS 9 a

Re: iMac question

On Jan 20, 2013, at 12:12 PM, Derek Morton wrote: > I am looking replacing my sons Quadra 700 with an iMac... I would go with a > G3 AIO, but they seem to be a bit scarce. It is important that it be OS9 > bootable and all the machines I have seen include OSX and not OS9... So, do > these ma

Re: Mac Plus help

Sent from an iPhone, don't ask whose. On Jan 24, 2013, at 4:38 AM, Haemogoblin wrote: > This time the machine chimes with a clean 'Bong' however the screen is still > very much dead. I checked the external floppy port and it reads 4.97v and > 12.17v, I ran a line test on the yoke connectors

Re: Mac Classic and OS compatibility

On Mar 3, 2013, at 3:06 PM, Justin Pope wrote: > Hey all, > > I've been trying to get some old systems going, with a goal of installing > both the "stock" OS each system shipped with as well as the latest OS that it > can possibly run. > > My current project is a Mac Classic, with 2MB RAM. I

Re: Mac Plus with funny power problem

Sent from an iPhone, don't ask whose. On Mar 4, 2013, at 4:01 AM, Haemogoblin wrote: > > Well after a lot of messing around, looks like my Plus might be working for a > little longer. > > I replaced the C1 capacitor with a new one from digikey, the machine worked > for a day and then some

Re: Mac Plus with funny power problem

On Mar 4, 2013, at 10:18 AM, Doug McNutt wrote: > > After I retired from launching navy rockets I worked on radio installations > in light aircraft. One day a boat owner with an airplane too told me that ALL > electrical problems in automobiles and boats were caused by bad ground > connection

Re: Mac IIci pink/white screen on startup

On Mar 12, 2013, at 5:25 PM, Jim M wrote: > I have a Mac IIci which displays a blank pink or sometimes blank white > display on startup. The background is: > > It's been recapped but the issue was there before the recap and I was hoping > a recap would resolve it. > > The RAM has been thoroug

Re: Mac SE hard drive not recognized

On Mar 24, 2013, at 3:20 PM, DF wrote: > I was given a Mac SE this weekend and amazingly it fired right up. WOW! > > However, it wouldn't recognize the internal hard drive. It would boot from > an 800k floppy disk, but that was all. I tried using one of the system tools > disks (I forget th

Re: Bunch of Mac Parts

Sent from an iPhone, don't ask whose. On Apr 5, 2013, at 10:23 AM, Jason Johnson wrote: > If it doesn't boot (the iici) it's probably either the hard drive died or > capacitors on the motherboard are dead. The software is easy, most of us can > just make you floppies of what you need. With

Re: Troubles with my mac plus

On Apr 8, 2013, at 11:35 AM, Jens Stig Olsen wrote: > Hi everyone > I am trying to revive my old machintosh plus computer which died years ago > (making some black smoke). I opened it and saw that their are 2 motherboards > into it one seams to be for the power control. On the mother board for

Re: Centris 610 woes

On Apr 9, 2013, at 11:52 AM, Robert Hesson wrote: > Ok this is seriously depressing me. I have my very first Mac ever... (And I > have been using it since I got it - productively at work I might add) and > today... The screen locked up. I restarted it and nothing! Green light, no > bong... Not

Re: LISA2 1.8a Power supply question

On May 19, 2013, at 12:55 PM, Notgoing Totellyou wrote: > Hello there i have this LISA2 PSU here, > > What its doing is blowing the fuse, > install a new fuse plug it in, it blows again, > > I am assuming there is a short, i checked the bridge rectifier, the 4 diodes > check out good with the

Re: Out of date iBook G4..

Run the 10.5 installer. (Hint, we don't actually know what trouble you are having. We're good but not that good). Sent from an iPhone, don't ask whose. On Jun 12, 2013, at 1:19 PM, rhoarcl...@aol.com wrote: > In addition to my collection of 128's, 512's, Plus's, SE's etc...I have a > good iBo

Re: LC PDS Network Card - Whose? Drivers Are Where?

On Jul 8, 2013, at 5:38 PM, The Old Geek wrote: > I'm coming to the list asking if anyone has the identity and info about > drivers for a PDS LC RJ-45 Network Card. The ROM says > SSI NB128 > V1.0004010-02992F > > The LSI Chip says SSI > SSI PDS A1 > C9512 > TAM51930A > Taiwan > P-018 Most

Re: LC PDS Network Card - Whose? Drivers Are Where?

On Jul 8, 2013, at 11:50 PM, J.S. Garrison wrote: > > Thx, and hello again! Clark. Long time! > > I installed OT 1.1.1 and when I opened TCP/IP it chose the Ethernet > connection first, as though it knew the card were installed. Further, a > network address was posted in the dialog box, so I

Re: Are my 2 Powerbook 100 only for the trashcan?

On Jul 19, 2013, at 12:09 PM, Hardware Mack wrote: > i recommend 60/40 tin/lead solder as well. > you can still get it online… most walk-in places will not carry it any more… > > But yes 60/40 rosen core solder is the best with this vintage stuff… i have a > huge roll that i'v had for 6 years.

Re: Apple HD SC Setup Drive Issue

On Aug 23, 2013, at 3:55 PM, Chad Keck wrote: > Ok, I'm sure I can just search for these...my problem is how do I get this > software onto floppies readable by this Mac? It depends. Do you have another Mac with a floppy drive? Can you connect these machines via AppleTalk or Ethernet to anoth

Re: 8600 needs Double Boot

On Sep 19, 2013, at 10:13 AM, Miguel Nevermind wrote: > So my 8600 is having an issue where I have to turn it on, off and then on > again to get it to boot. > > The first time I turn it on the chime plays, but the screen never lights up. > I also hear the hard drive spin up but eventually it s

Re: 8600 needs Double Boot

On Sep 19, 2013, at 12:21 PM, Miguel Nevermind wrote: > I just put a brand new battery. Maybe it is a dud. Or it might be a faulty logic board that is running the battery down fast, that is why I suggested a voltmeter. > > On Thursday, September 19, 2013 12:17:18 PM UTC-7, Clark Mar

Re: Ethernet won't show up

On Oct 2, 2013, at 6:36 PM, Miguel Nevermind wrote: > Latest issue with my 8600/300 running 8.6 > > "Ethernet" won't show up in either the TCP/IP control panel nor the Apple > talk control panel. > > I have an Asante Fast Ethernet PCI Adapter (that I never installed any > drivers for but am u

Re: Something to be careful of with tantalum capacitors.

On Oct 17, 2013, at 6:39 AM, James Fraser wrote: i'm sure they saved a few cents using 6.3v instead of 16v. :-( When you think of such cost savings in terms of a single unit then, yes, shaving a few pennies off the manufacturing cost seems silly. Why bother, eh? However, take those

Re: FAT32 on G3iMac

On Oct 31, 2013, at 7:31 PM, Dan wrote: > At 3:14 PM -0700 10/31/2013, Joe Oswald wrote: > [html removed] >> The likelihood of someone "ruining" a USB stick by static discharge is much >> smaller than the likelihood that they have interpreted a broken file system >> as "ruined. > > Last year (

Re: FAT32 on G3iMac

On Oct 31, 2013, at 10:17 PM, Dan wrote: > At 8:36 PM -0700 10/31/2013, Clark Martin wrote: >> On Oct 31, 2013, at 7:31 PM, Dan wrote: >> > Last year (2012), I had clients give me 26 failed USB sticks. Six were >> > easily repaired with Disk Utility. Two requir

Re: Getting files off of a Quadra 700

On Nov 12, 2013, at 2:27 PM, Jonathan Morton wrote: > > On 12 Nov, 2013, at 10:39 pm, Quadet wrote: > >> On the Mini I tried pinging the IP address that I had specified in MacTCP on >> the Quadra and it timed out. > > That's the part you need to fix first. If a simple ping won't get through

Re: Getting files off of a Quadra 700

On Nov 12, 2013, at 12:39 PM, Quadet wrote: > I'm trying to copy some files off of my old Quadra 700 to a Mac Mini and am > stuck. I have the Quadra running System 7.1 and MacTCP 2.0.5. It has an > AAUI-to-Ethernet transceiver connected to a crossover Ethernet cable that's > connected at the o

Re: Dual boot a SE(/30)

On Nov 13, 2013, at 10:17 AM, Dr. Hawkins wrote: On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 8:22 AM, Scott Lawrence wrote: How would I go about having a second System folder on it for System 6.0.8? (without resorting to booting from floppy. ;) ) You just have the two folders. When you place both a finder

Re: Getting files off of a Quadra 700

On Nov 14, 2013, at 2:41 PM, Quadet wrote: > Thanks for all the advice! I'm not sure I understand all of what everyone > said but this gives me a couple of ideas to pursue. I'm sure I'll be back > with more questions. > > It sounds like the odds are low of getting it to work straight away with

Re: Networking to modern computers

On Nov 15, 2013, at 11:42 AM, Jonathan Morton wrote: On 15 Nov, 2013, at 8:53 pm, Scott Lawrence wrote: It would seem that I can make a RS422 Mini Din 8 (mac) to RS232 D9 adapter easily, just tie the TX+,RX+ on the '422 side to ground, and TX-, RX- to the TX/RX lines of the 232 side. **

Re: Networking to modern computers

On Nov 15, 2013, at 11:41 AM, Scott Lawrence wrote: Actually, I think i've figured out one portion of this. The bridge and file server: I'll drop a huge drive inside of my spare G3 Lombard (rather than the '540) serial from the lombard is for phone net to my 68k macs Ethernet talks to the r

Re: Networking to modern computers

On Nov 15, 2013, at 11:42 AM, Jonathan Morton wrote: On 15 Nov, 2013, at 8:53 pm, Scott Lawrence wrote: It would seem that I can make a RS422 Mini Din 8 (mac) to RS232 D9 adapter easily, just tie the TX+,RX+ on the '422 side to ground, and TX-, RX- to the TX/RX lines of the 232 side. **

Re: Networking to modern computers

On Nov 15, 2013, at 12:26 PM, Scott Lawrence wrote: > > > I'm still curious about software i could run on my modern OS X/linux/ > > raspberry pi box that will join this network via ethernet, and > > connect to the shares or provide new drive shares. > > OS X has all you need in it's built-

Re: Getting files off of a Quadra 700

On Nov 16, 2013, at 5:38 PM, Quadet wrote: > Rats. Still no luck. > > On the Mac Mini, I set the IP address to 10.0.0.1. On the Quadra, I set the > IP address to 10.0.0.2 in MacTCP (but it changed it to 10.0.0.33 for some > reason). In MacTCP I had to choose a Class A IP address - is that cor

Re: lc550 and network

On Nov 29, 2013, at 9:01 AM, Dan wrote: At 5:20 PM -0800 11/28/2013, Ken Daggett wrote: On 28 Nov 2013, at 16:55:43 PM PST, G.David Green wrote: I have setup a wireless home network using a centurylink rouder. one dell pc is connected to rouder with a cable and my dell laptop is connected

Re: lc550 and network

On Nov 29, 2013, at 9:47 PM, Jonathan Morton wrote: > > On 30 Nov, 2013, at 7:39 am, Gregg Eshelman wrote: > >> That causes problems with many 10/100/1000 megabit switches and routers >> which rely on media type identification instead of sussing it out from the >> data transmission. No media

Re: Vintage Keyboards

On Dec 9, 2013, at 2:42 PM, Geoffrey Oltmans wrote: > Have you tried popping the keycap off of one of them. Many times mechanical > keyboards have contacts that are readily accessible from underneath the > keycap and can be cleaned with a little rubbing alcohol and/or very fine > sandpaper/emo

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