Re: Strange Finds

2005-01-10 Thread Harbourmaster
--- Dylan McDermond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: clip Anyone else ever found something unexpected on used machines? Someone in the UK found a Mac formerly owned by Douglas Adams (HitchHiker's Guide To The Galaxy) in a thrift shop. He didn't wipe the drive, nor did the shop people, it still had a

Re: Macintosh IIci troubles

2004-01-05 Thread Harbourmaster
At 04:50 AM 1/6/2004 +, you wrote: I got a Macintosh IIci yesterday, and was elated to discover: 1. it has a 8*24*GC card. neat. 2. It is currently running A/UX 3.0.1 Unfortunately, it has some problems. After booting up and playing with it for a little while, it suddenly shut itself off.

Re: Need SCSI / RAID advice!!

2003-12-11 Thread Harbourmaster
At 10:40 PM 12/11/2003 +, you wrote: The d2 Silverlining pre-boot panel comes up and shows the drive is available at ID 0 on Bus 1, but the flashing ? comes up and the machine refuses to boot full stop until I insert a bootable CD. At that point it boots from the CD as normal and the drive

Re: IIsi vs LCIII

2003-12-01 Thread Harbourmaster
At 06:59 PM 11/30/2003 +, you wrote: On Nov 30, 2003, at 02:48 pm, Scott Holder wrote: They both have their ups and downs. LCIII is 25 or 33mhz 68030 to the IIsi's 20mhz. There are somewhat more interesting expansion options for a IIsi, and a higher memory capacity. All up to what you

Re: IIsi vs LCIII

2003-12-01 Thread Harbourmaster
At 02:08 PM 12/1/2003 -0800, you wrote: At 06:59 PM 11/30/2003 +, you wrote: On Nov 30, 2003, at 02:48 pm, Scott Holder wrote: They both have their ups and downs. LCIII is 25 or 33mhz 68030 to the IIsi's 20mhz. There are somewhat more interesting expansion options for a IIsi, and a higher

Re: Need SCSI / RAID advice!!

2003-12-01 Thread Harbourmaster
At 02:14 PM 12/1/2003 -0800, you wrote: The hardware: === Quadra 950, with a Seagate ST15050N (narrow) 4Gb HD on SCSI bus 0 2 Seagate ST15050W (wide) 4Gb HD on a JackHammer NuBus card (SCSI bus 2). The software (loaded on the narrow drive): = Mac OS 8.1. FWB

Re: Need SCSI / RAID advice!!

2003-12-01 Thread Harbourmaster
At 02:44 PM 12/1/2003 -0800, you wrote: On Monday, December 1, 2003, at 02:18 PM, Harbourmaster wrote: The problem: == Created a RAID 0 (striped) partition using the two wide hd on the JackHammer. On re-start, the machine hangs (no bong, no smiley face, mouse pointer only). A grey

Re: Loaded SE/30 with Daystar Micron

2003-11-10 Thread Harbourmaster
At 10:34 PM 11/10/2003 +, you wrote: Or he could have thrown caution to the wind and used the socket based 50MHz Powercache upgrade that sits on the board and requires no mods, AND leaves the PDS slot totally free. I speak from experience - I have one in my SE/30 and i like it lotz :) Hey

Re: Gray Scale SE30

2003-11-04 Thread Harbourmaster
At 05:37 AM 10/30/2003 -0800, you wrote: Jeff Walther wrote: A few of the Micron Xceed cards can accept the gray-scale add on. Sold for $292.34 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2761729360category=25436rd=1 -- Aloha, Ken -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by

Loaded SE/30 with Daystar Micron

2003-11-04 Thread Harbourmaster
Here is another interesting auction for a Maxed Out SE/30 with a Daystar accellerator and Micron card with the GreyScale adapter. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2763879180category=4610 -- Aloha, Ken -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog

Re: Gray Scale SE30

2003-10-29 Thread Harbourmaster
At 04:43 PM 10/29/2003 -0600, you wrote: So it's impossible to say for certain. However, given that the item in question is already at $61 with several days to go I expect we'll see at least $200 as the earlier poster mentioned. Jeff Walther Now up to $177.50 -- Aloha, Ken --

Re: Gray Scale SE30

2003-10-28 Thread Harbourmaster
At 09:46 PM 10/28/2003 -0800, you wrote: HiI'm a lurker on this list. I have a Micron Xceed color cardit is NOT a gray-scale but it worked very nicely with a 15 Apple Multi-Scan monitor. I can't recall the resolution and I don't have a working SE/30 to test it in at the moment. Anybody

Re: Daystar card for LC or SE?

2003-10-23 Thread Harbourmaster
At 03:20 PM 10/23/2003 -0500, you wrote: I picked up this Daystar upgrade on Ebay but now I am in doubt as to whether it is for the SE or the LC. Apparently they both have the 96 pin Euro-DIN connector. The card has a 16 MHz 68030 and associated FPU on board, four PLDs and a ROM. The

Cool Vintage Accessory

2003-10-02 Thread Harbourmaster
Found this while browsing eBay and thought that others might enjoy having a look at it too! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemcategory=4610item=2743811807 Aloha, Ken -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com |

Re: cute new purchases

2003-08-26 Thread Harbourmaster
At 11:00 PM 8/13/2003 -0700, you wrote: --- Harbourmaster [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Gregg Eshelman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: clip The problem is that nobody on this list has ever seen a real live PowerCache adaptor for the Classic, Color Classic, SE or LCIII. Huh? I guess I must

Re: cute new purchases

2003-08-26 Thread Harbourmaster
At 04:43 PM 8/14/2003 +1000, you wrote: Especially the classic, multi mhz and a 4mg ceiling or does the adapter get around that as well? Is the CC still stuck at 10mb? ;) Yes it's still stuck at 10MB -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics

Re: LCIII open to offers...

2003-06-05 Thread Harbourmaster
I have an old Macintosh LCIII which I would be happy to pass on to a new home. Can you please tell me whether this is of any use to you? It was bought circa 1992, has 8Mb RAM and 64Mb disc space. I'm based in Lincoln, in the UK! Selling stuff is not allowed on this mailing list. You should try

Re: re LCIII and memory

2003-02-11 Thread Harbourmaster
At 1:56 AM -0600 2/11/2003, carolyn a atkinson wrote: Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 12:01:19 + From: Mark Benson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: LC 475 et al On Monday, February 10, 2003, at 09:00AM, Gregg Eshelman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip and the first 2 LC Macs

Re: IIfx vs 386DX/40

2002-08-21 Thread Harbourmaster
What year was 7.5.5 released? Win95B came along in 1996. Could use Win95 plus the service pack to make it Win95a along with the Y2K update. Then both systems would be quite patchy. ;) This sounds like an excellent test of retro-computing, I'd love to post the pictures and text and

Re: IIfx vs 386DX/40

2002-08-21 Thread Harbourmaster
Too bad the IIfx CPU and FPU weren't socketed Ahh but some were!! I had 50Mhz parts pulled from a Daystar Accelerator in mine at one point, overclocked to 60 before I had trouble with the serial ports. All this talk of hotrod IIfx makes me want to run down to Orange County and pick up

Re: IPNetSentry: no 68k version :(

2001-07-27 Thread Harbourmaster
--- MC [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So if a significant amount of fellow 68k users clearly tells them that they're interested in a firewall solution for their 68k Macs, maybe they'll reconsider their position... Whats the correct email address to send a query? There is NO direct email

Re: IIsi and Daystar Turbo040

2001-07-26 Thread Harbourmaster
I just now finally had the opportunity to test out my IIsi with the Turbo040, thanks to the adapter John Ruschmeyer from LEMSwap so kindly sent me. As we all know, though, these things seldom go smoothly. When I started up the IIsi with the Turbo040 in it (on the adapter card, of course) and