Recent content by compact-mac

Greetings all, I'm attending a regular group event in an old office building - it dates to the Victorian era. The hosts said that the attic was extensive and full of abandoned office equipment. One day after the group session, we went for some urban exploration. In my trails, I uncovered...

@Durosity I tried it with an older Dell 4:3 19" monitor, I don't have it with me to check the exact model number. The oldest system I've had that monitor work with was a Windows 98 box rocking a Nvidia TNT2. The other monitor I tried was a much newer 23" widescreen monitor (also Dell) mostly for...

The cable arrived and it doesn't output anything to either of the known working LCD displays I tried. Should I get one of the DB15-VGA adaptors with the microswitch jumpers on it? The exact cable I ordered was this one: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/125285492929

Good to see I've less to worry about regarding PowerPC Macs. I suppose Apple were more open to commodity hardware at this time. Still awaiting the delivery of the adaptor. Will be interesting to see what, if anything, was left on this Mac and uncover its purpose in its past life...

Fortunately I didn't (was a curiosity seeing something marked 'Made in USA' inside a computer likely made in Ireland), so will grab one of those battery boxes and splice it together. Also ordered a DB15 to VGA cable, will see how it goes. Skipped over some fancier ones with DIP switches, might...

Greetings, I've recently acquired a Performa 6200. Quite a tidy case you might agree; it was smaller than I expected from the photos! I plan to install Mac OS 7.6 or perhaps just explore whatever is currently on the drive once I've her serviceable. She definitely boots because when I power her...

I still have the damaged head but I cut it short. I can still see some of the colouring, so I might be able to find the pin numbers using a multimeter. (In hindsight I wish I had this plan before I chopped it). I'll update the thread with my findings when I get around to it. I don't have...

Ah it is as I feared then. I expected there would be no intrinsic reason that an ADB keyboard wouldn't work with an ADB Mac. I think given the age and quality of the keyboard it is worth keeping and trying to repair. In fact, the keys are so pleasant for typing that I am tempted to someday get...

Greetings, Apologies for the bump but I'd also need some help with this. I'm replacing the ADB connector on a wedge mouse because the metal surrounding of the port has been dented. I purchased a replacement ADB connector head and chopped off the dented one. According to this site we have four...

Greetings, I've recently acquired a Macintosh SE. The SE boots and I have a new old stock mouse that happily drags the pointer and lets me click. I also acquired a delightfully clicky AEK II (big one with all the F-keys) and alas, when I connect it to my SE the ADB bus locks up. Each of the...