Recent content by cstorms

I'm merging my 2 Quadra 950s into one with the best parts consolidated into one good working unit. My original has a funky power supply that works but requires me to power on with a power strip switch external to the machine immediately before booting, otherwise I get a white screen and no happy...

Aha! Ha! I am laughing at myself ... completely forgot about the key positioning locking out the keyboard. Will leave this post for others who make the same silly mistake.  Thank you ... can happily return to the project. Didn't check after reading this but I'm sure you're right. I recall...

Today I returned to my Quadra 950 projects and discovered an odd problem. I have two of these, both were working as of a month or so ago, and today they BOTH fail to recognize the keyboard or mouse which of course makes it hard to control boot up options never mind do anything useful. Tried the...

This was the first hard drive I've seen that was the size of a CD Rom Drive. Right I know the older full height drives are big and heavy too ... this one just made me look at it and say 'what IS this thing?' Since the enclosure was marked as a tape backup drive it was extra confusing.  This...

My guess is this may have been assembled by somebody inside Apple who knew the parts fit because it does seem unlikely they would sell this thing mislabeled. So the serial number is right but the product and model number label is wrong. Seems silly to go to the trouble of moving the product...

Here's a photo showing the serial number, and another showing the inside top and bottom case with hand written dates 11/7/87 and 11/8/87. Weird. Agree this was a factory HD just strange the way it's labeled.  

Sorry I meant to post a 4th photo ... here now. This external SCSI device is a 'Tape Backup 40SC' model number M2640. I agree it appears to actually be an internal SCSI drive, which was my guess when I purchased it, but it's definitely labeled as a Tape Backup. I suppose somebody could have...

And now for something strange and different. At least I think so, curious if others have seen this.  A 1987 Apple Mac SCSI SC40 Tape Backup fully enclosed. Please see photos. It is unlike any tape backup I've ever seen, in that there is nowhere to put in a tape! I recently purchased this on...

By chance I found the 'hint' I mentioned about the workaround of using a power strip OFF/ON before powering on the Q950. This describes a known issue with the IIci and IIcx not the Q950, but I'm successfully using this trick on the Q950. http://www.shobaffum.com/iici/faq.html#11 And here's the...

Has a fresh pram battery. 

Good questions. I had this done by Charles of MacCaps.com and in email exchanges he assured me the board was fully tested and working prior to sending it back. In my next reply I can ask him more details. He suggested I clean the board further, as follows: "The power on circuit is located on...

I have a monstrous Attila the Mac 950 Quadra tower that is a fantastic machine. Works great with one strange startup quirk: Before powering on, I have to turn off the power to the machine (using a power strip on/off button), then on again immediately prior to powering up the 950. If I do this it...

I have several working IIci macs and have been trying to get one in nice shape complete with a recap to set up in my working vintage mac office. Power supplies seem quirky and sometimes mysterious, so I thought I might post some of my observations here and see if any collective wisdom or similar...

Thanks for the suggestion. Problem solved with a new (old, but working) hard drive. Apparently the partial boot succeeded until a read of bad sectors or other drive failure. Never saw this kind of error message before, which is what threw me. The floppy drive wasn't working because it had become...

Hi everyone ... first post for me here. Have a bunch of early model macs most of them working but having trouble reviving my SE/30.  Recently had the logic board recapped, just got it back and was happy to see the happy mac icon after reassembly. Looks like it boots to Sys 7.X on the internal...