Recent content by krye

That was it. The System must have been corrupt. I reinstalled 6.0.8 and all is good.

Well, so much for that. Disinfectant crashes at launch with a screen full of garbage and the sound goes nuts. Going to try and reinstall System 6.0.8.

Seems unlikely since I've been using this for a while without problems. I can't remember adding any new software lately that would have put a virus on my machine but maybe that's worth checking. 

I've been using my SE/30 almost daily for well over 2 years. No problems, except that the volume was always very low. I've upgraded the hard drive with an SCSI2SD card reader. It's been working like a dream for years. The other day I booted it up to get the following error: It would crash...

I want to upload a jpg to my Newton. Not necessarily as the background image, but sort of like the camera roll on an iPhone. Is there a package that allows you to upload and view .jpgs on the Newton? I have a .jpg I want on my Performa 575, but when I select import on the Newton, that .jpg...

Ah never mind. I put in in another SE and it doesn't read.

I scored an SE with a dead power supply for $20 bucks. I figured I could pull the floppy out of it and put it in my Mac Plus that needs one. However, when I power up the Plus, the floppy drive just gets stuck in an eject loop. It's a Sony MP-F51W-23 800K drive, so it should work in the Plus...

That probably explains why I only see 4MB. Haven't tried to go past 8MB yet. I think all my sticks are 1MB sticks. The 8MB in this machine is still twice that of my other SEs, so it's still a welcomed upgrade.

Didn't matter, swapping the motors didn't do anything. It's OK to test a 12V motor with 5V to see if it works. It's not OK to test a 5V motor with 12.

I tried to recap it, as well as try two separate analog boards. No dice. I sold it on eBay.

I had one of my blog readers throw me an email saying he had a few vintage Macs that I could have for free. I offered to pay postage, but he wouldn't hear of it! Amazing the generosity of people.  I was thrilled to see that not only is it an SE, but an SE FDHD. I've been dying for another Fat...

If a company basically says, maybe by their actions and nothing explicit, that they don't give a crap about a product any more, then I think people should be able to do with it what they want. It would be like you taking something out of someone's bulk garbage and they complain, "Hey that's...

So now that even Apple's given up on this old software, is it considered "abandonware"? I just wish they'd issue a statement that says it's OK to redistribute the likes of OS 7 and OS 8. With these multi-billion dollar lawsuits they're faced with on a daily basis, you really think they care...

I scored an Interactive Apple TV on eBay years ago too. Great collectible. Too bad they are useless today. There's actually no software onboard. The front-end was loaded over the cable company's network. There's only enough firmware in the ROM to connet to the network and pull down the gui...

Looks like a solid read. It would be even better if someone had an Eagle CAD file for that adapter!