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    Worst SE/30 Battery Bomb EVER!

    Obliterated!
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    Life was better!

    Life was better!
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    Falcon F-16 v2.0 in multiplayer....Mac Plus <-> 486 PC!

    If you figure out how to do this over the internet one day, I’ll play it against you with my SE :). This is a neat one! Anxious to see how the cable goes.
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    System P-7.1 Bootable 800K Floppy Flop!

    I would venture that running System 3 and copying it allows for something to be set that System 7 does not do (or does something else) to the boot blocks that will not allow System 3 to start up. I’d bet if you copied the System 3 System Folder under System 7, but then started from a System 6...
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    Monitors and Floppy Disk Haul

    Is it “The Pixelated Oracle”?
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    Monitors and Floppy Disk Haul

    Sure hope it never comes to that. I like the current arrangement: if I'm willing to pay for it, I can use it!
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    Checkmate Retro LCD Monitor

    Exactly. $20 at Goodwill. How can you go wrong even if it breaks?
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    Dark Castle 1.1 on a Mac Plus won't run , memory problem

    If anyone needs the specific system for DC/BDC, I have it. Generally, the best way to play these games is by floppy with those systems.
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    Mac Plus floppy drive making loud banging noise

    No, it will turn on just fine without it...but you have a larger issue than just the floppy with that dark screen.
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    I have had the program for years. I think I’ve got Bryce 2-4 on my machines, and I also have a...

    I have had the program for years. I think I’ve got Bryce 2-4 on my machines, and I also have a version for OS X as well that does run on 10.6, 10.7, etc. so much fun as a kid.
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    Y2K2020 Date Problem System 7

    It shouldn’t update a real clock, that information is stored in PRAM.
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    Y2K2020 Date Problem System 7

    On the file get info window, or on the clock?
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    Y2K2020 Date Problem System 7

    Saved in memory?
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    Internet on older macs

    :)
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    Mac Plus Ticking Sound

    Ticking from these machines and drives with no disk inserted is normal, expected behavior. It should disappear once a disk is inserted.
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