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    Color Classic not booting

    Hummm.  If you only had a buddy in Italy who could let you try a working logic board from a working color classic that would be helpful.... mraroid
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    Color Classic not booting

    Can you boot to a OS floppy disk? A battery will not cost you very much money.  You will need one at some point.  Here is one for $3.50, but not sure of the postage cost...
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    is https://www.macintoshrepository.org/ down?

    Thanks everyone.  I do like the MacintoshGarden.  macintoshrepository has been so hard to deal with, that I think I will just pass on trying to contact them. mraroid
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    Short when CRT board connected

    The pins look bent.  But they also look corroded to me.  Mine are shinny metal looking.  Some very fine sand paper will clean them up nicely... But it may be nothing.  Others here would know better. mraroid
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    Color Classic not booting

    Buy a mouse and keyboard from ebay?  The Color Classic has a on/off switch in the back which I am sure you have found.  After a mouse and keyboard are hooked up, and after making sure the on/off key is on, you press down on a key on the keyboard to boot the Color Classic.  It is the key at the...
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    New Internal HDD in Color Classic

    Look at the photo techknight posted.  Look at the top of the drive to the right.  You will see a small black dot among some pins.  This dot is a shorting block.  You need to use a pair of needle nose pliers to do this the easy way, but you can use your fingers.  You need to remove the short...
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    Classic II Rev. 2 Schematics

    Would this help?  I will try to post a pdf. mraroid
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    is https://www.macintoshrepository.org/ down?

    OK.  Thanks.  I guess I will have to cross them of my list unless I can contact them somehow.  Appreciate the feedback. mraroid
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    is https://www.macintoshrepository.org/ down?

    Hi... Almost a week ago, I tried to go to Macintosh respiratory.  But I forgot my password.  I asked for a password reset and was sent email, a code and a link.  When I tried the link, nothing happened.  I tried several times, and then tried the main web site again.  I got either a time out...
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    Photoshop 3.0 +serial # will not work (Color Classic)

    Thanks for the help.  I did do a google search and found a few sites with serial numbers.  None of them worked.  I did a google search for "Hackers Helpers" but was unable to find that website. Could it be that the serial number is glued to a name?  For example, if I had a good serial number...
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    Photoshop 3.0 +serial # will not work (Color Classic)

    Hi.. I have a Mystic Color Classic.  I am running 8.1  I bought the original disk and paperwork for Adobe Photoshop 3.0 from ebay.  Included was the serial number.  I use Photoshop and I actually use my Mystic for work I do at home.  I have bought and used many different versions of Photoshop...
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    Color Classic won't boot with FPU installed

    Hi... I thought cheesestraws's idea was a good one.  That would for sure prove the trouble in our out of your motherboard.  Send him all three. I never did try to run my CC with out an FPU.  Well, I did when it was all original, but I quickly added the max amount of RAM and a FPU.  It seemed...
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    Short when CRT board connected

    I wish I could help, but this is out of my league.  But I do appreciate the very good detailed photo, plus the additional information on the photo.  If everyone were this good at explaining issues they are having, plus provide good photos as you have, troubleshooting will go much faster.  I am...
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    CC Mystic; 8.1; what versions of software can I run?

    Hello just.in.time... Thank you for the good feedback.  I am sure it is heresy to say this here, but my first computer was a IBM PC XT that i bought in 1984 or 1985. I learned DOS on that computer.  Now I find that I am very rusty when I shell to DOS in Windows 10.  So maybe not a early...
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    CC Mystic; 8.1; what versions of software can I run?

    OK.  That is a good tip.  Thank you.  I down load software where I can find it.  But I am not put off by buying software on places like ebay for example.  More then 1/2 the time the seller gives little to no information on what the software will run under other than an Apple computer. If I...
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