Recent content by PB145B

Wow, it’s been over a year since I’ve posted here! I’ve finally gotten a MessagePad running NOS 2.0, something I’ve been looking hard for for the last month or so. I recently pulled my MessagePad 100 back out and it has inspired me to start collecting more Newtons. I found this really clean...

The disk image in that zip file contained the full version! Thank you very much! My MP120 is very happy now. 😄

Will give them a try! Thanks!

Does anyone know where the full version of Newtpaint can be had? The demo is readily available, but it’s pretty useless since it expires after a while. Thanks!

What’s the best/easiest method for viewing image files (bmp, gif, etc) on Newton OS 2.0 (not 2.1) devices? I can’t really find a straightforward way to do it and I think I could save myself some time by asking here. I found a media viewer (forget the name) but it seems to require several other...

I quick search in the completed ebay listing shows two, one that sold for $29.99 and another for $49.95, so that’s probably the realistic going prices. $49.95 certainly isn’t “cheap,” though $29.99 seems like a good deal. As @dkjones96 said, just keep a look out. You’ll find a deal on one...

That’s definitely NOT good. Personally, I’d probably just replace it. Analog boards for the SE and SE/30 aren’t hard to come by, so it might be easiest to get a whole extra analog board to harvest a flyback from.

Thanks to @LaPorta for giving me an excellent deal on an original keyboard and keypad, my Macintosh 512k is now complete! Thanks LaPorta!

Got the proper mouse for it! It’s the correct one with the squared connector end. The newer ones work, but having this one makes me feel better! :)   I’m amazed how usable this machine really is. I wasn’t sure if a 512 would be really limited to use or not, and it most certainly isn’t...

Got the Sony Test betas running on the 512!   The “Steve sez...” dialog boxes in version 7 are just beyond cool!

Happy to report the floppy drive is still working! Also, I received the other analog board I purchased with the older, smaller flyback and it is working great! No more high-pitched ringing either!   I can’t believe it just worked. Didn’t need any help at all. Obviously, it still needs to be...

Here’s a better pic of what I’m talking about (not my own pic). It’s the screw outlined in green.

There is a screw behind that piece of linkage I outlined (going through the little circuit board the sensor is mounted to. Loosen that, and the sensor will move back-and-forth allowing for adjustment.

DAMN, the internal drive has given me absolute hell in this Mac today. It started giving me the sad Mac and spitting the disk out.    So I completely tore the drive down, took the heads out and stuff: Got all that old grease off of the worm gear. Didn’t help one bit. I spent about 6-hours...

Here’s a pic of the current set-up. I’m using my platinum Mac Plus keyboard and mouse for now. Next items to find are an original keyboard and mouse.