I have had (still have) a Mac Plus since the 80's and I did not know this. /facepalm.
In my defence it wasn't until maybe 4 years ago that I upgraded the RAM to 4mb so it was never an issue but still an amazing tip.
I currently boot from a HD image using a FloppyEmu but I do have BlueSCSI 1...
I think I will start with servicing the floppy, thank you. It has never been done. I am the original owner of the machine.
The floppy from my beige G3 does not work in the LC475. It's totally dead when in my LC475 but both floppies work fine in the beige.
I should also make sure the...
On my LC475 the floppy stopped working. Just dead, no response when inserting a floppy. I removed the floppy and put it in my beige G3 and it works fine so assumption is its the LC475 board. I recapped the board and now the floppy is getting power (progress) but it now either instantly ejects...
My first post, hopefully I didn't break too many rules.
This was a post I needed to see a year ago when my LC475 power supply died. I am usually pretty lazy as well (and terrible at soldering) but I did order the caps and replaced them all. Fortunately I seemed to have done it correctly as my...