First off, thanks to @jmacz for the repair work on this board. It's in WAY better physical and operational condition than when I first got it.
After a busy week at work I finally had a chance to spend some more time testing this board.
From a cold start (ie no power for over a couple hours)...
Hi All,
I recently bought a Quadra 950 from someone on these forums. The computer was packed by UPS in a good box with plenty of bubble wrap and arrived without any external damage.
However, the computer just doesn't successfully power up. The seller says it worked perfectly before...
Here's a couple of pictures. I have the original box so that's why I believe it came that way from the factory. Never knew this was an option, any other dual floppy SE I've seen has been 800K.
Anyhow, got around to swapping parts around today. Replaced the logic board, metal frame (old one was...
Hi All,
I recently purchased a Mac SE Dual Floppy model on eBay because the case was in very good condition. The seller said it didn't power on, but this was vague so i bought it anyway to see if I could figure out what might be wrong. Well, it suffered the all-too-common red battery explosion...
The hard drives are SCSI 3.5", 50 pin. If I recall someone did make an adapter for IDE drives, but it was pretty expensive. I think you'd be better off just picking up a used SCSI drive somewhere.
The laser printer cable is likely just an 8 pin serial cable. It will resemble the keyboard cable...