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    Quadra 700 ONLY boots with PPC card installed

    Hello! I have a strange failure. One of my Quadra 700 systems won’t boot, turns on but no boot beep, no video, doesn’t try to boot off floppy/SCSI. It behaves the same when all RAM/VRAM is removed and when trying with a different known good CPU or power supply. The board is in very good shape...
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    Setting up SCSI2SD on 68030 (Color Classic) and drive size limitations

    Hello! I've had pretty good results with setting up and using SCSI2SD on various 68040 based systems (eg: Performa 578, Quadra 650) where I've configured SCSI2SD using a 8GB SD card with 4x 2GB HFS partitions. With that setup, I'm able to install/boot/use various OS versions (7.1, 7.5.5, 8.1)...
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    SE/30 corrupt video but system works fine

    Hello! I obtained a Macintosh SE/30 that was mostly working - it'd sometimes take a few tries to boot (completely corrupt screen or no video) and then when it would boot, no sound. So I replaced all the caps on the motherboard and gave it a good manual (careful) cleaning with isopropyl alcohol...
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    Macintosh Classic II with missing ROMs

    Hello! I rescued a Macintosh Classic II from recycling but unfortunately someone removed the ROMs for some reason (left the RAM in place though). This is the older rev board with the 4 ROM chips. I have another Macintosh Classic II (also has the 4 ROM chips) that does have the ROMs and while...
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    Cap list for Macintosh Color Classic and Macintosh Classic II?

    Hello! Does anyone have a cap list for Macintosh Color Classic Macintosh Classic II (I believe there's 2 board revs, not sure which I have) Ideally with the exact part #s to order from say Mouser or DigiKey? I've been told I need: Macintosh Color Classic 6 - 47µF - 16V - SMT 2 - 100µF -...
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