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    Mac SE error code 00000003 00040000

    I got this error 00000003 00040000 By looking at Troubleshooting_Your_Macintosh_1992 : The RAM test failed while testing bank B, after passing the chunk tested for code $0002. The Z field indicates which bits failed as in code $0002. Also the second line shows what bits may have failed. But not...
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    Mysterious IC on Mac SE PSU daughter board

    I am really stuck with this one.  I am 100% positive the 8DIP IC pointed with the red arrow is faulty. As I swap it from another working PSU gets the PSU going again. The Ic has only a "177" marking.  I suspected it was an op amp but it was a guess. Not sure what this little board does. I...
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    Mac SE Optocoupler ic specs needed

    Anyone out there with some experience with a SE psu?    I suspect the ic in the photo is a 8dip optocoupler.    one of my SE has it faulty. Would you guys know the specs for this ic?
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    Mac SE power board signals

    I've made a few plots from a working SE power supply while fixing another. As I could not find a decent schematics I am uploading what I did as it could be useful to other people.
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    LC II not being able to see two hard drives at the same time

    I got an LCII with a hard drive inside.  As I wanted a second hard drive I decided to make an adaptor to connect my other SCSI drive to it's rear SCSI port.  If I start with the external HD connected it boots from the external Hd and the internal is not visible. If I start with the internal...
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    Are onboard RAM words tested on Classic II P.O.S.T?

    Are onboard RAM words tested on Classic II P.O.S.T? If they are not is there a software that tests all onboard RAM words? Compatible with Mac OS7.
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    Anyone attempted a portable display complete disassembly?

    Have anyone ever successfully disassembled the Portable LCD display? I mean remove the panel from the PCB and contacts?  If so, could you share your results?
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    Mac Classic 2 bodge wire

    I am going over a classic II board and my one has this blue bodge wire. Looking at some photos at the web I see quite a few boards with similar bodge.  Do anyone know what is the purpose of that? Is it a factory fix or DIY upgrades? Looking at bomarc's schematics I see the connection.  Can...
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    MFD 75W 01G HD floppy drive with alignment issues

    I have a few of these HD drives out of SEs, Classics, LCs... and they all seem to be perfect in terms of logic.  I've attached some scans I did on a good working MFD 75W 01G and that may be useful to other people trying to pin point issues with this drive. From what I can see all my non...
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    identification of a weird resistor (thermistor)? on a mac classic

    I got a fried resistor on my classic. I imagine that is a thermistor but not sure. From the schematics I would say it is a 20ohm at room temperature. But unsure of the watts. Can any one give me a light on that one. Another question. If I replace the resistor with an ordinary 5w 5ohm resistor...
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    Mac Classic checked board issue even after recap

    I have replaced some leaky capacitors on the analog and digital board of this mac. I did check some of the key voltages on the switching power supply block that seems to be inline with that Bomarc schematic.  One test I did was to disconnect the +5 and +/-12 lines from the analog board and...
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    Duplicating Mac Plus OS disk

    Is it possible to duplicate the Mac OS system 6 OS disk using the Mac Plus itself to do it?  Will DiskCopy 4.2 be able to do it?
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    Mac plus probing signal at J8 pin 1

    Anyone out there with an open Mac Plus who could send an oscilloscope plot of J8 pins 1, 3 and 5? Specially pin 1 which is video out. Probing it I just got a noisy LOW signal. I was suspicious of my LAG IC but after probing V & H sync I got clear pulses at 60HZ & 22KHZ which seems to...
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    Teac

    Hi   I bought one of these and can really get it to read or format a 720k/800k disk on my mac.    I am running mac os Mojave.    Is there anything I am doing wrong?   Cheers, Gui
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    Mac Plus screen issue

    I am struggling a bit to identify this fault. The computer beeps once and reads the system disk apparently fine but the only image I get is the attached one.  See image attached. Following the manual I found here on the forum seems my voltages seem ok. I did read on a post yesterday...
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