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  1. cooltr6

    Another SE/30 rebuild with issues

    Most welcome. =)
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    Another SE/30 rebuild with issues

    Hey there @MiMac. The items you seek are on Mouser. In the words of JDW... "NOTE: Product photo on Mouser is wrong but Description correctly says "4 Positions."" Female: 538-15-31-1046 Male: 538-19-09-1049
  3. cooltr6

    Recapping Floppy Drives?

    @olePigeon Oh...I agree...an easy job to get done, to say the least. There are those major components that need lots more attention. I will say, that in the first 3-800k drives that I've recapped so far, all of them have suffered some form of cap leakage. The third one, was the worst yet...
  4. cooltr6

    Recapping Floppy Drives?

    Interesting that I jumped into this thread when I did. The parts for recapping floppy drives arrived earlier today. Just tore down the first 800k drive...lo and behold, 3 of the 5 caps there...had leaked, albeit just a little bit. One even when I was removing it, the leg barely caught the...
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    IIGS high speed scsi

    I must agree, adding a SCSI card to an Apple IIgs is a brilliant move...as is some extra RAM. Ended up purchasing two cards from GGLabs...an original Apple SCSI card...WAYYYYY too expensive now. One went into the IIgs with an Applied Ingenuity Inner Drive 20 [integrated power supply and hard...
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    Recapping Floppy Drives?

    Well...on the subject of recapping floppy drives...if you're taking the time to recap a logic or analog board in a Compact Mac, it's a good idea to go over the floppy drive with a fine tooth comb. JDW put together a very in-depth and informative slice of videotape about how to recap a floppy...
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    Recapping Floppy Drives?

    While looking around for videos about recapping floppy drives for the SE/30, saw this post. Albeit a bit late to the game, MacEffects sells a really fine replacement for the gears in the 800k and 1.44mb floppy drives that fail. While not the original, I have replaced the failed gear in 4...
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