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Any advice for methods for recovering a floppy disk that is no longer readable? I came across an old disk that says it has some files, likely from my first hard drive. It was likely written to with a Mac Plus and stored indoors in a cabinet with some cassette tapes. I tried reading the disk in a...

My monitor does not light up the green LED when powered on. There is an audible whine that is probably lower frequency than what a CRT monitor typically makes since I don't think I can easily hear up to that frequency any longer. So I am guessing the power supply circuitry needs to be fixed. Is...

The machine's power supply turns on, powers the drives, but no boot chime sounds and I think there is no video. This Quadra 950 has worked in the past, but it had a logic board that was not fully seated in its plastic frame when I received it and I guess it shifted again when I moved the...

I think this may require some sort of a hack, so I'm posting here, but maybe this is a simple fix with an extension. One thing that is annoying about the video card is the default resolution is 512 x 341, which is one row off from the standard compact mac resolution of 512 x 342. I saw this a a...

I have been trying to use either a SCSI2SD V5 or V6 with a SE/30 (with hacked ROM) and it would not shut down properly. I kept thinking it was the sequence in which I patched and upgraded to System 7.5.5 and then one time I had a real HDD (68 pin type) in the mix and then it was able to go to...

I am looking for the free update from 8.x to 8.1.2 from the now defunct Connectix. If you have a copy, please post or send a PM, thanks!

Here is another brainstorm topic if anyone has some comments into technical issues with this idea. I am trying to see if I can adapt the PDS pass-through slot on the Asante MacCon SE/30 / IIsi card that has the PDS slot going the wrong direction for the SE/30. Gamba outlined the issues here...

I was wondering about the feasibility of making new 30-pin SIMMs and wanted to see what thoughts members here might have. Finding 16MB modules can be bit tough if you have space constraints like within the SE/30 chassis. Could making our own be feasible without being too expensive? trag...

I have an Artmix AztecMonster SCSI to CF adapter, and having some issues with data/disk stability. I was hoping to be able to use the CF cards to be able to conveniently transfer data between my MacBook Pro running 10.6 (with MacFUSE), and my SE/30. When I transfer data from my laptop...

I am trying to use the MESS emulator for some ROM testing, and I am having a pretty difficult time getting it to work (Mac OS X 10.6). :?: I am using the version from http://www.macmess.org/. I tried the gui version and it just shows a small blank window and the SDL version in terminal...

I ordered some RAM SIMMs and was sent some that are the 3 chip type (after insisting on low-profile SIMMs), and I was wondering if anyone knows if they are ok to use in the long run. I installed them and they boot OK. These are fairly low-profile. In general. there are a few different...

I tried it the other night... it worked. Specs are '030 @ 50MHz and Micron Xceed internal gray-scale. There are two video modes, large and small. In small mode, the refresh rate was fine and usable, but in large mode, the frame rate dropped significantly. The graphics aren't really optimized...

I was looking for replacements to recap an SE/30 motherboard, and noticed that Panasonic has announced new type (Conductive Polymer Hybrid Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitor) of electrolytic capacitors that are supposed to be longer-life and higher reliability due to a different design. They are...

Besides the benefit of having a 32-bit clean ROM, an SE/30 can boot off of a CD-ROM drive by holding Command+C at start-up. I tried it with an Apple Legacy CD and it proceded to boot as far as the install could. I also could read CD's without the CD-ROM extension installed. Another thing I...

I was wondering, does someone here have experience using a Mobius Speedster with an SE/30? I have one I would like to test out, but I don't want to risk damage to my system. I have a DayStar IIsi adapter that I can use, but I don't recall seeing any accounts that they are compatible.

I noticed the flyback transformer on the analog transformer of my SE/30 has a crack that is glowing (top of the cylinder). Does this mean it is going to fail? Should I stop using it? Anyone have a spare?

It has been mentioned before, sort of sparked by JDW's find, but I thought I would add this topic to kick-off discussion of possibly reverse engineering the board or other similar boards. Here is a lower-resolution version of the original x-ray image I have. It was automatically composited by...

When I was a wee lad, I would sometimes go to Weird Stuff at it's original location off of Lawrence Expressway across one of the early Fry's Electronic's store. Weird Stuff was an amazing place at that time and after it moved it was never quite the same. I remember going through binders that...

I am trying to figure out the name of a game that I played on my mac plus. It was purchased at a CompUSA, so I am guessing it was somewhat known. It was a space game where it started out with a triangularish ship going through a channel between rocky terrain on either side of the screen. The...

I just acquired the DigiDesign Sound Accelerator Mac SE/30 and I was wondering if anyone here has previous experience with it. I have not installed it yet, but I have looked into its features, I could not find a lot of information about it through a web search. The board has a Motorola XSP5700...