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    800k floppy switches?

    Decided to try something. I loaded a disk, placed the drive on the ribbon cable and used a qtip to hold the micro switch down. Got a floppy icon on boot with an X in the middle. Sigh - I have another issue to fix before I put a new micro switch in...
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    800k floppy switches?

    Yep! Three weeks of soldering school in the Navy back in the 1990s has served me well.
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    800k floppy switches?

    No but it looks like they’re available at mouser.com
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    800k floppy switches?

    Is this why the motor never spins?
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    800k floppy switches?

    Quick question - is the micro switch on the left complete/whole? I expect it to have a lever like the other side. Don’t have another one to compare with.
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    MacEffects Clear Case: Is it worth it?

    Joshc said it best
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    512Ke and 800K drive issue

    Old thread I know but where did you source the microswitch? I think one of mine is broken... They're both supposed to have lever arms on them right?
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    Apple IIGS boot requirements?

    Oh that's easy. Thanks Volvo
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    Apple IIGS boot requirements?

    Thanks! I'd like to do the clock battery before I get too much further. Has anyone swapped the original 3V battery with a modern CR2032 socket?
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    Two SEs & Accessories - $300

    I’ve got a card like this in an SE and have used a Mac SSH terminal to use one of my Linux servers online. Never tried a browser - terminal shell is painful enough…
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    Apple IIGS boot requirements?

    Sweet! Thanks for the quick response!
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    Apple IIGS boot requirements?

    Question as I can’t remember from my childhood in middle school. I have a IIGS that I’ve gone over. It chimes twice and the LED comes on. I don’t have an Apple monitor so I was going to try composite video. I’ve got all the proper Voltages but the 12V rail is 11.70V. I don’t have any disk...
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    Success!! Mac SE rebuild

    It was this good - just needed some elbow grease. #lucky
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    Success!! Mac SE rebuild

    Total clean up, wipe down, refurb non working 800K floppy and added MacSD. Works great! Next step is getting the Asante Ethernet card working…
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    Small board/tab repair suggestions?

    Continued work on this - soldered for a temp fix. Drive is seen by my SE drive controller and when I place a disk inside it says its not initialized. It asks me "single or double" and I choose one. Disk won't format and the drive auto-ejects it immediately. I am 30 minutes in to the Branchus...
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    Small board/tab repair suggestions?

    Will send a DM in the morning.
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    Small board/tab repair suggestions?

    If it’s a 1.4mb I am all over it
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    Small board/tab repair suggestions?

    Easy and brilliant!!!
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    Small board/tab repair suggestions?

    Well - this unfortunate mishap occurred. Thinking about JB weld to mate it back together and then either soldering wire from each joint to joint or scraping the solder runs to solder them together. Anyone have any opinions about best method to repair?
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