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    Bench testing AA15830 from IIcx

    Hi, The rifa's went in my IIcx astec power supply, machine is now totally dead, wont turn on. Have ordered the replacement caps and wondered if there was a safe way to start the psu on the bench for testing of output voltages much like how you would start an atx one. Have ordered the full set...
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    Quick HD backup question

    Hi, I have various 68k machines and I have always backed thing up by dragging and dropping. I have a piscsi nowadays and can create drives on the fly. What would be the best way to create a blessed image of my mac drives for archive purposes? Just piscsi into external scsi, create new drive...
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    Se/30 with gouged board, need to locate traces

    Alright folks! I bought an se/30 board which I thought was alright, no battery damage, caps looked replaced etc. But on closer inspection the caps were installed very badly, some missing and electrolyte still on the board. The biggest issue was that one of the vram chips was half removed from...
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    Powerbook 180c psu replacement advice

    Hi, What is the current consensus of using a modern 7.5v 3a psu with the 180c? I never received a oem one and I’m struggling to find one to purchase. Am i right in thinking I’m looking the m5652 model psu? I also own a 180 but I’m aware that the 180c needs a more powerful psu. I have been...
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    G5 quad processor compatibility.

    Hello! Been having problems with an old 2005 g5 quad which I’ve owned for a while. It didn’t work when I first got it. Played with the ram and got it running. Kept it on for a couple days and then restarted, then it never worked again after that. Temps seemed alright from memory. Currently...
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    Questions about an LCIII to LCIII+ overclock mod on machine with MC68030FE16B installed.

    Hi, I've always thought for some reason that my old LC was a III+ but it turns out its a standard 25mhz LC III. Disappointed but I remembered about the resistor mod, so I thought I'd look into it. Following this tutorial - http://www.applefool.com/clockchipping/lciii.html , the mod is very...
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    LC III+ scsi drive backup advice

    Hey folks, Getting back into working with my 68k machines after all these years and making a few repairs improvements. I have ordered a bluescsi sd card solution to replace the ageing quantum drive that it came with. I will be making a fresh install, but was wondering if it was possible to...
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