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    Apple IIGS display problem

    Hello there, I have an Apple IIGS connected to a lcd tv via the scart (peritel) socket. With other computers (for example Apple IIe + Chat Mauve or CPC6128) this socket is ok. I get the the subd15 to scart cable from England on Ebay. The problem is that sometime the tv loose the vertical...
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    Questions about Apple IIGS and adb bus

    Hello, I have some problems getting a mouse working on a Apple IIGS. The keyboard has two adb connectors one to the left, another to the right. First I notice that if I connect the keyboard to the cpu with the left connector it works. He dont work if I use the right connector. Its my first...
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    Mac Plus serial port

    Hi, I try to get a connection between a 8 bits system and a Mac Plus (7.0.1) using modem port. I have made a cable which "should" work, adapting rs232 to rs422... I have no handshake and usually 3 wires are ok for communicate. The basic problem I have is that before to talk the 8 bits...
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    file transfer msdos to macintosh system 7.0.1

    Hello there, Sorry if this basic question has already been discussed here... I have a .for file which is an old fortran source. This file open properly into msdos 'edit'. With Apple File Exchange I can read the floppy with my Powerbook 100 but then the file look very strange... Obviously...
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    Mac Plus 6.0.8 change keyboard layout

    Hello there ! I have a Mac Plus with a french layout keyboard. I have made my own boot floppy disk with Minimal Mac Plus 6.0.8 system (no network, no printer etc...). Now what should I add to this boot disk so I can change the keyboard layout from us to french ? I have the Macpack disk image...
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    Bluescsi and Powerbook 160 question

    Hello, I have replaced the internal scsi drive of a Powerbook 160 with a Bluescsi. A have a SD memory with 3 active images that works very well into a standard Bluescsi (the one for scsi flat cable) connected to the Powerbook scsi expansion port. If I put this SD memory into the internal...
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    Mac Plus fan installation

    Hello, My Mac Plus works well (recapped etc...) but come very hot after some time of use (I have 4 mb ram and also a bluescsi powered by the Mac). I like the MacChimney, if anybody has a developed drawing i will give a try just for see ! I have buy 12 Vdc 40x40 and 50x50 mm fans for install...
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    Appletalk wiring

    Hello, I have a Mac Plus and a Powerbook 100 and hope to connect them via Apple network. I got a lot of cables from my uncle and see two possibilities : - try to use a Phonenet system with two small boxes and a phone cable but I miss the terminators so between what pins of the rj11 should I...
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    Powerbook 160 revival !

    Hi All, I am working on a revival project of a Powerbook 160. I have recapped the screen and the inverter so I am at a point I have some results but also some problems... Using an external Bluescsi and without psram extension module and internal hard disk the system boot into 7.5.5. He...
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    Powerbook 100 AC adapter problem

    Hello, I try to repair a Powerbook 100 AC adapter. I have change each chemical capacitors even on the daughter board. All the measurements was done without load. The problem is that I got only ~ 6.3 V at output with the voltage pot in max position. The output voltage is not stable and move...
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    Display problem on Macintosh Plus

    Hello there, On a a recapped Mac Plus I got this display : https://www.youtube.com/shorts/cLLwnp_Gnx8 There is also a strong corona discharge noise... I know probably I have to change this transformer. Is there a possible repair (put epoxy resin inside and so on) ? But is this moving display...
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    Mac Plus system 7.0.1 question

    Hello, Pardon if the question is a very basic one... How can I change what is called in Windows 'file association' into system 7.0.1 ? I have some .for files probably made with Absoft Fortran and I cant open it with MS Fortran. Double click give an error about missing application and trying...
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    Absoft Mac Fortran 2.4 compiler

    Hello, I try to use this tool on my Mac Plus. As far as I can see it works but without any documentation it is not easy to do something (at least for me...). Anybody has something on this subject or can share a link for download ? Thanks, regards. Philippe
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    Macintosh Plus and bluescsi

    Hello, The adventure continue with this Mac Plus ! I try to boot from scsi with a bluescsi system. I have an image I made myself : create an empty hda file of 20 MB with dd run minivmac and boot it with 7.0.1 install 1 floppy image format the empty hda file install the system (all hardwares...
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    Macintosh Plus boot problem

    Hello there ! Finally I got my scrap rescued Macintosh Plus alive ! The system start, make 'bong' and then display a floppy with a cross or a question mark if I put a blank floppy in the drive... I download 6.0.8 800 k floppy images. Then from a working SE/30 I made a boot floppy with the...
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    SE/30 + SCSI cdrom questions

    Hello there, New to the Macintosh world and to the forum I apologize for questions sometime very basic... I works a lot on old computers but mainly 8 bits (Apple IIe, CPC6128, Junior Computer, Microbox II, etc...) and also PC (286 and 386sx only). Few months ago, from my uncle house, I...
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