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  1. fimbulvetr

    BMOW Floppy EMU question

    I have that problem all the time, especially with my Rev A. Drives me nuts, but I can usually reset them without opening up the case. I replaced one of the buttons with a wooden dowel whittled down to fit. That doesn't slip off anymore.
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    Need help with a IIc monitor

    I stick to “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” policy. It worked perfectly before, so nothing needed fixing.
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    Need help with a IIc monitor

    So, I really screwed up. Sometime in early December I used my IIc and when I was done I turned it off, and then didn’t look at it or go anywhere near it until a couple days ago, when I noticed I forgot to turn the monitor off. Ugh. It sat there cooking away for over a month. It worked perfectly...
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    IIc, ProTerm and WiModem232 disconnect problem

    I have been using my ROM 255 IIc with ProTerm 3.1 and a WiModem232 to connect to BBSes for a while now with no problems. Yesterday I upgraded it to ROM 4x so I could connect a SmartPort hard drive to play Nox Archaist. Now when I disconnect from a BBS, the computer freezes up until I toggle...
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    SCSI2SD SD Card Extension

    I used a super cheap micro SD extension for years in my SE/30 from China I got off of ebay, no problems. I only took it out recently after I moved the computer and snapped the end off of the micro SD card. Shoulda backed that card up. 
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    SE/30 and Asante ethernet card issue

    Okay, I dropped the RAM down to 20 MB from 32, and now it works fine, even in 32-bit mode. I guess it is having a problem with addressing memory above a certain point. Could that be a problem with the ROM?
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    SE/30 and Asante ethernet card issue

    I tried different ram. No change.
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    SE/30 and Asante ethernet card issue

    Completely recapped, and I have a scsi2sd in it. This has been a reliable workhorse until now. There was a video card in the slot that came with the computer when I got it years ago. I never used it, just left it in because it was there. So I replaced that with the network card. The chimes now...
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    SE/30 and Asante ethernet card issue

    So a bit of playing around, and it does this whether or not the Asante card is in, and it only does the weird startup with 32-bit is enabled. 
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    SE/30 and Asante ethernet card issue

    I am having a weird problem with my SE/30 and an Asante ethernet card... I know the ethernet card works, as I it was working in the SE/30 I pulled it from (the SCSI chip failed on that one, and I don't have the skills to replace it). When I put it in my other SE/30, I the normal chord and a...
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    SE/30 - Hard drive activity light - Original color?

    My SE/30 is pale yellow and my SE is red. 
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    UltraDrive 80 external SCSI HD replacment

    ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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    UltraDrive 80 external SCSI HD replacment

    Yeah, there is something off with the power supply. From a cold start is just sort of pulses -- fan, light, everything, until it warms up or something, then it runs.  I could re-cap it and see if that fixes it, or I could just pull it out and replace it with a new 12v Molex power supply from...
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    Floppyemu screen blanking out

    Screen seems to be working better now that I’ve fiddled with it. It is still always blank on first start, but one push of the reset button fixes that. The button pusher I whittled out of a bit of dowel ended up working much better than the original plastic one. I may end up whittling replacement...
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    UltraDrive 80 external SCSI HD replacment

    I set the SCSI ID jumpers.  Could it be a termination issue? The Ultradrive has a terminator on the second SCSI port, and I didn’t check the termination settings on the drive. I think the default settings are termination on drive.
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    UltraDrive 80 external SCSI HD replacment

    Well, I tried swapping out the original Seagate ST-1096N HD with a Seagate ST32151N that I know works, and it didn’t work. The new HD wouldn’t spin up, even the fan on the Ultradrive would just pulse and the power light flickered. I put the old drive back in and it spun up and powered up with no...
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    Floppyemu screen blanking out

    Huh. I bent those metal clip things (which helped, but was how I lost that stupid @#$%&# button pusher ... guess I'm whittling one out of wood now), but I've never had it apart to see the gold finger thingies. I'll have to check that out.  I wonder if soldering it together instead of...
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    Floppyemu screen blanking out

    I have the previous model of the floppyemu. I absolutely love that thing except for the damn screen. It has given me trouble since day one where it goes blank after it has been running for a while or it is blank when it starts up . I have to fiddle with how the screen is seated or reset it a...
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    SE/30 can’t find HD

    I ordered a new NCR 53C80 SCSI controller. I'll see if I can find an electronics repair place in Ottawa that can handle replacing it for me. 
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    UltraDrive 80 external SCSI HD replacment

    I recently picked up a GSS Technologies Ultradrive 80 external SCSI hard drive to use with my compact Macs. I've never used an external SCSI HD before. The HD in the enclosure made horrible noises the first couple times I powered it up, then it finally spun up. After a bunch of tries I got it to...
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