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    How do you feel about old software licenses?

    In my opinion, copyright law in its current state is atrocious (95 year terms?). I think the companies bribing our congresspeople through "donations" should be the ones getting in trouble, not the people who download 15 year old programs from some abandonware site. I believe copyright terms were...
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    Weird noise from Macintosh SE FDHD

    No I shut it off too quickly because I thought something would start burning in there and I didn't want any additional components being damaged or a fire being started About the hissing, I remember it being loud and a little on the high-pitched side BTW, sorry about my post being ambiguous, I...
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    Weird noise from Macintosh SE FDHD

    Thing is, the computer went through some rough shipping (the plastics from the reset and debugger switches was coming off and when i opened the case, I saw that the video board fell off and two pins were bent on the CRT) so I bent the pins back into place, reattached the video board, and powered...
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    Weird noise from Macintosh SE FDHD

    I took apart my Mac SE FDHD because I wasn't getting a picture, reattached the video board because it fell off, and then I heard an odd hissing noise from the case. What does this mean???
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    PowerBook 1400c Woes

    Actually, I got the keyboard working! (The contacts were a little dirty) Thanks for your help!
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    PowerBook 1400c Woes

    I did what you suggested LCGuy, but it still only plays the "death chimes" Edit: I went a little further and found out the PCMCIA card bay was loose, that fixed my "death chime" issue instantly and now I get the Happy Mac and the system boots!!! Thanks for the suggestions, everyone! I am...
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    PowerBook 1400c Woes

    I would have looked at the Sad Mac, but none shows on the screen. My HDD is perfectly fine, but thanks for your help anyway.
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    PowerBook 1400c Woes

    I have this PowerBook 1400c/166 that has been working great until recently, when I turned it on and I got the infamous "death chimes" :( I went through the system, dismantled the entire system, tried everything on the Apple site and a few of my own tricks from my Wintel days. I unplugged the...
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