• Updated 2023-07-12: Hello, Guest! Welcome back, and be sure to check out this follow-up post about our outage a week or so ago.

Search results

  1. steve30

    Laserwriter II Toners

    I can't speak for the 95 cartridge, but I've had the same problem with my 98 cartridges. Either the wiper blade was good when I got the cartridge, and it deteriorated over a couple of years, or it was bad to begin with. I've had a bit of success by taking a wiper for a different cartridge...
  2. steve30

    Can you identify this motherboard?

    hehe, for the last few years I was adamant that this came from an All in One PowerMac. Didn't realise it was a tower :I .
  3. steve30

    Can you identify this motherboard?

    Thanks guys! Did I ought to be able to build a working machine out of this? e.g., could I connect the pins directly to a VGA monitor, and maybe use an ATX PSU?
  4. steve30

    Can you identify this motherboard?

    I was given this motherboard from an All in One PowerMac as part of a lot of computer parts about 6 years ago. I pondered building it into a system somehow, but I never got round to it and it has sat in my junk box gathering (lots of) dust. Could anyone identify what machine it is from? It has...
  5. steve30

    Power supply question

    I bought a cheap thrid party PSU from ebay. It works, but the plug needs wiggling about a bit to get the computer to notice it. Then, I plugged in the Apple PSU, which I thought ha broken, and it turns out that it actually works fine. So I don't know what happeed there. I'm just glad I have my...
  6. steve30

    Power supply question

    Just checked on the bottom of both PowerBooks. They do indeed have the same maximum current rating. Can anyone recommend a good quality third party power supply? There don't seem to be any official Apple ones on ebay at the moment.
  7. steve30

    Power supply question

    Is it OK to power a G3 Lombard from a PowerBook 1400's power supply? I had two 1400 style PSUs which unfortunately broke so I bought a new one a couple of years ago. I started using that with a Lombard which I obtained last year and about 6 months ago, it also broke. So now I have no power...
  8. steve30

    Language switching?

    I also have a German Newton, and as far as I am aware, you can only change the language by changing the ROMs for an English version.
  9. steve30

    Twitter For 68Ks!

    I saw this on E-Maculation earlier. Wasn't there also a Twitter client for the Commodore 64? I would be interested in trying this just to see what it does (the fact that it is recent 68k software alone makes it interesting), but first, I would have to know what twitter does. I gather that it is...
  10. steve30

    OS8.1 in the Apple Store!

    Maybe we could all contribute a few pounds (or dollars) each so someone can afford to buy it and see what happens.
  11. steve30

    OS8.1 in the Apple Store!

    I dare someone to buy it.
  12. steve30

    Analogue to Digital converters

    I'm not planning on making an ADC for the Macintosh at all. I was just wondering if anyone else had and how it may be possible. Perhaps something could be done with a PIC? i don't really know much about any microcontrollers, but I know PICs can have ADCs built in and have some form of serial...
  13. steve30

    Analogue to Digital converters

    My project at college this year has been to make an analogue interface for a PC, by connecting an ADC chip to the parallel port. This is then controlled using a Microsoft QuickBasic programme in MS-DOS 6.22 (running on a speedy 1.8GHz Athlon XP system). This is working quite well, and I was...
  14. steve30

    Jaz Drive + discs = worth keeping for backups?

    I have a Jaz Drive which i use with ym PowerBook 1400. I only have two 1GB disks which work though. I have two 2GB disks that came with my drive a couple of years ago which don't work.
  15. steve30

    AppleWorks

    Which version of AppleWorks are we on about? We had a boxed copy of AppleWorks 5 for Windows at Junior school several years ago, unfortunately though, I couldn't get the contents of the installation CD to copy onto the two high density disks that i had with me. I have a copy of ClarisWorks 4...
  16. steve30

    68k Macs for photographic work

    The lower resolutions do allow all the thousands of colours. I find 800x600 (and similar) to be a bit on the small side for my 21" trinitron though. Should be fine on a smaller monitor though. I only got the video card because it was a reasonable prince and was being sold by the same person...
  17. steve30

    68k Macs for photographic work

    Luckily, I have the ViewPowr card. I should be fine just for using the same settings as the built in display, but I used it at about 1024x768 or similar and it only did 256 colours.
  18. steve30

    68k Macs for photographic work

    It currently has a 25 pin D connector, with two pins chopped off it to make a 23 pin connector, suitable for the Amiga. It did originally have a moulded connector but that started to have problems. http://stevecoates.net/stuff/23pin1.jpg http://stevecoates.net/stuff/23pin2.jpg I would like to...
  19. steve30

    68k Macs for photographic work

    I have a nice 21" Trinitron sat in front of me now (just a shame it doesn't quite work properly). I could use it on my 1400 now I have a graphics card for it, but what I do intend to do eventually, is put a VGA connector on my Microvitec 1438 Multiscan monitor, then so I can connect that to all...
  20. steve30

    Need a decent PowerBook (603 or G3)

    If you would like extra speed and battery life, I would recomend the G3. I used to have one, which didn't cost me too much, and the single battery would last a good few hours. As nice a machine as my 1400 is, even with a G3 upgrade, it is not as fast as the Wallstreet.
Top