If you use 7.5.3 with the newer patched disk utility it's really fast and works great with no errors. I had all sorts of issues with other versions of Mac OS and the patched utilities.
G'day chaps, I rescued another LCIII today from old cap death but found there is no sound output if I plug in external speakers. Internal sound works completely Normally.
I checked all the new caps in that area and the continuity is all good. Is there anything else to look for that might cause...
Cheers, I bought heat sinks that came with adhesive thermal pads as they are prefect for retro fit installs. I do the same on my Commodore and Amiga computers.
Finally got around to re-capping my LCIII
This cap was a PITA to fix, I ended up attaching the cap to the via on one side and used a wire, into the other larger via on the other side, to replace the missing pad.
and she's alive!
and I added some heat-sinks to promote longevity - the...
They are socketed so very easy to replace and the pin out it identical for the LC and RC socketed variants.
Cheers, next to my Mac's is a c64 and 1541 floppy drive above it.
Hi All, I finally got around to playing with my PowerMac 7220/200 (aka 4400) that I acquired ages ago but I'm quite stumped on how to get it working.
There was no PRAM battery so I made one with a AAA Tri-Cell holder as I found a mention somewhere that these machines wont boot without a PRAM...
You could always find one on Fleabay, they just drop right in.
Btw, It's been so long since I've used MacOS 8.x that I cant recall if "about this Mac" identifies the model like 7.x does? Mine doesnt appear to.
So I got nice condition LC630 recently, it had no HDD and only the on-board 4 MB Ram .... but, it had the full fat 040 instead of the LC040! :D
I originally got it up and running with a laptop IBM 1 GB HDD but have since found a compatible 1GB CF card which flies along nicely! I dropped in a...