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  1. billynomates

    Which Was The Best Compact Mac Made?

    Gotta be an SE/30 for me. The SE/30 is nicely expandable, in terms of memory and peripherals. Rubbishy capacitors let the machine down a bit, but once they're replaced it's hard to beat.  At the time these machines were new - there was no way I could justify the price of any Mac. In my very...
  2. billynomates

    Thanks for the memory...

    Oh, I see - Thanks for the info. I'll give that a go. Yes - it was recapped about a year ago... Should be all okay there. Seems to be very stable now the memory's sorted out.
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    Thanks for the memory...

    Just wanted to post some experience I've had recently, and ask a quick question... I've been suffering from random icon corruption for some time on my SE/30. The memory on this machine has been expanded to 68MB - 4 x 1MB and 4 x 16MB. I've followed the gamba placement instructions (although if...
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    CF AztecMonsters have landed

    Okay, so here's the 'version' details (erm, can't see a version number), and performance graph for FWB's Hard Disk Performance Test... This is an SE/30, 68MB RAM, System 7.5.5. Notice the slight corruption in the HD icon. This appears to be pervasive, although is always sorted out by forcing a...
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    CF AztecMonsters have landed

    Well, that definitely didn't work! The Intech driver wouldn't allow this SE/30 to boot. Just the same chimes 'o' doom each time. Now back running the Anubis driver, and everything's hunky dory. Perhaps a little more stable than before. Have now mounted the device internally, and closed the...
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    CF AztecMonsters have landed

    Mine's now working pretty well - pleased with it. I'm going to try and replace the Anubis driver with a SpeedTools version as tt mentioned, as it looks like mine's a bit unstable in the writes department. Getting a lot of bus/address errors when installing / uncompressing stuff, although not on...
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    CF AztecMonsters have landed

    Looks like I've got to the bottom of this. Now working, although I still can't clean install System 7.5.3, so maybe something's wrong with my copy. Anyway, the key was to boot 7.5.3, install the Anubis driver, then low level format using Drive Setup 1.6. This took well over an hour for a 1GB...
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    CF AztecMonsters have landed

    Kind of thought as much. I guess the next step is to buy a new CF card that is a little quicker - these cards are a bit old. Thanks for all your help - much appreciated.
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    CF AztecMonsters have landed

    I've tried a few of them, but could get none of them to start. Maybe the files are busted / flattened. I'm also not sure what OS / version combination to use. 7.5.3 seems to work with Hard Disk Speedtools 3.3, whereas it won't run with 7.5.5. Anubis seems to run on either.
  10. billynomates

    CF AztecMonsters have landed

    Still no cigar. A clean installation gets 'An error occurred while trying to complete the installation. Installation was cancelled, leaving your disk untouched.' after some minutes. It doesn't matter if I do a quick install or a custom install (with only the System Software). It goes through...
  11. billynomates

    CF AztecMonsters have landed

    Only the one partition, and just a copied system folder from an older SCSI disk with a 7.5.3 and a 7.5.5 system folder on it. The folder is copied over un-blessed, and then blessed on the CF. The computer shows a happy mac (for less than a second) before playing the chimes of doom. Thanks for...
  12. billynomates

    CF AztecMonsters have landed

    Very strange - the anubis software works, in that I can format the drive and copy the driver on to it, but again, when I try and boot I get a sad mac, and the codes indicating there's no partition map. Also the formatting / driver writing process seems a little flaky. Occasionally I'll get a...
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    CF AztecMonsters have landed

    The terminator is not set - the jumper is not there. I've also tried a range of SCSI ids, and a couple of different cards - this one (1GB) and a 32MB one, with no luck. I'll try the anubis software - thanks.
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    CF AztecMonsters have landed

    This is all very interesting. I have to say the price wasn't that bad. Anyway, some really good information here. I've taken delivery of my Aztec Monster and installed it in an SE/30. It seems that the hardware's okay. I can format and mount a 1GB CF card with HD Speed Tools 3.3, but after...
  15. billynomates

    Where to get my Mac SE/30 Recap'ed

    Phreakout (on these forums) did a very good job on my board. It's now working perfectly.
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    SE/30 analog board adjustment

    I've just replaced the CRT, and that's much better. The ghosting is gone, even with the same analog board. Cheers once again.
  17. billynomates

    SE/30 analog board adjustment

    Thanks Bunsen and CC_333. I've swapped the video board over, and it's the same on screen, so it's not that bit. I've replaced the solder around the flyback, and reflowed the joints around the variable pots. I didn't want to overheat anything else, as I think it's heat that killed the...
  18. billynomates

    SE/30 analog board adjustment

    I've recently had to transfer my re-capped SE/30 logic board into another (SE/30) Mac, as I'd managed to damage my analog board with some resoldering I tried to do (flyback clicking, no startup, no bong, fan spins, no HD - a problem for another day!). When I power up, it appears that the screen...
  19. billynomates

    What's safe to touch?

    That's great advice - thanks. So, I'd need to open up the power supply, to get at the power switch? The monitor still twitches when the disk isn't plugged in though, so it's possibly something else. I've had a look at the ccadams site, and tried resoldering most of the analog board connector...
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    What's safe to touch?

    I've developed a slight screen glitch (SE/30); the screen's width now slightly grows and shrinks. It's not constant, but it is a bit bothersome. Other than this, the screen is pretty bright & stable. Before I change the power supply (unless anyone else has any thoughts?), I'd like to reflow...
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