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  1. jefframsey

    Color Classic Mystic Mods

    I finished my Mystic mod last night and installed my LC575 board into my CC. Went really well. I used a hobby knife to cut the traces, first scoring them with the blade and then turning it over to the dull side and scraping the copper trace away through the score marks.    So far it is very...
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    Color Classic C4 and C5

    Can someone please tell me where C4 and C5 connect to on the main board? I repaired one back in the summer. It had a few weak pads on C4, but I was able to get them to stick. It has worked and been 100% stable for the last 6 months.  I traded it to a friend in Singapore and shipped it to him...
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    6500/275 and an Apple II+

    Yesterday, I picked up an awesome 6500/275 for $20! It came to me completely functional, with 4GB HD and 96MB RAM, a VGA adapter (no Apple/Mac monitor), a really cool all black Keyboard II (M0487) and matching ADB Mouse II, an aftermarket wave ergo keyboard and a white ADB Mouse II, and two...
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    What 68k Games Supported Joystick?

    I picked up a sweet MacSense Funstick for $5 yesterday. It works, but I don't know what games I should try it out on. Any recommendations?
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    Laserwriter Pro 630

    I finished recapping the comms board in my LW Pro 630 and now it is working once again! I still need to replace the caps on the DC controller board but at least it is working now that the communication board is resurrected. As soon as my next shipment from DigiKey comes in, I'll get the two caps...
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    Laserwriter Pro 630 Recommended Capacitors

    I need to replace the capacitors on the two circuit boards in my Laserwriter Pro 630. Here is my current cart at DigiKey: http://www.digikey.com/short/jmmbcm As far as I know, these would be the same type, size and kind as the originals. Is this what is recommended or should I switch to...
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    Ethernet on my CC

    My Color Classic is repaired, and I have loaded 7.1 on it with Update 3. Now I want to install either MacTCP or OT and setup the ethernet. I have an Asante MCLC Twisted Pair card installed. When I plug in a cable, it lights up. I have tried unsuccessfully to get this working. First I installed...
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    Color Classic C4 Cap

    I recapped my Color Classic and both pads under C4 were in bad shape. They were sort of holding on by a thread there at first, but as soon as I tried to stick a new tantalum cap down there they both just lifted right off of the board. Does anyone know where they connect to, so I can try to...
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    Best Mac OS version for Color Classic?

    I have recently acquired 4 free computers - Color Classic, SE, G4 iMac, and an Apple IIe. So far, the iMac, Apple IIe and the Color Classic are working. I had to deep (read DEEEEEEP) clean the CC logic board of leaked cap goo before it would power up, but it is working now. Cap replacement...
  10. jefframsey

    LocalTalk file sharing and IWII printer?

    I have a ROM01 IIgs, a Powerbook 540c, a Mac SE and a newly acquired ImageWriter II printer. (My IWII does not have the optional LocalTalk interface installed) Right now, I have the 540c and the SE connected together using phone net adapters and LocalTalk. The 540c only has the one...
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    512Ke w/ Upgrade

    This week I am working away from home and I found an ad on OfferUp with someone selling a Mac 512K for $10 - As-is/Parts Only. When I picked it up, I saw it was a 512Ke model and had a nice little SCSI port on the back over top of the battery cover! SCSI upgrade inside maybe? Turns out a 10 year...
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    “Finder” Bomb error when reading cd-rom

    I connected a generic SCSI with external cd-rom to my SE and loaded the Sunrise CD 2.2c drivers. I am running 7.1.1 with system update 3. When I insert a cd-rom, I see the drive activity light begin to flicker, I hear the drive spin up, then I get a bomb error “Finder” and the computer freezes...
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    512k mouse == pc serial mouse?

    Just like the topic says: I have a db9 serial mouse from a PC. Will it work on a 512k compact Mac?
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    My next restore project: PB 540c

    I have been eyeballing this 540c at my local scrapper's shop for about 6 months now. Finally asked about it and it was completely untouched since arriving at their shop - a retro bag of mystery! I struck a fair deal with the shop and took it home. I have a friend (who is a member here) who has...
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    Audio Jack volume control on SE

    Is there a separate volume control for the audio port on the back? My internal speaker is not working and so I thought I would see if it is the audio chip or the traces or just the speaker connector, which is really loose in my machine. So I plugged my headphones in and booted up the Mac...
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    Floppy emu dsk images to real floppys

    Is there a guide somewhere on how to open all of these different game images? I'm talking about the images from macintoshgarden or myabandonware, etc. The 1.44mb img ones are easy, I just use WinImage. The ones that I am struggling with are the 800k and 400k .dsk files. If I open them in Windows...
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    New Member, Old Mac SE

    Hi 68kLBA,   I am new here. My name is Jeff Ramsey. I am a 38 year old IT professional, and I've been in the business around 20 years. When I was a kid in school, my first experiences with computers were with my grandmother's Commodore 64, and then I got my own Commodore 64. In grade school, we...
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