snuci
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I got a couple of items today to0. My Apple Interactive TV set top box came hat I had purchased from eBay along with a Mits Altair 8800a. Guess which one I opened first? The one that could have an exploding battery in it
I hooked it up and got a solid red light and nothing else. It didn't even look like it hinted at green. I connected it to composite and RF and saw nothing. I did recently buy a SCSI cable for it so once I install System 7.1 on a SCSI hard drive, I'll see if it tries to boot.
For kicks, I tried a Mac TV remote and nothing happened. I must say the finish on the set top boxes are awesomely rough and durable. That surface should have been how the Mac TV was finished. Very cool.
If anyone cares about the Altair, it came with one switch broken... the on/off switch. DOH! It has flat switches like the 8800b which I've been searching for for a little while. They stopped making them 15 years ago so that's a bummer. I guess I was 0 for 2 today.
I hooked it up and got a solid red light and nothing else. It didn't even look like it hinted at green. I connected it to composite and RF and saw nothing. I did recently buy a SCSI cable for it so once I install System 7.1 on a SCSI hard drive, I'll see if it tries to boot.
For kicks, I tried a Mac TV remote and nothing happened. I must say the finish on the set top boxes are awesomely rough and durable. That surface should have been how the Mac TV was finished. Very cool.
If anyone cares about the Altair, it came with one switch broken... the on/off switch. DOH! It has flat switches like the 8800b which I've been searching for for a little while. They stopped making them 15 years ago so that's a bummer. I guess I was 0 for 2 today.
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