Recent content by andrewgurn

I see, thanks. Might be worth a shot to try out some Logitech drivers then. They even have the ScanMan driver for Classic Mac available on their FTP site Haha yeah, there is some quality Engrish on the scanner label. Also of note, the Abaton interface box is serial # 420

The scanner is an 8 pin Mini-DIN, like you'd use to plug into the modem or printer port. The Abaton box has that 8 pin input labeled "Scanner". So it seems to be an 8 pin serial to SCSI convertor of sorts. Just to see what would happen, I did try the Accel scanner plugged directly into the...

Thanks for the idea. Sadly, VueScan doesn't recognize it

Afternoon everyone, I bought a battery-bombed Mac Plus recently (the logic board works!.. the analog board, not so much, but that's a project for another day), and it came along with some peripherals. One of which is this Abaton Hand Scan SCSI Interface and Accel Model SC hand-operated...

When I decided to try one of these out, no one told me that I would have to read beyond the first four or five words in the product description. This stuff is just beyond me, I suppose

I lack the tools, and also the know-how at present. I did actually get a crash course on this from the electrician at one of my first jobs. He also taught me to make network patch cables... and he taught me wrong, as I later learned, haha Is that so?

Final update and resolution-- I gave up and figured perhaps the hardware was defective, so I contacted MacEffects for a replacement. They responded with this: "We recently discovered that some people with earlier SE machines the 33mhz variant (same actual clock speed) are giving the same...

More odd behavior: I was able to boot to the desktop of 6.0.8 again, but the mouse cursor doesn't move. I can click (the cursor was over the trash and I can double click to open it), and the keyboard works, but the pointer remains stationary. I can move it freely on the pre-happy mac blank...

I decided to purchase a MacEffects Performer PDS 68030, the 33MHz version specifically, for my SE. Unfortunately, I am having a lot of trouble with it. My SE has 6.0.8 installed on the internal SCSI HDD, and I have a 7.1 disk image on an external BlueSCSI. Before installing the hardware, I...

Yep, a proper cable fixed all issues. I learned two things here; 1) not all IDE cables are the same, and 2) I should never assume the last guy who had owned a Mac I bought had any more idea of what he was doing than I do, haha Although I am still confused that having the disk plugged into the...

Ah. I'm using the cable that came with it when I bought it (used, not new). It sure looks like a regular IDE cable. I did not know that Ultra-ATA cables were a thing. I see about acquiring one of those now that I know they exist

OK, so I was right the first time: My Ultra ATA connector is the one that causes problems when there is a disk attached to it. I/O errors, errors when formatting from disk utility, etc

Wait, huge development: I am possibly just an idiot Which bus is the boot drive intended to be attached to? The one one near the Airport card, or the one near the PCI slots? When I bought this thing, there was drive mounted to the bottom of the case on a plate and attached to the bus near the...

I have a strange issue with a Quicksilver G4, and I am wondering if any of you guys might have some insight. I can only boot from an HDD when it is attached to the ATA bus that is usually used for the optical drive. When a drive is plugged into the other bus (the one near where the HDD is...