Recent content by beachycove

Pantalk might work, except that it has a lavatorial ring to it!

I have a Compact Mac (or two) in use that I tend to set on an old biscuit tin in order to bring it up to a better height. However, for years I’ve been interested in the MacTable, as illustrated below. The key thing about this arrangement for me is that the machine is angled up rather than simply...

I came across this tonight on a gopher server and thought it was a hoot. Beatles spoof lyrics: Eleanor Rigby ------------- Eleanor Rigby Sits at the keyboard And waits for a line on the screen Lives in a dream Waits for a signal Finding some code That will make the machine do some more. What...

I can’t speak to complex component failure, which looks likely given talk of ticking. However, here’s hoping for something much simpler! 1. How long has it been left plugged in? The CC was known even 15 years ago to have a frequent oddity which entailed that it sometimes needs to be left...

AFAIK, the SW2200 is a serial printer, not a LocalTalk printer. There was a Farallon iPrint for serial printers and one for LocalTalk printers. The manual linked in the previous post suggests that the Apple-branded version was for LocalTalk (LT to EtherTalk bridging), so maybe this is the trouble?

Copland, completed.

I have to say that because machines are so often scrapped (bad plastics, hinges, old, slow, whatever), using a parts machine for parts seems to me to be a perfectly sane strategy at this stage; for the collector, it is simply giving the old machine a use. Don’t want to use your second 170? Buy a...

On.

Sounds like a bad battery, though having said that, I do vaguely recall needing to plug/ unplug/ quickly plug in again to get the replacement battery to charge properly, after which it has worked flawlessly. That must be 5-6 years back, but it’s still going strong. I’ve always assumed the...

Well, you need to install some networking software. Or check to see if the relevant bits have been deactivated in your systems.

Obvious question: You have set networking to the right ports?

Phht, adespoton…. Sure I used to try to pedal my bike to turn a dynamo to run my Classic to keep up with my pals, who had fast Macs AND actual mains electricity. Occasionally, lightning would strike and I could even see what was going on on the Classic! Otherwise, I’d never have known that I had...

Sounds like a HD issue to me. Are Master/Slave settings still okay? Maybe your original drive was Master and got removed?