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I went ahead and put all the confirmed details into this thread on The Lounge: https://68kmla.org/forums/index.php?/topic/55538-maccaps-not-responding-about-ongoing-work/ Mods please let me know if this should be moved elsewhere or if there are any issues with the content in that thread generally.

Given that the issue with Charles has sort of taken over this thread, would it be possible to start a new topic of discussion over in another board so that we can track MacCaps-related developments more easily? Would the Lounge be appropriate for this or somewhere else?

Joining in on the maccaps discussion, I had sent Charles a set of boards for an iMac G3 rev B - the analog, logic, and CRT neck boards - to diagnose a screen issue (possibly the flyback needing a replacement) back in late September 2017. At first I wasn't too concerned because it's taken two or...

I thought as much, but actually after doing some reading it sounds as though a common symptom of a flyback malfunction is that the machine tries to start up but then shuts down again after ~10 seconds. Is it possible that something else could be the culprit? In any case I'll try to disassemble...

On the topic of classic Mac game sound effects and music, I noticed that the New Order song "Confusion" contains a laugh at the end of the track that is the source for the sound that plays in Solarian II when you shoot a score multiplier: If the timestamp in the URL doesn't work, skip to 4:38...

I was running my iMac G3 when I noticed that the screen suddenly turned to grey (same as the default desktop color) and then faded to black. I thought maybe it had fallen asleep or something like that, and hit the power button which caused it to shut down. I started it back up again and it got...

All right I finished going through all the albums that were from the time period that Ambrosia was developing these games. I was able to find the following: Barrack title theme -...

I went through the full page of results and found the following: Apeiron bonus sound - "Psyched Up": http://www.killertracks.com/#!/browse/browsed-results.aspx?selectedLabelId=8&PageNo=4&SelectedCDId=3773 Apeiron game over theme - "Ma Yu Ra Pi...

Do what I did, start from the bottom of http://www.killertracks.com/#!/browse.aspx?selectedLabelId=8&PageNo=4and work your way backwards :p Given that these games are from the early to mid 90s and Killer Tracks was incorporated in 1989, most likely the relevant tracks are in one of the...

After some digging I determined I was looking in the wrong area, thought it was something like Sci-Fi or Fantasy but it turned out to be Broadcast News/Promo :p http://www.killertracks.com/#!/browse/browsed-results.aspx?selectedLabelId=8&PageNo=4&SelectedCDId=562 The actual name of...

Thanks, I think that's the right way to go! I still have to check further but in the interim I found the stage theme for Apeiron here (titled "Big Bugs"): http://www.killertracks.com/#!/browse/browsed-results.aspx?selectedLabelId=8&PageNo=4&SelectedCDId=574 Will post again once I find...

I was wondering if anyone might know this offhand. There's a sample of music at the beginning of Apeiron that goes like this (note timestamp - about 5 seconds in) The theme is only ten or so seconds long, but it sounds like it may be part of a longer composition. Alternatively, it could have...

Regarding removing the CRT completely, there is a tear-down guide for the tray-loading iMac G3 which could probably also be applied to slot-loading Macs if that's the one you have: http://cool-mac.com/imacquarium/other/imac_take_apart.pdf The tear-down starts on page 125 but the relevant...

A quick update, I finally had a chance over the weekend to look further into the neck board situation and was able to cross-reference techknight's answer with this guide which is specific to the tray-loading iMac G3 which I have: http://cool-mac.com/imacquarium/other/imac_take_apart.pdf I...

A quick update, I tried working again with the SE/30 a couple of days ago and saw that it was able to read and write to floppy disks correctly, regardless of whether they were authored by the LC III or external USB or were provided blank. I've checked every day since and the floppy drive appears...