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Thanks for all your suggestions regarding the drive - I had the faint hope that drive would do the job, but maybe it is worth looking into the scsi2sd. The keyboard is a Datadesk Mac 101. I'm not too knowledgable about keyboards, but It is actually quite nice to type on. And the key switches

Hi Nathanplus, thanks for your reply. I have scanned the drive using Lido, and it does come up with bad sectors and it also fails to reassign them, which suggests a deeper issue.  Formatting and initializing the drive using Lido completes successfully, but I get the same issue when trying to...

To give a final (maybe) update on my Mac Plus - I'm happy to say that with the great help of cheesestraws providing boot disks, as well as a new floppy gear from Italy, it's now running nicely! With the help of a raspberry pi 'round the back, allowing me to use a standard USB mouse: The...

That would be wonderful - Thanks again! It was running system 6.0.8, and seeing as the machine only has 2.5 MB of RAM, System 7 would probably be a stretch anyway. My hope is that having the boot disk will allow me to see if the SCSI drive is mountable - then I can go from there. 

In an effort to archive the files of the SCSI drive, I connected it up to my G4. This worked well and I was able to copy over all the files. However, connecting it back to Mac Plus resulted in a boot failure - I just get a solid floppy.  It seems like connecting it up to the G4 running OS9 has...

So the machine is up and running nicely. Managed to build a mouse using the Raspberry Pi and the code here (https://hackaday.com/2017/01/23/bring-a-modern-mouse-to-an-atari-st/). I'd quite like to upgrade to System 7 on the SCSI. What's the best way of going about getting System 7 installed on...

It did indeed have an operating system on it, so I should be good to go without a boot floppy.  Thanks again for the offer. If the hard drive gives up the ghost, I may come running. That device looks perfect - great build. I'll have a rummage around to see if I have one of those joysticks.

It lives!.... I finally got the damn thing to boot.  Switching around and/or cleaning the RAM chips seemed to do the trick in the end. The hard drive seems to function well. Now all I need to do is find a mouse - I'm thinking I might DIY something like...

WIll do.  I actually had some luck with the SCSI hard drive this evening - after taking off the enclosure, it magically started spinning.  Starting up the HD followed by the Plus lead to a Happy Mac... wonderful! Of course - the story isn't over yet. The Plus starts to boot, I hear plenty of...

Sounds great. Let me know when you're ready and I can message you my address. Thanks again!

That would be fantastic! Please, whenever you have time. More than happy to cover postage. I'm not too sure about operating system - System 7 should work well on this machine right?

Thanks for your reply.  Yes, it seems like making my own boot disk wouldn't be possible since the Plus is the only machine I have (besides a PowerMac G4). I'm in the UK at the moment. 

To update on this problem: It seems like it was the ROM.  Not having my own EEPROM programmer, I built one with an Arduino following this great tutorial (see youtube link below).  Reading the ROMs revealed som flipped bits on the 3420342a LO-ROM.  Using the ROM images found here...

Still no luck with the Mac Plus - bong, bong, bong. I have gone over the AB again, reflowing everything that looks suspect. Voltages still look good at the floppy port. I don't really have the kit to go poking around on the LB, but this may be what is necessary for this machine.  There are a...

The sound I am hearing is not a ticking, just a the bong over and over again.  I have reflowed J1 with fresh solder and cleaned the contacts. Still the same issue.  The issue seems similar to that mentioned here - where 'The problems was the two ROMs on the logic board and the JFET Q5 on the...