Recent content by Scott Baret

The serial number of your Plus is usually a pretty good indicator. If you've got one made sometime after very early 1987, it should be platinum. Note that the color of the key caps and mouse button also changed when the computers turned platinum.

Regarding Sound Manager, was anyone else a bit confused after installing Sound Manager as to why the "Simple Beep" changed on some machines? I know it did on my LC. I'm pretty sure I got Sound Manager with the CD-ROM compilation of SimCity 2000, though it may have come on some other CD-ROM...

7.5, to me, was always the ultimate bloatware. I never upgraded my LC to it even when it was new (it's been stuck at 7.1 for over 30 years now...imagine if Software Update was a thing back then, just how much nagging I would have accumulated over the years). Yes, the 190 does require 7.5. It's...

Kodak Gold 400 in my Nikon here. They were out of 200 so 400 it had to be.

They do. They actually provide email service for Verizon customers who use an @verizon.net address. Both of my parents use this monstrosity of a service and complain constantly about it. I keep begging them to switch to something more modern like Proton Mail, but they are too set in their ways...

I know AOL phased out older versions of the client over time. As recently as 2001-2002 you could still use 2.7, the oldest version that supported the 68000 processor. I used to use it on a Mac Plus just for proof of concept. I just recycled all my old modems last week even before this...

Believe it or not, I had one of the newer ones (the II/L) die two years ago from a bad power supply!! I found a donor for it though; the donor had a good print head and power supply but must have been in some bad conditions based on the plastics and the fact the foam inside was disintegrating...

Having some major Personal LaserWriter NTR woes here!! First, the paper almost ALWAYS jams. I've tried thicker paper (i.e. resume paper) and it works a little better, but I just can't get this to feed nicely. Based on some feedback I've gotten, this is almost certainly the rollers going. I'm...

For years, I've had this oddball system sitting around. I decided to crack it open tonight. This is the result of my findings. Any theories as to its origin?

When I dabbled with C++ over 20 years ago, I used CodeWarrior. If something as good as CodeWarrior existed for OS X, I might have actually enjoyed programming more. It was a great compiler to learn on.

Following. I have an IWII doing this right now (it also isn't pressing well against the page even with a new ribbon). I'm probably going to make it a long-term project and put its PSU into my IWII with a good print head, but it would be great to get it up and running as a functional spare/extra...

My iBook developed this just recently. I want nothing more than to repair it. Is anyone out there skilled in the polarizer film replacement? Also, how hard is it to check the brand of the display? Even if I go the polarizer film route, I might have to get a spare display as a backup.

Following. I have a similar problem with a Mac Classic, which has about a 1 in 5 chance of having its clock run upon startup and a 4 in 5 chance of it being stuck at whatever it's set to (either the default 1-1-04 at 12AM or whatever it gets changed to in the General control panel). I know the...

I had this happen on a 4/600 once and new toner would only be good for so long before it did this. It's a common problem.

I've had some interesting cycles myself. I go a long way back with these computers, having used them when they were current, then picking up some machines when they were cheap for fun. The idea for the lab actually came a long time ago, back when I was in school, since I always felt it would...