Recent content by Sharkonwheels

I just swapped in a 6500/250 in my 6360 a few years back. Makes one heck of a "bookshelf server," replacing my old SE/30. The Apple TV card + remote was just an added bonus!

Well, I do have one of those RatShack electronic cleaner cans with the scrub brush on it. I could just scrub the life out of it and see.... Can't see any bad caps...

Onboard is soldered to the logic board, unfortunately

Removed the SIMM already, still sings. Unplugged the SCSI drive, same deal. She dead and need to be buried? Shame - I LOVE Q605's!

Got a (in my sig) Q605 - 33Mhz hack, full RC040, 64MB SIMM, 250MB hard disk, PDS etherent, I think MacOS 8.1 It was put away working about 2-3 years go. Pull it out, nothing. Dug out a good battery from my inventory (read: garage) and popped it in. I can hear the startup chime, and then I...

Had it for years.... many MANY moons ago, I was using TigerShark, but as years passed that name started getting used, so I tried to com up with another one. When I got my Harley in 1998, i tried coming up with names, and Tigershark on Wheels came to mind, and it was shrunk to Sharkonwheels...

They're around - just gotta know where to look. University surpluses are a great place, and gov surplus, especially NASA-type bases, as well... Mine works, it just, um, REALLY looks, um, BAAAD! Back panel won't stay on, and the plastic front is mostly off of the metal portion of the cover.

Name's Tony - I see some familiar nicks from other forums, which is good. I do IT in S. Florida for a cruise line, and have been into computers since early 80's. My collection consists mostly of CP/M gear, but I have consistently had some 68K Mac here and there forever. My current Mac stash...