Recent content by volvo242gt

The ADK would be more palatible if they'd used the Mitsumi switches from the M0487 keyboards. Some are tolerable as I mentioned earlier, others are as bad as a M7803. The DataDesk keyboards, while decent for typing were ugly as sin. An IBM model M looks nicer. My chemistry instructor in...

IIcx with a Q650 or Q800 board swapped in. Q700 style with an extra Nubus slot, and 136MB memory ceiling.

What brand battery did that damage, @joshc? Max-hell, Tadiran, Saft?

I wonder if the reset/nmi functionality can be added by using an iMac keyboard or an ADB keyboard with one of the USB-ADB adapters on the market. Those have the power key on them. Which is functional even on a Mac Pro (at least with the iMac 'board). Even the old Apple //e...

Maybe combine the 700 and 800, by taking a dead IIcx and a Q650 board. Have the Q700 form factor with three Nubus slots, 72 pin SIMMs, then, instead of a 40 MHz overclock, the 50MHz Quad Doubler, but maybe running at 66.

A couple months ago, had a friend in Portland grab an A1081 Cinema Display for me. We finally met up yesterday. Big improvement over the Dell monitor in image quality.

@xenocide21, any ideas?

No, I'm not... ;-P lol Sounds about right. 14 years ago, I wound up with someone else's basement filling. Was cool, but, too many machines. Even after I culled all the systems that had issues with them, I still had a huge pile of machines lying around. Eventually, I did get things under...

The LC II can also run System 6 (6.0.8L and P, of course), so there's that. Maybe downgrade it to 6.0.8L and turn it into your System 6 Mac. Also, if you get the LC top case and a second floppy drive, then add the internal connector, you could have a rare dual floppy LC II. Install a...

M0115 does look slightly wider than a big box II. Personally, I prefer the M0116 "shorty" keyboard. Have one that I use with the Q650. That said, if I do get one of the ADB to USB converters, I may get a M0115 to use with the Mac Pro. The M7803 and A1048 "dirt collector" keyboards don't feel...

That is correct, re: the two batteries. As I've mentioned in the past, I'm less worried about the black Varta 3 volt batteries than the later 3.6 volt batteries. The 3 volt versions are made of the same chemicals used in a coin cell battery. Lithium Manganese, instead of the Li-SOCl2 Lithium...

@Mk.558 had the same issue with a BlueSCSI he was testing with my Q650...

Sourced a pair of 8GB SO-DIMMs off the 'bay for the A1286. So, it'll have 16GB. Probably will be cheaper that way.

Wound up trading the aforementioned A1278 to my client for the A1286 I'd fixed up for him last year. He's rarely used it, since it's bigger than what he likes. So, I have a good working mid-2012 A1286. I've set it up with the 1TB drive from the A1278, which has been partitioned into three...

The Mac Pro upgrade, successful. The A1286... Another problem child. Worked well until I decided to try upgrading the RAM. Popped off the bottom panel. Was greeted with rusty screws and corrosion. Cleaned the gunk off with some 99% IPA and some swabs. Did the RAM upgrade. Put it back...