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  1. beachycove

    Newton 110 bad recap job

    I would have thought so, yes.
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    Apple macintosh Quadra 605 not posting - no chime/video

    The machine needs a battery, or you can flip the power switch off and on quickly after the grey screen first comes up.
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    A hard drive fan definitely from a Quad is hard to find, so I am going to go for it. You just...

    A hard drive fan definitely from a Quad is hard to find, so I am going to go for it. You just don’t refuse manna from heaven when it falls. Just to be absolutely clear, this is the fan assembly that sits in the top right of the case for the hard drive bays, with a second fan that cools the...
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    Quad G5 hard drive fan/s; I am in Canada, A0A1G0 for postage.

    Quad G5 hard drive fan/s; I am in Canada, A0A1G0 for postage.
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    Does anything there still ‘boot’?

    Does anything there still ‘boot’?
  6. beachycove

    Laserwriter 4/600 PS with streaks all over printed page.

    I just checked out agawa, and unfortunately, they don’t seem to have cartridge parts like they used to. They do, however, seem to have new or renewed cartridges for the 4/600: https://www.agawa-shop.com/szukaj/74A/eng . Or you could try writing to them and asking about the parts. Most Poles will...
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    Laserwriter 4/600 PS with streaks all over printed page.

    Years back, I came across a company in Poland called agawa ( https://www.agawa.pl/ ) that sells all sorts of printer/ toner parts, when I was scouting out parts for a LaserWriter 8500. You might need to order 10+ blades, mind (assuming they have them). Also, these guys in Toronto are really...
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    Laserwriter 4/600 PS with streaks all over printed page.

    There are, I think, two blades in all toner cartridges. One is deeper in the mechanism. Maybe try the same with the other blade? More generally: Obviously, what we all really want is new material on the blade, or a new blade metal and all. Thinking about this, the rubber/ silicon/ whatever in...
  9. beachycove

    Is there a programming forum here for help using the Toolbox Manager and Quickdraw Manager?

    I have been around the 68kmla for nearly as long as it has existed, first as a lurker but for many years as a member. The attention given to coding recently is NEW and very welcome. Part of the OP’s question was, in effect, where do I put questions about coding? Mods, we need that topic. Coding...
  10. beachycove

    FPU, software, and a Classic II

    Very helpful, thank you.
  11. beachycove

    FPU, software, and a Classic II

    QuickSANE was described by its creators (back of archived brochure) as, “A control panel device (CDEV) that acts as a "traffic manager" routing SANE (Standard Apple Numeric Environment) calls directly to the MC68881/2 coprocessor. The result is that math-intensive operations are executed up to...
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    FPU, software, and a Classic II

    Sorry to resurrect such an old thread, but I have just discovered a Control Panel from 1990 called QuickSANE, which purports to be able to redirect mathematical operations from the 68030 to a 68882 in machines so equipped. Apparently the Mac OS does not do this (or much of this) redirection...
  13. beachycove

    PowerBook 180 - cleaning, restoration, and lots of testing

    The PB180 screen is jewel-like in its clarity, and as has been noted, a working one is a rarity. It is as easy on the eyes as any screen that has ever existed. Try it out in the sun — you’ll see that it is also just as good outdoors as indoors, and in fact in some ways it works better there, as...
  14. beachycove

    An unfinished story about SE/30, DNS and WebStar.

    I had a web server running on an eMate a few years ago, using (simple) custom css rather than the built in page. It too was unstable. I’m interested to see what you put on the SE/30 in due course.
  15. beachycove

    LC 575 with Broken Drive Bezel Clips, anyone have pictures?

    That’s been my experience with 575 plastics. Accordingly, and based on what I’ve seen, my advice would be, DON’T TRY TO DISASSEMBLE THE SCREEN! My 575 basically disintegrated when I tried. I’ve also seen a couple of LC630s that have been as bad — same era. As fly your broken bezel, glueing it...
  16. beachycove

    TWAIN (film) Scanning

    I would have thought that just having Photoshop 4 running on an SE/30 would slow things down mightily, never mind scanning into it. There is a reason DSP accelerator chips were developed (and bought at great expense on Nubus cards and the like) in the 68k era for this kind of work.
  17. beachycove

    Loosening Powerbook g4 Ti Hinges

    Old grease can develop a glue-like quality, which is what the problem seems to be here — the grease in your hinges has deteriorated. Old grease can bind to an extent that is truly remarkable. I saw it on an OMC outboard motor (another of my hobbies) a couple of years ago, where the throttle...
  18. beachycove

    Apple LaserWriter 16/600 hard drive upgrade

    PostScript LaserWriters with native IP networking like the 16/600 or the 8500 will print with all the bells and whistles and will work perfectly, but at some point (X.9?) it became necessary to manually add the printer’s ppd description (which is just a text file) to the list in one of the unix...
  19. beachycove

    Apple LaserWriter 16/600 hard drive upgrade

    I ask because I had thought the printer’s hard disk was used only to store fonts and things like letterhead graphics, but not to manage printing of multiple copies. I used to have a hard drive in a LaserWriter Pro 630 (similar to the 16/600 but AppleTalk only and 68030 driven). I didn’t notice...
  20. beachycove

    Apple LaserWriter 16/600 hard drive upgrade

    Was this done automatically or was there some software (beyond the standard software printing interface) that did the magic?
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