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Moving on - my IIci. This one powers on and runs well, but won’t power off regardless of the rotation of the power switch and has no sound.  Odd artefacts on the screen when using built-in video on a portrait display at 16 colours. They seem to disappear when I change the desktop background, so...

Right. I’ve had a lot of these for a while, but I’ve only now caught my breath after having twins and moving house (in 2010...ahem) to start looking at them properly. First off is my Mac II upgraded to a IIfx. I don’t think this is very healthy. 

Thanks both for replies. Take the point on the wall wart, but like you Crutch I also like the original switch. Might give it a go without the fan. See if it kerplodes. 

A $5 DB15-13W3 cable (bargain!) and $11 worth of express postage and... Two from two! Yes! Nice solid images, no apparent burn-in.  So I've ordered the $40 cable from the States.  Oh, and the LC 475 works too.  This has been a good day. 

I’ve used the little mounting plate to sit inside the mouth of the tape drive case, which means I can access the SD card and USB port. Because I have it plugged into a Mac Plus which doesn’t supply termination power I’ve got it hooked up to the power supply of the tape drive using moles to...

Yikes, now I have to look at my NuBus cards as well. This is complicated! Luckily I found a guy in Australia selling one of the 13w3 single coax to DB-15 cables which should let me test the screens with a Quadra 700 — if they both work I can think about getting one up and running with my older...

Hmm. From http://www.retrotechnology.com/herbs_stuff/macmons.txt “ Here's my hand-traced connections for two of Apple's 13W3 cables. - Herb Johnson 590-0621-A - 13W3 with ONE coax connector, to DB-15 weight 11 ounces, 6 foot long thinner cable than 0615 590-0615-A - 1313 with THREE coax...

…which I don't. Damn, the things I've thrown out over the years... I seem to recall that the two-page display used a 13W3 with all three big pins, whereas the portrait display had some sub-set of the pins in it. Most of the eBay cables seem to have all pins. Anyone know if that's a problem? I...

With a bonus LC475 and a couple of StyleWriter IIs.  Seller said they power on, but couldn't test them. See if I still have a 13w3 cable...

Aha! That's actually pretty obvious now that you say it. Thanks Bolle!

Hi all Any idea what this switch on the back of my SE/30's video card does? 

For what it's worth I get around the shipping issue (to Australia) by using Stackry.com - there are a lot of equivalents, but they've worked alright for me. The reshipping tends to be expensive, but it's fast and reliable so far. 

Hi all just got my (ROM version 3) plus booting with the settings here: http://www.codesrc.com/mediawiki/index.php/Mac_Plus and two ~1gig partitions. Tried to format with HD/SC which failed verification. Lido worked. 

Hi all, Long time no see! Hopefully this hasn't been covered in detail elsewhere (I did check, but one can never tell). Has anyone got any experience with these...

Not been here for a while... I don't think this has been posted anywhere else. Via Daringfireball.net: http://www.computerhistory.org/highlights/macpaint/

Check this out: http://cgi.ebay.com/Apple-Macintosh-Video-Adapter-SE-or-SE-30-Model-2703_W0QQitemZ200333659617QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item200333659617&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A1%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A5%7C294%3A50 It's a cable...

Elysiom, if you're after early mac marketing material, go to www.macmothership.com - they've got lots and lots and lots.

Completely unnecessary and expensive at $40, but I didn't have one and it's got SuperDrive screen printed on the front. Yay!

I was surprised too, but it definitely wants a serial number. It rejected everything I put in there. I can always try manually expanding the .sits from the install disk - see if that works.

I'm not sure if this applies in this case, but I remember Arthur Naiman in an early edition of the Macintosh Bible saying that Mac II class machines would act as though there was a second monitor attached as long as there was a card in a slot. Initially I thought (without having any actual...