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Oh man, that's super cool! I'd love to find a new FDHD kit for my main SE (which is an early 1987 version). Yeah it may be because it's an '020. But there's still so much cool stuff you can do with it! But the original LC is also an '020 and seems to get far more love than the Mac II so I don't...

Yeah, the original Mac II doesn't seem to get much love compared to the later machines, which I think is unfortunate. But, that means they are still quite affordable today, so that's a plus! Oh man I'd love to have that poster today! So cool you got to use a Mac II back in the day! I wasn't...

Completely forgot to mention the software I'm running on here! System 7.1 with the update 3.0 of course. Runs very good on here! I'm used to 7.1 on an SE so this thing feels blazing fast to me! And, I'm using my external BlueSCSI with WiFi currently for network access! I want to get a proper...

Thanks! Darn, I swear I had more close-ups of the board, but I can't find them! I'll check it again next time I'm in there for the part number. Thank you! The FDHD upgrade is so handy to have. I mean, I could live without it but it sure makes things more convenient being able to copy small...

I got an original Mac II and I felt it deserved its own thread! https://68kmla.org/bb/index.php?threads/finally-got-a-macintosh-ii.50395/

I have been thinking about getting one for several years now and I finally decided it was time, I bought myself an original Mac II! Should have done it years ago, I LOVE this thing! Here's a pic of the Mac II right after I had gotten it fully working but before I cleaned it. You may notice...

I was born in 2001, but man I sure do love 1980s computers! I wish I could go back in time for just a little while and see these machines in their heyday. :cool:

Finally got the WiFi Dayna port emulation setup on my external BlueSCSI with my Mac SE so I can now browse the web! It decently fast too thanks to the MacEffects accelerator I have in here! This is the SE setup I always dreamed of, and it's now possible at a very reasonable price thanks to these...

Hosiden - "Causing Mac users pain and suffering since 1987."

Certainly not a "skill issue." These are well-known to be unreliable and hard to fix even by very experienced people. Saying the problems people have with Mac Portables is a "skill issue" is like saying LC575s aren't brittle, it's just "people handling them wrong." Silly! I got lucky with my...

Yeah, it definitely sounds like the temp was too low. But going too high or too long can be a disaster too, as I learned with a previous 180... Got to find that sweet spot. But I think baking these will always be risky. What won't hurt one screen may ruin another. Oh, nice! That's really good...

I sold my mostly-working recapped 5120 in late 2022 for around $350 if I remember right. I do not regret that decision one bit either. The video cable was starting to fail also. I love the portable and hate it at the same time. Such a cool design. I think it looks amazing. But the unreliability...

I have good news about this PowerBook 180! In the months since I baked it, it has gotten better! I let it run a few days ago for almost 8 hours and just the very bottom left and bottom right corners had the slightest darkening. Not even noticeable unless you look close. The top corners were...

Late reply, sorry! It was actually fairly rare IBM PC I had been after. Yes, I'm a PC guy too! Vintage Macs and PCs are both far too cool to just pick one side in my opinion. :) Hah, no unfortunately. Maybe someday though!

I wanted to say that I actually ended up selling the PowerBook 180 I started this thread about awhile back! I had something else come up I REALLY wanted, and I ended up getting another very nice 180 that I baked and fixed the screen on which is my "main" one anyway, so I decided to list this one...

I'm happy to hear you have had success with baking and leaving the PCB attached as well. Trying to get those zebra strips realigned is a complete and utter nightmare so being able to avoid that entirely is amazing. That is a HUGE improvement! Very nice. Hopefully that little dark spot doesn't...

Yes, absolutely. But I’ve literally had people post on threads I’ve started about machines and question why I bothered fixing the hard drive and didn’t “use a CF card instead.” I think that’s so silly. For example, I had one person on a thread about a laptop I restored that just kept going on...