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I figured it out! I was actually able to tweak the file with ResEdit and DiskCopy now recognizes it as a valid image! I was then able to successfully make a bootable floppy from it!

Some more photos of the lovely 400k drive and an internal shot! I just can’t believe how clean and original this machine is! I actually think this restoration is pretty much done. I’ll get some more pics of the Mac reassembled. I have no idea why the drive doesn’t like some of my disks...

*First, I hope this is okay to ask for here, if not then I have no issue with this thread being removed! I have been pulling my hair out trying to find a good image for this. The main one out there floating around is packaged in .zip format and appears to be damaged, as NONE of the classic Mac...

Nice work! I’m currently working on one of these for a Mac 128 as well. Always makes me happy to see success stories repairing these. There’s nothing quite like the sound and experience of a working 400k drive!

Making progress on the 400k floppy drive from this Macintosh! I noticed the head movement was very stiff, so I removed the head assembly and cleaned all of the old grease off of the stepper motor worm gear. It was very thick and sticky! I relubed it with lithium grease. Head movement is very...

Thank you! Yeah, they definitely need some TLC 40 years later, but for the most part they are reasonably reliable machines I'd say. All the important stuff seems to hold up pretty well. Things like failing RAM chips are quite trivial in my opinion, but they can be a pain in the butt to replace...

I have a desoldering station so it’s very easy for me to remove them anyway. The replacement RAM chips should be much better than the originals too. If they fail again in the near future maybe I’ll consider sockets, but for now I’m happy with my decision.

Some of you may have seen in my finds thread that I am finally the proud owner of a bone stock 1984 Macintosh 128! Very good condition! First issue to tackle was bad RAM, which is a common issue on the 128k due to the high failure rate of the Micron brand RAM chips used. Here was the...

NO FREAKING WAY! Look what popped up in my saved search on eBay. It’s not just any Macintosh, it’s THE Macintosh! Completely original and un-upgraded! Made in the 27th week of 1984! I can’t believe I finally have one. It currently gives a sad Mac error, which is likely a RAM issue. It has...

Been letting the baked screen run some more today. Here it is after almost three hours! What a huge improvement. It’s 100% usable now, though not perfect. It seems like the tunneling doesn’t really progress much more once it gets to this point. I think I’m calling this one done for now! I...

Yes, just make sure to remove the backlight tube and defuser, and I recommend unsoldering the video cable connector too, as I don’t think the heat will be kind to it. This was nerve-wracking attempting this, but as I said it’s really not enough heat to damage the electronics, so it ended up...

That’s great you have two good batteries! Yeah, I’ve heard a lot about the hinges! Mine feel good for now thankfully, and mine doesn’t have much wear, so hopefully the hinges have decent life left in them. Mine does take FOREVER to start up when you first plug it in, and I imagine this is...

And here’s how I baked it, with the PCB attached! It turns out that you can remove the backlight assembly and then slide the defuser out from the side! This is very good, because realigning the LCD to the PCB is very difficult I’ve found. I also unsoldered and removed the flex cable...

PROGRESS!!! Baked the above screen for 5 hours at 212F, and here it is now after a full HOUR of running! I’m going to let it run longer and see how it goes. If it doesn’t get much worse I might just call this one done. I don’t want to push my luck and potentially ruin the screen baking it...

Yeah, it’s an incredibly well built and designed machine! And yep, 1024x768 is really great in Mac OS 9.

I actually just peeled the polarizer off of one of my junk 180 screens and held some film that I got off eBay up to it, and it looks really good! Looks just as good as the original, but the film quality may vary, I don’t know. As far as sticking it down, I’m not sure. Honestly I might would...

That is a very interesting idea! But yeah, I don't have a vacuum forming table either, so... Yeah it's unfortunate, but a worthy trade-off if you can mostly cure the tunnel vision for sure. And the polarizer film can be replaced anyway. Yeah, a little more baking at the correct temp and that...

Here’s a completely random eBay buy I made a few weeks ago that I really haven’t even messed with aside from making sure it in fact worked like the seller described. I’ve wanted one for years! It’s a PowerBook G3 PDQ! And a very well-kept and high spec one at that. It has the 14.1” TFT...