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Have you formatted this drive recently? -199 represents a drive map error. Alternately, try copying the files directly from the System 6 floppies to the drive. There is nothing to decompress on a System 6 disk so the files can be copied without any problems. If you have the 1.4MB floppies, just...

The tabs are along the grooves on the sides. You'll want to use a small screwdriver. To avoid leaving scratch marks, wrap the blade in electrical tape. Apple's ZFP SCSI hard drives (i.e. 20SC) use the same disassembly procedure.

Adding hard disks was always the way to go, but very few saw it due to the price unless they truly did the math and a little shopping, even in the very early days. Case in point: my Mac LC and its storage issue. When I got the machine in 1992, it came with a 40MB drive. That was the more...

A few second floppy notes: 1. The LC II lacks the connector for the second floppy but it looks like most of the framework for it is there. Other than the 030, extra RAM, and lack of second floppy connector, the most notable change on the LC II board is the fact there are pin connectors for the...

It should use the same cable as the SE. Mini DIN-8 on both ends.

Does the iMac G3 make any noises when the display does this? I saw (and heard) this problem in a Bondi a few years back. I'd suspect the flyback first but wouldn't rule out any component driving the video or on the analog board. Best to take this one component-by-component.

I believe the RAM is the same since they share the same connector. I'm not sure about video though.

I'm having this same problem with a recently-acquired CC. I do have two known good logic boards to pop in (a 520 and a re-capped 550), so I can test this hypothesis for you this weekend.

Popped a spare in and ran it for 20 minutes. No problems. The hard drive also failed to spin up two weeks ago. It worked fine today.

When I started the computer up, it kept restarting every few seconds and the hard drive would start to spin down.

I have an LC, both logic board and PSU re-capped, with a strange issue. The logic board appears to build up some sort of weird charge over time. It causes video interference over time and today caused the computer to short out while starting up. I unplugged the PSU from the board, re-inserted...

Monitors has an interesting history with the early versions.  If you put the Monitors cdev in the System Folder under System 6, it won't show up in the Control Panel on a black and white Mac. It does open on one in System 7, but won't do much unless you have an external monitor installed.  As...

LaCie certainly had some interesting designs. My personal favorite was the Backster, which mounted on the back of a compact Mac. (I've always thought that it would give enough depth, if modified, to fit the CC's CRT into another case while installed).

I have a 190 sitting around and while it currently won't boot up, it's not a terrible machine. I got one that was almost new a few years ago on eBay.  I always felt there was an identity crisis with the 190. It was some odd cross between the 520/540, 5300, and 150. The 100-series naming also...

In 7.1, it's simply Monitors. I believe 7.6 changed to Monitors and Sound. Did you find the model number of your monitor?

Truthfully, it's like Coke and Pepsi. If you can, try both and see which you prefer. Make sure you find versions that can run on your Mac though.

If it's an SE/30, which it definitely is, you need to replace the capacitors on the logic board. An SE/30 board will fit perfectly inside a regular SE. You may want to check your floppy drive to see if it was upgraded to a 1.4MB drive. Pop in a known good high density disk (if the drive is...

The SE/30 has been in demand since the day it was discontinued.  Look at materials from very late 1991 into 1992. The SE/30 was a beloved machine when new and was even described in one book as a "perennial favorite". This was in 1994. (Source: "Upgrading and Repairing Macs", published by QUE)...

Having been around these Macs since Larry Pina was writing, I can say that I've used Pluses with 4MB and no fan without a problem. The likely reason Pina writes this is because the Plus (and earlier) had no fan and were prone to overheating when used in, say, a 9-to-5 environment, five days per...

Are the key caps from the IIGS keyboard and the IIC interchangeable? Specifically hoping to swap out an option key for a closed Apple.