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I also had the Datadesk 101 for the MacPlus. As I recall there was an INIT for it so you could access all of the keys. I did use it with 6.0.8 I wrote a ZBASIC routine that was able to detect every possible keystoke with it. For the life of me I can't remember what I did with it. I must...

I think I do but I will have to wait until I get back to the states in July to check. Send me a PM to remind me to start looking.

The only issue with the Hyperdrive is it works with MFS not HFS. It has all those drawers on the DeskTop. When they first came out I was tempted but the cost was beyond my means at the time. When the Plus came out SCSI was the rage and Hyperdrive fell away. I don't know if they ever produced...

The US Copyright Office has consistently refused to register fonts. Typefaces are not copyrightable under US law. http://www.typeright.org/feature4.html

Don't forget that the internal drive takes up SCSI ID 0 by default, leaving 6 external devices that can be connected. Some Macs have two SCSI controllers. My PM9500 has two; internal and external.

The Q650 can not boot off a HFS+ partition but can read them under 8.1 With 7.6.1 you can not read an HFS+ partition The max partition size HFS System 7.1 and earlier is 2 gigs The max partition size HFS System 7.5.5 and later is 4 gigs.

I'd check the termination. Also what interleave is the hard drive? The Plus needs 1:3. What OS on the Plus? The LC? Good to read that you are making progress!

Pull the USB card and see what happens.

AFAIR Apple sold a 2 MB upgrade kit through the dealers. For 4 MB you had to by two kits. I priced the Apple kits in 1987 and orderd 3rd party memory as it was significantly cheaper than Apples. I went from 1 MB to 4 MB and thought I would never need any more memory than that. At the time I...

Not that unusal. Many motherboard mfgs simply leave off features to create a cheaper mobo. Lots of time you will see items listed in the docs as OPTIONAL. They don't create a new mobo design, they simply leave things off. The first iMac had the space on the mobo for a floppy drive port. If...

Thanks! I have one and may get another.

And if you have ever worked with an ATM, you know that it is impossible to 'crack' one the way John Connor did. When a card is inserted into an ATM, it reads the mag stripe on the card. It does not do multiple reads (as in hundreds) and the card reader can NOT accept the card PIN. The PIN...

RS had a series of them. You could program them in a BASIC like language. They were popular with engineers at the time. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80_Pocket_Computer I always wanted one but never did make the plundge. When RS closed them out I was too late and all had been snapped up...

Also, I remenber a DA that let you reduce the amount of memory in a Plus. Or maybe it was an app, i'm not sure. Anyone remeber it? It would date from 1985 to 1987 or so.

Reading the links Mac128 provided, 128K SIMMS do not exist. And if you mod a 256K SIMM you will get 1/4 the capacity or 64K. So assuming I can MOD a 256K SIMM to 64K, here are the possible capacities for a Mac Plus: 128k 256k 512k 640k 1024k 2048k 2176k 2560k 4096k So a 256K Mac Plus...

URRRRRRRR! I hate crushers! We just give our old computers to schools.

We all know that the Mac Plus will boot with 512K, 1 meg, 2.5 meg, or 4 megs of RAM. How about 256K or 128K? If I took a couple of 256 K 30 pin sims and cut the high address line, will it cut the memory seen in half? In otherwords, can I mod a 256K SIM to get 128K or 64K of RAM? If so, then...

Congrats! Keep 'em working! How much RAM does it have? You should bump it to 4 megs if it's not there already. Also use a screen saver. I use Pyro but there are lots other out there. As for the keyboard it is reapirable. Most likey it just has crumbs in it. You can GENTLY pry the key cap...

Sound like you need to terminate the hard drive. It appears that the CR ROM was terminating the SCSI chain. With external devices I NEVER use on-device termination. I always use an external terminator. That way I know all devices are free from termination and I don't have to crack a case...

What is the model number for the old Apple SCSI case shown in this video: When was the drive introduced? What was the original capacity? When was it discontinued? Looks like he put a USB or Firewire drive in the case. Thanks!