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I want to replace the RIFA capacitors in a Macintosh IIci power supply but I’m having troubles finding components with the exact specs from my local electronics dealer. Is it okay to use caps rated for 275 V instead of 250 V? I know it’s normally okay to use capacitors rated for higher...

I think it's fixed now. One of the transistors on the interface card looked kinda strange. Upon closer inspection, I could see that the component had been replaced at some point. And the PCB had been slightly damaged during the replacement. I removed the transistor, cleaned the card and put it...

Yeah, belt is there and it spins if I move it by hand. My first thought when it started working (briefly) was that it came to life after I moved the belt/motor (after being still for 30 years...). I've tried that again but no luck. And the load-from-audio method I described actually causes the...

TL;DR My Apple II Plus goes straight to the basic prompt instead of spinning up the Disk II drive in wait of a floppy. The drive is just quiet and does nothing. I got it working for a short period of time, but then it died again. It has power though. Where should I start my troubleshooting...

Yes, I got 19200 to work, but it's from time to time... If I use ZTerm it works every time, but not with PPP. Sometimes with PPP it works on the first attempt. But sometimes I have to start with 9600, connect, disconnect, change to 19200, connect again - and then it works. 19200 just seems...

That's a shame! But also what I already suspected. ARA requires another Mac (or emulator) so you lose the simplicity with a headless Raspberry. I will still test @Realitystorm's method, it seems like a fun little project!

I've continued to experiment with different ways to network old Macs that don't have an ethernet port. Especially I want AppleShare to work. After a few days of tinkering, I got my Mac Classic (System 6.0.7 and 7.0.1) to connect via serial and PPP with Slirp...

That's an interesting approach. Did you make it work? I think the Basilisk route is a bit overkill to me. I normally use a PB G3 as an ethernet bridge to my older Macs, but I wanted to try the serial/PPP method as an alternative. But it seems I'm limited to a data rate of 9600 when connecting to...

Yes maybe you are right. I wanted to give this setup a try: https://metalbabble.wordpress.com/2020/02/08/the-final-frontier-connecting-a-macintosh-se-to-the-internet-with-a-raspberry-pi/ There it's recommended to use PPP 2.0.1 under System 6 so I never tried above that...

I found the solution. Seems to be localisation related. If I rename the system folder from "Systemmapp" (Swedish) to "System Folder" it can read the preferences and will let me use the control panel.

I'm trying to use MacPPP on a Mac Classic with system 6.0.7, but when I open the PPP settings I get this error: Then the PPP window goes blank. I tried with versions 1.0, 1.1.3 and 2.0.1. The control panel works under system 7.1 on the same Mac (tried with 1.1.3 and 2.0.1), but fails under...

Error on the client side (Open Firmware): 0 > boot enet:0 BOOTP failed : SERVER is not responding can't OPEN: enet:0

Anyone with experience netbooting a PowerBook G3 Lombard/Mac OS 9? I have OS X Server 10.5 running (in VMware Fusion) with NetBoot setup. I've followed this guide to create the Mac OS 9 .nib image and activate the old BootP service required for Mac OS...

With such big changes in Big Sur, it's nice to see that "Macintosh" is still there in Finder.

That’s what I’m trying to remember... I think I used the same neck board for the swapped CRT, but I could be wrong. 

I have one display with the same ghosting issue. I swapped in another display and it was fine with same analoge board/logic board etc. I think it’s the CRT itself. 

It worked, thank you so much!

Partitioning didn't change anything unfortunately.

Ah, didn't think there was a size limit, but it sounds very plausible that 4,5 GB is too large for it to handle. Will give it a try!

It's weird. It works just fine in the 6400 (I tested it again), but the SE/30 and Performa 460 refuse to recognise it. Think I'll just leave it for now.