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Since this topic was sort of hidden in the closet these days, I thought I would offer this opinion. Sometimes all of the above reasons are right, just at different times. I bought a 128k off of Craigslist after having bad to disastrous experiences with an SE, Classic, and Classic II. The vintage...

"Mac128 wrote: "Bottom line is, I nor anyone I have ever talked to has ever come across a 128Ke in the wild. This suggests that it was never supported, encouraged or otherwise acted upon, more than it was simply unpopular. After all, anyone who has ever used a 128K will bemoan the lack of disk...

I bought a System Saver for my 128k, because God blessed me with some extra funds and I am wondering when it gets here what I should do about my intended usage for it. Here it is: I desire oh so intensely to take it to people who need some convincing that God exists and might be convinced by my...

Well, I bought a 128k and have spent 19 months getting peripherals and getting it running like a kitten. System 1.1 Finder 1.1g with MacWrite and MacPaint is what I use over 95% of the time, and the other less than 5 percent of the time I use a System 2.0 Finder 4.1 MacDraw boot floppy. I was...

I know how you feel. I got a 128k on Craigslist here in Chattanooga for the same price (just without anything, even a complete set of case screws) and have been slowly rehabilitating it. One fellow who was new to eBay sold me an ImageWriter and then when I got some more dough he had an external...

My 128k, once I got it running, has been running almost perfectly for almost 9 months now. I have gotten peripherals for it (a M0110 keyboard with a separate cable, M0100 mouse-a Platinum example, but with matching holder, I haven't seen any more of those), a PRAM battery, a pair of OS floppies...

I entered my Macintosh 128k with original Macintosh rear bucket, serial number F4410PMM0001, original logic board, analog board, floppy drive, and CRT, and I did it twice only for it to disappear both times. I would wait for a month and it would go from being on there to not being there anymore...

Well, I must have really lucked up. My 128k was used at least relatively thoroughly by every owner (including one who wore out a pair of capacitors on the analog board and messed up the yoke connector solder joints (which I had to wait to fix, but I would occassionally turn the 128k on despite...

I found a nice website selling new copies of vintage Mac software for affordable prices. Seeing as how I have a 128k and was seeking the perfect OS for it, (and with you guys and or gals' excellent help got it happily working for going over 5 months now) I bought a System 1.1 Finder 1.1g...

How much exercise should a Mac 128k be given before it would be considered over-stressed? I want to use the 128k, but also don't want to stress it out and have to pay for un-necessary repairs? I just thought some of the brilliant minds on here might be able to answer that question based on...

God helped me find someone with soldering skills in my neck of the woods, and who would do it for an excellent price. $25 for the 128k and $55.99 for the repair since you nice folks had helped me successfully diagnose the causes of the issue (both the C1 and opposite side of the adjustment next...

In the case of the Classic and Classic II, here's the remote cause of why they act up so: Proximate cause is indeed capacitors, just like the killing of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Remote is that the Classic was made after Apple gave up all semblance of "computer as reliable washing...

While we're at it, I wanted to inform everybody that I had an old Apple II "MousePaint" mouse and it hooked up to the 128k and did everything I could get it to do with the horizontal deflection issue (which primarily is ejecting the boot floppy I bought for it.) I have not noticed any problems...

Bless you kind sir for correctly deciphering my second question! The part number does indeed check out as the original 128k board and I had no idea that my guess was so correct! All I had before was a guess, now I have expert information. Thank you again for deciphering my question in the way I...

OK, now that I have shown the pictures and given the information, how can it be that I have a 128k that was bought after the 512k was released (October 7th was the week my 128k was produced but the 512k was made starting on September 10th). How can it be that I have an evenly yellowed (so...

I do not argue any of your points in theory as being bad for Apple or not moving the platform forward. The only two points I was trying to make sure were not overlooked are: 1. Since you've changed everything else, removing HFS+ makes it only have one entirely superficial relationship with my...

I do believe when the A for Alpha shows up it is not necessarily referring to the Greek "Alpha" symbol but instead to a hexadecimal code referring to a specific location in memory. I learned to break hex code down like this: Digits 0-9 Letters A, B, C, D, (sometimes E as well depending on the...

I am extremely curious to know why, in a forum primarily geared to the Macs all the other forums forgot, and in a sub-forum on the oldest of those OLD Macs, you are arguing for (MODERN) Macs to remove the last chains of relation (so many have already been broken from the Classic to X transition...

The inside has been periodically blown out, so it has been opened before; but I do honestly think it's gotten more yellowed in the roughly two and a half weeks since I've purchased the 128k xx( (got it on Craigslist for Chattanooga, TN for $25, which is an absolute steal compared to eBay's...

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