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OK. Txs. I tried to add some drops of oil in the motor shaft and it seems that now the rotating speed is consistent... I even managed to boot once, but normally I get the 0F0064 error shortly after the happy Mac. I don't know if the boot disks I made are reliable, so I'll try to create a couple...

I did further dismantling and I’d say the rotor is not that bad… maybe the noise is just friction of the top side pad… I don’t know. Question… is it normal that a 400k drive spins up and down (almost to an stop) while reading, or maybe when there are read errors?

I tried to look for information about this, but I couldn’t find anything useful. I’m restoring a 512K which is good shape, and the floppy is giving me most of work. The mechanism was stuck and I managed to solve it. Now the disk inserts and ejects fine. But is too noisy when spinning. It...

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I made myself a quick&dirt solution for my 145B and now that I'm reading this post, I'd like to ask for some advice, in case I did something stupid or dangerous... This is my mastery job: For not making it too basic, I tucked a thermofuse (65ºC) in the sleeve. It seems to work fine, it charges...

Hello, I just got a 512K and I think your TashTwenty could be a nice addition. What would be the price of a full kit, sent to Europe (Switzerland)? Thanks! Pedro

Most has been said already, but just to share my little experience... I have a PB145B that I got for very cheap. I only had to change the screen caps to make it back to live. Then I replaced the soldered PRAM battery for a coin holder and refurbished the main battery cells with a cheap solution...

In fact the 145B needs an special memory expansion of 4MB. I tried first with the normal one of 6MB that @Siliconinsider sells and it didn’t work, but then Antoine replaced it by one adapted for this particular model (tell him you have a 145B if you ask him for one)

Yes, it’s glued. I used a cutter and some patience… the plastic is not too thick in the joint of the two sides.

I made myself one of these FPU cards and, apart of the fun of doing it, I didn't find much use for it. Do you know of any game (maybe some using 3D) that makes use of the FPU?

As I'm on the cheap side, what I did was to open the case, remove the old (and spilling) cells and put a 6V AA package on it. It only keeps the charge for well less than 30 minutes (I have a BlusSCSI), but it's just for the fun of having it on battery. (I tucked a thermo-fuse under the wrapping)

Not related to your issue, but I got the memory upgrade from @Siliconinsider and it works like a charm, as I wanted to use Symantec C++ that requires more than 4MB.

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Mine is 1.5 but AFAIK both problems: - No internal audio - Bad quality external audio Happen with all models.

For me a cheap USB sound adapter did the trick to have proper sound again in games and so on

As CRT I don't have anything that big, so I was just planning to use a Full HD LCD with one of these adapters: Checking twice I see now that the adapter supports 1152x870... I guess it's unlikely it would work for me.

Thanks, I saw this, but I'm not expert and I'm looking for the particular reference of the SOP package, as it's easier to solder by hand. When I made the 4MB SIMMs I wasted already some money because I got first the wrong package and I didn't want to make the same mistake again. :) Also...

Hello, I could maybe get one of these cards and I wonder if anyone has experience with it. In particular... Did anyone use successfully a VGA adaptor to connect it to a modern display? Txs!

Hi Bolle. I'd appreciate if you can give some hint on the right memory ICs to use to make 16MB SIMMs. Txs!

Hello. I know this is a very old thread, but posting here as I have exactly the same issue. My IW2 was working and while printing it made a nasty sound and then it died. When trying to powering on I have the same faint "zonk" and slight movement, but LEDs don't light up. For to try something, I...