Despite what is written in Apple's PowerBook 100 developer note, other sites indicate that the PowerBook 100's ROM is a newer revision than the Portable.
I haven't decided how I want to proceed. I accomplished the personal goals I had for the project:
1. Archive more of the file attributes than BinHex provides.
2. Make it work in all original Mac operating system versions.
3. Easily transfer individual files (screen shots, drivers, small apps...
Yes. Two ways:
1. If you have a terminal application running on a modern macOS system, you can transfer the file over the serial cable using XMODEM (on the modern Mac) to Tiny Transfer (on the SE/30).
2. Or, if you have a Macintosh emulator running, you can transfer the file from Tiny Transfer...
Well, well, well. I don't know what's up with LC II computers and bad 341-0476 ROMs. I had the same symptoms: no chime, grey screen, good voltages, oscillators good, ~reset and ROM OE good.
I played switch-a-roo with another LC II and found the ROM was bad. I burned a replacement with the...
Here is the software in BinHex format. Use BinHex, StuffIt, or Tiny Transfer to extract it. One control panel is for System 6. The other is for System 7. You'll get a cool rocket ship taking off when you reboot.
You still use the Monitors control panel to choose the number of colors. The 8-24...
Oh. You are not going to like this answer.
The 8-24 GC control panel is required to enable acceleration on the card. Your 'wicked fast' card has been 'average speed' for 10 years.
I can now confirm that all three of my cards display perfectly (at least on the Dell LCD) after the software starts, although sometimes they need a minute or two to 'warm up', during which the artifacts are easily visible. After that, perfect B&W.
I also was able to shoot a video that showed...
That's it. 8*24 GC v7.0.1.
I just tested from a cold boot. The software definitely fixes the artifacts on my revision A with 341-0812 ROM running on a IIci with System 7.1 w/System Update 3.0. I believe 341-0812 is what you consider 1.0 ROM
All right. I have some very weird news. I powered down and let my card and computer cool off. Then, I cold started. Lots of artifacts. I let it run for ten minutes. No improvement. I rebooted. No improvement.
I realized that I did not have the 8*24 GC extension installed. I dragged it into the...
I just found my third card. Sadly, not a revision B.
Your comment made me take another look. For my third card, the artifacts fade as the card warms up. That is, they are very noticeable at cold start -- even after reaching the Finder. After sitting for a couple of minutes, the screen looks...
I tried two of my 8 24 GC cards (Rev A, System 7.1. With and without driver.). In B&W, both of my cards display a blue artifact repeating across the screen.
I'm displaying mine on an LCD screen, which is likely why it looks different than your coloring. The point is, it sure seems like this...
I'm leaning against a VRAM problem.
Look at the areas of pure white and pure black in the windows. There are no missing or added pixels.
Look at the edges of thin black lines, such as the large square in the Monitors control panel window. The horizontal line is clean all the way across. But...
Got it. Well, the length of the file name is truncated to 31 characters before encoding in Tiny Transfer. So, that won't be a problem.
That's also supported. Tiny Transfer supports AppleEvents in System 7 -- and thus should be able to process multiple files at a time. Prior to System 7...
That's exactly what I thought when I was recapping/cleaning one of those older revisions. When I couldn't tone out the power-off side of the switch per the schematic, I ended up following the trace using the 'brush' method. That's where you connect one side of the multimeter to a metal brush and...
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