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Ah thank you, that's super helpful! Very cool to see "Apple Compatibility BIOS" on boot 🎉 Hm, maybe the hard disk image I grabbed online isn't set up correctly. The machine the card is in doesn't currently have a working floppy drive, but I will move everything over to my Quadra 650 and try to...

Update! The adapter has arrived and I've hooked it up, but I am not getting video out: 1. The PC appears to be running correctly, as indicated by the Control Panel 2. I am able to switch to PC with the hot key, but the screen just fades to black instead of to what I would assume is a DOS...

I am 90% sure that just copying the files should work! It's a super simplistic file system. And anyway, this is not a destructive test and there's not so much component tinkering involved, so this is where I would start at least. I also forgot that you can get a pre-made BlueSCSI with a system...

I've not tried something like this, but I think a non-destructive way to try is: 1. on a modern mac, grab some blank disk image files, I think I used these (hosted on mega, sorry if you get weird popups) https://mega.nz/folder/8hA3AQCJ#pWUq92L70yDXlogy9lk5Dg/folder/01hkVLoC 2. expand one of the...

These are super cool! I will take a closer look once I have the incoming display PCB - ideally I'd want to have all the stuff inside the chassis so it doesn't snap off if I need to move the machine around 😅

Update: I bought the machine! Since I had some questions I am gradually figuring out the answers to, I will post about it here - hope this is ok, and maybe it will be useful to anybody considering a similar configuration. 1. The card comes from the PowerPC 6100/66 DOS compatible. Since it...

Hi everybody! There's a PowerMac 6100/66 with a DOS compatibility card for sale near me, and I am considering getting it so I can put the card in one of my Quadra 700s. I did some research and it seems like it should work! But has anyone tried this particular combination, and is there anything I...

I'd recomment checking out DragThing if you want At Ease-like functionality for OSes pre 7.5, it rules! https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/dragthing-29

Do those IDE to SATA adapters work ok for booting into and running OS 9? There's a cheap G4 Quicksilver locally that I'm considering as an OS 9 machine...

This is really great, thanks a lot! I love this guys videos, it is very soothing to feel that it IS possible to fix these types of situations 😅

Perfect - thank you!

Phew, thanks for the tip and the reassurance! I am not sure what 'flowing the pad' means and I could not find a youtube video which shows how to do it. Is there some sort of procedure or is it simply "push it back down, then apply solder as normal and it will stick"?

I was removing the bad caps from an SE/30 board and I think I've torn a pad! It's still hanging on for dear life, but I'd really appreciate some advice about how to proceed. I'm still very new to this, but I can get some help locally if it becomes necessary.

Woaaa you wouldn't happen to have any experience or advice for recappng a Portrait Display by any chance? I am licky enough to have two, and one of them is pretty dim and out of focus 😄

Congratulations! And thank you so much for the capacitor replacement guide for the M1212 monitor - I have one that's really dim and has a brownish tint to the output, so once I get some soldering confidence I will have a go at replacing mine. The Centris/Quadra 650 is a great machine, and the...

Console5 delivers to Norway! Took a little over three weeks but that's hardly their fault, just customs and international shipping. I also ordered separately from Mouser before I even knew Console5 existed, they shipped from Sweden so only took a few days. But nice that I have some options even...

Thank you! I live in Norway so the market here is very different. Low population maybe means there isn't a critical mass of demand for these types of things, and the cold climate maybe has delayed the onset of serious logic board damage from battery bombs. I pay for it when I order parts, though...

No, this will be my first! I have watched (a lot of) videos, and have tested desoldering on some old junk PCBs I found on the street, but nothing with any real stakes if it goes wrong so far. There is no rush with these so I have time to prepare and practice - beyond my attic office being pretty...

Haha they were supposed to be my practice PCBs! Going to raid a flea market to see if I can pick up some noise-making toys or something to get started with.

Got a Mac Plus (beige) and a Mac SE/30 delivered for $60 to practice my repair and soldering skills on. Since they are already broken the stakes aren't as high, and I want to make sure my recap of my other Mac SE/30 goes well 😅 The Mac Plus does not boot - took a look inside and the fuse has...