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  1. volvo242gt

    What I've received as of late...

    The aforementioned calculator on the right, with the HP 48GX that I replaced the stolen 48SX with in early 1995. I also picked up a couple Farallon EtherMac 10baseT AAUI dongles. One for the LaserWriter IIg (wound up picking up a IIg board, and a LaserWriter IINT that smelled less moldy than...
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    My Mad B&W G3 Setup!

    Not bad. Keep your eyes peeled for a Revision 2 board. It'll work in the early case. That'll get rid of the IDE controller issue. The main hard drive in my G4 is the Maxtor 120GB that was in my B&S (Blue & Silver) G3. Worked fine in that computer. So, that might be a way to get a larger...
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    Laserwriter IIf

    Yeah, it looks like it's related to the rubber roller. The metal roller works fine (shorted out the microswitch with the clamshell open and was able to watch it work), as does the rest of the drivetrain. I was able to manually feed a piece of paper past the roller, and then closed the printer...
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    Laserwriter IIf

    I'll check them out either tonight or during the day tomorrow. It seems like it tries to pick up the paper, but gives up and illuminates the paper jam LED. When I retired my original LWII, it'd feed the paper in an inch, then stop. I could sometimes get it to continue printing by opening the...
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    Laserwriter IIf

    lol, that'd do it. Some good news on my front. Recap job on the power supply got the former IINT (now IIg) up and running. I do have to get it to feed paper, though. Unlike in your case, the roller feels squishy and sticky, so...
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    Laserwriter IIf

    Seems we both are in the same boat. In my case, going to be swapping parts from the IIf to the IINT I picked up earlier today.
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    What I've received as of late...

    Another A9M0331 ADB mouse, and a non-Apple item, a replacement HP 48SX calculator for the one that was stolen out of my backpack at the Bellevue Community College cafeteria in early 1995.
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    IIci internal 1.4k floppy drive does not spin up nor seek

    The later drives do work mechanically and electronically. Issue is that the slot is too small to push the disk in all the way. Have to use another disk to push the one you want to use into place. Dealt with this on one of my previous Centris 650 machines that had a PowerMac 7100 style drive...
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    IIci internal 1.4k floppy drive does not spin up nor seek

    Hmmm, I'd be tempted to chuck the drive into an A9M0106 and see if it works on the external port. If it does, then you've a motherboard issue involving the internal port. If not, then maybe one of the motors on the drive failed, or another component failed.
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    What I've received as of late...

    That might be a question to ask in the hacks forum... The IIf, like the IINT, and IINTX, doesn't have ethernet.
  11. volvo242gt

    What I've received as of late...

    Picked it up today. Was able to get a paper tray for it. Seems like it's in working condition, so I should be able to connect it to one of my older Macs (in other words, everything except the MBP) and use it.
  12. volvo242gt

    What I've received as of late...

    Laserwriter IIf. Needs a paper tray, but otherwise seems to be functional. Probably will upgrade the controller board to the g version, so it can be used on our ethernet network, instead of doing localtalk.
  13. volvo242gt

    PB190 & System 7.1?

    You can trash the Sound Manager 3.x extension on pre-PPC machines. Super Tetris works fine on both my IIfx and Quadra 650, running 7.5 and 7.6.1, respectively. If the Sound Manager extension is installed, the game is silent. I've even run Arkanoid on a LC 475 under 7.5.5. Again, works just...
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    jmacz journey

    It may. Don't remember enough about my old 7100/80 when it had 8.6 installed. I do plan to upgrade to 8.6 on the current machine, though. Just have to find where I put the installation discs.
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    jmacz journey

    Thought about that a few minutes after typing my message. Did download the extension for when/if I get another G2 (PCI) machine.
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    jmacz journey

    Wonder if it'll work on my 7100/80... Am running 8.1, so it might. I'll let you know what I discover soon.
  17. volvo242gt

    Strange Beige G3 Tower with “Not approved by the FCC” sticker and black tape everywhere

    Blood rare or medium rare? 😉 The Beige G3 I had was a production unit, so 'twas not mine, @NoTrueSpaceman. It's possible that it was a machine that the late Chris Mitchell from RE-PC might've owned. I do remember getting a Piltdown Man prototype 6100 board from him in 2012.
  18. volvo242gt

    PB190 & System 7.1?

    7.5 is basically 7 Pro with some of the Performa stuff added in. Pretty much 99.9999% of stuff that runs under 7.1 also runs under 7.5, btw.
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    PB190 & System 7.1?

    As does the Quadra 630 and LC 630. Those require 7.1.2P, like the Performa variants of the LC 630.
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    Quadra 950 — Maximum bootable partition offset

    Yup, PowerMacs are fully HFS+ compatible and can boot partitions larger than 2GB.
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