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Thank you all for confirming what I suspected. At least this means the video circuits on the three compact macs I tested yesterday didn't spontaneously break! I wonder why I only noticed this flickering effect now, despite having used compact macs for many years? I had assumed that 60hz was way...

It's been a few months since I last used one of my classic Mac's CRTs, but I fired up several today and noticed that the screens all flicker slightly. I can only see this flickering in my peripheral vision, not when I look at the screens dead on. As I found the same effect on three different...

Thank you @Mk.558! I imaged a 2GB SD card with the A/UX image you made and it worked straight out of the box! I am looking forward to having lots of fun with A/UX 2.0.0 now :) I am using a SCSI2SD 5.1 rather than a BlueSCSI, but I just used dd to copy the .hda file to my SD card and that worked...

I am also trying to install A/UX 2.0.0 on my SE/30 right now, but am confused about the process. Ideally, I'd like to do this only using my SCSI2SD 5.1 as I don't have a SCSI CD drive, and would like to avoid burning a dozen 800k floppy disks if I don't have to. I am struggling to find a copy...

Cool project! Do you know if this PCB is compatible with all models of iMac G4, or only specific ones? Does using converter PCB mean that no wires need to be cut during the iMac conversion process? It sounds like I would need to desolder the SMD connector from my iMac's logic board and then...

I just took my old LED driver board mod apart and reconfigured it to match the plans posted by @AEChadwick. So far, so good! It all seems to be working perfectly --much better than the previous mod revision, with seemingly none of the old drawbacks. A big thank you to @AEChadwick for sharing all...

This is excellent! I haven't given this new version of the mod a shot yet because my iBook is still recovering from a partially finished XGA mod. BTW, I saw your post on another forum about the fully upgraded iBook you've built and I'm very impressed! I hope to get my clamshell to a similar...

Fantastic! I look forward to trying this out!

Great work! I'll have to play around with this at some point! Two questions: Does this version of the mod fix the issue where the brightness gets sort of "jumpy" as you go between the levels? I remember my mod idea from 2021 wasn't perfect because the brightness would sometimes increase even...

I foolishly tried this in August without shaking the can of Brasso first, and it ended poorly. Very thin oil poured out of the can and immediately seeped inside the LCD panel and click wheel of my iPod. The moral of the story: mix the Brasso and pour it onto a rag first, not directly onto the...

Are you trying to run a modern speed test like speedtest.net? There is a ton of overhead in actually running the javascript and everything else online, so it wouldn't surprise me if the problem is that the G4 is struggling to cope with overhead, rather than actually having slow ethernet. The...

In the picture you posted, it doesn't look like the DC-in board is fully seated in its connector on the logic board. Did you eventually plug it in the rest of the way? The issue could very well be the power brick as well. I once had a power brick with a mangled connector, and this was nearly...

Great work! Another Macintosh Classic is back in working order. I'll have to try putting together one of these replica boards together once more are manufactured!

Here's another possible solution: let the mouse sit untouched for a couple of years. Some of my earlier retrobrite disasters (and successes) seem to have reverted to their prior condition after sitting for about six years in storage.

Where did you find this? Are they still available for sale somewhere? I've been thinking about doing a similar job to my battery-damaged classic board. I tried the same serial diagnostic that you did, but I couldn't get it to work either. My Classic must be too far gone. I think it might be...

I think I know which piece you are referring to now: https://www.amazon.com/USB-C-2-5mm-Emulator-Trigger-Laptop/dp/B07P81526M

I used a standard USB-C to USB-C cable, the same one I use to charge my Google Pixel phone.

Have you confirmed the serial adapter works with another computer? I think you can use a program called Zterm on a vintage Mac to test this. Another program that I used a couple of years back is called MicroPhone (I can't remember, but this one might be better than Zterm?). You should be able to...

Bummer about the wrong pinout serial cable. For the USB-serial adapter, I had success using a standard DB9 adapter with a second DB9 to DIN cable connected between it and the Macintosh. Something like this: https://www.amazon.com/PCCables-com-Female-Mini-8-pin-Male/dp/B00ALULFX0...

Great work bringing the power supply and analog board back to life! While the computer still isn't booting, we now know most of the main components are working. You should be able to use any modern computer and a USB to serial adapter. Something like a Unix/Linux terminal, ZTERM, or PuTTY...