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An update on the progress (or lack of) that I have made with this... I have still not received a response from Tim Cook. I was obviously not expecting him to reply personally, but I had hoped my message would be passed onto another department. I may try going through the "mainstream" Apple...

Managed to get it working - for some reason it decided to read on my PowerBook 520. I have no idea why, but have now made backups and copies of it.

Hi, I just received a boxed ThunderScan (the little device that turns an ImageWriter printer into a scanner) off ebay, but am having software issues. The 400k disk would only read in my Classic II, all other computers would say "This disk is unreadable. Do you want to initialise it?". Of...

Where did you get this information? I was not aware of this. If this is true, then great! That would basically do all my systems. Also, it has been a while and I have still not received a reply from Tim Cook. I may try going through the "conventional" Apple Support site. Has anyone got a reply...

Looking at the Internet Archive (archive.org) it appears that the links on the page had been removed as early as August 2013. I have emailed Tim Cook about this and I would encourage all others who can to do the same. If he receives enough emails about this issue then he may put the page back...

Hi, I was wanting to install System 7.5 onto a Macintosh Centris 610, but the floppies that I have do not seem to work (sometimes gives me happy mac, other times sad mac, sometimes does not read the disk at all). I saw on Apple's Older Software Downloads page that they have System 7.5.3 parts...

OK, time for an update. The good news is that all of these Macs (And another) are now working again. The two Macs mentioned in this thread had a surprisingly simple problem. All I had to do was unplug J4 and plug it back in again. The other one needed re soldering on J1. Thanks everyone for...

A quick update: the Torx screwdriver arrived today, so now I just have to find some time to take the Macs to my friend who is better at soldering than me.

I will do. Now I just have to wait for that Torx screwdriver to arrive!

Hi bibilit, Thanks for the info. Just to clarify, which Plus are you talking about. Is it the first one (which reboots as soon as it reaches the flashing question mark on a floppy disk), or the second one (which comes on, works but has two bands of horizontal lines moving up and down, then...

Hi everyone, I think that the Macintosh Plus has some loose solder connections somewhere because I managed to get it to boot for a few minutes when I slapped the left hand side. After a few minutes it went back to the non stop rebooting problem. I have ordered a Torx screwdriver from here...

Hello everyone, I have a Macintosh Plus that I got a couple of years ago. When I first got it I had a problem where I would turn it on, it would come on, get as far as the flashing question mark icon on a floppy disk, but after a fraction of a second on that screen it would reboot. It would...

Hi all, Recently I bought a Macintosh IIcx motherboard off ebay. I only got round to cleaning it a few days ago and then I noticed that the copyright date on the motherboard was 1988, which confused me because the Macintosh IIcx was introduced in 1989. Is this normal for all Macintosh IIcx...

Hi, I would like to fit my (non functioning) Macintosh Classic, with a Raspberry Pi, to use as a general purpose computer/server/interesting object to have around the house. I am hoping for it to look authentic as possible, so ideally I would actually like to keep the original CRT inside, but...

Hi, Just in case... ...have you checked that the brightness knob underneath the screen is turned up? I thought my Mac Plus was dead but it was just low brightness! If you have a slightly newer Mac, like the Macintosh Classic, then you can transfer files from a newer mac with Mac OS X onto...

Hi, Thanks for the help. As soon as I can I will take the Mac to a friend who has more experience than me with soldering. Will let you know what happens... Andrew

Thanks, but after reading your reply I am slightly confused. Should I reflow just the power connecter at J4, or just C1, or both? Andrew

Right, On which board would I find C1? And where would I go to get a replaccement? I have never replaced components on a Mac before but I think I have a friend who is more experianced than me. Andrew Oh, by the way, I have found that if you give the back of the Macintosh a small slap, it...

Hello, I have a Macintosh Plus. It has worked well in the past few years. Yesterday when I went and switched it on it worked fine for about two minutes but then a vertical line appeared on the screen. I have never had this issue before. Whats more, when I went and turned it on just now to...

Strange, My other Macintosh Plus (which thankfully has a serial number) was made in 1989, and has "Macintosh Plus 1MB" on the rear... Although I should mention that it is a "European Macintosh Plus"