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I've been tinkering with and restoring a Mac SE (with two Floppy Drives and a 30MB Hard Drive) -- I got to the point where I wanted to erase the Hard Drive and reinstall (not my data, and the computer will eventually be offered for sale), but I have been unable to format the drive! I've tried...

I spent the weekend disassembling my Mac SE for a thorough cleaning -- clean and retrobrite the case, remove a small amount of rust on the chassis, clean dust from the Logic Board and Analog Board, et cetera. (Everything but recapping, which will wait for another day.) When reassembling it, I...

Are the badges held in with some kind of adhesive, or mostly just friction fit? I’d like to swap the somewhat-worn one on the front of my 512k Mac for the one on the back while it’s disassembled (much easier for me to replace at a later date), but I haven’t been able to get it free, and I don’t...

I have a 512K Mac that I am in the process of cleaning and restoring -- beginning with the M0110 Keyboard. Keycaps have been cleaned, it's obvious that the Space Bar has yellowed considerably, and I believe the rest of then keycaps have, as well -- to my eye, they are a very warm grey, darker...

I have a customer with a non-functioning Mac SE, who would a back-up of data from the Hard Drive. My understanding is that it powers on, but to a Sad Mac, and I do not yet know anything of the state of the internal Hard Drive. But we'll assume / hope that the Hard Drive is functional. I also...

I have a customer that is looking to replace a broken Display. I'd like to replace the entire part. (I have no interest in taking the Display apart to replace the LCD -- it's going to be enough of a process to get to the point of removing the Display.) I've had a quick look, and I can find the...

I have on hand two non-funtioning LIsa models. So far, I've not had the opportunity for more than a quick look at both, and I didn't have the chance to capture the Serial Numbers (though I'll try to do that later). The first had a Battery Pack which, unfortunately, had not been removed (I have...

These came connected to one another: The Cable is AWM E89980 CSA LL64151 (might to be a VGA Cable of some sort, based on a search for the product codes). 25-pin male connector on one end, with an 8-pin DIN connector on the other end. It was connected to an adapter with no visible markings --...

I've been trying to format an old SCSI drive from an unknown vendor (I've seen no badges or identifying marks), and I keep running into an error using SCSI Director that strongly implies a hardware error -- Sense Key: 04, HARDWARE ERROR. I have a terminator that came with the drive, but I have...

I have an Apple High Resolution Monochrome Monitor, which has a DB15 connector. It powers on, but I have nothing with which to connect and test it. (For context, these came with a non-working IIsi, just to give you an idea of the era.) With that, I've found three cables, which may or may not...

I've been servicing the 400K drive from my Macintosh 512K -- the drive spins and ejects (and the load and eject mechanism feels great), but it won't read any disks -- it spins up and ejects a disk almost immediately. I think I might have found the reason why -- the felt Pressure Pad is missing...

A Macintosh 512K has been passed along to me -- I had a quick look inside for obvious indications of damage, didn't find any (and the Logic Board seemed to be in much better condition than I would have expected). It powers on, but I do get a Sad Mac code -- 016AFF. I think I understand this to...

A functional Mac SE (FDHD) was passed along to me, and this has set me along the winding path of a restoration project that I’ve had in mind to try for some time. I’ve replaced a few faulty RAM modules to get it properly working again, and I’ve also disassembled and cleaned the Floppy Drive and...