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The EIZO L365 LCD with a resolution of 1024·768 pixels might be a good choice. It is a multi sync LCD with dual input for digital and analog input signals and also with inbuilt stereo speakers. The case style matches a Macintosh pretty well. However, you would need Mac-VGA display adapter (as...

You may consider to disable RAM tests on startup: open the Memory control panel with Cmd-Option keys depressed, and the additional option to disable Startup Memory Tests is available for your choice. The impact on startup time depends to the amount of RAM installed in your computer. I...

My reply might be slightly off topic with regard to the SE/30, but probably it can be useful as well. Elfen said: »WARNING: If you use a 1400 Powerbook, put your hand a few inches from the port, when you eject, it will go "Ka-POW!" and the CF-PCMCIA Adapter will fly out of the machine! I have...

The ADB is tough. You might easily build a switch using any multipole switch with at least 4 independent contact sets. A switch for RS232 connections would do well after some rewiring. Just install appropriate mini DIN 4 pole connectors and you are ready to go. As the ADB supports parallel...

The LaCie Pocket Drive also works like a charm with a CF or SD card to SCSI adapter inside.

Might an 128 MB RAM work along with the 16 MB RAM?

Thank you for your rapid response. Unfortunately I had no success, yet. Brightness and contrast are fine. On startup a simple black and white pattern appears (like on the known welcome screen but without any symbol or message) and with one or a few vertical stripes in solid black. Reseating of...

Dear comrades, I liberated a nice PowerBook 1400c/166 with a VIEWpowr 1400/16, recently. The battery is dead. Without battery it will boot but the screen stays blank (gray pattern, some random stripes), no mouse arrow or whatsoever visible. The unit can be restarted or shut off properly using...

Great thread, Elfen! Everyone please consider to revise our Wiki article https://wiki.68kmla.org/SCSI_harddisk_replacement_options. There are also two other articles that might benefit from your care: https://wiki.68kmla.org/Using_flash_memory and https://wiki.68kmla.org/SCSI-IDE_converter. With...

If available cheap, consider to fetch a more recent i7 with 8 GB of RAM. Double check if the screens of all 11 inch versions are the same (they might be, as size and resolution have not changed since. You might frankenstein an old screen together with the mother board of a more recent version...

For advice how to properly disassemble the units make sure to fully read the appropriate manuals available at Ifixit (it seems the website sets automatically the language according to the calling URL; please set the web interface to the language of your choice.)

Hello, Elfen, I would assume a false seated or incompatible RAM or VRAM unit in the first place, a bad trace in the second place (only after reworking a damaged board), improper ESD protection or applying excessive heat to solenoids during service only in the third place. This third, less likely...

The LCIII also sports a socket for an 68882 co-processor. I got one for free from a dead PowerBook daughter board (it fits the socket after cautiously unsoldering the FPU from the PB's daughter board). After clocking the LCIII to 33 MHz the case plastics of this 68882 melted. I glued a heat sink...

Please keep in mind the Apple IIe card will solely be operational in 24 bit addressing mode of the host Mac's operation system! In the Wikipedia article on the Apple IIe card is a list of official compatible Macintosh computers. _If_ the host Mac supports 24 bit addressing you might be forced to...

The LC 475 can be operational without VRAM modules. Please look at my other post.

Once I configured a LC 475 as a print server, accessible from my PowerBook via LocalTalk. After setting everything on the LC 475 to work without any user interaction it was stuffed away without any keyboard, mouse and display attached. Later I noticed you even could remove the VRAM modules and...

Consider to upgrade to a flash memory card to SCSI adapter. Some options are ready available of you are willing to spend around USD 100. Such solution will provide a noiseless drive which might even give maximum possible speed. Please also have a look at this project.

Consider to try the screen capture software Snapz Pro from Ambrosia Software. Versions for Mac OS 9 should be available on request, still. Version 2.0 with QuickTime Movie capture will be sufficient for your computer (Snapz Pro _without_ »X«, of course).

Also PCMCIA (16-Bit, no Cardbus) to SDHC card adapters have been made, like the Delock brand adapters.

As for NetBSD I can not tell, but once I set up a PowerBook G4 to boot alternatively into Mac OS in two different flavours and into Yellow Dog Linux (triple boot). Any of the three installations worked fine and stable. I only ditched the setup because I simply had no use for it after some testing.