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    New Problem - When Attempting to Test Floppy Drive, Mac Plus Crashed; Rebooting, both with FDD Cable attached and without FDD Cable attached, No Start

    Hi, again (and again): While testing different fixes for the defective ejection mechanism on the Mac Plus FDD, at one point the Mac Plus crashed. When I tried to reboot, both with FDD cable attached and, then, again, separately, without FDD cable attached, Mac Plus refused to boot, instead...
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    Remaining Problems: Mac Plus -- The 800k Internal Floppy Drive

    Hi Folks! It's me again. Well, all your advice was great, and it really helped me get this far. But I have one more issue to resolve before I can fully reassemble the Mac Plus I've been working on and put it up for sale. The 800 k internal floppy drive. First off, I've done absolutely...
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    Are There Foreseeable Problems (Currently) or Likely in the Near Future With This Analog Board?

    Okay folks: This is my first attempt to diagnose and repair (if necessary, but only if necessary) any apparent defective (or soon likely to become defective or fail) parts on a Mac Plus original analog board. Right now, the analog board is working (it's powering and providing signal to) a Mac...
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    Screen Craps Out But Only After I've Loaded Combined Update 10.2.8; Before That Everything Was Terrific.

    Hi Folks! I've got a new one here. My Late 1998 PDQ (233 MHz) G3 PowerBook (with a 60 GB IDE/ATA66 hard drive and 256 MB of PC 66 RAM) works magnificently on System 9.2.2 and 10.2. Everything works! The memory is correctly read, the system boots up nice and fast, the hard drive is humming...
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    Screen shifted very slightly to the left (?); cold boot starts quick, but reboot very, very slow; how to diagnose and fix a floppy drive that will acc

    Hi, I'm new to 68kMLA and I'm working on repairing my very first Mac Plus. I have three questions and would appreciate any help any of you can provide. Thanks in advance!!! 1. The Mac Plus screen, once fully booted is very slightly shifted to the left. You can see the entire desktop, but...
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    Apple OEM Seagate ST340015A in a G3 PowerBook PDQ 233 MHz

    Does anyone have experience with an Apple OEM Seagate ST340015A in a G3 PowerBook PDQ machine running at 233 MHz?
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    yellow transport sheets (affectionately known at the time as "the piece of cheese")

    I've been advised by another 68KMLA member that the yellow transport plastic dummy disk that came with a recent purchase of a used Mac Plus was quite valuable and that, even if I decide to send the Mac Plus back, I should think about keeping the yellow dummy disk or selling it. Can anyone tell...
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    Mac Plus - Error Code 017C01

    Hi, I just purchased a Mac Plus and when I first booted I got a chime and then nothing. No flicker or picture whatsoever on the picture tube. Also, the Mac Plus's floppy drive had one of those "phony" plastic place saver inserts in the floppy drive which did not pop out when I turned the...
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    How do I force my Mac Plus to actually, correctly, identify the size of the hard drive in my external PLI drive.

    Hi My 4MB Mac Plus says the external SCSI hard drive to which it's connected (the drive is an old PLI 80 Turbo (I've replaced the original Connor 80 MB drive with an IBM 160 MB) is only 8.6 MBs in size, when in fact, the drive itself knows its a 160 MB drive. How do I get my Mac Plus to spit...
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    Does anyone know where I can get 1 MB DRAM Simms, at 150 ns, 30-pin, non-parity, non-composite?

    Does anyone know where I can get 1 MB DRAM Simms, at 150 ns, 30-pin, non-parity, non-composite with 9 Siemens - HYB511000B-60 chips on them?
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