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Does anyone know where I can buy a replacement J1 connector (one of the white plug in connectors, with four pins)? Mine has the classic burned out pin 4 that Larry Pina describes as the result of a C1 failure. He says it has to be replaced once burned,  but I haven’t seen one in anyone’s DigiKey...

I have a SCSI2SD and love it. The only annoyance is not being able to write directly onto HFS volumes in Sierra. A lot of my archive is stashed on my modern Mac, and the vast majority of the vintage stuff I work with is pre-HFS+. I can mount the various HFS formatted SCSI2SD volumes in my modern...

I thought about putting this in peripherals, but it seemed better here since this type of floppy drive mechanism is exclusive to the 128 and 512K Mac. It is also found inside the guts of M1030 400K external floppy drives. As posted earlier (see links in this post), I have an early 128K Mac that...

I was going to keep all my compact restoration questions in one thread, but then I thought it might be easier to get answers if I break them up. As mentioned in an earlier thread, I have a 512K board upgraded with snap-on RAM and SCSI boards, I think both from Dove MacSnap. Either it or the...

I am embarking on a long project. I have been trying to take stock of my inventory, and it appears that I have an even dozen of Compact machines, ranging from 128K to a mystic Color Classic.  The goal is to get at least one model of each generation working. I am now able to declare the 128K...

This topic came up in a thread that started as a conquest two years ago (I was crowing about finding a 128K mac in good shape that I was having trouble starting from the floppy drive) and turned into a longish thread on floppy drive compatibility. As I just posted in an update to that thread, I...

I feel like this must have been discussed somewhere, but I've searched this and other sites without much luck so far. If there is a good thread somewhere, please point me to it! I keep the main copy of my classic Mac software collection (images, sits, isos, etc...) on my 2017 MacBook Pro...

After seeing Rasmus post his/her recent thread on early Mac power cords, I was reminded of a perennial quixotic quest of mine to re-create early System software disks. (I use the adjective "quixotic" advisedly: my quest is most likely both fruitless and pointless. And yet, I joust.) I...

Been a while since I've had time to hang around here! I am playing a bit with my vintage computers again. I have a floppy emu and am rediscovering how much I love it. So much, that I'm seriously starting to think about buying additional units so that I can keep them permanently attached to...

Having just spent the last two days cleaning up a whole flock of fruit imacs (and I still have the later-generation indigo, ruby and blueberry to do), I thought I'd pass along what I learned for the benefit of others. Apologies if this duplicates threads elsewhere, I didn't find any on a quick...

Long story, bear with me. I am trying to figure out whether I'm looking at a simple fix (PRAM battery replacement) or a complete take-apart. I recently got a blueberry tray-loading iMac to complete my collection of tray-loading fruit colors (I fully intend to arrange them in a sunflower). I...

In the recent discussion about what replacement flyback transformer to buy, uniserver suggested buying a whole SE analog board for cheap and cannibalizing parts from it. I thought this was a great idea and I have my eye on a couple of cheap items on ebay, but in the meantime, it occurred to me...

I feel like this must be a really stupid question, but I have some old software on CD-ROM images (various kinds, mdf/mds, toast, etc). Was any software ever written that could mount CD images under System 6? Or am I better off burning a physical CD which I could try to run in my external SCSI...

I have a stack of floppy drives that need repair. Probably going to tackle it later this summer. A specific question for today, though: the 1.4 floppy in my IIsi recently failed, making horrible grinding noises (no doubt a gear issue, I'll check it out later). I thought maybe I could replace...

Now for the actual questions! The second Classic I got from Aoresteen also has some interior damage, as expected, since it too suffered a battery disaster, but the damage is far less extensive than the damage to my computer. What is the best way to remove corrosion? I've been using 99% pure...

I shared recently that I was having trouble opening up my Classic (thanks for all the help/advice on removing corroded screws) and suspected a battery disaster. It took weeks of experimentation and Home Depot visits, but I finally got the case open today (more by sheer force than with any...

Lately someone on ebay has been listing a bunch of keyboards with portions dyed in different colors. I think they look pretty cool, though I can't afford to spring for one just now, too much spending this month. I am curious, though, to know how difficult such a mod would be. Is it the sort of...

My Mac Plus makes a high-pitched singing noise/whine. It is subtle enough that it took me a little while to realize where the noise was coming from. It generally starts a minute or two after starting up the computer; if I leave the computer on for a half hour or so, it goes away. No unusual...

What do you do if a torx screw refuses to budge no matter how much leverage you use on it? I just tried to pull my Classic out of storage, which worked on last check. When I turned it over to remove the screws, I saw some corrosion on the lower screw nearest the power outlet, and the...

I read through the CRT guide that is stickied but I'm still uncertain. I feel like I remember this question coming up recently but a search did not immediately turn up the answer. Can I swap an SE analog board into a SE/30 (and vice versa)? I think I managed to strip the width coil on my SE/30...