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Marchie Chaplain USA 911 Posts	Posted - 03 Nov 2002 : 21:56:17 This is for sharing information on books you've found useful in helping diagnose and solve problems. I'm includeing Title, Author, Publisher, ISBN and a short description. What books have you found useful? The Dead Mac Scrolls, by Larry Pina. Peachpit Press. ISBN: 0-940235-25-0 This covers quite a bit of material on fixing problems on: Early Macs Se and Se/30 Mac II ImageWriter I and II printers various external monitors floppy drives (includeing how to replace drive head without test equipment) LaserWriter/Plus/II-IINTX It does all this on a componant level basis, ie "X resistor on the analog board is bad replace with Y", or "Turn this variable resistor just a bit", or "The ROM chips are bas, replace them" Mac Classic & SE Repair and Upgrade Secrets, Larry Pina, Peachpit Press, ISBN 1-56609-022-9 Same kind of book as above, but with MUCH more detail on the SE and Classic family of Macs, Includeing fun things such as what to do when your logic board ADB chip dies (ie, replaceing it after you plugged a Keyboard into the thing HOT), replaceing keyboarad switches, why SE RAM Upgrades go afoul so often (it's the SIMM socket that's bad (resolder it! Here's how...), and how to do a full 800k -> 1.4 FDHD upgrade. Those are what I have right now. Any others? ~Chaplain Marchie Admin of The WonderLAN ~~"We are all Mad here"~~
maclover5 LC Doctor/Hot Rodder Australia 5830 Posts	Posted - 04 Nov 2002 : 00:28:42 Maclopedia, Hayden Books Great Book, with information on older machines (its dated 1996) thats useful to anyone, whether they are newbies or advanced users. Even comes with a CD. The Mac Bible - 7th Edition, Peachpit Press Sorta like the Maclopedia, but not quite. Guide to System 7.5, Don Crabb, Hayden Books Excellent book. A must-have for anyone running any version of System 7.5.x. This book covers EVERYTHING you would ever need to know about System 7.5, from navigating the desktop to using PowerTalk, AppleScript or getting a large corporate network ready for System 7.5. -------------------------- Give your dreams a chance.™ - Apple in the mid '90s Warrior maclover5 68k Macintosh Liberation Army Number of 68ks Liberated: 6
Clinton Full Member USA 700 Posts	Posted - 04 Nov 2002 : 14:46:51 If this one has not been said, I am shocked If it has, it is worth reinforcing The Dead Mac Scrolls, by Larry Pina, it handles problems from "my mac is beeping oddly", to "my mac is making a crackling noise and emitting smoke" that is THE BEST Manual in the world another indespensible reference for the steady-handed is a book on soldering CCC Lieutennant Commander (Pronounced Leftennant) 68k Macs Rescued: 2 Pluses, a 512KE, a Classic II, a Quadra 650, and a Quadra 660AV Contraband rescued: Power Computing PowerBase 200, and a PM 8600/300 Apple //s rescued: Apple //e
Marchie Chaplain USA 911 Posts	Posted - 04 Nov 2002 : 21:14:52 oh come on CLint! that was the book at the top of my post! `Marchie
Clinton Full Member USA 700 Posts	Posted - 04 Nov 2002 : 21:38:17 sorry, I did not read the thread, I was in a hurry so I just clicked the reply button on the title outside the thread. CCC still, that is a kickass book Lieutennant Commander (Pronounced Leftennant) 68k Macs Rescued: 2 Pluses, a 512KE, a Classic II, a Quadra 650, and a Quadra 660AV Contraband rescued: Power Computing PowerBase 200, and a PM 8600/300 Apple //s rescued: Apple //e
cory5412 68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms USA 4679 Posts	Posted - 04 Jan 2003 : 21:23:18 HAHAHA!!! OOH!! "Inside Macintosh" it's a big fat series covering everything from interface guidelines, some of it's design, printers, A/UX, fixing macs, specs, comparisons, block diagrams... if ONLY I could find myself a copy!!! by Apple and "AppleDesign" is just a must read if you want to know why your mac looks the way that it does, see some prototypes, and forerunners to the original iMac (they came pretty close before, when designing the TAM) - by some guy Official 68k videographer
maclover5 LC Doctor/Hot Rodder Australia 5830 Posts	Posted - 20 Jan 2003 : 19:37:42 Ooooh, I just remembered... The Apple Macintosh Book, by Cary Lu, Microsoft Press (!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?) A must-have for any 128k owner. Covers a lot of stuff, including history about the original Macintosh. Very good reading, and a very rare collectors item. -------------------------- Give your dreams a chance.™ - Apple in the mid '90s Warrior maclover5 68k Macintosh Liberation Army Number of 68ks Liberated: 6
~Coxy Leader, Tactical Ops Unit Australia 2822 Posts	Posted - 21 Jan 2003 : 04:35:31 101 Ways to Use a Macintosh, by Thornburg. A great, entertaining read in the spirit of the early Macintosh. ~Coxy - Leader, Tactical Operations Unit Mayor of NuBus City v3.0

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