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FOR HIRE: electronics guru to build a kit
Started Nov 6
For auction - an empty iPod box!
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The 1980s was a period of the Hayes Micromodem II and Novation Apple Cat II. It was a period of the BBS and later AE lines and Cat-Fur/Disk-Fur. It was a period of THE SOURCE. Share your experiences in modeming on the Apple II.
I'm looking to hire an electronics guru who would build an electronics kit for me. The project is IDEFile - an electronics kit that basically takes an IDE hard drive and make an Apple Lisa or Apple III think the drive is an Apple ProFile drive.
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The 1980s was a period of the Hayes Micromodem II and Novation Apple Cat II. It was a period of the BBS and later AE lines and Cat-Fur/Disk-Fur. It was a period of THE SOURCE. Share your experiences in modeming on the Apple II.
Hi Bryan!
The first serious upgrade for my //c in the mid/late 80's was the Apple 1200 baud modem. I got this as a kid on Guam, and due to the heavy military base presence there was a good number of free BBSs to visit. I prefered the game boards ...
I recently discovered (while doing research for an article I was writing on the topic) that Apple actually lets you know exactly what the carbon footprint of all their products are. They recycle and minimize packing materials whenever possible. Th...
On my Mac II, what I did was cut the battery but leaving the leads in-place. Then, I soldered in-place a battery holder that I removed from a dead IIfx logic board, attaching the holder to the leads left by the old battery. I did the same thing on...
A challenge it is, but why should something out of a 630 interfere - they are TV/AV machines!?
This project can be one of trial and failure, but of course I wish you good luck.
If you're 100-percent sure it is the power supply, I'd consider servicing it. One idea would be to visit your local Radio Shack or similar electronic parts shop, and check with the workers there to see if they know of people who work on electronic...
It looks like one huge challenge is getting the right power supply - to increase the power to support the 5300 board. Reading around, if I use a low-quailty LC 630 power supply, it would cause video interference. The writer continues to say that a...
That is freaked out !
And the idea of adding a 500 MHz upgrade tops it.
Then this machine may have new cooling problems, but he will solve them.
Once you have the 5300 (about 100 MHz; the one I have is 94 MHz fast) in,
you may find a 275 MHz board...
I'll have to read more about the upgrade, but I think this kit is not exactly just a logic board swap upgrade. It is technically true that the board will not fit the current CC case, but I think that's why the kit includes the backplane replacemen...
This board will fit and work in cases like a 630 or 6400 (in a 5200, 5400, 6500) and all the others.
http://retromaccast.ning.com/photo/performa-fitting-motherboards
Since there are two different RAM sticks I guess your board has 48 MB (64 possibl...
Hey, everyone!
I created this new discussion to discuss the PMCC, rather than use the existing Color Classic broken logic board, which is still an issue I'm trying to deal with.
Someone on the other discussion reminded me of some stuff I might h...
Does your SE/30 have ethernet?
I currently use one of my SE/30s as an AppleShare file server, as well as an AppleTalk router. I boot my Apple IIGS using the AppleShare server. If you have an Apple IIe, you could install a workstation card and hav...
Any news on your Lisa adventure? I curious to see if your Lisa has the modified video so that it can run MacWorks XL with the 1-to-1 pixel ratio.
I received my Lisa 2 about 10 years ago from a friend who worked at one of the universities on Oahu....
Mounting a cheap LC/LCII board requires changes of the ventilating system, the fan has to be moved.
One of the keyboards (ADB ext.I) I have has only one connection working (the left one), but a Logitech mouse with its I/O connector works. Let's re...
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- At 2:01pm on July 19, 2009,
James said… - I lived in Mililani Town many years ago. It was between 1977 and 1980 and I attended elementary school at the time. I don't think I even knew of computers back then!
- At 10:23pm on July 18, 2009,
James said…
- Welcome Bryan! I once lived in Mililani Town not far from Pearl City.
- At 7:00pm on July 18, 2009,
Lars (WhyOSX) said…
- Hello and welcome Bryan !
A nice profile photo; what is it ?
And we are keen on seeing pictures of your collection !
Profile Information
- When did you get your first Mac?
- 1990
- How many Macs do you own?
- Over 50 models
- What is your website?
- http://www.macgeek.org
- Where do you live?
- Pearl City
- How did you hear about RetroMacCast?
- One of your podcasts mentioned my MacEnhancer page
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