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macmedic replied to slomacuser's discussion 'Apple Constructed logo'19 hours ago

i have the current manual, but it is a document I can not share (legally) I have never seen a copy with the above, but I assume i have it on my old 90's reseller marketting disks. Maybe you need to look for those old disks

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macmedic commented on macmedic's photo 'Profiles'May 30

ha, there is a dead g5 enclosure behind them...i think it would be easier to hook them up to me alarm clock to be honest

Kendall Seabury commented on macmedic's photo 'Profiles'May 30

is it just me or are they stacked in front of a G5? it would be interesting if you tried to hook the up to the G5 :D

macmedic replied to Russell's discussion 'Mac Classic II issues'May 18

Classic II's are notoriously bad in my experience. I think you'll find you hard disk may be OK, does it "spin up". Drives suffer an issue called "stiction" after old age and not being used. The common repair method i use it to remove the drive an...

macmedic commented on macmedic's photo 'IIc with LCD'May 5

Yes, it does. the unit isnt turned on in this photo but even if it was you wouldn't see a great image, they are apparently notorious for terrible contrast.

Lim Thye Chean commented on macmedic's photo 'IIc with LCD'May 5

Does the LCD work?

Ken replied to macmedic's discussion 'WTF'April 26

Sometimes the right mix of photos and accessories pull in extra dough. Most likely the wealthy bidder is someone who doesn't want to go through the hassle of locating all the extras individually. eBay is wierd like that sometimes. I've qualified ...

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When did you get your first Mac?: 1997

How many Macs do you own?: Around 250

What is your website?: http://www.macmedic.com.au

Where do you live?: Sydney

How did you hear about RetroMacCast?: Leon / Apple Store Opening Sydney

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Lisa Long Weekend

So almost 2 years after i got my first Lisa, I've finally done something about getting them running.

You have to remember, 26 - 27 year old components are a bit temperamental, and I've had to do my fair share of electrolytic replacements in the Lisa and Profile power supplies, as well as the voltage regulator repairs I'll speak f another time.

So what's new I have learned this weekend,

a) At memory address line 240, the first 20 characters represents the serial number of the machine. There is… Continue

Posted on April 12, 2009 at 10:00am — 3 Comments

My Lisa Memoirs

The Apple Lisa II
By Adrian Franulovich 28/2/07

I recently purchased an Apple Lisa II for my extensive museum and cache of Apple Macintosh History. I originally thought I would steer clear of anything that wasn't mac related but the Lisa definitely holds a major place in Apple's history.

First of all some things I have learned to help make sense of the whole Lisa range.

Apple released a few flavors of the Lisa, the Lisa, the Lisa 2, Lisa 2/5, Lisa 2/10 and Macintosh XL.

Interesting things ab… Continue

Posted on February 10, 2009 at 7:36am —

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At 1:04am on April 22, 2009, macmedic said…: A friend in Australia recently asked where I got my Lisa's from. I purchased one from an ex Apple employee on eBay, he had other but they were not selling very quickly and I ended up buying 4 of the 5 he had on offer. I then recently got given two heavily damaged machines as spares, of the 6 machines, I have 3 that work, however, to get them going cost me in addition to the purchase price around $500USD plus about 50 hours of hard work. I still dont have a functional keyboard. Id advise, as long as you get a list with Power issues and a working keyboard, you should easily enough be able to get the PSU and Video Board repaired as they use fairly standard parts. Everything else is very specific.

At 2:05am on February 11, 2009, macmedic said…: Enjoy the platinum glow :P

At 12:18am on February 11, 2009, Kathryn said…: Yep, it is a great jacket!

At 2:27pm on February 10, 2009, Kev said…: Of COURSE you're that friend!

At 10:32am on February 10, 2009, MJJ said…: Fabulous collection! thought I had a lot!
Have you got them all photographed?

At 6:01pm on January 25, 2009, Kev said…: How did this site get my photo?! I was never asked to upload one!

At 1:53am on January 17, 2009, Kathryn said…: Adrian, It was great getting to met you at Macworld.

At 4:56pm on August 24, 2008, mac said…: Thank you for adding MacHEADS

At 11:32pm on August 19, 2008, macmedic said…: Yes I got the 250, the guy is posting it.. So finally I will have the entire DUO line up.. It only took 10 years.