Recent content by GerrySch

Just wanted to close out this thread. I received replacement capacitors from Console5 and replaced all of the backward ones and the SE/30 is back up and running. I also had to add some bodge wires to fix a destroyed solder pad. I also started seeing intermittent noise in the raster so I...

Okay, perhaps you are right. I own an HP-85A computer that was made back in 1980 and has a 6" B&W CRT internal display, a thermal printer and a tape drive for internal mass storage. I also own external 3.5 and 5.25 floppy drives that are connected by HPIB to the 85A and they all still work...

Sorry, I've been very busy so I haven't had a chance to respond. I'm awaiting delivery of replacement capacitors and I hoped they would arrive before today and get my SE/30 up and running. But, the parts haven't arrived so I'm stuck. Oh, for the days of local brick-and-mortar electronics...

Thank you, jmacz. I've emailed Console5 for replacement capacitors and suggested the metal can types.

Great point Elemenoh! I found a set of schematics for the SE/30 MB and have identified 5 caps that are used to decouple 5 volts around the board that I replaced. C1, C7(blew up), C11, C12 and C13. I know where they are on the board so I can check them. Phipli, I asked the exact same question...

Good morning all. This is heartbreaking to report. I've owned a Mac SE/30 for the last 8 years or so. When I bought it, the motherboard (MB) had been recapped, the CRT was bright and sharp and still is. For the past year, I've been sprucing it up, like replacing the Sony power supply with...

Okay, I'll transfer the .vhd files directly onto the SDcard and configure them for their SCSI ID but leave the .vhd filetype. I'll let you know what happens. I agree that filetypes are meaningless in a classic MacOS like 7.x as that's in the header of the file, but we still work with modern...

Eric, thank you for your response. Would you explain your answer and what you mean. For instance, what is MiSTer FPGA? That's mentioned in the read.me file but I don't know what it is or what it means. It appears to be a Mac Plus emulator but that's a wag. Next are .vhd files. In the...

Good morning All, I hopefully have a simple and direct question. I downloaded MacPack from the BlueSCSI website onto my MBP. As suggested, I took the uncompressed, downloaded files and imported them to Disk Jockey to make valid .hds files for my BlueSCSI Desktop installed in my SE/30. Disk...

Steve, I followed your procedure above and I'm online with another, different drive image. I was able to open FrogFind.com in Netscape. Now I can do it myself. Yay!! There are a lot of files in the BlueSCSI PicoW Setup folder. Is there anything else I should install to enhance the Mac SE/30...

Steve, in two words, it works. My SE/30 is on-line. Now I just have to figure out how you did it. I removed the Mode32 patch. I also had to patch your disk image so it would run with a clean 32-bit ROM. After that I put my specific network information in and it hopped right on line. So...

Thank you Steve, that's exactly what I was looking for. My only question is that I have a clean 32-bit ROM (GW4402B) so I've never needed MODE32. Will this cause any conflicts? I'm assuming it will so, as a precaution, I will take the MODE32 file out of the active path just in case. Yes, I...

Steve, thank you for responding to my email. I don't think Eric meant to to say anything to upset me but I was left with a feeling that I needed to give feedback on but not blame. As far as trying to get my SE/30 online, this is my 4th late night trying to get this working without success. I...

The install is not working. First, in step 2, of Using MacTCP, I dragged MacTCP from :BlueSCSI Bootstrap:BlueSCSI PicoW Setup:MacTCP Setup to :MacOS 7.5.3:System Folder:Control Panels and now when I open it, it says 'control panel "MacTCP" could not be opened, because an error of type -39...

The truth is my first Mac was an iMac G5 running OS 10.2. Prior to that my first PC was an Intel 486 with DOS/Windows 3.1 because my work required it. Prior to that my first personal PC was an Apple IIe and later, an Apple IIgs. I have experience at mounting virtual drives but I have no...