Recent content by lilliputian

One thing to consider is that technically the rapport et al wasn't designed for system 7, even if it does sometimes work with some coaxing, so it may be prudent to try the SE in System 6 using the same hardware setup to see if that makes a difference.

If you look at the version history, complete HD20 support was only added with v1.3.2. That particular version is still lost, but we do have 1.7.1, so I would recommend trying again with that. Remember, 1.7.1 is just a control panel, so just toss that into the System Folder and you should he good...

PS, I disovered that the same drive mechanism ("BTM-F-660APA2") seems to have been used in a number of Akai music samplers including, at the very least, the Akai S-950. The manual states that it is compatible with both DD and HD floppies, so that's a good sign.

Hey @ESM-NL, did you ever try testing your HD-20 with the Kennect?

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PS, some photos for people to enjoy!

@eric Just got mine in. Before I do any testing, can you confirm the power settings you're using? Mine says 7.5VDC, but doesn't specify polarity or Amps (and of course didn't come with a power brick). I'm assuming center-positive and 1 Amp or so should be fine?

Potential candidates, if any, would be from EA, Microsoft, and Adobe, off the top of my head. But yeah, copy protection on floppies by that point was pretty much done by then. I have no personal recollection of any, but of course there still could have been some outlier.

Just purchased (very reasonably!) a beige PLI Turbo Floppy 1.4, excited to try it out! I just uploaded Turbo Floppy 1.4 Utilities to the Garden (which I'd gotten not too long ago), and there is in fact no driver to be found on the disk.

Thanks for the clue! Found a list someone made of various 5th stripe fusable resistors, and apparently a gray body with a white (or violet) 5th stripe corresponds to a Vishay fusable resistor.

Someone on ebay was kind enough to take a photo of the resistor at R4 in their own MacCrate for sale and shared it with me. Unfortunately, I'm having trouble making sense of the stripes. It appears to be Brown-Black-Gold-Gold, which would be 1Ω at ±5%, but there also appears to be a white strip...

I did replace the coin cell (such BS that you have to completely disassemble the computer to remove it properly...) I will try a PRAM reset, but presumably having a dead battery would be the equivalent, no? I did test the hard drive outside the machine as well, and it mounts fine on another...

I have been given a "Late 2006" Mac mini 1.83 GHz Intel Core Duo that isn't booting. When you plug it into power, the DVD drive initializes and the front LED begins to blink continuously. From what I can tell from the Service Source guide, continuous blinking is meant to indicate that it is in...

Great write-up! Is this something we should consider adding on machines that don't have it?

That's great to hear that there is an alternative to the Safts! As for the riser board, the II and IIx had the batteries next to each other, wheras on the IIfx, they're far separated. I wonder if that had something to do with it.