Recent content by VicNor

Thanks! I'll try to goto the hardware store next week to find a spanner tool that'll work.

This bugger. How do I remove it? Is it possible? Do I need a special tool or is it bulted on so it's impossible? I've tried to lift it with a flat screw driver but that doesn't help. Or is the Papst motor on the Miniscribe constructed so you can only relubricate it if you open up on the platter...

I'm on the board for a non-profit that runs the everyday business of a photographic darkroom. It's IRL because it's "in real life", in the "meat space" (ie not cyber space). We're an association in the linguistic sense, but an enterprise in the legal sense. Swedish corporate law is a bit fuzzy...

No, I disagree. I'm on the board of a local IRL association. Having only three electable people on the board will open up to inter-personal conflicts if someone profoundly disagrees, and it's a democratic benefit (the board will seem more legitimate and representative) if more people are...

Thanks a lot! What kind of silicon do you use? Are we talking normal silicon you use when working on your car?

I got a machine with a good analog board, but the flyback looks a bit rough around the epoxy with some indication of arcing. I remember an old video from Adrian Black (Adrian's digital basement) where he talked about the epoxy on B&W Macs are absorbing moisture and that he replace it. My...

I kept a Miniscribe from a SE that I restored and sold off a couple of years ago. I've only got it to spin up twice - both involved that I "applied" oil (synthetic sewing machine oil and Singer super oil respecitively) to the stem of the centre spindle. Then I work it out like crazy. At first...

Keep on reading... "Still, the floppy would get stuck/stops half way when ejecting." Yes, I lubricated the drive in first time in July, then again in November because I got the tube with silicon grease, and again just recently. I cleaned the old lubricant off with an alcohol wipe and applied...

Yeah, that's why I swapped the entire gear box assembly to one from another drive - to eliminate a potentially damaged motor or residual gear teeth - and yet still got the same issue. I guess that I should try to move the SE's floppy drive gear box with the new gear to another drive to make sure...

My favorite SE has a floppy drive issue. That little cheese gear in the gear box finally broke. Thankfully I had a couple on order since the same gear broke on my Plus literally a month earlier. I cleaned the gear box on the SE's floppy drive, lubricated it with silicon grease - i've used...

I've replaced the second soldered on battery as well and monitored the battery level over time. 10-Sept-2023 upper --- lower 3,11 V 25-Oct-2023 upper 3,235 V lower 3,096 V 24-Jan-2024 upper 3,242 V lower 3,068 V Since I installed a second CR2032 holder, the battery drainage seems to have...

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I just finished swapping the orginal PSU fan for a Noctua (80mm, 12V DC, ULN) on my original and non-upgraded Macintosh II. When I did a smoke test the computer was dead as a dodo. The batteries read 2.48V (upper) and 0.87V (lower). I bought this computer from a friend and it was recapped last...

What?! :O Pics or it didn't happen

Fascinating problems. I got a SATA card coming soon for my G3, so I'm following this with great interest. Also, I believe that OS X 10.2.8 is the latest version that the Beige G3 will accept without any XPostFacto mods due to Open Firmware limitations. Installing OS X on these machines seems...