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OK, so I swapped the main board out with a known working one from a Performa 5500, and still no video. Is there another board handling the video out on the 6400? Could it be a wiring issue? Also, given it has PCI, I'm thinking I may just buy a PCI card with VGA out. Any tips on what a good...

FYI, I did get some fresh batteries in there and for the PRAM voltage up to 4.8, so I don't think it's a problem with the PRAM battery. Interestingly, I seem unable to zap the PRAM now, as I can hold down the Cmd-Opt-P-R and do not get a second boot chime.

I picked up a Performa 6400/200, my old college computer, off of craigslist. It had no hard drive, so I swapped out the hard drive for another I had laying around. Booted up fine, and I moved on to my final plan - dual booting Mac OS 9 and BeOS. I got the drive partitioned, reinstalled OS 9 on...

And.... just found this (which actually has the executor software for running MacOS inside NS): https://fsck.technology/software/NeXT/NeXTSTEP%20Applications/

Hey, fired up the NeXTStation this morning with the goal of trying to get it loaded with new software. Found a great resource. Loosely followed this guide to get ethernet working: http://www.nextcomputers.org/NeXTfiles/Docs/TjLs_Cable_Modem_Guide.pdf Also have some software available there...

I forgot to ask, where did you get the software you're trying to put on it? I can't find a source (something like macintoshrepository) for NeXTStep.

FTP?

Yeah, a NextCube or NextStation Color are on my wish list. I might need to plan a trip to visit VCF East. I worry how much that trip would cost me, though. :)

I saw this on Reddit () and realize I'm not really utilizing my NeXTStation with a clean install of NeXTStep. 1. I didn't realize there was a Mac emulator for NeXTStep. 2. Is there a resource, similar to macintoshgarden or macintoshrepository for NeXTStep? I've got a SCSI2SD in there and...

Not sure about the others, but I always enjoy a recapping video.

Yeah, the little adapters that allow you to put a CR2032 battery in the existing PRAM battery slot would be ideal, because it's not modifying the board, but giving you the same benefit of not worrying about battery leakage...

FYI, here's a picture of the case, next to a retro-brighted SE case for comparison:

I suppose I could put it inside, but it's my "Let's see if I can get this machine to boot" device. I have it in a 3d printed case with a portable battery pack and I plug it into devices as needed to test and /or load software on. I haven't tried the SCSI ethernet emulation on the CC, but I...

Looking forward to that video! I'm definitely going to be keeping an eye out on for a Mystic board to swap in.

Alternatively, if @JDW wants to make a YouTube video on recapping the Color Classic analog and logic boards, I'd be happy to ship him my boards as demonstration devices. ;)

Real-time update: I tool the board out to take a picture, and decided to see if bad RAM could be causing the problem. I also thought I remember the Color Classic having RAM on the board. So I removed both RAM sticks and put the board back in, and fired it up. The Mac startup chime was still...

I picked up a Color Classic this past weekend and it would not boot at all. However, the fans would power up if I removed the logic board and plugged it in. I started looking closer at the board, which appeared to be in pretty good shape (PRAM battery had been removed, didn't notice any damage...

The price of Jaz drives on eBay is about to skyrocket!

Ha. I was so focused on trying to find a dot or line on the board, I didn't look closely at the socket. And the chip has one corner that is diagonal as well. I'll give that a shot, and swap out the extension for the FPU version and see if I can get it to work. Thanks!

I recently got a MacSE and upon opening it up realized it had an accelerator board plugged into the PDS slot. It was labeled as a PerformerPro by Harris International. The hard drive had died, and I was unable to retrieve the software off a floppy I found included with the computer. So when...