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  1. Nixontheknight

    [Help] Macintosh Plus CRT Issues

    they usually happen around the main video connector, you'll see a ring around the joint which indicates it's cracked
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    Display resolution issues on b&w

    but at least your problem's resolved now
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    Display resolution issues on b&w

    yup, the wonders of modern VGA. Modern VGA monitors use an extra pin which powers a ROM on the monitor which communicates its capabilities to the graphics card or system
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    Display resolution issues on b&w

    weird, the monitor must not like anything that isn't remotely close to its native resolution
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    Display resolution issues on b&w

    hold command, option, p, and r on startup, once you hear the chime the second time, release those buttons, it should reset the resolution
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    Performa 550 unpreserved recovery partition

    imagine that on more macs, I know the Classic kind of has one with its ROM disk, but what about the other Macs?
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    Apple Keyboard ADB port broken.

    it's roughly the same as S-video, because I've seen videos of people using S-video cables with ADB accessories
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    Should I install 64MB or 65MB in my SE/30?

    indeed it is. Mac OS 8 does automatically enable 32-bit addressing if it is off, I believe
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    Hang on shutdown

    what you can do is hold down command and v, which will put it in verbose mode, which should tell you what's causing it to hang on shutdown
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    iMac G3 DV 400 with a rainbow display

    maybe a cracked solder joint on VRAM?
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    Gate Array Questions

    you're better off pulling one off a dead SE
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    I Bought 8 x 16MB SIMMs from tindie.

    let us know if it works
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    Macintosh Plus 68020 Accelerator Card?

    I wonder if the 68881 can be replaced with a 68882
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    Horizontal lines after recap

    I was also gonna say, SE/30s are picky about their RAM as well
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    Horizontal lines after recap

    then recap it, no wonder it isn't booting up
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    Horizontal lines after recap

    check the voltages from the power supply, a Macintosh will not boot up if it's below 4.9x volts
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    Tips for getting scratches out of G4 Cube and Studio CRT?

    cut & polish might work on the acrylic, or a buffing wheel for a drill
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    Ram 30-pin SIMM socket where to buy?

    I stand corrected, thx!
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    Ram 30-pin SIMM socket where to buy?

    those aren't being made anymore, you'd have to pull one off another SE/30 or iisi
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    SE/30 won't boot External BlueSCSI from cold BUT will boot off drive image from system picker restart

    does the same have to be done with 7.6 and 7.6.1? I know some hacking has to be done for OS 8 and 8.1 to boot, but what about the two other versions of system 7?
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