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Wow. It does look like a compact Mac!

What does the Soundbox even do?

Which means it is compatible with 400K disks too, but whether or not it requires an HFS formatted disk is something I do not know. The oldest 400K disks were MFS (Macintosh File System). Keep in mind it is possible to format 800K disks as MFS too. So if your drive cannot read any MFS disks...

Because the 5126 Portable I purchased was from a US-based seller, I decided to pay Thomas Andrews (Amiga of Rochester) to recap my machine and do trace repairs. Audio worked fine when I received the machine, but it does have noise issues described here. What I can tell you is that during my...

@Paolo B Because @Androda and @eric area not replying, I strongly recommend sending them both a PM.

I tend to agree with @Paolo B here. You've had it for so many years that I doubt anyone else out there would treat it with as much respect as you have. Perhaps that doesn't matter anymore because you are out of space to store it or now have a wife who is making certain demands. :-) And that's...

In terms of "practical" worth, it can be argued that pretty much all of our vintage computers from the 1980's and 90's are nearly worthless. But most people don't think along those lines. They tend to value machines based on what similar machines are selling for at any give point in time. For...

@Paolo B I'm terribly sorry to hear that. What baffles me is that this resistor mod is merely the addition of two 4.7kΩ "pull-up resistors." You are pulling the voltage level of those two pins on the PICO up to 5V through resistors. So even if the PICO side was completely ground, it wouldn't...

Sorry to hear nothing else worked. Desoldering that PICO is always a last resort, even if you have a good tool like the FR-301 desoldering gun. Honestly, until now, I've always wondered why I seemed to be the lone man on the planet with these oddball BlueSCSIv2 issues, mainly because I don't...

@Paolo B Thank you for clarifying. I am relieved that your Portable has not been affected. I see from your earlier screenshot that you have a version of BSv2 older than mine. YOURS: MINE: It is a fact that my 2023.03a version worked fine with the dual resistor mod. I actually did that...

Meaning, you disconnected your bricked BlueSCSI from your Portable and connected only a known-good and fully bootable SCSI drive to your Portable externally (no other SCSI device attached other than that external), and your Portable still would not boot from it? Also, can you confirm your...

We previously only had the French version of MacTest 2.0 on the Garden. And while I certainly have nothing against that language, it's not my native tongue, so I prodded the gang over on FaceBook and one kind soul whipped it out of his collection and uploaded it today. It's DL#3 here...

I deyellowed my Mac Portable's spacebar using this: • 3% H2O2 (normal drug store kind) • 1 teaspoon Oxiclean (boosts the H2O2 slightly) • Small transparent plastic container. • SaranWrap (as a cover to prevent evaporation) • Aluminum Foil (place shiny side up, under the container) • Two angled...

Regarding the Mac Portable, Kai, it could be that a lot of folks who owned them are no longer among the living. I remember the heyday with Dan The Apple Mac Man on EBAY selling Portables left and right for what was then considered to be premium pricing. Boy was I wrong! Today, EBAY prices are...

I asked twice about this... But I never got a reply. So, I resolved to figure it out on my own. It took a huge amount of time, but I did figure it out. Here are the steps to follow when you can't see "Battery" in your Apple menu while booted into System 6: 1. Download the Apple...

Thank you for mentioning that hidden trick. Unfortunately, that does not pertain to the AC Adapter, Battery or Sleeping. The trick you mention is only to prevent System "Rest" which normally drops the CPU clock speed down from 16MHz to 1MHz when nothing happens after 15 seconds. However, in...

The key to the Option key trick would be in knowing where and when to press it. Would that be in the "PowerBook" control panel?

My test is finished. My first discovery was that the "Battery" DA in System 7.1 doesn't look like your screenshot. It looks like this: So I booted into System 7.5.5 and found there is no DA named "Battery". That compelled me to reinstall 7.5.3. But even then, no "Battery" DA. I installed...

Indeed. It blows like a thread with few replies! (I get antsy when few people reply to important threads.) Thankfully, I am having an ongoing conversation with Gingerbeardman over on FaceBook, and he is proposing some solutions via KeyQuencer. We haven't gotten there yet, but if the work...

Indeed. There is no PRAM backup at all, which is unfortunate. But as @Androda said in another thread, that's because even if he did reveal the way to connect a battery such as a 9v (apparently there's a way, he's just not revealed it), the Portable draws so much current that such a battery (in...