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  1. Stephen

    Color Classic Mystic Upgrade

    You two are starting to make me consider a takky mod.
  2. Stephen

    Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh - "Umbilical Cord" Documentation

    TAM Umbilical Cord I've documented the TAM "Umbilical Cord" for anyone who does not have a base unit or would like more information while debugging / repairing their base unit. All of the information is available in my GitHub repo. Connector Pin Connector Label 1 J2 Pin 7 AMP OE 2...
  3. Stephen

    Favorite commercially available coffee?

    I enjoy Equator quite a lot, their house blend is good. However, I’ve stopped drinking caffeinated coffee because the caffeine is absorbed like a jolt of lightning. I prefer Yerba Mate tea for a slow even dose of caffeine. On the topic of coffee, for years I would accept nothing other than...
  4. Stephen

    Soldering temperature

    I use RadioShack 60/40 Rosin (0.032" / 0.81mm Ø) (Amazon) at 400c with a conical tips (Amazon) on my Weller WE1010NA.
  5. Stephen

    Pantone Color for Mac Color Classic?

    I know it's not exactly what you're asking for, but when I was repairing a CC that had shipping damage I took the back panel to home depot and had them color match it. The results were excellent and the only problems I found was from faded spots in the plastic which I would not have otherwise...
  6. Stephen

    SE/30 volume not adjustable after logic board recap

    Did you wash your board in any way? I wonder if you inadvertently "sloshed" some tainted fluids into the amp / controller (I don't know which chip has this job).
  7. Stephen

    Macintosh Plus and M0110A woes

    I can't imagine there's a huge demand for replacement M0110A ROMs but I can definitely say I am very interested in seeing your results!
  8. Stephen

    No sound on Mac 128k

    This lousy scribble is the schematics for the speaker driver, I believe @JDW may have better schematics but I am not sure. Source
  9. Stephen

    My first Apple QuickTake 150 Panoramic Image - The Span of Autumn

    Looks great! Mind sharing where you had your prints done?
  10. Stephen

    Macintosh Plus and M0110A woes

    You may find my M0110 instructable handy
  11. Stephen

    512ke RAM upgrade woes

    To clarify, I mean converting an ATX power supply for use with a 128k/512k/Plus. As much as I understand, the SE & SE/30 use wholly different connectors on the logic board.
  12. Stephen

    512ke RAM upgrade woes

    I've used these in the past for the 128K / 512K. (mouser) (Molex 09-50-3111). I use one for my ATX to Compact logic board adapter which includes a breakout for RGBtoHDMI.
  13. Stephen

    Anyone want to pool some cash together for a Twiggy Mac?

    That's my first time seeing that — thanks for sharing!
  14. Stephen

    Flyback glue/sealer

    Basically a visual inspection — if I could see yellow glue I scraped it away. If I recall correctly, I used a plastic spudger for most of it and a flat head screwdriver for uncooperative spots. No chemical baths, just prepping the surface with 99% IPA. edit: It's worth noting, applying the RTV...
  15. Stephen

    No sound on Mac 128k

    Interesting, I see. I don't think there's any harm in cleaning the headphone jack (or outright removing it for testing purposes). If you're open to a little fringe experimentation you could connect a speaker directly to the connector on the logic board. edit: for clarification, the red circle...
  16. Stephen

    Quicktake 200

    I have a lovely Quicktake 200 and Smartmedia card but no way to upload the photos to a computer. I've purchased two readers — an old HP Smartmedia reader which turns out only supports 3.3v Smartmedia and a MicroTech CameraMate. Unfortunately, the CameraMate doesn't seem to power on, even with a...
  17. Stephen

    Flyback glue/sealer

    Here are all four sides of the "resealed" flyback.
  18. Stephen

    No sound on Mac 128k

    Exactly this. For some reason, I often find older macs have dead speakers (with no obvious sign of damage). I have a “new to me” 512k with this problem right now.
  19. Stephen

    Reinforce case tabs

    Not exactly plastic tabs, but I've used firm steel mesh (Amazon) to reinforce a shattered HD20 and can confirm it works quite nicely.