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  1. JDW

    Hi everyone :)

    You are very welcome here, David. It's great to have you. Would love to see a photo of your signed-by-Woz LCIII.
  2. JDW

    Color Classic analog board connector is *very* sensitive

    Great to hear you solved the problem, but which tabs are those? The photo is a bit blurry. Maybe a shot of the full board would help put it in perspective. But regardless, I agree that a PROPER GROUND is critically important for those machines, and it's easy to accidentally miss that if it's...
  3. JDW

    128k MacSnap Reloaded video

    I'd like to mention that I watched the video in its entirety (as all good videos should be watched), and it was a learning experience because I never knew anyone had done a MacSnap SCSI Reloaded. Look forward to hearing if ROM-inator Resurrections by @Kay K.M.Mods will work with the MacSnap...
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    Synchr030/S 256MB SDRAM Accelerator for the SE/30

    The Synchr030/S documentation mentions a non-stock ROM as being very important, and in my video I stated it as being pretty much a requirement... "Required"? Really? Well yes, and for more reasons than just to become 32-bit clean. Because unless you want to sit through RAM checking for...
  5. JDW

    Radius Full Page Display for Macintosh 512ke/Plus - Cloning project possibilities?

    I read through this entire thread today. Curious what the use cases are for the card WITHOUT the full page CRT. Because those are extremely rare beasts that I don't often see. And if the intent is to use a modern LCD, is there any meaning to clone the card? I also wonder WHY there aren't so...
  6. JDW

    Synchr030/S 256MB SDRAM Accelerator for the SE/30

    I never tested Optima, so I have no idea. I searched the Synchr030/S documentation, but there is no mention of even System 6 or 24-bit addressing. I searched through past emails between myself and YMK (because there are so many), and I couldn't find "Optima" as a keyword. I then searched for...
  7. JDW

    Texas Instruments discontinuing a lot of IC's

    That's component U4D on the Mac SE motherboard. I've been using the SN75150P on my BOM and Mouser Cart, and currently it's not EOL'd by Mouser yet. The TI product page also shows it as "Active."
  8. JDW

    Texas Instruments discontinuing a lot of IC's

    Very interesting. I merely read the opening post where Kai said "any Reloaded boards" and just assumed that word "any" included his SE Reloaded board too. But per your request, after searching my BOM like mad, I do not see any reference to UC12 and UB12 or the SN75175 part number. So it would...
  9. JDW

    Texas Instruments discontinuing a lot of IC's

    Thanks for the heads-up, @Kai Robinson . I made an announcement on my YouTube channel via Community Post just now, linking back to this thread. Those of you interested in browsing the parts list for Kai's SE Reloaded build, note that my BOM is here...
  10. JDW

    What capacitors for 1.44MB floppy recap?

    Interestingly, I am not able to see your signature when viewing this page in Safari on my iPhone 15 Pro Max, as you can see from this iPhone screenshot... But I am now using Safari on my 5K iMac, running macOS Monterey, and I can see your signature now. I consider that to be a forum...
  11. JDW

    Uneven color tone on Color Classic's screen.

    Yes, screen adjustment every time you switch resolutions would fast become painful. But I do see merit in having the stock resolution because everything becomes a bit easier to see. VGA makes everything shrink down pretty small.
  12. JDW

    Uneven color tone on Color Classic's screen.

    What I show below is not irreversible. I would never reverse it, but I am mulling a change to the high voltage VGA mod so I can test the stock CC motherboard and LC520 motherboard. VGA mod for the Macintosh Color Classic (640x480) & Doping Mac
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    68040 CPU & Heatsink CLIP for Color Classic Mystic (LC575 Motherboard)

    In my application, I already had the heatsink affixed with ONLY 2-sided thermal tape (prior to using the clip). When using thermal paste, I’d like to say that I’m a big fan of MX-4 because it lasts for 8 years.
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    zzj video, booster 2.0 & synch030 on an se/30

    900 nits is pretty amazing, wow.
  15. JDW

    zzj video, booster 2.0 & synch030 on an se/30

    Which is really interesting because I've heard it's not an IPS display. Anyway, thank you for the feedback!
  16. JDW

    Uneven color tone on Color Classic's screen.

    @Paolo B You earlier said you have 3 of these machines. Did you do the VGA mod on any of them? If so, was there a change in the color cast, before/after the VGA mod? I wouldn't think there would be, but I'm curious nonetheless.
  17. JDW

    Uneven color tone on Color Classic's screen.

    These strips... I've never tried moving them with the machine on, but I suspect something will check on the screen when you do touch them. Just be careful you don't zap yourself if you do decide to touch them because the coil is nearby. Rubber gloves would be safe though.
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    zzj video, booster 2.0 & synch030 on an se/30

    As mentioned in my Synchr030/S review video at 8:55, you only need to solder on the ECS Tap daughtercard if you have NO PLANS to install an accelerator. You can install it and then just NOT connect the little wire leading from it to your Synchr030/S PDS card, if you have an accelerator, but...
  19. JDW

    Uneven color tone on Color Classic's screen.

    But is it really the CRT which degrades, or rather degradation of PART of the degaussing coil surrounding the back of the CRT, and/or the magnets in the vicinity of the aforementioned discoloration? Or would it possibly pertain the the Yoke board or its connectivity to the CRT neck?
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    68040 CPU & Heatsink CLIP for Color Classic Mystic (LC575 Motherboard)

    Forum member @jmacz and I have been exchanging PMs for a couple months, and he recently very graciously mailed me a few prints made with PAHT-CF — a carbon fiber enhanced filament. He offers 10mm & 11mm height versions of the clip on his Printables page here...