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Thanks everybody. It looks like I'll have to bust out the multimeter and test things as was suggested. ... and figure out how to do that safely while the board is both on and flat on teh table. (an extension cable somehow for the yoke) But for now I think I may focus on other projects that are...

So I tried to remove the headphone jack before and failed. However, I tried it again today and it didn't seem that hard. Perhaps I cleaned the vacuum gun and it performed better. or maybe some fresh solder helped? anyways. headphone jack removed. and I cleaned up the little bit of corrosion...

exactly what cable did you scrounge around to find? As you can see in Stephen's instructable the connector for the cable is the same as phone headset cables. but it is not the same pinout. as such if you just use a phone cable you can short something out.

I've heard vinegar can be bad for electronics if left for too long? I've only used it for minor cases of rust that I can use a qtip for. is this a case where the logic board was already pretty far gone, might as well try to save it by soaking it in vinegar? Or is vinegar not as damaging as I...

I've set up my Quadra 700 to bridge LocalTalk and Ethertalk. using that hard to find control panel. I've sense moved so I'll need to resetup my network. at the time It was neat. I also had the a2server running in a VM on my 2013 iMac. and by accident I net booted my Apple IIe card through it. so...

When I tested the voltages before, I only did it at the flashing ?. so this time, I did it while booting via 6.0.8 floppy. and trying to boot a system 7.0 scsi2sd card. the 5 volt stayed around 5.088 or so pretty steady. the 12 volt one around 12.36 are these good numbers? If I run HD SC and...

I'm gonna throw my hat in the "too many categories" section. My feeling is the ratio of categories to posts in those categories is out of balance. I think I'm more in line with JCS and we should be adding subcategories when there is enough threads/posts to warrant it. as it is now, when...

I wanna say mine looks like that one. except the 2 buttons are on either side of the knob. but I'm guessing otherwise its the same thing? I just got it. so hopefully it lasts a while.

question, adding jumpers, or cards is one thing... What about swapping out the logic board? or just sticking a intel Mac mini in the case. I'm good either way. just curious. it SOUNDED like you were gonna be fine with doing ANYTHING inside the case. but then only talked about common upgrades...

Do you mean checking voltages throught he floppy port? If so i did. I should also mentioned i recapped the analog board... its totally possible i didn't do it right. Hopefully i left it better then when i started with. I *THINK * i also tried it on other analog boards.(like a 512k i'm working...

great video! very exciting and totally not boring content. ;) I have 2 Lisa's I got a few years ago that both have the square pixel mode. meaning they CANT run Lisa OS. They need a lot of work though. but I did pick up some advancements and parts for me to work on them. I just need to get...

I'm not sure what speed the ram was in the plus. but I replaced it with 80ns ram and had no impact. (it worked the same) As far as the tests I had the exact same experience you had. it reports as a 8Mhz 68000 but benchmarks has it run at 16Mhz. (interesting!) I'm not sure how much software you...

One of the big plus' for TD was that it wasn't on Facebook nor does it require a google account.. Although I do currently have a google account I'm trying to reduce my dependance on google. I would prefer to keep TD totally separated from any social network. as a user, I would prefer TD uses...

Yes and I don't disagree with your review. I think its fair. I was just trying to provide at least one positive aspect of the book. Not to invalidate your experience. I will say I had a ... completely different expierance. I didn't come away from that book thinking it put him in a bad light or...

I disagree. as far as maintaining, fixing, what software to run, etc. it has more inline with the old-world rom Macs. If you need parts you could take it out of one of the beige Oldworld rom powermacs. (I forget which one, but there is one that has the same logic board) For example, You would...

The software I found at Macintosh garden only went up to 2.5. I'm pretty sure thats the last one. There is a lowendmac review from 2000-ish that had them running 7.5. @aradiogurl I noticed on your twitter feed you had a Mac plus with brainstorm . Did you try running it with system 7 if so ...

I mean the tech is the same as a beige tower that was also sold around the time.

I think what I liked about that book is it didn't pigeon hole him to what he was in the 80's or so. At least it tried to tell a story about how he changed over time. we all change over time and are not the same person from one decade to the next. (or at least hopefully we are not) but so many...

I wonder if the the tube is just too far gone ? They are consumable products. Do you have another compact Mac tube you can try? Otherwise hopefully somebody else with more XP will chime in.