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@Kai Robinson I've never been ashamed to say I like Dark Mode, and I still prefer it to this day. However, for lovers of Light, there are definite benefits to the New Light Mode that should hopefully bring it out of Beta and into mainstream usage soon. Here's a side-by-side which helps...

1. Thank you very much for the suggestion of going with a clamp's "circle pad" diameter of less than 30mm. 2. As to C-clamp twisting pressure required, I will use "paste squirting out the sides" as my best guide (because that is easy to see), with the pressure on my fingertips being the second...

No need to connect floppy drives or hard drives in order to get the Mac Plus power supply to work. However, I have never powered mine without ANYTHING connected (which is called a "no load" condition). I know that the SE & SE/30 PSU works fine with no load. Voltages are a tad different than...

@YMK Thank you for the photos and detailed info. Does "finger tight" mean "as far as it will turn when twisting with all your might" or "turn it just to the point when it gets a little hard to turn?" My heatsink arrived this evening, and my goodness it's quite heavy! Yes, it is very finely...

Hello, friends. @ScutBoy, on behalf of the TinkerDifferent Board, posted this info a few days ago about where donations can be sent to support this forum. There is no obligation to contribute, nor is there any kind of pay wall coming. Ko-fi is simply a convenient way for anyone to show love...

With it getting closer to the time my copper heatsink will arrive, I wanted to check with you about the amount of thermal paste and glue you used, and the precise means of clamping. Did you put a green-pea sized drop of paste in the very center of the CPU, then apply a half-pea size drop at...

My guess is that ticking is coming from the speaker, and desoldering one of the speaker wires would be a quick way to prove that. But even if you did prove that, the fundamental problem remains. What specific components on the board are resulting in the voltages going up and down like that?

He painstakingly did a lot of that work as mentioned in his opening post...

I believe so because he said the voltages are "oscillating randomly between 0.5 and 1 V on both the 5 and 12V line." But the question is, what specific component on the analog board is causing the voltages to become like that. I told @Michelangelo that I suspect it's a diode and/or transistor...

@robin-fo & @retr01 I have been conversing privately via email with @Michelangelo for a while now about this problem and the Pina books have been discussed. Unfortunately, there is not a case mentioned in either of those books which perfectly parallels the problem he is seeing. I don't have an...

While that can be done, we must consider the inductive fan load. It would run right up against Spicy O'Clock, and over its wires. That is what allows me to overclock the CPU as high as 50MHz. So long as the fan doesn't induce any electrical noise into the overclocker lines, then it might...

I need to measure, but I doubt I'd have much more than 15 or 20mm of clearance above the VRAM SIMMs. Air needs to flow out the back, if possible, too.

Clearly, you are saying that using the glue is better than the tape because the glue will flatten out as much as the thermal paste will, thereby ensuring the tape doesn't rise up higher than the past in the middle. Understood! Sadly, there is no room for such a blower, as you can see from this...

Indeed. But because @Mr. Fahrenheit not only kick started this forum effort but also started this thread, I must defer to his thinking on those details. I look forward to hearing his thoughts. Also, I would find it rather hard to believe that none of the board members are aware of this...

Exactly. Why am I so upbeat and optimistic despite some of the reported craziness? Because I was told by one board member a month ago that there will be a vote. Even if he had not told me that, I would still expect a vote. That's how TD was established. Whether the same folks will run again or...

This thread has been frozen in ice for a while, so I'm guessing the answer is No. But my main question is, if 32-bit addressing compatibility is possible, why didn't Apple do that? It would have opened the door to them selling the IIe Card in even more Macs -- those models which cannot switch...

@YMK I don't mean to get too off topic here, but your earlier post really got me thinking hard about making the "pure copper heatsink" plunge, so I bought this 60x60x20mm heatsink last night: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003771391140.html The rather large 60mm size will barely fit onto...

I think it's great you offered pointed feedback. Thank you! As mentioned in my earlier post, when unflattering things are said in other forums about Admins or other people on control, the poster is either shutdown or subject to ridicule. Neither has taken place here. And what I am about to...

What brand and model number of glue and thermal paste were used? Can you break the glue in order to change the thermal paste in the future? The reason I ask questions is because I have been pondering a pure copper heatsink for better cooling for my highly overclocked 68040 in my Color Classic...

I wish to thank Drake, our moderator, for his work here on Tinker Different and for his kind understanding regarding this thread. I also wish thank our board members for their embrace of free speech, within the confines of common sense and reason. Numerous other forums would be quick to...