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    Apple II GS PSU US to EU (110-220)

    Hi, I bought an apple ii gs from the US. My mistake when I received it is to forget looking at moving from 110 to 220V :( When I switched the 2GS, I heard a loud noise as I think I killed the PSU. It's the Astec model AAI3581, no 699-0126. On the label it says that the input is 115V so I guess...
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    Restoring a Mac SE 5011

    Hi, I purchased a Mac SE 5011 as I needed to replace the floppy drive in my Mac SE/30. I'm trying to figure out if this Mac SE can be restored. The motherboard (820-0250) is in a fairly bad state since the battery leaked. I removed it and cleaned the board. It seems to be ok now overall. When I...
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    Floppy drive Sony MP-F51W-23 upper head doesn't touch the disk

    Hi, I found a replacement floppy drive for my Mac SE 30. It's a Sony MP-F51W-23 (MFD-51W-03) on the side that I took from a dead Mac. Using the cable with the red stripe, the drive loads and ejects disks ok but all disks are unreadable. I noticed the upper head didn't touch the floppy disk...
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    Radius DB9 64KHz Full Page Display on a Mac SE

    Hi, I just bought a Mac SE M5011 to restore which has a Radius Full Page Display 64KHz with a 9 pins port at the back: I found this software for Mac SE: https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/radius-system-software-v25, and DB9 to VGA converters online but I wonder if this will work on a new screen...
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    BlueSCSI v2 multi boot?

    I'm very pleased with my BlueSCSI v2. As a feature enhancement for BlueSCSI team, would it be possible & feasible to support a multi boot like Linux GRUB so a user can choose to boot with alternative HD0 partitions e.g. to switch between Mac OS 6, 7... ?
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    Mac SE 30 games crashing

    Hi I started playing with games on my Mac SE 30 with OS 7.5.3, 5 MB RAM, and BlueSCSI (Beyond Castle, Shufflepuck cafe...) For some odd reasons, games sometimes crash and I have to restart the Mac. What could be the reason ? Not enough or bad RAM ?
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    BlueSCSI v2 Wifi connection failed

    Hi I'm trying to set up the Wifi on a Mac SE30 using a BlueSCSI v2. I put my SSID and password in the ini file. When I start the Mac, I tried the MacTCP but it doesn't work. Looking at the log file, I'm getting the following: * ID: 4, Type: Network, Quirks: Apple .. Wi-Fi MAC: ... Connecting...
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    Advice on Mac SE/30 RAM

    Hi, After recapping the board, I have a functional Mac SE/30 with Mac OS 7.5.3 + 5 MB RAM (probably 4 * 1MB + 4 * 256kB) + BlueSCSI v2. I'm looking at options to expand the RAM using Connectix Mode32. Does it work without a Rominator ? I read it would let me support up to 128MB. What's the...
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    SE/30 sound issue

    Hi, I noticed that my Mac SE/30 doesn't play any sound. Here are the tests I carried: Checked the control panel to set the volume to max Managed to get the built-in speaker to work when connecting it to a different Mac SE When I use the audio output by connecting speakers or headphones, I can...
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    Reset hard drive with BlueSCSI

    Hi, Based on previous posts, I decided to replace my Mac SE with a Mac SE/30. I'd like to reset my Mac SE with a working HD which I took from the Mac SE/30 since I use BlueSCSI SD for the SE/30. When I boot with the HD on the SE or SE/30, I get a debugger starting message followed by the...
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    Netscape for 7.1 Mac SE and BlueSCSI v2

    Hello, I managed to connect my Mac SE to the Internet thanks to the latest BlueSCSI v2 DB25). I'm using Mosaic browser as I didn't manage to install Netscape using the provided drive or using any version from MacGarden. If anyone has succeeded in installing and using any Netscape version with...
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    Upgrade OS 7.5 on a Mac SE existing HD with BlueSCSI v2

    Hello, I bought a BlueSCSI v2 DB25 which works fine so far: I can boot with a pre made image on the SD card (Open Retro 7.5.3), except I have extensions errors so I need to reboot with the shift key. I'd like to update the internal Mac SE hard drive which has Mac OS 7.1 to 7.5.3 I downloaded a...
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    Help restoring a Mac Classic M0420: sad picture 00000001/0000FFFF

    Hello, I'm trying to fix an old M0420 Mac Classic. When I start the Mac, I get a sad picture: 0000001 0000FFFF I found the following page: https://tinkerdifferent.com/resources/sad-mac-error-codes.82/ Based on this information, 00000001 mean the ROM test failed and the sub code is meaningless...