macintosh 512k

  1. JDW

    [SOLVED] HyperDrive Mac512 is a Sad Mac 0F0100

    Folks, if any of you happen to be owners of a GCC HyperDrive, I would appreciate hearing your thoughts. Mine is a 10MB drive mechanism installed in a Macintosh 512K with 64K Rev.B ROMs, and has an internal 400K floppy drive. I made 3 videos about my setup in the past so by watching those you...
  2. JDW

    Apple Does It Again (reseller brochure)

    This is a 1984 brochure that I completely refurbished. It provides Apple product dealers and resellers with guidance on how to sell the Macintosh 512K relative to the 128K model. ⬇️ DOWNLOAD NOTE! To download the PDF, please click the blue "Go to download" button in the upper right corner of...
  3. retr01

    Mac N' Frost 🥶❄️💨

    One of the lesser-known compact Mac cooling fans is called Mac N' Frost. I found the Mac N' Frost interesting compared to the more mainstream Fanny Mac and the Kensington fans for the 128k, 512k, and Plus. Introducing the Mac N' Frost! Designed by Roy Hicks and marketed by RH Electronics in...
  4. retr01

    Bringing the Internal SCSI drive to the 128k, 512k, and Plus

    Overview The Mac 128k, 512k, and Plus did not have an internal SCSI connector on the mobo. Yet, back in the day, there were solutions. Now, I think there is a great potential to bring that back to use SCSI drives inside those older compact Macs. :) This thread will be the discussion and...
  5. wottle

    M0110 keyboard no input on 512k

    Recently picked up a 512k from Facebook marketplace as a non-booting machine. After pickup, quickly removed the battery (which had started leaking and actually corroded the battery holder metal tab to the point where it broke off when I removed the battery. Anyway, I inspected the inside of...
  6. Stephen

    Compact Mac Video Adapter

    Some time in 1988, a small company created a video output adapter for early compact macs with the model number 2702. There are other models, but the focus of my post is on this adapter. I can only assume they were a small company with a handful of employees because later the following year they...