macintosh se

  1. H

    Gate Array Questions

    As I just mentioned, I have a Macintosh SE, and it has some problems. After one month effort, I found that the problem is about the Gate arrow. I want to find out that if this unit can be programmed, and use what to program it? The pictures is just followed.
  2. JDW

    [VIDEO] New PSU for SE & SE/30, and 16AWG Harness Upgrade!

    I've spent the last two months working like mad on a comparison of the new (July 2024) Baby Face Electronics Power Supply, comparing it to my stock recapped SONY PSU and also to the SEASONIC PSU that I've been using since 2018. I also successfully tried the 16AWG wire recommendation by...
  3. H

    Can Macintosh SE's CRT be monitor?

    Hi. I just post thread about my broken Macintosh SE... Because of the working-well monitor, I want to try if the CRT can be a monitor that can be used to be AV monitor or something else? Just CRT is the hardest I think. Others can be done easily. I found the schematic and took photo of the yoke...
  4. H

    Macintosh SE with more and more problems

    Hi, I signed up for this forum because of my Macintosh. When time pasts, there're three problems appeared, worse and worse. The first problem is shown on the first image. there're only mouse on the screen, and the inside card disk light is always on, also the BlueSCSI. And I tried to make a...
  5. MacOfAllTrades

    Driving a miniscribe motor to make vintage sounds

    Why? To hear the miniscribe sounds while I use my blueScsi wtf? My miniscribe never worked and I gave up on it, so I figured I’d try to drive the stepper motor with some modern circuitry with the hope being that one day I could signal it by the activity indicator on a blueSCSI. how’s it going...
  6. AlexCL

    Macintosh SE FDHD ROM Disassembly and Documentation

    Greetings, Attached is a disassembly of the Macintosh SE FDHD ROM from within vMac by the FDisasm application using the configuration files for the Macintosh SE. I made GitHub repository for updating the listing and commenting on the ROM. https://github.com/Frimples/MacSE_FDHD_ROM The source...
  7. JDW

    Display graphic FULL SCREEN on Mac SE?

    What app will allow me to display a graphic FULL SCREEN that works on a Mac SE or Plus (4MB of RAM & 68000 CPU)? Graphic Converter 1.7 won't work and neither will JPEGView 3. SuperPaint won't do it either. Same for Deneba Canvas 3.5. I am talking about full screen with NO MENUBAR -- just...
  8. retr01

    Apple Technical Procedures - Macintosh SE and Macintosh SE/30

    This document resource is the Macintosh SE and Macintosh SE/30 section of the Apple Service Technical Procedures Macintosh Family Volume One. Last revised by Apple in March 1990, it includes procedures to assist with taking apart and repairing and provides an overview and technical information...
  9. PNPRetroSpective

    Restoring a Mac SE - My Journey So Far...

    Hey All! Very new to the forums, and kind of new to the Mac side of the world. The SE I'm working on now is only my second Mac "restoration", with the first being a particularly tricky iMac G3 Blueberry a few months ago. I picked up my SE with Dual 800K drives from someone who had been storing...
  10. Kai Robinson

    Macintosh SE - Discrete logic GLU replacement

    After Porchy from Jammaarcade got us across the finish line with reverse engineering the original HAL16L8, i thought the functions might be possible to replicate using discrete logic. This would of course be to benefit those that are making an SE Reloaded board, who don't want to, or can't...
  11. rjkucia

    Macintosh SE Won't Boot System 7

    Hi all, I'm trying to boot System 7 from my Macintosh SE (800k). However, each time I try to, either from a system folder on the internal drive or off a premade image on my BlueSCSI, some sort of error appears. I've attached an assortment of the errors I've seen. I've tried System 7, 7.1, and...
  12. C

    Created a 3D printed brightness knob for SE analog board

    I picked up a few compact macs from a guy on craigslist and upon inspection, one of them has a missing brightness knob! I can poke a finger at the potentiometer, but I can’t exactly turn it. Maybe a rubber band could do the trick—like the continuous cord on some older Hunter Douglass window...