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UPDATE! :) Gary Rice generously released the Black & Bleu - The Ultimate Mac Error Codes Utility on Macintosh Garden. This is an excellent resource for making sense of the Sad Mac codes, more than what is listed below. Apple's overview below is a good guide to introducing yourself and getting...

Hi All, @eric (Eric H.) asked me to post pictures of these little devices here. I bought a huge estate and these were in there. I have been in the IT business for over 40 years and these were the only ones of these I ever saw. Eric and I were wondering if someone might want to take a...

Introduction All PowerBook models released up to and including the PowerBook G3 (Bronze keyboard) include an external SCSI port except the PowerBook Duo 200 series. The PowerBook Duo must be connected to a dock of some kind to have a physical SCSI port (SCSI Disk Mode is only supported with the...

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...

The Macintosh SE/30 personal computer was designed for people who want maximum performance from a compact computer system. It provides up to four times the computational speed of the Macintosh SE while continuing to offer the benefits that characterize all Macintosh computers: a consistent user...

The Macintosh SE/30 embodies the same "user-friendly" philosophy as the original Macintosh while providing more memory, faster performance, and greater expandability. The Macintosh is still easy to learn and use, and now it's more powerful than ever. Key features of the Macintosh SE/ 30...

On Boot Those keystrokes should be pressed at start-up (boot) time. All letter keys are lowercase. Mouse Button Ejects a floppy disk at startup. C Force certain Macs (PowerPC, 68030, and 68040) to startup from the CD-ROM drive instead of the internal hard drive. D Forces the internal hard disk...

I just finished cleaning, recapping, and reassembling an SE. It had a MicroMac MultiSpeed accelerator in it when I got it. The machine boots to the '?' disk without the accelerator installed. With the accelerator installed, I get this: So I'm guessing one of the SIMMs is bad (I think there...

Hello everyone! :)👋 I came across a page discussing "Cloud 7," which involves mounting a folder as drive access over HTTP. It is explained by bbraun at: http://www.synack.net/~bbraun/68khttpdisk.html Has anyone tried this? Thoughts? Would this be easier than an AS server over IP or FTP...

Well, this just fell into my lap! Literally never really thought about getting a Plus before as it seemed kinda pointless with me having an SE...well, a few/eight SE's and SE/30's in various states of being broken... However, I told myself that if i ever found one for a non-silly price, with...

The PowerBook 5300c has three circuit boards with electrolytic capacitors. The locations and specs may vary in other models such as the 5300ce and 5300cs. Location(s) Capacitance Voltage Pads (edge to edge) SMD Size Recommendation Notes INVERTER BOARD C3 10uF 50V 9.5mm C (6mm L)...

This will allow the use of the PLCC ADB Transceiver in the Macintosh SE, which is the only model that uses a DIP18 part. There's not much to it other than that! @Branchus has used one of these, successfully, in a troublesome SE, iirc. The github page to the project and the gerbers, is here...

Includes low-level details on the functionality of the hardware inside the Mac Plus

Includes low-level details on the functionality of the hardware inside the Mac.

I’ve got this iisi that displays a yellow screen on boot up with no chime or anything else. I’ve recapped the power supply and the logic board. I’ve removed all the ram and this is the board with the rom on the board. I’m not sure where to go from here. Any ideas?

I do a little bit of work on compact mac logic boards and found I needed a convenient way to power them up and get video without fussing with a case, so I made this adapter which allows me to use an ATX power supply and an RGBtoHDMI. Referring to the schematics for the 512k, you will see the...

Configuring a BlueSCSI for use with a classic Mac WITHOUT having a second classic Mac to lean on is lot easier than you might think. https://youtu.be/szXAcwyee9g It's even easier when the creator of BlueSCSI, Eric Helgeson has agreed to give away one BlueSCSI to one lucky viewer at a Q&A /...