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Mac84
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Tecmar Mac Drive (10 MB) A serial hard drive?! (The first Macintosh external hard drive)
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I only took a quick peek, but it looked like copper, similar to this "clock" someone made and posted on eBay of the same model drive. :oops:
Sep 24, 2025
Mac84
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Tecmar Mac Drive (10 MB) A serial hard drive?! (The first Macintosh external hard drive)
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Thanks David, I'm currently performing a number of those steps today. I didn't think of testing the enclosure without the drive...
Sep 24, 2025
David Cook
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Tecmar Mac Drive (10 MB) A serial hard drive?! (The first Macintosh external hard drive)
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Check the continuity on all of the serial cable pins. The MacGUI article indicates the drive clocks the serial port externally. Use a...
Sep 24, 2025
phunguss
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iMac G4 Logic Board Diagnosis and Repair: Is it possible?
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The DDR333 PC2700 will down clock itself and is backward compatible to PC2100. That should not be an issue. Anything loose? Can you...
Sep 24, 2025
jeffburg
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iMac G4 Logic Board Diagnosis and Repair: Is it possible?
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The only thing I can think of is it doesn't like the ram because it's DDR333 PC2700. It's what Other World Computing sent me when I...
Sep 24, 2025
jeffburg
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iMac G4 Logic Board Diagnosis and Repair: Is it possible?
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Yeah, I tried both slots where the other slot was left empty. I have multiple ram sticks for each slot.
Sep 24, 2025
phunguss
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Tecmar Mac Drive (10 MB) A serial hard drive?! (The first Macintosh external hard drive)
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I wonder if the platters are the rusty color or the shiny type (don't open it to find out)? When I built my first satellite solar...
Sep 24, 2025
Mac84
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Tecmar Mac Drive (10 MB) A serial hard drive?! (The first Macintosh external hard drive)
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Out of curiosity, I opened up the Tecmar "Volume Manager" software (v6.0.3) in ResEdit and looked through the alert messages. This is...
Sep 24, 2025
phunguss
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iMac G4 Logic Board Diagnosis and Repair: Is it possible?
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There are two ram slots, an internal DIMM and an externally accessible SODIMM. You have swapped both?
Sep 24, 2025
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