• LaserWriter 8500 Print quality

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  • Looking for TIL article 24286

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  • Floppy drive connection problem

    HI! I have a a2m4050 external disk drive that i used back in the 80s with my apple iic. Its works perfect! I Think the connector its a db-9 connector, i have a lot of data on 5 1/4 diskettes and i want to transfer to...view more
    Jan Hedlund
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  • System 7 "Welcome to Macintosh" female voice at start up

    HI everyone! I was reamembering today that in the 90s at a friends house once I've heard at the System 7 "Welcome to Macintosh" with a female voice at start up. I have never had the chance to make that work on my Mac...view more
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  • Special RAM for Performa 6360?

    HI everyone! Im having a problem. Im found my good old performa 6360 working as it was in 1997! But it has only 32 MB of Ram. So, there's a little to do with it. I found a few DIMM cards PC-133 of 64 MB each, and when...view more
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  • My duo disk drive is not working

    The 5 inch or so duo disk floppy drive for my apple iie isnt reading the disk properly. No the disks are fun but something is wrong about the driver. If anyone can help me by saying what might be wrong and how to fix ...view more
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  • Manual loading floppy drive in Quadra 700?

    I need to replace the internal floppy drive in my recently acquired Quadra 700. Given my lack of success sourcing an auto-loading floppy drive, I'm wondering if it's possible and/or useable to replace the drive with o...view more
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  • Macintosh LC III

    Hi.   I work in a school and have recently uncovered an ageing Macintosh LC III in the back of a store.   Unfortunately I can't get it to work.  It will power on and give me a display on the CRT. ...view more
    Jan Hedlund
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  • Performa 200, 475 and 550

    I Have acquired a performa 200, 475 and a 550.  I have 3 keyboards, mice and modems. I also got 3 printers. I have a few power cords but I do not know which goes with which machine.   Can anyone help me. I...view more
    Jan Hedlund
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  • Desk top not responding

    HI We have a Mac, which has been no problem for 7 years, but today it will not let me click on anything on the sreen.  The mouse is moving I can see that, but I can not click on any item on the screen.  I l...view more
    Stella Hent
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  • Mac Classic OS 1991 - cool!

    Hi Gang, I found my old Mac Classic computer in my sister's attic, plugged it in and viola!  It works!  Except it doesn't. The screen is just blank grey, although I can move the mouse pointer around, so I...view more
    Bruce Conord
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  • macintosh classic hard drive not showing up.

    Recenty i bought a different  hard drive for my macintosh classic becase the old one was broken. when i installed the new one it gave a error instead the floppy with questionmark. the error code was 000000f000000...view more
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  • Is there a replacement for the original HD in my Quadra 800?

    I booted up my Quadra 800 yesterday for the first time in probably 10 years or more. I got the floppy icon with flashing question mark, but then it proceeded to boot up after I pressed the lower reset button. Today th...view more
    Jan Hedlund
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  • Adding a LaserWriter Pro to Chooser

    I'm trying to resurrect both a Quadra 800, which now seems to be operating properly, and a LaserWriter Pro. (630? No further nomenclature on the label, but it is a PhotoGrade model, and the date of manufacture is Janu...view more
    Jan Hedlund
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  • Macintosh Classic won't boot (disk with question mark, internal HD not recognized).

    Hi there, I hope some seasoned members of this board can help me resurrect my Macintosh Classic (running System 7.5.3, if I remember correctly). Here's the problem:   My Classic (which I don't use all that often...view more
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  • Mac IIcx video problems

    Hi everyone, A while ago I got an old mac IIcx from one of my parent's friends. It was used in a university, and was last tested in 1999. It boots, in fact, but the problem is that it doesn't show anything on the s...view more
    QuicksilverMac2001
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  • Network ancient Quadra 950 running OS7 to a Windows 7 machine?

    Folks,   Probably an unusual request - does anyone have any idea how to, or even if it is possible, to network an ancient Quadra 950 running OS7 to a modern Windows (sorry!) machine running Win 7.   This i...view more
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  • Micronet SCSI Utility Problem

    I have recently obtained an Apple HD20SC with its drive replaced with an IBM 153 MB drive. At first, the drive wouldn't mount on my System 6 Desktop when I booted from a disk. I would have to use the Micronet SCSI Uti...view more
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  • Macintosh Performa 6400/180, distorted display problem, how to fix?

    I have a Macintosh Performa 6400/180 connected to an Apple Multiple Scan 15 Display Model Number M2943. When the computer is powered up, I get a patchy looking, distorted display. I can see the floppy disk icon and th...view more
    Jeff
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