Ive also opened up hard drives here at the house, but i wouldnt bet on them
running for much longer after. the next time you see sunlight streaming
through a window, take a look. you'll actually be able to see all the dust
particles floating around in the air even though you'd think most if not all
dust would settle.
In a message dated 98-07-11 09:52:03 EDT, you write:
<< [snip]
of doing home drive repair
>without the luxury of a clean room. Is it possible to use some sort of
>cheaply available or easily made vacuum chamber with positive airflow
and
>filtering, or is it absolutely required? Can a drive be opened in room
>air and be worked on without introducing dangerou
: Well, I've opened drives in room air and had them run after, but it does
:make it less reliable. It's a thing like ESD: if you want to risk it. >>
Speaking of curious cards: I just picked up 5 stripped down Dell 433p
machines. Nothing in them except motherboard, 486-dx33 processor, and riser
card. BUT... In two or three I found the following card. I didn't look hard
enough at the numbers, but I can pretty much describe it:
The card has one dsub shell, 9-pin on the back, there's a machined aluminum
chip on the card, marked IBM, and there's an ODD and EVEN ROM set. My first
guess was mono graphics cards (VGA is built-in to MB) but I got to
thinking: Did IBM ever make a network card with this type of connector on
it? All I know is twisted pair, coax, and have seen token ring stuff before
but not worked with it. What does it sound like to you guys?
(Slightly off-topic, by 3 years.)
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>Speaking of Mac Portables, how much would you pay for a very rare
>(prototype?) Mac Portable in a clear plastic case? I couldn't overcome my
>lack of love for Macs to pay the $300 asking price today (but somebody
>else did about an hour later).
I don't believe they were prototypes; more of souvenir-type deals, I
believe. I could see paying $200, $300 is more than I'd spend for most
any 'classic' computer.
>What is it with Apple and clear plastic cases anyways? I think I remember
>clear plastic Apple ]['s at dealers. Did Apple do this for all of their
>models?
I beleive just about all the Newton Messagepads were done in clear
cases and they're really not _that_ uncommon. You'll see them for sale
every 6 months or so if you read the Newton Classifieds. Most recently,
I saw a non-working MP 100 go for $100 (my offer was the second highest
at $40). From what I understand, there were even some Newton's done in
wooden cases, though I'm not sure if these were operational. Prototypes
of the eMate were also done in a wide variety of colors.
I've seen and heard of lots of different Macs being done in clear
plastic. In addition to the Portable you mentioned, several members of
the Mac II family, as well as the LC. I also vaguely remember something
about a green Mac Classic. Anybody?
Tom Owad
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How about we try to get together like the folks in California? I would
really love to talk to some people about old computers without having to
endure all the jokes and elbow rising that I usually get.
Any takers in the Mpls/St Paul area? Eric? Anyone else?
Francois
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>Both I live and work in MN (for now) and my family lives in Houston. I do
>alot of road running between the two states.
Just picked up a Dell 4066/XE 486DX2 server unit, complete. It has EISA
slots, tons of drive slots, etc...It is in a BIG case!!....
Anyone possibly have a manual for one of these? I'd like to buy one, pay
for a copy, get a scan over the net, something. With all of you that
work in corporate business someone might have one, or know of an online
text or PDF copy.
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Hi Marvin and all,
At 01:30 PM 7/11/98 -0700, you wrote:
>Attended another great swapmeet today and picked up some things I had
>been looking for.
Couid you and others that mention finds in swapmeets mention what the
swapmeet was and where it is. I know it does not help for all the stuff
already dumstered, but...
Thanks.
-Dave
> I have the adapter, and it looks to be the one made for the machine
>(i.e., not a Powerbook 140 adapter). I'm having big problems with mine -- an
>unidentified Sad Mac code (0000000F, sub code 00007FFF). I can't find a
>reference to $0F in any reference docs that I have; the codes skip from $0E
>to $10. Can't get it to boot at all. As soon as I get the Happy Mac face, I
>get the above Sad Mac. I also have a bad hard drive.
I can't find any mention of it either. And of course, if it doesn't
start up, it's awfully hard to run the diagnostic software. I never did
understand that...
I'd say the HD is the least of your problems. After all, you can always
run the system of the floppy and there is an external SCSI port. There's
a guy in Virgina who does a lot of work with Mac Portables; he has
adapters so that you can use normal SCSI HD's internally for $30. If
anybody's really interested I can probably find his name and email
somewhere.
> I'm going to research the batteries. I hear that you can rebuild the
>pack with 3 ea. 2v/5ah Gates "D" batteries which are commonly available in
>the surplus market. The packs that I have say "Gates Energy Products" on
>them.
I've heard of people rebuilding them also, though I have never tried (I
don't currently own a Portable).
Tom Owad
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>How about we try to get together like the folks in California? I would
>really love to talk to some people about old computers without having to
>endure all the jokes and elbow rising that I usually get.
^^^^^^^^
Yeah I don't get it either I meant eyebrow.
Francois
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I came across a performa 636cd, (i know, under 10 yrs by far.) but this
is a more generic question. It has a 68LC040 processor; I need a straight
68040 for NetBSD... is it possible to nab one of these from someplace and
just put it in? besides any clock speed issues & whatnot, are they all the
same "under the hood" ? or are they all different. I guess this applies to
several other systems I have, since I'm interested in upgrading other things
as well. any info appreciated. thanks!
-Eric
