68K macs

[Devon]

just wondering if anyone here has any 68k macs, i have a few but some are starting to die as they have surface mount capacitors that are dying, my favorite is my 1989 Macintosh SE/30 but it is in need of capacitors, i also love my 1991 PowerBook 170, it was one of the first PowerBooks.

[Chilly Willy]

I had an Amiga instead - it was a far better 68K based computer.

These days, I emulate the 68K Mac on my PSP using Basilisk II. Got OS 8.1 on a memstick with some classic Mac games.

[roundwars]

I had an Amiga instead - it was a far better 68K based computer.

These days, I emulate the 68K Mac on my PSP using Basilisk II. Got OS 8.1 on a memstick with some classic Mac games.

I recommend this site if you want any more:

http://macintoshgarden.org/

[evildragon]

I have a Mac Classic, which has the same type of 68000 used in the late model 1's and most model 2's.. Mostly the same speed too, except full 8MHz..

[evildragon]

just wondering if anyone here has any 68k macs, i have a few but some are starting to die as they have surface mount capacitors that are dying, my favorite is my 1989 Macintosh SE/30 but it is in need of capacitors, i also love my 1991 PowerBook 170, it was one of the first PowerBooks.

I have several PowerBook 145's.

[Devon]

I have a Mac Classic, which has the same type of 68000 used in the late model 1's and most model 2's.. Mostly the same speed too, except full 8MHz..

yeah i have a mac classic also but its dying too, screens messing up and the sound quit working so i suspect bad caps.

[tomaitheous]

I had an Amiga instead - it was a far better 68K based computer.

These days, I emulate the 68K Mac on my PSP using Basilisk II. Got OS 8.1 on a memstick with some classic Mac games.

How are you doing keyboard input? A while back I was looking a mini keyboard for my hacked PSP and was surprised that I couldn't find any. It would make the PSP the ultimate little machine

[Joe Redifer]

Shit, I wish there was a way to emulate OS 9.2 on my Intel Mac. I have a few programs that REQUIRE it. The game I made requires it as well. Someone did give me an OS 9 emulator once but I had a bitch of a time getting it working and it was very weird and I could not drag and drop files to and from it. It just existed in its own little world. Lame.

[kool kitty89]

I had an Amiga instead - it was a far better 68K based computer.

These days, I emulate the 68K Mac on my PSP using Basilisk II. Got OS 8.1 on a memstick with some classic Mac games.

So was the ST. (that added the 640x400 70 Hz monochrome mode too, to really compete with the ST) I think both had MAC emulators too. (I'd imagine the Amiga would have used interlace to approximate the Mac's resolution)
Amiga was a good bit more expensive, but had far more features, a powerful multitasking OS, and was still a good bit cheaper than the Mac.

[Devil N]

*raises hand*

Up until about a year ago I was into classic 68k Mac collecting. I started out just wanting to make back-ups of all the old floppies and applications we used to have back in the day, so I could run them in an emulator. But once the word was out that I was busy with old Macs, they started popping up around me everywhere and a collection soon became inevitable.

In about two years time, I managed to collect a Macintosh ED (512ke for education), a Macintosh Classic, a Macintosh IIci, a Macintosh SE/30 and a Macintosh Plus. My father still had his old Macintosh LC II lying around, so you can count that one too. I got most of them able to connect to the internet, either directly or through a connection with another Mac, and with a couple of ancient browsers you can actually get Google to work.

Here's three of my machines sitting together in my old room:



The Mac SE/30 on the right has died by now, the IIci in the middle works but has some problems starting up, while the Classic on the left still works perfectly. I should try to replace the capacitors of these machines, but I'm saving that for when I get the Mac fever again.

[evildragon]

yeah i have a mac classic also but its dying too, screens messing up and the sound quit working so i suspect bad caps.

Same.. Everytime the HD or floppy reads, the CRT wiggles.

It's caps..

[Devon]

*raises hand*

Up until about a year ago I was into classic 68k Mac collecting. I started out just wanting to make back-ups of all the old floppies and applications we used to have back in the day, so I could run them in an emulator. But once the word was out that I was busy with old Macs, they started popping up around me everywhere and a collection soon became inevitable.

In about two years time, I managed to collect a Macintosh ED (512ke for education), a Macintosh Classic, a Macintosh IIci, a Macintosh SE/30 and a Macintosh Plus. My father still had his old Macintosh LC II lying around, so you can count that one too. I got most of them able to connect to the internet, either directly or through a connection with another Mac, and with a couple of ancient browsers you can actually get Google to work.

Here's three of my machines sitting together in my old room:



The Mac SE/30 on the right has died by now, the IIci in the middle works but has some problems starting up, while the Classic on the left still works perfectly. I should try to replace the capacitors of these machines, but I'm saving that for when I get the Mac fever again.

wow thouse are some impressive pics, i would personally like a 512ke or ed like your discribing thouse are real cool computers.

[Dant]

Same.. Everytime the HD or floppy reads, the CRT wiggles.

It's caps..

lol, it's actually the electromagnets involved in both messing with the CRT.

[evildragon]

lol, it's actually the electromagnets involved in both messing with the CRT.

No, cause they never did that when new. I have another Mac Classic in storage that has working sound, and CRT does NOT do the wiggles.

When the floppy runs, it's not just a wiggle, the picture shrinks a little too.. Clearly a cap not doing it's job anymore in the power supply.

[Devil N]

^

Yes, that's a common problem with the power supply. My SE/30 has it too. I'm not exactly sure if it's caused by a capacitor, but I do know it has to do with the high voltage circuitry not being able to deliver enough juice to power both the CRT and the floppy drive at the same time.