Declan

After having a horrid week, it was nice to get to the weekend and actually get things working instead of smoking.
I removed the original 3v barrel batteries from the Mac II and replaced them with CR2032 in remote cases which I will stick somewhere inside the case.
The Mac II boots fine, no need to "jumpstart" it. I connected the SCSI HDD but something on the drive went pop so no go there.
I connected an external BlueSCSI to it, found it had 2MB RAM, so I upgraded it to 8MB.
I'll look at running System 7.1 on it with some applications to show off at the Train and Hobby show next month

#retrocomputing #mac68k

Feb 28 at 5:29amWeb
Show threadDeclanFeb 28
Also gave the case and keyboard a clean down. I deoxit all the switches on the keyboard as some were having issues unless you pressed the key repeatedly
Show threadDaniel CarosoneFeb 28
@declan ok but you absolutely must put B1 and B2 stickers on the batteries.. 🍌
Show threadAI is the new cocaineFeb 28
@declan Nice! What display is this?
Show threadDeclanFeb 28
@nszombie
A Dell P1914S 19" LCD. It seems to work happily with most older computers without complaining about sync issues. It is far easier to move around for testing computers compared to a Sony 17" CRT I have.
Show threadAI is the new cocaineFeb 28
@declan yeah I'm in the same boat. Old Apple CRT is starting to break my back :) I like the thin bezel on yours
Show threadAI is the new cocaineFeb 28
@declan also perfect aspect ratio for old Macs
Show threadbbccddeFeb 28
@declan Funny, the old batteries still say they were made in “West Germany”. That was the common origin description before the reunification in 1990.
Show threadRegionales Retro-RechenzentrumFeb 28

@declan @Cdespinosa Nice machine! Although I have the gut feeling that a Mac II should run System 6.

With some TokenRing network card, connected to some internal services and database retrieval software. Perhaps even a 3270 terminal.

Oh, and WriteNow 2.0. Hypercard 1.2. Canvas 2.