I’m a long time Mac guy, a Mac II with Aldus Pagemaker, Multi Ad Creator, and Illustrator as my day-to-day environment. The last video was great, as this one is. Thanks for the trip down memory lane… life is SO much simpler today.
Same here. When growing up, I saw very few Apple systems in the wild. Other than Apples in schools, the few Apples I ran into were home systems owned by teachers. After graduating from junior college, I got a job at ZDS in their repair depot. On the other side of the wall in the building we were in was the Heath Educational Store. Because of the education discounts and later demand from educators, the Apples/ Macs out sold the ZDS products. They eventually dropped Apple products due to conflict of interest. The storefront shut down soon afterwards.
I have a Macintosh Performa 550 . I got it for $20.00. it won't start up. Got it to make a noise but no startup. Been looking for diagrams online but nothing for this model. It was recap back in 2017 about all i know about it. What is a good site to find a wire diagram for it. Thanks and a great video keep them coming.
Hi, is there a way to change the monitor screen contrast on the Apple IIe Personal Office Computer A2S2064, we have one that has a very faint screen, thank you!
I believe there is a small potentiometer or similar component on those systems that may need servicing. However, normally the brightness and contrast would be adjusted on the monitor side. But if multiple monitors are giving you the same result, you may want to peek inside.
Hello, I have been trying to restore a Mac LC and ran across two parts computers. The motherboards are both intake, but I feel need recapping. However, there is a different between the two boards. One has what I would say is a red reset button, the other does not. Is one better than the other?
All of the LC series boards will need to be recapped due to their age. Watch Branchus Creation’s soldering tutorial videos and practice on a kit or something before trying on your Mac. The red button is just a holdover from testing and doesn’t make it “better”.
@@Mac84 Thank you for the reply. I was definitely going to do a recap and change out the battery. I just didn't know why one had a reset button and the other did not. Good to know that the reset is just a hold over from testing.
I have an old Quadra 650 in my garage. It’s hard drive died. Is it even worth selling? I was going to throw it away soon. Probably has the leaking capacitor problem too.
Hey there... you had given me a link to some folks who might be able to bring some life into my ancient IIcx. I lost the page. Can I impose upon you again to provide it one more time? Sorry, and thanks.
‘Will it run Doom’ Answer; no Used and loved these macs when I was a kid. But man they were slow! The Performa 430 is one of the best looking computers ever made though.
Haha, they’ll run Doom - but you’ll probably want a Power Macintosh as anything slower will struggle to get a respectable frame rate without a thumbnail window size.
If you compare, lets say, a 40mhz 68040 mac, to a 40mhz 486, they both run Doom similarly, the major difference is that the dos pc is able to output the monitor to 320x200 resolution so the picture appears bigger, most older macs just can't change resolutions on stock displays so you're stuck with 640x480 and a small picture in the middle or a massive performance hit if you try to make it larger and stretch it closer to 640x480
@@thomasb.900 that’s really interesting. Explains a lot! I was just thinking the other day, after watching a 100% playthrough of Prince of Persia. Why some Mac games looked so much better. PoP, Wolfenstein etc. Looked and sounded so much better than on pc. What was the reason?
@@Thomas1984. that i can't tell you, maybe some of these games were more optimized for the mac, all i know is people tend to trash talk the mac port of doom and i think it's not 100% fair because of the resolution thing i pointed out
Imagine if you apply for a new job and the this guy is the owner, you get to your cubicle and theirs this Apple Macintosh classic there, what is your first thought
"Time makes fools of us all" - and I have nothing BUT time!
As a long time Mac user (since 1988), I still found this overview quite useful. Thanks for the presentation.
I’m a long time Mac guy, a Mac II with Aldus Pagemaker, Multi Ad Creator, and Illustrator as my day-to-day environment. The last video was great, as this one is. Thanks for the trip down memory lane… life is SO much simpler today.
A very informative and comprehensive explanation Steve. I learned a few new things I didn't know. Thank you!
Same here. When growing up, I saw very few Apple systems in the wild. Other than Apples in schools, the few Apples I ran into were home systems owned by teachers.
After graduating from junior college, I got a job at ZDS in their repair depot. On the other side of the wall in the building we were in was the Heath Educational Store. Because of the education discounts and later demand from educators, the Apples/ Macs out sold the ZDS products. They eventually dropped Apple products due to conflict of interest. The storefront shut down soon afterwards.
This is great, I love the format (and excellent evergreen content)!
.. also 15:23 NO 😂
I didn’t even see the text until I was editing the video 🤣
That IIci takes me back to college. Nice!
Jeez, leave some information for other folks to share! 😂 Truly, great video; so much great stuff in here!
Great Job Steve Thanks for the tips
great video
Please can you review Power Mac G3 tower? I do have 333mhz 1mb cache version
Any chance you could add a blurb on fixing Y2K (or Y2k20) on
Yep, that is now on the list of topics to cover in the future. 👍 Thankfully these days there is more than one way to do it.
Please cover Laplink Mac
I have a Macintosh Performa 550 . I got it for $20.00. it won't start up. Got it to make a noise but no startup. Been looking for diagrams online but nothing for this model. It was recap back in 2017 about all i know about it. What is a good site to find a wire diagram for it. Thanks and a great video keep them coming.
Hi, is there a way to change the monitor screen contrast on the Apple IIe Personal Office Computer A2S2064, we have one that has a very faint screen, thank you!
I believe there is a small potentiometer or similar component on those systems that may need servicing. However, normally the brightness and contrast would be adjusted on the monitor side. But if multiple monitors are giving you the same result, you may want to peek inside.
Wow its been a couple years since the first video... i was starting to think you gave up on this series 😂
When's gonna be the next stream?
Hopefully in a few days!
Hello, I have been trying to restore a Mac LC and ran across two parts computers. The motherboards are both intake, but I feel need recapping. However, there is a different between the two boards. One has what I would say is a red reset button, the other does not. Is one better than the other?
All of the LC series boards will need to be recapped due to their age. Watch Branchus Creation’s soldering tutorial videos and practice on a kit or something before trying on your Mac.
The red button is just a holdover from testing and doesn’t make it “better”.
@@Mac84 Thank you for the reply. I was definitely going to do a recap and change out the battery. I just didn't know why one had a reset button and the other did not. Good to know that the reset is just a hold over from testing.
I have an old Quadra 650 in my garage. It’s hard drive died. Is it even worth selling? I was going to throw it away soon. Probably has the leaking capacitor problem too.
Hey there... you had given me a link to some folks who might be able to bring some life into my ancient IIcx. I lost the page. Can I impose upon you again to provide it one more time?
Sorry, and thanks.
It was likely www.TinkerDifferent.com - there's a lot of folks who hang out there that may be able to help, good luck!
@@Mac84 Grassy ass!
‘Will it run Doom’
Answer; no
Used and loved these macs when I was a kid. But man they were slow!
The Performa 430 is one of the best looking computers ever made though.
Haha, they’ll run Doom - but you’ll probably want a Power Macintosh as anything slower will struggle to get a respectable frame rate without a thumbnail window size.
If you compare, lets say, a 40mhz 68040 mac, to a 40mhz 486, they both run Doom similarly, the major difference is that the dos pc is able to output the monitor to 320x200 resolution so the picture appears bigger, most older macs just can't change resolutions on stock displays so you're stuck with 640x480 and a small picture in the middle or a massive performance hit if you try to make it larger and stretch it closer to 640x480
@@thomasb.900 that’s really interesting. Explains a lot!
I was just thinking the other day, after watching a 100% playthrough of Prince of Persia. Why some Mac games looked so much better.
PoP, Wolfenstein etc. Looked and sounded so much better than on pc.
What was the reason?
@@Thomas1984. that i can't tell you, maybe some of these games were more optimized for the mac, all i know is people tend to trash talk the mac port of doom and i think it's not 100% fair because of the resolution thing i pointed out
Imagine if you apply for a new job and the this guy is the owner, you get to your cubicle and theirs this Apple Macintosh classic there, what is your first thought
I have found a member of my people
Boot it up (Cmd + Option + X + O)