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  1. zastin17

    400K Floppy Drive Repair, Fails To Initialize 95% Of the Time! But IF successful, will boot from the disk reliably.

    So I recently Purchased a donor 400k drive to fix my Original 128K Macintosh Floppy drive. I transplanted the head, which the old ones 0 sensor arm got deformed by me, lol. Lubricated everything, and tried to format. Keep in mind, my zero sensors is wrong, I am not really focusing on that quiet...
  2. zastin17

    Macintosh 128K Original 1984 Mis-aligned 400K drive, HELP ME!

    Ok, I need some serious help with my 1984 Macintosh 128K Guys!! I put this on a shelf for almost a year. Wishing it worked, but never being able to Re-align the 400k drive again. I am sad To start off, A few years ago, I found this incredible condition 128K Macintosh set. All Factory stock...
    • zastin17
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    • 128k 1984 400k 800k alignment drive floppy macintosh misalighned procedure
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    • Forum: Apple Collectors
  3. J

    Macintosh 128k No Chime and Strange Sounds. Need Help to Restore.

    I am the original owner of a 128k Mac from my first year at Drexel University in 1985. I am trying to restore it back to operating condition. When I powered it up I got the Chime and then the Sad Mac Icon with code 040820 was displayed with a good quality screen picture. So I replaced RAM...
  4. zastin17

    Macintosh 128k Restoration Complete!

    Thank you to everyone who helped me with this restoration project of my Macintosh 128k Especially MacTech68. I got the 400k calibrated after 30 minutes of power cycling and moving the sensor with a Flathead in the notch on the drive as MacTech68 mentioned. I tightened the screw and added nail...
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    • Thread
    • 128k 1984 400k macintosh restoration restore stevejobs
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    • Forum: Apple Collectors
  5. zastin17

    Reproduction Macintosh Labels, Covers Ect For Download!

    I am currently in progress of downloading scans of macintosh floppy disks, Covers, Labels, ect, Restoring them digitally and posting them here for downloading. For example, I have already restored the Macintosh guided tour cassette cover and a macpaint floppy cover. If you have any old original...
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    • 128k cover download image label macintosh reproduction
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    • Forum: Apple Collectors
  6. zastin17

    Finally Purchased an Original Macintosh 128k for $300

    So I just purchased a Original Macintosh 128k that has been upgraded by the original owner who said who used to be an old electronics technician. Everything about it is original except that he upgraded the ram to 2mb by removing the old ram, Added sockets and installed new ram into the sockets...
  7. Cloud909

    Help Reading Floppy Disk Originally Used on 128k Macintosh

    I have a single sided, 3.5" floppy disk that was regularly used 1985-1990. When it was last used on the 128k Macintosh, it was fully functional. I now have a Mac SE (released in 1986); when I insert the floppy disk, a prompt tells me the disk is unreadable and asks if I would like to initialize...
  8. that-ben

    1984 Mac 128K eBay ad seems off?

    Hi 1984 experts! I'm looking at this eBay ad and something seems off. It says it's an original Mac from May of 1984 (21th week) and they state the serial number is F4217BNM0001 which looks fine, but the photo of the case has the red 128K badge on it. On Wikipedia, it's clearly stated that...
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