What OS Should my Macintosh SE run? [message #353988] |
Sat, 07 October 2017 22:11 |
Sam Taber
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Hi,
I recently obtained a Macintosh SE for 10 dollars, and i am getting a
vertical stripe effect on the monitor. I do not know if this is a hard
drive failure, but I assume that is the problem.
I wanted to know, if I could find what system software my Macintosh SE
Model 5011.
Thanks!
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Re: What OS Should my Macintosh SE run? [message #353989 is a reply to message #353988] |
Sat, 07 October 2017 23:21 |
Dylan McDermond
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> On Oct 7, 2017, at 7:11 PM, Sam Taber
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> I recently obtained a Macintosh SE for 10 dollars, and i am getting a vertical stripe effect on the monitor.
Probably not a hard drive issue. That’s more akin to a memory issue. Try opening it up and reseating the RAM SIMMs before anything else.
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Re: What OS Should my Macintosh SE run? [message #353990 is a reply to message #353988] |
Sun, 08 October 2017 00:47 |
Chris Hanson
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It’s very likely an analog board issue, rather than an issue of software or the hard disk.
What exactly does the vertical stripe effect look like?
-- Chris
> On Oct 7, 2017, at 7:11 PM, Sam Taber <samtaber1@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi,
>
> I recently obtained a Macintosh SE for 10 dollars, and i am getting a vertical stripe effect on the monitor. I do not know if this is a hard drive failure, but I assume that is the problem.
>
> I wanted to know, if I could find what system software my Macintosh SE Model 5011.
>
> Thanks!
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Re: What OS Should my Macintosh SE run? [message #354051 is a reply to message #353990] |
Mon, 09 October 2017 12:12 |
Aoresteen
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True. I'd try re soldering the fly-back transformer & power connectors.
Might as well plan on a re-cap of the logic board as well.
On Sunday, October 8, 2017 at 12:47:28 AM UTC-4, Chris Hanson wrote:
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> It’s very likely an analog board issue, rather than an issue of software
> or the hard disk.
>
> What exactly does the vertical stripe effect look like?
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> -- Chris
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> On Oct 7, 2017, at 7:11 PM, Sam Taber <samt...@gmail.com <javascript:>>
> wrote:
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> Hi,
>
> I recently obtained a Macintosh SE for 10 dollars, and i am getting a
> vertical stripe effect on the monitor. I do not know if this is a hard
> drive failure, but I assume that is the problem.
>
> I wanted to know, if I could find what system software my Macintosh SE
> Model 5011.
>
> Thanks!
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Re: What OS Should my Macintosh SE run? [message #354052 is a reply to message #353988] |
Mon, 09 October 2017 12:55 |
Justin Teague
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To answer your title question: you’d probably want to either run System
6.08, System 7.1, or System 7.55 — with increasing memory requirements. But
as others point out: a vertical stripe is not a system issue, but hardware.
On October 7, 2017 at 10:17:29 PM, Sam Taber (samtaber1@gmail.com) wrote:
Hi,
I recently obtained a Macintosh SE for 10 dollars, and i am getting a
vertical stripe effect on the monitor. I do not know if this is a hard
drive failure, but I assume that is the problem.
I wanted to know, if I could find what system software my Macintosh SE
Model 5011.
Thanks!
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Re: What OS Should my Macintosh SE run? [message #354053 is a reply to message #354051] |
Mon, 09 October 2017 12:55 |
Dylan McDermond
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> On Oct 9, 2017, at 9:12 AM, Aoresteen <aoresteen@oresteen.com> wrote:
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> True. I'd try re soldering the fly-back transformer & power connectors.
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> Might as well plan on a re-cap of the logic board as well.
Those suggestions are just shooting arrows in the dark.
The flyback would not cause vertical lines. The logic board has axial caps and isn’t really prone to simasimac from bad caps. The power supply may be suspect. I’d reseat the RAM modules and check voltages (mostly the +5V). If you can’t adjust the +5V properly, look at recapping the power supply.
- Dylan
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Re: What OS Should my Macintosh SE run? [message #367825 is a reply to message #367787] |
Wed, 16 May 2018 14:48 |
Jeff Ramsey
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On Wednesday, May 16, 2018 at 3:42:44 AM UTC-7, superstar64 wrote:
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> It's not necessarily just an SE thing. I wouldn't recommend anything later
> than early System 7 on any 68000 Macintosh...
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> ...And yes, that does include the classic.
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I am running System 7.0.1 on my SE. I don't find it laggy really, and I
like having the software compatibility that System 7 brings. I will say
that I think you need to have a decent hard drive and all 4MB of RAM to run
System 7 on an SE. It was very laggy when I only had 2MB...
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Re: What OS Should my Macintosh SE run? [message #367854 is a reply to message #367787] |
Wed, 16 May 2018 19:22 |
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On Wednesday, 16 May 2018 20:42:44 UTC+10, superstar64 wrote:
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> It's not necessarily just an SE thing. I wouldn't recommend anything later
> than early System 7 on any 68000 Macintosh...
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Yes: I've run 7.0.1 on my Mac Portable (68000, but Mac SE clock speed x 2)
for over 25 years. For the Mac Portable, 7.0.1 has always been a "sweet
spot". System 7.1 slows it down too much and 6.0.8 is nice, but I miss
some utilities and apps that don't work under System 6. There were a few
little hacks to turn off some of the more resource intensive features of
System 7 and make the user interface a bit quicker too. Disabling
"ZoomRects" rings a bell, but it's been a long time since I "tuned" that
system and I'm very happy with the way it runs now.
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