Use a thicker putty knife. I had no problem with mine:o
or the one at work either.
Still what idiot designs a computer that requires tricks
like that to open up?
The iPod has the same problem.
This, from a company who used to brag about easy maintenance.
Never cracked an original Mac case, eh? Beginning with the first ever
Mac they've had some tough ones. The nicer the case (less PC-ish) the
more trouble it is.
GEEKS:

James Fogg wrote:

Never cracked an original Mac case, eh? Beginning with the first ever
Mac they've had some tough ones. The nicer the case (less PC-ish) the
more trouble it is.

Yes, but then two wrongs don't make a right :)

I have a pair of Mac IIci machines, and used a lot of Macs from that
era. They were all extremely easy to open and maintain.

The IIci is in my view one of the most perfect cases in its utility and
simplicity, along with a small form factor. Modern versions could
probably improve airflow and get three hard drives inside.

I'd love to have a PC like that.

Modern small PCs seem more like medieval torture devices.

GEEKS:

Mon, 2005-05-09 at 11:04, Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:
James Fogg wrote:

Never cracked an original Mac case, eh? Beginning with the first ever
Mac they've had some tough ones. The nicer the case (less PC-ish) the
more trouble it is.

Yes, but then two wrongs don't make a right :)

I have a pair of Mac IIci machines, and used a lot of Macs from that
era. They were all extremely easy to open and maintain.

The IIci is in my view one of the most perfect cases in its utility and
simplicity, along with a small form factor. Modern versions could
probably improve airflow and get three hard drives inside.

Agree on that. I have a IIci sitting under my desk that I am trying to locate a keyboard for.

Do you know maybe by any chance what this card is. It's from beginning to end and has a large d-sub connector (db50 maybe?) on it. I can take a picture tonight of the machine.

GEEKS:

5/9/05, Atom <rescue (AT) port11 (DOT) netwrote:
Agree on that. I have a IIci sitting under my desk that I am trying to
locate a keyboard for.

If no one on geeks/rescue can help, post a WTB: ADB keyboard email
on the lowendmac mailing list can probably get anything you want
for shipping + a couple of bucks. I have some, but they are in the storage
locker in Cali. :-/

Do you know maybe by any chance what this card is. It's from beginning to
end and
has a large d-sub connector (db50 maybe?) on it. I can take a picture
tonight of
the machine.

Might be SCSI or maybe a DSP farm card, some of them have d-subs
on 'em. Any other connectors on it? Anything written on the card and
or any of the major chips? Google is your friend here as with all things.
Any idea where the box came from? That's another good clue as to it's
previous use.

(Last night I googled up my dad's new neurologist to get a feel for his
research interests/credentials/etc. Search engines sure have changed
the face of information access.)

=Nadine=

GEEKS:

velociraptor wrote:

5/9/05, Atom <rescue (AT) port11 (DOT) netwrote:

>
>>Agree on that. I have a IIci sitting under my desk that I am trying to
>
>>
>locate a keyboard for.
>
>If no one on geeks/rescue can help, post a WTB: ADB keyboard email
>on the lowendmac mailing list can probably get anything you want
>for shipping + a couple of bucks. I have some, but they are in the storage
>locker in Cali. :-/
>

I should have a keyboard somewhere at our house. After spring clean so
much stuff has moved too so probably gonna take a bit to dig it out.

>>Do you know maybe by any chance what this card is. It's from beginning to
>
>>
>end and

>
>>has a large d-sub connector (db50 maybe?) on it. I can take a picture
>
>>
>tonight of

>
>>the machine.
>
>>
>
>Might be SCSI or maybe a DSP farm card, some of them have d-subs
>on 'em. Any other connectors on it? Anything written on the card and
>or any of the major chips? Google is your friend here as with all things.
>Any idea where the box came from? That's another good clue as to it's
>previous use.

All I saw was a big apple logo. I tend to think it's a scsi card. Will
check it out tonight.
I got the machine to boot up all fine last night but with no input = no
fun :-)

Looks like the machine was used in an office environment cause it was
complaining about not being able to connect to a "microsoft mailserver"
creepy
-- atom

GEEKS:

May 9, 2005, at 11:55 AM, velociraptor wrote:

5/9/05, Atom <rescue (AT) port11 (DOT) netwrote:
>
>
>Do you know maybe by any chance what this card is. It's from
>beginning to
>>
end and
>
>has a large d-sub connector (db50 maybe?) on it. I can take a picture
tonight of
>
>the machine.
>>
>
Might be SCSI or maybe a DSP farm card, some of them have d-subs
on 'em. Any other connectors on it? Anything written on the card and
or any of the major chips? Google is your friend here as with all
things.
Any idea where the box came from? That's another good clue as to it's
previous use.

Turns out the cards are: Apple II PC Drive Card and Asante MacCon
The PC Drive Card was used to drive a 5.25" disk drive.

Now time to dig out an adp keyboard.
-- Thomas

GEEKS:

Indeed, the IIci was my first Mac (though not my first Apple) and i LVED
that system. I paid $5700 for that box back in 1990 and it was worth every
penny. Best case design i've seen, one screw.

Anyone remember the magazine adds for the Mac Cracker tool used to open up
SE,SE/30 and previous Macs? Ahh nostalgia.

I remember you had to cut a resister or something like that to upgrade one
of the old Macs to 4 MB RAM. Maybe that was the Mac+.

/KRM

Mon, 09 May 2005 11:04:55 -0400
Charles Shannon Hendrix <shannon (AT) widomaker (DOT) comwrote:

James Fogg wrote:

Never cracked an original Mac case, eh? Beginning with the first ever
Mac they've had some tough ones. The nicer the case (less PC-ish) the
more trouble it is.

Yes, but then two wrongs don't make a right :)

I have a pair of Mac IIci machines, and used a lot of Macs from that
era. They were all extremely easy to open and maintain.

The IIci is in my view one of the most perfect cases in its utility and
simplicity, along with a small form factor. Modern versions could
probably improve airflow and get three hard drives inside.

I'd love to have a PC like that.

Modern small PCs seem more like medieval torture devices.

GEEKS:

GEEKS: