First off, hello everyone, my name's David and I joined these forums to seek help concerning my old Macs. I hope I won't be making a nuisance of myself ;P
Now for a little background; I found an abandoned Mac SE this spring and being a fan of discontinued computers, I brought it home, hoping I could play around with it a bit. It appears to be in excellent condition, it boots up quick and smoothly in OS 6.0.8, everything is fine except for one thing; the drive is a 800k model, so I can't transfer any data to or from it.
Since my enthusiasm was going through the roof at this point, I decided to go ahead and buy a Mac Classic so I could at least satisfy my need to geek out with a long-discontinued Apple machine. As soon as it arrived, I plugged it in only to find out it wouldn't beep or display anything. The fan is turning and the HDD sounds like it's loading, but nothing happens past that point. The keyboard lights flash for a split second as to say it's recognized but then, nothing. I opened it up to try to locate the problem, since I had the proper tools. I unplugged the HDD, then the floppy, then both, but it didn't do anything. I searched for loose wires or broken connections, but all I could find is what appears to be some sort of led-looking, broken glass capsule at the bottom of the case, along with a few plastic chips, making me believe it's been dropped or hit on at some point. At least it doesn't smokes or smell of burning plastic, so that's a fairly good sign, I guess.
Based on my description, do you have any idea as to what may be the problem? Can it be fixed at all?
Otherwise, since the floppy drive seems to be still in good shape, I was wondering if it was compatible with my SE, and if it is, how I could switch the SE's drive with the Classic's? I know the controller chips need to be changed too, but I don't know if I can just remove them from the Classic and plug them on the SE's motherboard.
I hope you can give me directions, I'd really like to have a classic Mac I can actually play with.
Now for a little background; I found an abandoned Mac SE this spring and being a fan of discontinued computers, I brought it home, hoping I could play around with it a bit. It appears to be in excellent condition, it boots up quick and smoothly in OS 6.0.8, everything is fine except for one thing; the drive is a 800k model, so I can't transfer any data to or from it.
Since my enthusiasm was going through the roof at this point, I decided to go ahead and buy a Mac Classic so I could at least satisfy my need to geek out with a long-discontinued Apple machine. As soon as it arrived, I plugged it in only to find out it wouldn't beep or display anything. The fan is turning and the HDD sounds like it's loading, but nothing happens past that point. The keyboard lights flash for a split second as to say it's recognized but then, nothing. I opened it up to try to locate the problem, since I had the proper tools. I unplugged the HDD, then the floppy, then both, but it didn't do anything. I searched for loose wires or broken connections, but all I could find is what appears to be some sort of led-looking, broken glass capsule at the bottom of the case, along with a few plastic chips, making me believe it's been dropped or hit on at some point. At least it doesn't smokes or smell of burning plastic, so that's a fairly good sign, I guess.
Based on my description, do you have any idea as to what may be the problem? Can it be fixed at all?
Otherwise, since the floppy drive seems to be still in good shape, I was wondering if it was compatible with my SE, and if it is, how I could switch the SE's drive with the Classic's? I know the controller chips need to be changed too, but I don't know if I can just remove them from the Classic and plug them on the SE's motherboard.
I hope you can give me directions, I'd really like to have a classic Mac I can actually play with.