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by stephen_usher
Tue Mar 19, 2024 6:10 am
Forum: MEMBER BLOGS
Topic: LC III - Will it ever run?
Replies: 81
Views: 1309

Re: LC III - Will it ever run?

System 7.1 and later came with an extension allowing you to read and write PC floppies. So just stick the SIT or HQX archive on the floppy and copy it across.

The biggest problem is bootstrapping StuffIt Expander without StuffIt Expander to extract the archive.
by stephen_usher
Mon Mar 18, 2024 10:05 pm
Forum: NOOB QUESTIONS
Topic: Atari Falcon : all new user and... not really all new problems I think ;-)
Replies: 3
Views: 47

Re: Atari Falcon : all new user and... not really all new problems I think ;-)

Welcome Fabrice. Well, the hard drive spinning up and down is a known problem. The synthetic rubber bumper for the heads turns to goo and sticks the heads so thay can't move. Not a lot can be done about that without completely dismantling the drive and removing the rubber. Replacing with an IDE-CF o...
by stephen_usher
Mon Mar 18, 2024 9:54 pm
Forum: MEMBER BLOGS
Topic: LC III - Will it ever run?
Replies: 81
Views: 1309

Re: LC III - Will it ever run?

BlueSCSI v2 and 68882 ordered. Up the disk cache to 7MB and even with a ZIP100 drive the machine is pretty decent even with 16 bit colour. Even after running Pagemaker 3, Nisus Write, Canvas DA, Microsoft Word V5 and Speedometer I was only using half of the 12MB left over after the disk cache. The &...
by stephen_usher
Mon Mar 18, 2024 6:47 pm
Forum: MEMBER BLOGS
Topic: LC III - Will it ever run?
Replies: 81
Views: 1309

Re: LC III - Will it ever run?

Found the VSIMM so other than a 68882 the machine is almost fully upgraded.
by stephen_usher
Mon Mar 18, 2024 3:24 pm
Forum: MEMBER BLOGS
Topic: A Grand Day Out
Replies: 149
Views: 4108

Re: A Grand Day Out

Both the composite and the s-video leads you have there seem to be ringing, giving you ghosting. You may need a ferrite core on them or get better cables.
by stephen_usher
Mon Mar 18, 2024 9:50 am
Forum: MEMBER BLOGS
Topic: General Stuff(tm)
Replies: 1666
Views: 319620

Re: General Stuff(tm)

PhilC wrote: Mon Mar 18, 2024 9:50 am Ah, lucky you. I'll not volunteer with my shakey hands.
:)
by stephen_usher
Mon Mar 18, 2024 9:50 am
Forum: MEMBER BLOGS
Topic: LC III - Will it ever run?
Replies: 81
Views: 1309

Re: LC III - Will it ever run?

I found a 16MB 72 pin SIMM in my stores last night so managed to pop out this morning before taking the SAAB to the garage and stuck it in...

It's now a 20MB machine.
by stephen_usher
Mon Mar 18, 2024 9:48 am
Forum: MEMBER BLOGS
Topic: General Stuff(tm)
Replies: 1666
Views: 319620

Re: General Stuff(tm)

I like that phrase Stephen, I mean it is spring after all :lol: That's a pain RE monitor board. Its not like the Mac is it and there being a small hole through the PCB for the adjuster? Unfortunately not. All the four adjustments are at 90 degrees to the PCB in the middle of the board. Two need to ...
by stephen_usher
Sun Mar 17, 2024 11:23 pm
Forum: MEMBER BLOGS
Topic: LC III - Will it ever run?
Replies: 81
Views: 1309

Re: LC III - Will it ever run?

I don’t know the speed of 030 I’ve fitted as I couldn’t read the markings, even if they’re a real freescale marking. The markings seem to have wiped off the one I fitted.

Yes, there’s a VSIMM slot. As mentioned, I think I have one in the loft.

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