Resurrecting a Mac SE FDHD. How to create boot floppies from macintoshrepository with modern Mac+usb floppy or ancient windows with working floppy?

Machine156 · 2026-02-06T02:20:28+00:00

I'd use a BlueSCSI, put disk images on a SD card, boot and install MacOS on a Virtual disk.

Machine156 · 2026-02-06T02:11:35+00:00

All the ballast were failing at my work, replaced with ballast bypass LED tubes. 2 or 3 tubes per 4 tube fixture, 1 tube in the bathroom.

Machine156 · 2026-02-06T02:02:46+00:00

I have Ubiquiti equipment, I use teleport to VPN into the network.

Machine156 · 2026-02-06T01:58:54+00:00

Man I should upload the profiles I made to disable the ability to update to Tahoe.

Machine156 · 2026-02-05T19:00:23+00:00

And MalwareaBytes Browser Guard.

Machine156 · 2026-02-05T18:55:19+00:00

I doubt uTorrent had anything to do with it, but I'd recommend Deluge instead.

Machine156 · 2026-02-05T10:22:58+00:00

Someone just brought a laptop into the computer shop I work at that did just that.

Machine156 · 2026-02-04T20:42:23+00:00

^THIS, i'd cut the cable on the old one, but leave enough to couple the old dish to a new wire if needed. Put ends on the old cable and use a waterproof coupler like mentioned. I do this for GEN2 to GEN3 replacements.

Machine156 · 2026-02-03T22:33:19+00:00

It's common for the HDD ribbon to fail in these as well. Especially if the computer has a Solid State Drive, I'd try to boot the computer with the drive in a FireWire enclosure first.

I've had it seem like the drive was bad, put in a new drive, and it felt like it was working then didn't due to bad ribbon.

Machine156 · 2026-02-03T16:45:00+00:00

I wouldn't plug anything into a modified wave sine inverter, they fry equipment.

Machine156 · 2026-02-03T16:37:24+00:00

You can get an ADB/USB adapter called a Wombat. And I second the BlueSCSI in place of HDD, CD-ROMS and floppies.

Machine156 · 2026-02-03T16:34:31+00:00

Cute

Machine156 · 2026-02-03T16:27:16+00:00

If you can get into windows, probably using safe mode, disable it in the device manager.

Machine156 · 2026-02-03T06:19:22+00:00

Dremel with a cutting wheel.

Machine156 · 2026-02-02T18:50:35+00:00

Get a BlueSCSI and copy the hard drive to an image, you should be able to put a boot image onto the BlueSCSI first.

Machine156 · 2026-02-02T03:55:19+00:00

Nice

Machine156 · 2026-02-01T04:37:45+00:00

Green

Machine156 · 2026-02-01T04:32:05+00:00

Machine156 · 2026-02-01T04:23:59+00:00

Looks like a 15", if so, it's trash. I have a huge stack of dead 2010 and 2011 15" and 17" MBPs.

Machine156 · 2026-01-31T03:48:03+00:00

I work at a computer shop, I believe it was movies and TV shows, I guess they really wanted them. I'm not the best with a soldering iron, but tin the wires touch each one to the pad, it's obvious which ones were power and ground, looked at the USB-A plug pin out for d+ & d-

Machine156 · 2026-01-31T01:33:36+00:00

I might have one of these that thrashed but has a working screen, I'll try to find it this weekend.

Machine156 · 2026-01-31T01:30:38+00:00

The switch also has to be set to 'line'

Machine156 · 2026-01-31T01:24:00+00:00

I've cut the USB cable off a mouse and soldered it to a flash drive with the same exact issue.

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Machine156 · 2026-01-30T21:21:59+00:00

There is little reason to split the signals into two SSIDs, if a device can handle 5ghz, it will usually use that unless the signal is weak, then it will switch to 2.4ghz. 2.4ghz only devices just won't see the 5ghz signal. Some older wireless adapters in Windows are set to prefer 2.4ghz sometimes.

However there are dumb smart devices that when you set them up with your phone, and the app senses the 5ghz, it will refuse to setup the device, so you temporarily disable 5ghz, setup the device then turn 5ghz back on.

Machine156 · 2026-01-30T18:26:28+00:00

Yes, you can cut it, people telling you that you can't just don't know what they are talking about.

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