Apple Mac LC II and LC III

From: Dr. Ido <drido_at_optushome.com.au>
Date: Sat Jun 28 03:52:00 2003

At 06:00 PM 6/28/03 +1000, you wrote:
>Fresh from a local garage sale, picked up an Apple LC II plus monitor and
>some documentation for twenty bucks and am wondering about a few things:
>
> Firstly does anyone have the wiring details for the SCSI conector at
>the back or know where I might get it??

The pinout is on hardwarebook.net, getting a ready made cable should be
easy enough though. The same connector is used for narrow SCSI on all Macs
with onboard SCSI, Amiga and some PC SCSI cards.

> Secondly does anyone know what plugs into the white 96 way connector
>near the back left of the mother board labeled J20?? I have an Apple LC III
>with something plugged into this conector and would love to know what it
>does.

LC PDS expansion bus. Most commonly used for network cards. Video cards,
sound cards, accelerators and Apple ][e emulation cards for this slot are
also available

> I have a LC III that I picked up ages ago, and would love to have
>them "talking", can anyone give me some details on the "apple talk"
>conector.

If you only want to connect 2 machines a mac printer cable (8 pin mini-DIN
to 8 pin mini-DIN) will work. For more than 2 machines you'll need
Appletalk pigtails and cables. The pinout for the connector is on
hardwarebook.net, but I haven't been able to find a schematic for the
Appletalk pigtail anywhere. They shouldn't be that hard to find.

> Can some Apple fan direct me to a nice juicy apple Tech site, I have
>never used these systems but they seem to be working, i'd love to get them
>going with a few other extras, but will need some more detailed info.

lowendmac.com has specifications and other info for old macs as well as
mailing lists specific to various systems (compact macs, pre-040 68K, 040,
nubus PPC, etc).

LCs are pretty limited. If you do get into macs more it shouldn't be hard
to pick up more powerful 68K machines cheap. I started out in macs with
LCs, but later got myself a IIfx and a Quadra 950 for $10 each :)
Received on Sat Jun 28 2003 - 03:52:00 BST