oth better than from Mouser/Digikey/etc.
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Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2020 8:01 PM
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Subject: Re: Apple Mac Quadra 700
Hi. Yep am planning on movi
that should not need replacement.
Wesley
Quoting Thomas Pfaff :
Curious... do you know if the capacitors on the Quadra 700 mamaboard do
better than the ones in the IIci and such? Capacitors from the pre-china
days tend to have very long lifespans but Apple got an early start on
shipping &qu
Have you seen the ADB-USB Wombat?
https://www.bigmessowires.com/usb-wombat/ Not sure how that compares to
prices on ADB keyboards and mice...
Wesley
On Tue, December 4, 2018 11:13 am, Christian Wacker wrote:
> I'm trying to revive my old Mac Classic that I've had kicking aroun
ave a polarity, so not even a need to figure out which way
they should go. I know other folks have used tantalum capacitors, which
should be equally easy to solder, but do have a polarity. If you need a
more exact part #, I can dig up what I have purchased in the past.
Wesley
On Fri, August 24,
;t look as
vintage, but it won't look much that way anyhow in a homebrew case...
Should be able to pick up a 15 or 17" LCD at a thrift store pretty cheap
these days...
Wesley
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Yeah, very true...the java-based models are annoying. If you don't mind
using text commands, which aren't that hard, it is much easier to configure
via the command line than it is to get a proper (and insecure) java version
working.
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Netatalk sharing won't work with newer Macs?
How about an external HP JetDirect print server with a parallel port? I
would expect they are pretty cheap on the used market these days...
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/www.vcfed.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?29-Vintage-Computer-Items-Wante
d
Ebay would be another option, and even Amazon probably has some, though they
would be used or NOS.
Wesley
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Good morning,
I need a source for new floppy discs. I use a Sony Mavica camera whi
sk, plus I imagine they were substantially more expensive. Personally, I
always thought they were ugly and clunky, plus low quality images, mainly in
order to fit more than a couple onto a disk.
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ssume that is Jaz 1Gb support...not sure if 2Gb drives would be the same...
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To: vintage-macs@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: TONS o
ities,
compared to 100Mb/250Mb/750Mb of ZIP drives. Otherwise similar in function.
Ah...here we go - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaz_drive
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Here's one that looks to be very easy to do for a Mac Plus:
https://github.com/trekawek/mac-plus-ps2
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Subjec
They're all different, but shouldn't be too difficult. May be able to see
what is going on without totally tearing it apart.
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Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2017 8:28 PM
T
ook inside -
could just be a blown capacitor or something easily replaced.
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Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2017 7:55 PM
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Subject: PSU failure on 8100
So I just plugged
) and print the PDF from there...
Wesley
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Greetings from western Canada,
I need to use some software that is on my 1999 iMac running OS9 that I can
not install on a newer Mac. However I do not have a printer that will work
for this machine & the computer store jus
are some of the *really*
old machines like the IMSAI or Altair where folks talk about reforming
capacitors and such...but what you're talking about it so much more modern
than that! Check for the obvious and go give it a try!
Wesley
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he link to the clean room box? It did not seem to make
it through in your email...
Thanks,
Wesley
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ide from pulling
the cover and manually releasing the heads (obviously only good for a
last-ditch effort to recover data), has anyone found or heard of any tricks
to bring those drives back to life?
Thanks,
Wesley
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the odds that one of the axial electrolytic capacitors is causing
this problem? I have not replaced those yet. I hesitate to throw any more
time and money at it unless I'm fairly confident I can get it going...
Any other thoughts?
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I had a IIci and a IIcx like that...then found them eaten alive by the
stupid batteries... :-(
Wesley
On Fri, February 10, 2017 1:02 pm, NODEraser wrote:
> I may have one lurking in the basement; I have a pile of various Mac
> IIs but it's been a few years since I've tried star
tation
and terminate at that end...if that makes sense. Then, aside from some
strange wiring, it would be as through it is running end to end in a
line...
Wesley
On Fri, October 7, 2016 9:45 am, theonetruestick...@gmail.com wrote:
> I don't have experience with passive star, but if you only
Are you looking for color or black? I've got a bunch of NOS black ones
around here somewhere...put one in a few years ago and it seemed OK for the
little bit that I printed with it.
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I was going to try to download it...but their web site doesn't list anything
older than OS8...yet it clearly should work as the specs page says "Mac OS
7.5x,7.6x, 8.x" Odd they don't have the older driver listed...
Wesley
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From: vintage-m
What OS version are you running? Their web site also says "There is no
driver for the OS Version you selected. The driver may be included in your
OS or you may not need a driver." when I picked OSX...have you tried to see
if it would work without the disk?
Wesley
-Original Messa
I found a mess under the through-hole electrolytic caps on an LC series
power supply too...was quite surprised as I'd not seen that before in other
equipment I've worked on. I don't remember it being as liquid-looking as
your photo, but it was sure enough there...
Wesley
pull upwards,
which may or may not be a problem...
Wesley
On Fri, March 4, 2016 1:08 pm, Louis Ciotti wrote:
> Grabbing and twisting just seem like the pad will get ripped off,
> especially on a board that is slightly damaged from a leaky cap.
>
> On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 1:03 PM, Wesle
anging on,
that could more easily cause damage to the pad than the sideways
twisting...or so it seems to me anyway.
Wesley
On Fri, March 4, 2016 12:10 pm, Stephen Collins wrote:
> I have inspected around the caps, and see no evidence of leakage.
> Regardless I think they are weak, and it
0uf's. One of those values
I somehow ended up with ones that were physically too large...so those are
probably worthless to anyone here...
Thanks,
Wesley
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VIeRqfBw%3d
80-C1206C105K5R
http://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Kemet/C1206C105K5RACTU/?qs=sGAEpiMZZMs0A
nBnWHyRQKLP9quIYhdRZscoGk%2f4rK8%3d
Thanks,
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MLCC capacitors - they seem to be
much easier to work with soldering them into place, and they should last a
LONG time...and even if they don't, they won't leak! :-)
Wesley
On Wed, March 2, 2016 1:04 pm, Stephen Collins wrote:
> Hmm, I was afraid that would be the recommendati
eren't a common item?
Thanks,
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Gotcha...that makes sense now. I'm sure it is a pain if they aren't
socketed!
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On Mon, February 1, 2016 3:57 pm, Hardware Mack wrote:
> yes ALL bad.. especially the apple logo'd ones... You get it working by
> changing one or 2... then 2 months one more, then 6 mont
rk to narrow it
down?
Wesley
On Mon, February 1, 2016 10:26 am, Charles wrote:
> the ram is bad… all of the 16 ram chips need to be replaced. i do
> offer this service. Charles
> MacCaps.com
>
>
> On Jan 31, 2016, at 11:18 PM, Barry Richardson
> wrote:
>
>
>> Tes
On older drives, there are three resistor packs that look like this (though
maybe ugly yellow or black):
http://atariage.com/forums/uploads/monthly_07_2012/post-7524-0-94809200-1342
308910.jpg
On newer drives, there will be a jumper to turn it on and off.
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it is terminated properly? Though I'm sure you've probably already checked
that!
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Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2015 12:44 PM
To: Vintage Macs
Subject: Re: Color Cla
Have you tried re-seating the drive connections and making sure they are
firmly re-connected?
Wesley
On Tue, December 15, 2015 9:28 am, slaws wrote:
> My Color Classic has been intermittently failing to recognize the hard
> drive on reboot. Also, when idle overnight, the computer on wak
resource is
A2Server - http://ivanx.com/a2server/ - and it works for sharing files to
classic Macs as well.
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On Behalf Of Joe Anthenat
Sent: Monday, October 05, 2015 2:12 PM
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Subject: Re
re if I can tell for sure that I've got the right points...
Thanks,
Wesley
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Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2015 3:07 PM
To: vintage-macs@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: IIcx Motherboard Damaged Traces?
all
e go about repairing
those traces if they are bad? Can the "points" (are they "vias"?) be
cleaned up and soldered to? Any thoughts or suggestions would be
appreciated. No point in wasting good caps on this board if it's not going
to work when I get done with it...
Thanks
sted the SCSI problem was either parity or hardware
handshaking or something...tried a 40Mb from an LC and it started up just
fine...or at least to the point where it said it didn't have enough RAM to
continue. :-)
Thanks,
Wesley
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g or something? Any other ideas or common problems I should be looking
out for?
Thanks,
Wesley
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Charles - the IIcx has a couple of axial electrolytics...are those typically
ok?
Thanks,
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omes right
back on...hit it faster or hold it a moment and it seems to shut down then.
Who knows...I'll blame it on the caps unless someone believes otherwise.
:-)
Thanks,
Wesley
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or issues? Or maybe
something else? I don't mind replacing the caps, but I'd obviously rather
not do it and find that it still won't work due to some other problem...
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hether it needs it or not...they seem to have
a high failure rate...making a mess of the motherboard in the process.
Wesley
On Wed, June 24, 2015 4:08 pm, Brian wrote:
>
> Hi our local RS closing has 90% off caps … wondering if somewhere /
> someone has a caps parts list appropriate for my
seem to
recall reading some discussions that perhaps it doesn't really last, even
when stored in a box that sees no light...which is disappointing.
But...that's been a while...don't take my word for it.
Good luck! Please keep us posted!
Wesley
On Fri, March 27, 2015 10:30 am,
y $20 list at
Radio Shack is way high), so not sure if the current prices on ebay are good
or not...
Wesley
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Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2015 5:41 PM
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ed up 4.
Still trying to decide if I got too few or too many...they had about 4
more...
Thanks,
Wesley
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That is impressive...they have obviously done great things over the years as
far as reducing the heat generated off of enterprise-class drives. Thanks
for the info!
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Sent
ably get around your termination
issues... Thinking on it further, I think it would be accurate to say LVD
SE drives don't have termination capabilities...seems to me all those that I
saw (in the PC world) came with cables that had a terminator pack built onto
the end of them...
Wesley
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Is the foot solid on top? Assuming there is enough clearance, could you
remove the motherboard (if it's in the way) and drill a hole through the
case and foot and use a small screw and nut and maybe washer on the foot to
hold it in place?
Wesley
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> On
oard/ADB cables...so that would be another place to look for those in
need...even cheaper than ebay! Or most likely so...
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with an s-video
input any more, so if anything, that should depress prices on cables...
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Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2014 1:13 AM
To: vintage-macs@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re
era...but as you
say, probably after the LC.
Thanks,
Wesley
> It may be worth remembering that for most of the original lifetime of 68k
> Macs, PCs did not even have PCI buses. This was an earlier era of
> computing
> than you may be thinking of, in terms of automatic termination. Selectable
ut an internal drive probably did
have a terminator on the internal port... My main reason for curiosity is
that's what I'm working towards putting together...an LC with dual
internal floppies and an external hard drive.
Thanks,
Wesley
> You don't change anything. With a single int
n the
controller for an LC?
Thanks,
Wesley
> Most 68k Macs have the very simple NCR5380 SCSI controller, which most
> assuredly does not have automatic termination. The LC certainly doesn't
> have anything better than that.
>
> - Jonathan Morton
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Right...but many newer (I would guess starting around that era) SCSI
controllers, at least in the PC world, have automatic termination on the
controller itself. The LC would seem to be the same in that you don't have
to make any changes to termination on the machine when you connect an
external SC
. If you aren't using an internal drive on an original Mac LC,
does the internal port need to be terminated? I had assumed termination on
the computer side of things was automatic since there are no jumpers (that I
know of) or terminating resistors to take off.
Thanks,
W
ppies. I'm hoping to do that with one of mine
once I get the capacitors replaced...assuming it works when I get done!
Something cool about decked-out machines... I'm thinking dual internal
floppies, external hard drive, IIe card with dual 5.25 drives...yeah, that
should do it
x27;t
have enough pins in the blank holes. Oops! Hadn't counted, but they were
right.
Wesley
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On Behalf Of Keith Jamison
Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2014 7:08 AM
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Subject: Re:
Might be easier to just find a ROM somewhere online to download. As long as
you own a machine matching the ROM you download, I wouldn't think there
would be any problem with that. Just search for "download Macintosh ROM"
and you should find some options...
Wesley
-O
https://68kmla.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9
<https://68kmla.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=19776#p202579>
&t=19776#p202579
Read above and below for more details...but sounds like it won't work.
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I haven't tried it...but in doing some reading, it sounds like they results
may not be permanent. I read of at least one person who had a restored
system stored in a box (no exposure to UV light) and it had re-yellowed at
least somewhat.
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long after
unplugging has the exact same warning on it that everyone has learned to
ignore...
I'm sure if you are careful not to touch anything around the tube, you
should be OK...
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* If I recall correctly, the CRTs in these macs can retain lethal
charge for a whi
I forget whether it was the IIci or IIcx, but when I pulled it apart, I was
surprised to notice signatures on the case... Going by
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Macintosh_models those models were
introduced after the SE.
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n lots of things...an old inverter, power supply
for a wireless router, monitors and TV's, motherboards, an old PC video
card, etc. Definitely a good skill to have! Now if I can just master those
dang surface mount caps... :-) On my list to try again when I have some
free time...
Wesley
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Thanks everyone!
Wesley
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The last time I saw that kind of problem it was a club of students trying to
build a robot. Someone told them they had to use lead free solder.
Don't try
starting to hate surface-mount soldering...but maybe
I'm just doing something wrong...
Thanks,
Wesley
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t to the Mac's as well...got a
IIci and IIcx (or something like that)...hoping they aren't damaged. Then
there are the LC's...and I know some of those need new caps... I didn't
know computer collecting could be time consuming as well!
So...the moral of the story...go t
In my experience with hard drives, clicking as you describe pretty much
means it is toast...I don't think I've ever gotten one with such symptoms to
come back to life.
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news...I know that's not what you wanted to
hear!
Wesley
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while. I had an extra browser tab open and after
ordering, came back to that tab and it said something along the lines of "we
noticed you've been sitting here a while" and offered a one-time shot at
buying it for about $1 less. Grumble, grumble...oh well.
Thanks again to all!
trying to work
with an iron heated in an over...wow.. But...I guess if you can do that,
you can do about anything! :-)
Wesley
-Original Message-
When I learned electronics in high school it was tubes. Transistors had
just been invented but were not commercially available. We wrappe
c that I know I need to replace caps in (haven't
done one yet = this one is an LC)...also want to try some PCB assembly on a
board with a fairly small pitch between pins and components...
Thanks,
Wesley
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i think this soldering iron is great for people starting ou
at
happens...
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On Behalf Of Android
Sent: Saturday, June 08, 2013 9:43 PM
To: vintage-macs@googlegroups.com
Subject: Old apple Printers
Hi all,
Until recently I had a HP laserjet 4ML which worked very we
ering off of ebay from various
sources...making sure to get good ones of course...
Thanks,
Wesley
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Not sure what you're waiting for to dissipate...but if it's the monitor, it
will hold a lethal charge for a very very long time...always be careful
around CRT monitors...
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you note...but
given time, that will often turn around and the price goes back up. I guess
only time will tell what the value truly ends up being...
Wesley
-Original Message-
The problem with computing technology of any kind is that, as it ages, the
demand for it typically drops off pre
like this:
http://www.macdisk.com/mcwriten.php
Wesley
-Original Message-
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On Behalf Of RE
Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 5:36 AM
To: vintage-macs@googlegroups.com
Subject: Conversion Conundrum
I have a fully
Interesting how we are so evenly spaced for the most part...
Wesley
-Original Message-
So, I am curious enough to suggest this to the group:
I have set up a shared google map, where we can indicate our locations. I
have dropped a pin for myself on the nearest major intersection
in the $20 price range
if anyone else wants one bad enough to pay more than just shipping... :-)
Thanks,
Wesley
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In the process of sorting through piles of stuff (though my wife and most
others would probably use the word "junk"!), I came across a "Macintosh
HDI-20 E
se I'll send it on to the
local thrift shop or recycling place...
Thanks,
Wesley
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toothbrush and running water. Even the hard drive
was just fine...
Wesley
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If it's been a month, they should power up fine after submersion...
The hard drives might be dead though.
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That would be my suggestion...and if it happens to be new enough to be IDE,
same thing but even easier!
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The unit doesn't have a CD drive.
I've just been told by somebody locally that the machine has a SCSI HDD. If
that's the case, I could yank the dri
somewhere that I can probably swap parts if I want to try to bring it back
to life...but...left me wondering if I needed to worry in a similar manner
about the PRAM battery in any of the couple old Mac's I have?
Thanks,
Wesley
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Batteries Plus carries it - but it&
I'd like to get rid of it, but I don't want to do
that and then find out my LCD and adapter won't work with the oldest ones...
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Wesley
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s...so I'm
sure someone like him might be able to get it going...or at least take a
look at it. I know how it is when you have something you really like and
are faced with the thought of having to give up on it...and that sucks!
Wesley
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My Radius 21" greyscale monitor (as
ed...better than scrolling through three
pages to find a one-line reply at the bottom...
But, I can also happily deal with it either way...getting all bent out of
shape accomplishes nothing other than to show off your ugly side.
Now...can we get back to the subject everyone is here to discuss?
We
th
a price tag I can justify...
Wesley
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I have several different types of IDE-SCSI adapters (Acard ARS-2000FU, SCM
PCD-50b (SCSI multi-card adapter), and others), and I'll give them a shot in
my IIci, as soon as I finish unpacking, from my move. I've had goo
Should work just fine...you will of course have to re-format them to Mac
format...
Wesley
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Is it going to work? I have some pc 720KB disks but no 800KB and I am going
to get a Mac plus. Does it have some problems or will it just work? I would
like to know.
Juhano
If it will handle parity chips, I've probably got some around somewhere (of
of PC's) that I could spare... I always assumed Mac's had to have
non-parity...
Wesley
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> I'm thinking of replacing the 4 256k sticks. Any ideas where I could
> ob
Great info...thanks!!
Wesley
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The easiest way to remove them is to get two soldering pencils and apply one
to each lead on the cap until the solder is fully melted and the capacitor
will lift up without applying any substantial force.
Getting impatient and forcing
batteries out of your old stuff in storage!
Wesley
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On a similar note, always, always, always remember to remove the logic board
battery before storing a machine. If you think capacitor goo is damaging,
leaking batteriesUgh.
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How do you manage to replace those puny little surface-mount jobbies though?
Through-the-board electrolytics aren't a problem, I've done a number of them
over the years...
Wesley
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Actually, it's not that hard to replace the capacitors. It could be easily
done with tw
Ugh...that doesn't bode well! I guess emulation will be the way to "use"
our vintage computers in the future...
Wesley
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They all go bad after a long lifetime. The plaugue happened when I was
working at a computer repair shop. I went from seeing very few pro
ones that have caused so
many problems...
Thanks,
Wesley
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Yup, PC mainboards get hit by it too. Google for capacitor plague.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague
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Has anyone observed
this problem on PC's of that late 80's to early 90's era also? Or is it
mainly Mac's and gaming consoles?
Thanks,
Wesley
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To the tune of "Bad Boys" the COPS theme song... ;)
Bad caps, Bad Caps
Whatcha gonna do, Whatch
Unless my memory is wrong (same disclaimer as yours!), I was able to use a
program on my PC to write an image file to a Mac disk...but that was likely
a high density disk destined for a Mac LCII...and perhaps that is different
than the 800k disks...?
Wesley
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Going
I've got three LCII's here that I pulled out a short while back to play
around with. Two have Quantum Prodrive's and they were both dead. The
third has an IBM of some variety and it worked just fine...so I would have
to concur about the Quantum's.
Wesley
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I've
just not had time to set everything up and give it a try...
It is pretty amusing that Linux has support for it, but the new Mac's don't.
It wouldn't (shouldn't anyway) be difficult to use Netatalk somehow since
OSX (as far as I know) is based on on a Unix core...
Wesl
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