We can't know. Are the power supplies intact? Are the hulls damaged? How? Were they near the hottest point of the fire, or in the far whereabouts? No really, we don't know, and we can't know.
If they're kind of expendable (some CRT may blow) you can risk it, though. I'd get a switchable powerstrip, tie one of them up, switch closed, open the switch, get behind a corner (anyway, CRT tubes implode, as they are vacuum bubbles, but they operate on high voltages, and without a faraday cage, they are never safe enough when compromised) and fire it up trough the keyboard. I don't think they could start a NEW fire, *but an estinguisher at hand wouldn't hurt. * On Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 02:14, Dylan Malama <dmalam...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > I have been a collector of vintage computers all my life, and next year, I > was going to go to the vintage computer festival. Well, about a month ago > my house burned to the ground, and my dad was diagnosed with throat cancer. > Well I sorted through the aftermath already, and all I have left are smoke > black apple IIes and Mac performas with one question: > Are they worth trying to power up? > I don't want to electrocute myself or mess up my electrical system, but if > none of these work, ill be selling parts pretty soon. Thanks! > -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to vintage-macs@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
