It's been a while since I made any new 'conquests' – and in fact I have downsized my collection somewhat by getting rid of the iMac G3 and the Powerbook 1400c – but I picked up a mint-condition Acorn PocketBook II this week for the princely sum of £10 on Ebay.
This is a re-badged Psion Series...
Done all that – I've run dozens of floppies through it, and no jitters whatsoever at any stage. I haven't done a serious check for dodgy solder joints yet but it's on my maintenance list. At least it looks like there are no immediate obvious problems.
I'm mainly relieved that the 'delay' in...
Cheers for the replies – it's a relief as it's a lovely little Mac. I often prefer it to my LC475 as the monochrome CRT is so crisp. And System 6 serves me fine for the light word processing I do. Chuck a Floppy Emu in there and sharing files with my modern setup is easy.
No screen jitters when...
My Classic has been sitting under my desk for a few months, but the other day I set it up to do some writing on it.
When starting up, I noticed that there is a period of several seconds after the 'bong' in which the screen only displays diagonal lines – then there is a quiet click, then the...
An update:
I've used contact cleaner on the switch, checked the solder joints, and even dismantled the switch to inspect the contacts. It's still intermittently missing keystrokes. Troubling!
I recently acquired a poorly original Macintosh Classic. It had a somewhat gunked motherboard, and since my soldering skills are rudimentary I sent it off to Uniserver for him to work his magic. I also sent him the motherboard and power supply from my trusty LC475. I thought it was a good...
I'm going to add my praise for Uniserver's 10K drives. I've had one running in my LC475 without a hitch for a year now, and it makes a phenomenal difference to the system as a whole. It's faster than the old SCSI drives and the capacity is, of course, enormous.
I actually have two of these...
It's worth getting in touch with Uniserver. He's based in the States but his rates for repairing motherboards are very reasonable. He is currently taking care of my LC475 and Classic boards.
I have recently acquired a model M0116 keyboard (the compact mechanical version from the late '80s). It's in great condition overall, and I've just spent a couple of hours cleaning all the plastics.
However, one of the keys is unreliable and I find myself missing that letter from time to time...
Fair enough - don't have access to one at the moment, but if I get one I'll let you know!
Totally unscientific, but I've just popped the lid and had a look at the hard disk after ~2 hours of operation. It feels warm but I wouldn't describe it as hot - certainly no warmer than the CPU. I think...