Recent content by cheesestraws

yeah, look at this - you can test the switch with a multimeter set to continuity mode. This is a frequent problem.

the point is that the classic and classic II have an integrated PSU, kind of like the Plus only done much cheaper. So there's nowhere to plug that in.

Yes. This is probably because the CRT hasn't warmed up yet on a cold boot. It goes from this to a normal boot screen? very unlikely in a 512k IMO

The icon is provided by the driver: devices can have basically any icon they like.

You might want to look at some of the Takky resources out there, they have a certain amount about wiring up these logic boards to things they're not meant to go in

I wasn't accusing you of making it up, it just feels like it ought to be fiction :D.

Yup, RPT-60 here too.

this feels like a metaphor, not something that should happen in real life. good stuff.

I got mine from texelec.

I often end up using a whittled-down chopstick.

If the screws are stiff the T-shaped handle might help: I've never had any that are seriously stuck, though.

It is worth a try if you treat it as a learning project :-)

I don't know, I'm just going from the sad mac on ifixit. But if it's not doing that any more, who knows. I'm going to disagree very slightly with @Phipli here; I think a Plus is a very good first real repair project, because there's enough stakes to keep it interesting, but the computers are...

That seems a reasonable price to me - Pluses are very fixable, and if you're willing to take it on as a project, sounds reasonable. If it is just the ROM, that's relatively easy.

As far as big component suppliers go, I'd look at Farnell and RS before mouser and digi-key; the latter are quite american-biased, the former two I believe have distribution infrastructure up in Norway, which probably means you'll get the bits faster and they have to go on fewer pointless air...